What's in a name? (Not Traveling Cache Chapter 8) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/26/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is somewhere within 5 miles of the posted coordinates.

If a cache is removed from the forest, and another container is left in its place, is the cache really gone?  If a cache container is recycled from one valid GC ID to another, has the cache actually moved?  You can ponder these deep philosophical questions the next time you have insomnia and are pacing the floors at 3 am. Meanwhile, here is a new (but possibly very familiar) cache for you to find.

Introduction:

What's in a name?  Apparently everything.

This was originally intended to be the 8th Chapter of the Traveling Cache (TC) series.  But that series has been stopped dead in its tracks, so instead this is the 8th Chapter of the Not Traveling Cache series.

If you’d like to read about the TC series, which this cache is Not a chapter of, follow this link.

The coordinates of Not-TC8 may be determined in two ways:

1) Solve the puzzle below, or
2) Visit the Not-TC7 final location to obtain the coordinates for Not-TC8, as the container at the final stage of Chapter Seven will eventually (after a few Not-TC8 finds) contain the exact coordinates for Not Chapter Eight. (Update 6/1/2008: Since there have been enough finders of this cache, the coordinates for Not-TC8 are now in the Not-TC7 final.)

The Not Chapter Eight Puzzle:

This Chapter continues the TC tradition of using some noteworthy local caches to derive the coordinates for this cache. However, we have omitted the distance calculations that have been a part of most of the other Chapters. Instead, we will use different aspects of the reference caches to generate the coordinates.

This Chapter also includes one of the concepts used in Not-TC7: none of the reference caches in this puzzle will be explicitly named. Instead, a clue to each cache name is given in blue text. Once you have determined the cache names, all of the information you need should be available somewhere on those cache pages.

All reference caches are in Massachusetts. None have been used as reference caches in any of the previous TC or Not-TC chapters. It is not necessary for you to have found any of the reference caches in order to be able to solve this puzzle. All of the reference caches are at least two years old, and all are within 25 miles of the posted coordinates for this cache. At the time that this cache was published, none of the reference caches have been archived. (Update: since publication of this cache, one of the reference caches has been archived.)

Airport, Bell, Dead Horse, Grafton, Green, Packachoag, Vernon.
Or maybe Airport, Bancroft, Belmont, Grafton, Green, Pakachoag, Vernon.
Or is it Bancroft, Chandler, Green, Hancock, Newton, Pakachoag, Sagatabscot?
Whichever it is, the cache is a terrfic tour of a city in MA.
A = The only number in the GC ID for this cache.

Lebanese flag's tree mire mini-lake
A potentially tough cache that's definitely easier in winter!
B: The cache description mentions a cemetery on route B.

Softly-Speaking Sylvan Sorcerors
A nice multi with a wonderful surprise at one of the intermediate stages.
C = The number of ruffed grouse mentioned in the cache description.

Divisible by 4 (but not by 100 (unless it's also divisible by 400)) natal anniversary acknowledgment
Everyone is Happy to be able to log this cache.
D = The age of the hermit crab who logged this cache, on the day that we logged it. (It's not stated explicitly, but can be deduced from our log.)

Safe deposit box of trickster god(archived)
This cache had us laughing out loud from start to finish.
E: The length of the loop for this cache is about E miles.

Rocky Knoll Circle
One of the most delightful cache sites ever. Worth multiple re-visits!
F: According to the text in the cache description, this cache was updated on 7/F/2007, changing it from a multi to a traditional.

Secluded spot of Ardea herodias
The names of two cool central MA caches both fit this clue, one multi and one traditional.
G = The only number in the GC ID for the one that's a multi.
H: There are at least H benchmarks within a mile of the traditional cache, according to the description.

Part of the secret password of the sheep in the movie Babe: what they say; male; female
Another great location, worth spending several hours at.
J = The number of countries mentioned in the hint, before the hyphen. (there is one more after the hyphen, but it's not exactly a country)

Multiples of 3.79 Liters of Chilled Beverage
This one had us stumped for over a year before we finally solved it.
K: The puzzle for this cache comprises 11 rows and K columns of 6-digit numbers.

Tennis Shoe Sodium Chloride
After all this time, we still don't know what half of the cache name means.
L = The first word of the hint.

"You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle."
One of the most unique cache names in MA, if not in all of cachingdom.
M = The number of times that the letter "m" occurs in the cache name.

N = A
nnn = (B * C) + (D * E) + F + G
W = J + K
www = H * L * M

The cache is at: N 42 1N.nnn W 071 3W.www

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

The Traveling Cache series:

Chapter One by Emmett
Chapter Two by CacheNCarryMA
Chapter Three by Bigrock95
Chapter Four by Loch Cache
Chapter Five by Emmett
Chapter Six by UMass72 & Ether Bunny

The Not Traveling Cache series:

Chapter Seven by hotwcnyy
Chapter Eight by the hermit crabs

Additional Hints (No hints available.)



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