Cacapon 'Ready Cash'

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In West Virginia, United States

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This is a regular cache, albeit somewhat small, a plastic storage-type container 3” diameter by 3.” In addition to a log & pencil stub, this cache contains actual cash (one golden geo-coin (#0841), a Where’s George dollar bill, a Susan B. Anthony dollar, a Mother/Daughter reunion dollar, several state quarters, varied foreign coins…Peru, Nicaragua, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Canada, a few I forgot, and several wheat pennies).

To claim this cache, you must scale a small sandstone ridge, find and log the cache. But you know us by now. There are always questions to answer, and therein lies the wellspring, the driving force for this cache - sandstone.

We are not talking just any old sandstone here, but the kind that contains 98 percent silica, the kind from which glass makers worldwide create high quality glass products, and the kind which wells up out of the earth along scenic highway 522 in the panhandle of West Virginia, wells up into a ridge of almost pure silica stone known as Warm Springs Ridge. Yup, right there in Morgan county, home of Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation, largest melting sand producer in the world and also home to several other caches – ‘The Seed 2.0’, ‘Goodnight Ladies' and 'Meadow Branch Mill.'

Also nestled along the west side of Route 522 lies Cacapon State Park & Resort area. Pay attention to an historical marker on the access road, but do not stop and ogle the sign. There is no parking along the road. Besides, ogling signs may be a misdemeanor in West By Golly). Drive on to a nearby parking area (every park has a parking area, why else call it a park, eh?) and hike back to the sign. You may have to cross a well-built narrow bridge (did someone say bridge?) across a lively and gurgling brook. From the sign, find answers to the following questions:

What kind of sand is this? What other marketable natural resource seems to occur naturally with this silica sand along the Warm Springs Ridge?

….and then, yup, you guessed, climb that sandstone ridge behind the sign, following the coordinates provided above. It is not a long climb. Special equipment is not required. (sorry Indy, et.al.) There was snow on the ground when I visited. Without tree foliage, the view from the cache spot was awesome. Undergrowth would be minimal during warm months. As always, be careful around rocks, watching your step and using a stick to poke into places you cannot see very well…hint, hint, HINT! Round trip, half a mile.

The Geo-coin was retrieved from a cache called ‘QUARTERhorse’ at the November Maryland Geo-caching Society picnic at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Pennsylvania. Both the coin and the Where’s George Dollar were duly logged on appropriate websites.

To claim this cache, sign the log and e-mail answers to the above questions to the cache proprietors.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

ERNPU VA;ZNAVCHYNGR 5YO PUHAX BS FVYVPN. (Decrypted Hints)

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November 7 by Skautas (36 found) TFTC. TNLN. There's a set of bowling pins and a few rings, but no more "ready cash". [view this log]

September 20 by KG_Jedi (321 found) Really neat area, and we enjoyed the climb up the hill . TFTC! [view this log]

September 12 by MD8baller (3921 found) Caching solo today and just couldn't pass up on a Snurt hide, First time I have ever been here, very nice park..... Answers to follow.....TFTC!!! SL!!! [view this log]

August 12 by Fairbanks (130 found) Beautiful place for a cache and not a bad hike too. TNLN - thanks for a beautiful hide. [view this log]

August 9 by gps_1 (13 found) nice hike up the hill - tough to get a good fix beneath the tree canopy. Found a 'window' and let the gps settle, till it pointed right to it. Didn't have any log paper, the supply in the cache is pretty well used up. tnln, tftc [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 9:41:55 AM
Last Updated: 11/7/2009 10:22:32 PM
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