GC4NA6N FSC-2013 Marydel (Traditional Cache) in Delaware, United States created by Delaware Geocaching adopted by MikeOtt

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Hidden : 9/21/2013

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Geocache Description:

This cache was originally placed for the First State Challenge 2013 sponsored by Delaware Geocachers! Although the challenge has ended, this cache is still available to be found!!

Cache Details:
Park on side of road unless gate to ball fields is open. Walk on gravel road around the fields and cross over the drainage ditch using the road. Find the trailhead waypoint ( N 39 07.589 and W 75 44.752) for the best location to enter the woods for a very reasonable 350 foot bushwhack.

Its easiest if you first look for a 10" by 10" by 18' tall monument that marks the border between Delaware and Maryland. This origional Mason-Dixon stone is a loggable benchmark. See M-D stone benchmark The cache is very close by. Also within 20' is another loggable benchmark--look for the witness post.

Description:
The town of Marydel is named after its location, being partially located in Maryland and partially in Delaware.

There is a historical marker in the center of Marydel at the location of a MASON-DIXON CROWN STONE. The marker states: In 1763, Penn and Calvert commissioners erected milestones along the boundary between Maryland and the Three Lower Counties (Delaware), part of the Mason-Dixon survey. Every five miles they erected elaborate Crown Stones, which had family crest of Penn and Calvert on opposite sides. This stone was displayed in St. Louis in 1904, and later in Baltimore. It was returned to Marydel in 1954 and was reset in 1964.

Normal marker stones were placed every mile along the border. One mile north of this marker is another Mason Dixon marker that has been undisturbed since 1763 that you will have a chance to visit. These stones had a M on one side and a P on the other side. Shouldn't there be a D and not a P ? No--at the time of the survey there was no colony of Delaware. Delaware was later formed when the three lower counties of Colony of Pennsylvania split off to form the Colony of Delaware.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba obeqre yvar, fznyy gerr pyhzc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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