The Legend of Sven Downey Mystery Cache
Keystone: Archiving at the owner's request, to make room for new caches in the area.
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The Legend of Sven Downey
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This cache is the seventh Mingo park cache, and the only multi-cache, consisting of several 6 small containers that may (or may not) lead you to the ammo can of goodies located in the vicinity. I will not tell you where to park, you have a couple of options, and really is up to your preference.
Operative Sven was a cold war spy. (actually he was a former cacher, but for the sake of this cache, we'll pretend). Sven felt his cover was blown and hid his means to escape the country and live in the covert underworld of Europe somewhere in the woods of Mingo park. He didn't want anyone else to find his secret stash, so he hid it very well. So well in fact, that he had to leave a series of clues and hints for himself to follow. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to follow Sven's trail through Mingo park, decode his clues, and find his treasure. Beware of muggles, one of them just might be an enemy spy on Sven's trail! If you do complete the mission, feel free to take some of Sven's treasure with you, or add some of your own! The first set of coordinates will lead you to a metal plaque with a second set of coordinates that will take you to a man made object. From this object, you will decode the hint below to get to the first small container, and from there, you will recieve further instructions. This cache is not for the faint of heart. You will need a compass, basic orienteering skills, a pen and paper, good problem solving and mathematical skills. Long pants, hiking boots, plenty of water, and a whole afternoon at your disposal. You WILL get thirsty, dirty, and hopefully a good workout. You may also get wet. You will also need the alphabetic deciphering code used to decipher hints, so write it down or print it out and take it with you to decipher the codes hidden at the various stages. Please make sure you are not followed to any of the points you will go to. None of the stages are smaller than a small tupperware container and the final is an ammo can. If any film canisters are found from the old posting please remove as we upgraded all we could find. Some were still missing as if someone was trying to track Sven. Good Luck and please trade evenly.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Sit at the table and face down the hill toward the field. At your back will be 2 trails. Take the trail to your right (the right while your back was to it) a short distance until you are under a tree that bends crazily left over the trail. (UPDATE: It is now broken over the trail) Inside this tree you will find container with the puzzle.]