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Multi-cacheDead Mans Cache

A cache by RudeRat Crew     Hidden: 8/28/2008

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 2 out of 5     Terrain: 2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Minnesota, United States

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Peril to he who try to steel my golden treasure. I have lain here all these many years, the keeper of the secret, the one to fear. I have arisen. I know the log.

In the early 1700’s a single pirate ship ventured north, up the Mississippi River, to what is now known as Minneapolis/St. Paul. After arriving, Captain Blackheart ordered his men to offload all the treasure from his holds, and burry it in the area the native Indians called “Minnetonka”.

Fearing his treasure would be found, Captain Blackheart selected a single man to stay behind and guard the treasure he held so dear. Blackheart chose a man so feared, that a single utterance of his name caused the ground to shake. For this reason, he wrote the name in a log book so as not to speak it. The log was passed among the crew until it reached the man whose name it contained. In an instance, he ripped his name from the book and proclaimed the treasure his, and his alone. Blackheart ordered the man to walk the plank for trying to steal the treasure. A long and fierce battle ensued.

In the end, only one man stood. As the ground shook beneath his feet, the man spoke. “All who come to find my treasure shall see the peril of those who came before. Only those who place their name in the log and vow to protect the secret, shall see another day.”

Bring the kids along for this one. Very kid friendly!

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jura lbh ernpu gur gerrf bs guerr, ng cnpr ahzore guvegl guerr, ybbx gb gur evtug naq lbh jvyy frr, va gur gehax lbh'yy svaq gur xrl, guvf vf nyy V'yy funer jvgu gurr.(Decrypted Hints)

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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Speaketh my name any ye shall feel the mighty earth shake under thee

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Found it97     Didn't find it17     Write note13     Temporarily Disable Listing2     Enable Listing2     Publish Listing1     Owner Maintenance2     Update Coordinates1     

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 December 5, 2009 by artemis&apollo (1962 found)

What can I say that Mutsley & Crew & knowschad haven't already mentioned?! We really had great fun with this cache. We actually would have appeared 'organized' in our search as all components fell quickly into place. We really appreciate this very well thought out fun cache. TFTC

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 December 5, 2009 by MUTSLEY & CREW (3852 found)

Loved this cache, it was just fun fun fun and I love the word fun. Knowschad had been to stage one before so he stood by while the rest of us looked. I had my hands on the cache and moved on.....and Doug made the find. So off we went to find stage two with the you know what in hand. We figured out where everything fit and went off in the right direction. Two of us counted and 3 of us made a detour, which the two of us didn't know we needed to make and they really didn't either till we found the cache. Cache in hand, log signed and cache put back. Love this cache. My favorite of the day. One of the best that we have ever found and one of the funnest. What a great job you did.....mind if we copy it over here on the East side of St Paul?? TFTC!! Mutsley & Crew

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 December 5, 2009 by knowschad (4590 found)

Found today with friends Artemis & Apollo and Mutsley & Crew, and boy, did I ever have the right idea when I decided last weekend to abandon my search, and come back with friends. Not only did we find it this time, but it was soooo much more fun with the group of fun friends that I was with. In retrospect, I made several mistakes last weekend besides those that are mentioned in the log, but primarily... well, I can't say without revealing the hint.

Speaking of the hint... we hadn't read it carefully enough, and so we just got extremely lucky when Apollo spotted an interesting geobeacon and decided to investigate, even though we hadn't read the hint carefully enough. He just wanted to check it out, but in the process found something that was very neccessary later on.

I had a different take on the hint for the final than the others did, but it was actually Artemis that made the find, and my concept of the hint was only proven to be correct after she made the find.

This is one awesomely fun and very well thought out cache!! Thanks, RudeRat!!

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 November 28, 2009 by knowschad (4590 found)

Well, I would imagine that it is surprising to Ruderat that I'm logging a DNF. After all, I not only called him after I found Stage #1, but after that, called him again, at which time he generously drove over there and patiently turned my map around for me to orient it properly. I'm sure he felt that he had done enough, and that the cache would soon be mine, but that was not the case. I did not want to call him again and have a Found It log handed to me on a silver platter. But I'm coming back, and this time I'm bringing friends! I've been appointed Pre-caching Director for next Saturday as a small group of friends are getting together to do a couple of night caches. I think I'll try to bring them here first for the daylight portion. This sort of cache will be much more fun with a group, I'm sure!

Thanks for your help, Ruderat, and great meeting you!

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 November 26, 2009 by Ronindoc (645 found)

Found with Cincity! Arrrghhh!!! Me thinks this one well deserving of its award! Awesome cache! Had to take a hint tho, yet again, on another incredibly well thought out RR cache... TFTC! Our compasses and sextants had us quite a few paces off from first stage, but with a nudge to walk the plank we made the grab. Nice work as always! All stages were perfectly done, great for kids!!!

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Current Time: 3/16/2010 10:37:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time (5:37 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 12/6/2009 4:29:06 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:29 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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