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Happy Valentine's Day, Dan M99! Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/9/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. The coordinates given are a handy place to park. This cache is a logic puzzle, and you must solve the puzzle to get the coordinates.

This cache is a Valentine’s Day gift for Dan M99, who loves any type of puzzle cache, from his loving wife, emsterell.  Have fun, fellow cachers!

 

Every year, around Valentine’s Day, a group of geocachers met at a caching event.  The group consisted of five sets of spouses, who braved the elements, in order to experience the joy of the find.  This year, each couple decided to place a new geocache somewhere in the Glens Falls area.  Each couple decided to place their favorite type of cache and use their favorite type of cache container.  From the information provided, determine:

1.       The cacher spouse pairs

2.      The type of cache placed by each cacher couple

3.       The type of cache container used by each cacher couple

 

 

CLUES:

-          Used2BaMuggle [who did not place the Letterbox Cache] did not use the camo pill bottle as his container.

-          WatchlistWendy used the ammo can as her cache container.

-          The woman who placed the Letterbox Cache using the Lock ‘N’ Lock container is neither SwagSearcher [who did not use the pill bottle] nor TNLNGal.

-          The man who placed the Letterbox Cache is not LatLongLarry.

-          FTFFrank  [who did not use the Lock ‘N’ Lock container] is not the man who placed the Earth Cache, and PQueryPatty is not his wife.

-          Used2BaMuggle is not married to either  TNLNGal or  the woman who placed the regular cache, and none of them used the pinecone as their cache container.

-          BeeDancer  did not place the Multi-Cache.

-          TNLNGal  did not use the camo pill bottle as her cache container, and SwagSearcher did not place the Puzzle Cache with her hubby.

-          SpoilerAlertSam used the bison tube as his cache container.

-          The woman who placed the Multi-Cache was not SwagSearcher or TNLNGal

 

THE BREAKDOWN:

1.        MEN:    FTFFrank , LatLongLarry , NAD27man, SpoilerAlertSam, Used2BaMuggle

2.      WOMEN:  BeeDancer, PQueryPatty, SwagSearcher , TNLNGal, WatchlistWendy

3.       CACHE TYPE:  Earth, Letterbox Hybrid, Multi-Cache, Puzzle, Regular

4.      TYPE OF CACHE CONTAINER:  Ammo Can, Bison Tube, Camouflaged Pill Bottle, Fake Pinecone, Small Lock ‘N’ Lock Container

 

 

 

 



COORDINATES:                          N 43.1A.BCD  W073.3E.FGH

 

A = [The number of letters in the name of the man who placed the Puzzle Cache] – [the number of letters in the name of BeeDancer’s husband]

B = [The number of letters in the name of the man who placed the Ammo Can] - 3

C = [The number of letters in the second word of FTFFrank’s cache container]

D = [The number of letters in the type of cache placed by SwagSearcher] - 1

E = [The number of letters in the cache container placed by Used2BaMuggle] + 1

F = [The number of letters in PQPatty’s spouse’s name] +  1

G = [The number of letters in the name of the woman who placed the Multi-Cache] - 6

H = [The number of letters total in TNLNGal’s cache container] - 6

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh unir ybat nezf, gurer vf ab ernfba gb tb ohfujnpxvat.

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)