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Gold Rush Lucky Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Species5618: This one has been missing for awhile and I don't see me hiking up there to fix it anytime soon. So I am archiving it and opening up the area for someone else.

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Hidden : 5/27/2004
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This Cache is located above the Marshall Gold Discovery Park in Coloma Ca.

This cache location overlooks the place where GOLD was discovered back in 1848.
So in keeping with the luck of the Gold Rush this cache is filled with California Lottery tickets!
Try your luck! As in the Gold Rush there is no guarantee of success.
You may strike it rich or you may get zip, zero, nothing or maybe you will get enough to go into town and get a drink and maybe a meal.

Please only stake a claim to one ticket per finder.
Also [lease note in your online log if you won or not and how much if you did.

The Monroe Ridge trail is a nice 3 mile loop trail that takes you up above the James Marshall Memorial.
There are great views of the Coloma valley and South Fork of the American river area.
In the spring the area is bursting with wildflowers.
The cache is located near a picnic table. So bring a lunch or a snack.
Binoculars would also be a good idea.

The cache is a Rubbermaid container and contains a log book, pen, and lottery tickets.

A free map of the trails in the park is available at the desk in the Park Museum .

This cache is hiker friendly but dogs are not allowed.
There is also a parking fee but if you are too cheap to help fund our state parks.
You can park in a turn out along side the road just North of the park on Hwy 49.

View from Monroe Ridge Trail

Please log your find or no find online so I will know how the cache is doing.
If you feel my coordinates are off please post your coordinates with your log.
So I can make adjustments if necessary.

No more boring log entries.
Hey folks how about leaving a log entry that tells me something about finding this geocache or about your day of geocaching? We are all guilty of the old cut and paste but how about something more than "Good cache TNLNSL TFTC" on 10+ caches in one day? We cache owners like to hear about your experiences. It gives us a feeling of being there when we can't be, how the cache is doing, and it lets us get to know you in a virtual kind of way. That doesn't mean it has to be long just not boring.
Remember the cache owners and anyone with a watch on the cache will read your log, how about making it interesting.
We Thank You.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ba gur qbja uvyy fvqr bs gur genvy arkg gb n ebpx

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)