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Shell Game Mystery Cache

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redlights: Received word that the cache may be missing. I checked on it this evening and it certainly is. It was a decent run but I don't want to duplicate it. Thanks to all who visited.

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Hidden : 12/11/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle cache. But when does the puzzle begin?

Congrats to SeeKPeeKRs for being the M.E.F.F. (Most Esteemed First Finder)

When does the fun begin for you while geocaching? Is it when you are on a half mile hike enjoying the environment around you? Do you like to have to use stealth when urban caching? Do you like sitting down with a good puzzle cache and trying to work out the proper coordinates? Is it when your kids find that big ammo can and their eyes light up knowing there may be something in there to trade? It is different for everyone! And I hope that this puzzle cache will be as well. The puzzle isn’t finding the cache. The puzzle begins once you have found it.

You remember the old shell game. Put a ball under one cup out of three. Switch the cups around and ask the person “Where’s the ball?” This game will be played the same way. The container has six different compartments where the log can be found. Which one has the log?

The Rules:
Once you have found the container.
1. In any order you wish, open one compartment at a time.
2. Once you locate the log – sign it. Then the fun begins.
3. Place the log into a different compartment.
4. Replace the container.
5. When you get home, along with your online log post the number of times you had to open a different compartment. Be Honest no one is going to laugh at you if it took all six tries.


As a side note, this is the second try at this idea. I had one hidden back in Feb. 07 and it went missing before it got activated. It was in a different location but it was weird that it was "muggled" before it ever went live.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx qrrc.

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)