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Prince William County Artillery - The Final Mystery Cache

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manvacamp2000: Well, the Boy Scouts have erected a convincing bar across the path indicating the VOF wants no one to venture on their tax subsided land. It is a sad sign of the deterioration of our government that such lovely places as this are being removed from public access while the public subsidizes their very existence. Even though the sign is pretty much universally ignored and enforcement is non-existent, it is clear that this cache is in an untenable position. We had some good times with this one and I know those that hunted it really enjoyed it. Thanks to all of you.

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Hidden : 1/11/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES. IT MAY BE NEARBY - OR NOT!

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If you have completed the other caches in this series (GC18BBT, GC18DHW, and GC18DK0) then you have three sets of numbers. All you need are two more sets to find the coordinates of the final.

Below you will find the coordinates of two historical markers. You must go to those markers and obtain the following:

A1: What are the last two digits of the first year listed on the marker? Subtract 1 from that number.

A2: What number appears in the top right corner of the marker?

The final coordinates are found by plugging your numbers in the following formula:

N38 AA.BBC W077 DD.CEE

Where:
A - Numbers from A1 above
B - Numbers from Cache #1
C - Numbers from Cache #2
D - Numbers from A2 above
E - Numbers from Cache #3

A few notes about the cache. Dogs are not allowed and the area is closed at night, so plan accordingly. The hike is just over 3.5 miles round trip up hills that you may find challenging. Near the cache are some of the greatest views in Prince William County. Topo maps with trails are located at the entrance. Look for the highest area on the map - that's about where you are headed.

I placed the cache here as it is the scene of some tactically significant Civil War action. These are my first caches so I hope you have found following this series as much fun as I've had creating it.

Cache has some swag and lots of money (sort of). Each finder family please take only one bill & let me know if you take the last one so I can resupply it.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

FTF Honors go to OpalHunters - Congratulations!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fhcre ghccrejner - va n tnc orgjrra gjb ebpxf - pbirerq jvgu fgvpxf.

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)