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Outguess Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

chivato: After thinking about this for a week I've decided to archive it instead of replace it. Congrats to all who found it.
Happy Geocaching.
Tim

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Hidden : 9/13/2008
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

FTF Congrats to Hoss976 & BikeNfind

Cache is not at the listed coordinates but you can park there and walk/hike to the cache.


Niels and Peter were on a mission to find some real facts. The media had recently made some rather bold statements, but the media had not provided any independently verifiable evidence to support their claims.

Highly skilled and quite knowledgeable in the subject matter, Niels and Peter analyzed the criteria. They researched some methods. They chose some obvious targets. Then they designed, assembled and deployed an automated framework to gather the needed data for their research. The results of their fact finding mission are well know in some circles and are open to interpretation. Other published studies show that others attempted the same same task as Niels and Peter. The results of the published studies don't seem to provide anything new. The unpublished tests are, well.... just that :)

So, enough of that random nonsense. Are you ready to find a really simple cache?

This is a really simple 2 waypoint (multi-cache) located in the hills of East Orange. There are already a couple of other caches in the area. Grab those at the same time if you are so inclined.

Waypoint 1 provides the coordinates for waypoint 2. Waypoint 1 is a stones throw from a local street. Hopefully it will remain on the ground where it belongs.

Waypoint 2 is a small ammo can. Waypoint 2 is not hidden very well and may end up being mugglified if not well cared for. Time will tell and I'll replace/improve if need be.

Original cache contents are rather sparse, containing:

** One of those disposable cameras that probably won't last long. Take some photos please and leave it behind. I'll post them someday if they are printable.

** Some random items from the store I love to hate. See photo.

** Some groundspeak.com trinkets. Hey, we all need to support the site!

Please be aware that there are; snakes, spiders, bees, wild boar, bobcats, frogs, lizards, zebras, raccoon, humans, cougars, broken glass, cacti, rocks, rusty nails, slippy dirt and all kinds of other hazards up there. Please plan accordingly and be careful.

Good luck, have fun, cito and be safe.

Ooops! Almost forgot. You will probably need to know the coordinates for waypoint 1.

Well, lets see... There are a couple of different methods of finding them from the information on this page.

This is where I have to explain that originally I was going to upload a single photo and just say, "Have at it". That would've been sweet 'cause you would not have to read this novel just to find a simple cache :) But that would also have excluded a fair amount of otherwise excellent geo-cachers and really seemed wrong after I gave it some additional thought.

So, I decided that two methods would be better. Both should be quite simple.

Method 1: Have a look in the photo of the cache contents, it may help to think about the title of the cache.


cache contents


Method 2: Have a look in the photo of some completely random books. While the subject matter of these books is similar in some way there is an odd man out in the photo which has nothing to do with the topics. The key may not be odd.


random books

Note: for method 2 you are searching for the last bit of the following coords:N33 Degrees 47.??? W117 Degrees 47.???.



Good Luck!

As suggested from a very experienced cacher I have increased the difficulty level, not to 4 as suggested but to 3 1/2. 10/23/2008 chivato

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