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Howe Farm Cache IV - A.S.L.! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/22/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

FTF: November 22, 2008 - By CaptSteiny.

Don't Go To The Above Coordinates!
Howe Farm Park sign.
An Exercise in A.S.L.
~~~ AMERICAN SIGN(ed) LANGUAGE ~~~
     Sign(ed) Language can be simply described as any means of communication through which bodily movements, especially of the hands and arms, are used rather than through speech.
     It has long been used by speakers of mutually unintelligible languages - for example, various Plains Indian tribes in 19th-century North America communicated via a sign language - and is widely used for communication by the deaf.
     Charles-Michel, abbe de l'Epee (1712 - 89), developed the first sign language for the deaf in the mid-18th century; his system developed into French Sign Language (FSL), still used in France.
     Transported to the U.S. in 1816 by Thomas Gallaudet (1787 - 1851), it evolved into American Sign Language (ASL, or Ameslan), now used by more than half a million people.
     These and other national sign languages generally express concepts rather than elements of words and thus have more in common with each other than with their countries' spoken languages.

SOURCE: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.
Edited by: Fledermaus, 22 November 2008.

     For more information about the many variations of Sign Languages throughout the USA and the world, please visit this website.
     All you have to do now is translate the following sets of images into the coordinates for this cache.  However and for the sake of confusion, I have added a little twist to one of the image sets to increase the cache's difficulty.
     The container you seek, which shall remain without description, contains a Logbook and a few new trinkets of no great value.  In any case, please remember to trade equal to or better than your take from this or any other cache.
A= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
B= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
C= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
D= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
E= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
F= Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol. Sign Languauage symbol.
N47° 31.ABC' x W122° 34.DEF'
     You are looking for an Ammunition Can. Depending on your approach, you may encounter some low lying soggy conditions, so please consider wearing water-tight boots.
Have Fun and Don't forget to look for the number in the back of the
logbook so you can find the  "Howe Farm Cache V - The Challenge!".

Howe Farm Park caches:
Howe Farm Cache I - The Original!
Howe Farm Cache II - The Bullmoose!
Howe Farm Cache III - Revisited!
Howe Farm Cache IV - A.S L.!
Howe Farm Cache V - The Challenge!
Howe Farm Cache VI - Ding-A-Ling!
Howe Farm Cache VII - Are We There Yet?
Howe Farm Cache VIII - The Bushwhacker!
Howe Farm Cache IX - The Twins!

Last Edited/Updated: Sat, Nov 07 2015 07:28:38 PM.

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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)