We are starting a new series of Harry
Potter geocaches, The Harry Potter Horcrux Series. According to
J.K. Rowlings a horcrux is a "receptacle in which a Dark wizard has
hidden a part of his soul for the purposes of attaining
immortality." In the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron and Hermione hunt for the horcruxes
that Lord Voldemort created to house the shattered pieces of his
soul. You get to have more fun than they did and hunt ammo cans in
the woods.
There are 7 horcrux caches in this series,
and a final cache that can only be found from clues collected from
each of the 7 horcrux caches. In each horcrux cache there is a
piece of paper with a question. Each question can be answered from
a Harry Potter book or movie. Each answer will be a number. In each
cache there are slips of paper written out with blanks for a gps
coordinate. Grab a piece of the paper from one of the caches and
start entering the coords.
You can most certainly enjoy any or all of
the caches without attempting the final cache. You can hunt just
the ones you want if you're not interested in finding the last
bonus cache, the Death of Voldemort. If you aren't a Harry Potter
fan or don't know one, you can always find the answers on the
internet.
Each cache we placed is a regular sized
cache, an ammo can filled with child friendly toys and items. The
final cache is a 5 gallon camo covered bucket filled with an
ecclectic assortment of items. Most aren't your typical swag, some
is.
The caches are very family friendly. You
don't have to scale cliffs or put yourself in mortal danger to find
them. Most can be located on leisurely strolls down the long
forgotten roads peppering Starr Mountain.
We placed all but the bonus cache in a two
day marthon on the mountain. Hunting good places for 7 caches takes
a while. But we're pretty sure you could do them all in the same
day.
The horcruxes are:
Marvolo Gaunt's Ring
Tom Riddle's Diary
Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
Salazar Slytherin's
Locket
Rowena Ravenclaw's
Diadem
Harry Potter
Nagini
Please do not remove the prop items from
the caches (the ring, cup, diadem(tiara), etc).
This cache is Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem
(tiara). As that was a bit too big to fit into the cache, we got
one from Walmart instead to represent it.
Hope y'all enjoy this series of
caches!