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 Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. Please
leave the ring in the cache as it carries a terrible curse. Albus
Dumbledore himself, the greatest wizard of his time, suffered the
curse from trying on the ring
Hope y'all enjoy this series of
caches!