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Leonardo's Treasure Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

itsabird: Haven't been able to get to this one for a long time, and the amount of maintenance it needs is more than we can keep up with so its time to archive it. Thanks to all who went out on the hunt for this one, it was fun to make, and it looks like you had fun finding it.

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Hidden : 6/12/2009
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This is a multi-stage mystery cache!  CACHE IS NOT AT THE COORDINATES LISTED.  The coordinates listed will bring you to a good place to park for this cache.  To find the cache you will have to solve the mystery.

Leonardo lived long ago in a distant land.  He loved numbers and also loved puzzles.  He traveled to the lands of Arabia when he was young and learned their methods of representing numbers and doing calculations.  Later on in his life he used his knowledge to hide some of his treasures away, but he would always tell anyone who wanted to know exactly where they could find it.  Of course there was a puzzle involved, but he was happy to share his treasure with anyone who could solve his puzzle as long as they left a piece of treasure in its place.

When Leonardo's descendants came to America, they carried on his tradition of hiding caches full of treasure and sharing it with anyone who could solve his puzzle.  It looks as if such a cache exists somewhere in Stanley Park...

 

            F0=0, F1=1, F2=1, F3=2, F4=3, F5=5,      

             F6=?, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
             If it is my treasure that you seek
             I will tell you exactly where to go
             Solve the sequence listed above
             And go to the coordinates listed below

N 42.07.F13

W 72.48.F12

 

You will have to solve the sequence in the note and find the missing coordinates.  If you come up with numbers that have less than 3 digits, then pad them with zeroes to the left.

These coordinates will bring you to a camo-covered pill bottle that has directions for the next stage.  The final cache is an ammo box. The cache is over a half a mile from the given parking coordinates and requires about 200ft. of bushwacking. The cache is meant to be somewhat difficult and definetly shouldn't be a "Quicky"

You can check your answer on Geochecker.com before venturing out.  Have fun!

Cache Contents Include:

  • FTF Prize: $15 Barnes and Noble Gift Card
  • Calculator
  • Spider man flash cards
  • Light up yo-yo
  • Other Schwag

Please do not reveal any secrets in your logs, even encrypted.  You will notice we were intentionally vague in the cache description and want to keep the mystery alive for everyone. Please be sure to leave all the pieces as you have found them.  Thanks!

Congratulations to jbarlow6062 on FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yrbaneqb ernyyl yvxrq Cvfn!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)