Starlight Compass Barn Quilt Multi-Cache
Hidden : 10/1/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Hardin County has a number of barn quilts, and I recently found a map of their locations. I enjoyed driving around and looking at the various quilts, and placing some caches, so you can come take a look too.

Please hunt this cache during daylight hours only. Enjoy!

This cache is a simple offset cache.
The posted co-ords will take you to view the quilt.
To figure the final co-ords you will need to note the blue address number sign by the pole near the barn, and also count the outside points on the compass design.

A= the first 2 digits in the address plus 17
B= the number of points on the outer compass plus 40

The micro cache can be found close by at:

N 37 41.9A
W 085 59.1B
or just go to Crisp Rd and look at the base of the first sign on the right.
Mariner's Compass is the name quilters use to refer to star designs that radiate from the center of a circle. They usually have 16 or 32 points like the compass card on a magnetic compass or a map. The Mariner's Compass quilt brings to mind seas of long ago as the captain of a ship struggles to find his way in the deep fog. In truth this pattern reflects back to a seafaring guide that existed even before the compass.



It's not surprising that the Mariner's Compass pattern is one of the earliest quilt patterns. The design is a very old one. Before the compass was available early mariners depended on a wind chart called the windrose. Though not always reliable it was the best that could be done before the magnetic compass came into use in the late 13th century.
For some time after sailors still depended on the winds, as they didn't completely trust the magnetic compass. During this time the wind rose gradually evolved into the compass rose on nautical maps. The compass rose continued to be a useful decorative feature on charts and maps for the next few centuries. It's likely that quilters were inspired by the varied designs used to depict the compass rose over time. The first known quilt to use the Mariner's Compass design was made in1726 in England.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

40

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)


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