The Golden Ammo
Can:
I first heard about
the tradition of the Golden Ammo Can in New York State. When a
cacher reaches their 1000th cache milestone a group of
his or her peers put out a cache using an ammo can painted gold as
the final. Tradition also dictates that this person also gets the
first to find on the cache as
well. This person has
then joined an esteemed group of cachers known as the Golden Ammo
Can Club (GACC). I really think that this idea has merit and is
kind of fun for the recipient, so I’ve decided to bring it to The
Great White North for a trial run.
Coman123: A Short
Bio:
Coman123 short for Corrections Officer Man, is actually a team of
cachers made up of Joe, Theresa and their three
children. This team
started caching on January 12th, 2009 on the cache Paper
House (GC1A78D), the words in that log proved fateful (“Just
started caching, this was our first find, looks like we’re in for
years of enjoyment”) as a little more than 10 months later they are
about to reach probably the most important milestone in caching,
1000 finds. Those statistics would probably be impressive enough,
but Coman123 has also put out 51 caches (including three events),
has started The Lennox and Addington Geocachers group, as well as
the website for the group and has proven a worthy competitor in the
Eastern Ontario First to Find Competition, recently beating out the
King, AaronHaynes when he couldn’t make the FTF on his own cache.
In any event Coman123 has been a great asset to local caching in
these last 10 months and hopefully for years to come. This cache is
a dedication to the efforts that you have put in to make caching
fun for the rest of us.
Jail Bird: A Tale
of Coman123’s Golden Ammo Can:
Joe was sitting at work one day anxiously awaiting his upcoming
1000th cache milestone when he gets a call from his
shift supervisor at the jail. “Joe, do you know a
Canadianzombie and AaronHaynes” he asks. “Why yes, Aaron
Haynes is doing a 10 year stint at Kingston Pen for car theft.
Apparently he was going for an first to find and his car broke
down, so he flagged down a car and tried to steal it, turns out it
was an OPP’s car….not too smart that lad”. Joe also relayed
the fact that AaronHaynes was actually Cacheviewer and that all of
his FTF’s were bogus. “So what about this Canadianzombie”
asked the supervisor. “Oh, he’s the smart one” relayed
Joe, “He broke an encryption code and was able to get
coordinates to all the caches before they were published,
unfortunately he also stole $1,000,000 to buy his wife a new
car…why do you ask”. The supervisor told Joe that the two had
broken out of the Kingston Pen and were out to steal his Golden
Ammo Can as revenge for him not giving them money for their canteen
accounts. “Looks like they’ve left you a note Joe”. As the
officer handed Joe the note written on toilet paper, he read it out
loud
“Hey Joe, thanks
for nothing you #$%&, we’re doing hard time and you can’t even
give us cash for a chocolate bar, just for that, we’re taking your
Golden Ammo Can and throwing it in the lake. Your dream of a 1000
cache milestone is done, I hope you remember this when that day
comes and you’re left to wonder what might have been, you make us
sick.
P.S. Tell Theresa
I was asking about her and the
kids”
“Looks like
they’ve left some clues for you at some places around the area as
well” said the supervisor, “Why do they want you to catch
them”? Joe pondered this as he raced out of work and on to the
first clue. “I will get them and when I
do………”
The Work To Be
Done:
*In all coordinate calculations assume that North 44 and West 076
are given. I would also suggest that if your math is at all rusty
that you bring a calculator along with you on this
one.
Waypoint
#1:
You will notice three
separate 4 digit numbers on a plaque, add these three numbers
together to get another 4 digit number. Subtract this number from
19841 to get north coordinates and add it to 27317 to get the west
coordinates.
Waypoint
#2:
When you arrive at
this site, you’ll notice a big sign and a small one. On the small
sign is a four digit number, take this number and multiply it by
the amount of numbers in the predominant colour of the small sign.
Take this new four digit number and subtract it from 18524 to get
the north coordinates and add it to 37752 to get the west
coordinates.
Waypoint
#3:
When you arrive at this site you’ll notice another sign, take note
of all the words on the English side that start with I and chose
the first one. Using a letter/number substitution grid (a=1 , b=2,
c=3, etc) figure out a number using the first word, you should have
a three digit number. Multiple this by the least predominant colour
in the sign to give you another three digit number. Subtract this
from 16270 to get the north coordinates. To get the west
coordinates take the three digit number and add it to 57165 to get
the west coordinates.
Waypoint
#4:
You will notice yet another, but last sign. Take note of the words
on the sign and chose the words that begin with V. Add the letters
of all these words up and multiply them by the year Coman123
started caching. Take this number and subtract 18355 to get the
north coordinates and add 27295 to get the west
coordinates.
The
Final:
Enjoy !!!
Epilogue:
Yeah, you’re just
dying to know what happened aren’t you, well Coman123 followed the
clues and almost caught the two dastardly criminals, but they got
away. It has been said that AaronHaynes got a sex change and is now
a female runway model named “Erin
Heinz”.
CZ also had some
reconstructive surgery done after he and Aaron parted ways and is
now an unknown Hollywood B-lister.
They never did get to
steal the Golden Ammo Can, but they did get a small measure of
revenge, but you’ll see for yourself…………
Cheers
Cz and AaronHaynes