Secret Pirates Traditional Cache
tyre storm: There are several caches in this area and this one kept getting moved or stolen so I am archiving it. Enjoy the area it is beautiful.
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As you approach this cache you may see the boat ramp and the old riverboat landing for Crescent City. The Cache is on private property with permission from the owners. Enjoy a beautiful view of one of the last pristine lakes in Florida.
Park at:
N29'25.792
W081'30.389 and use one of the two gates
The most difficult thing about this cache will be avoiding detection by muggles. Much stealth will be required. If you like enjoy a beverage ....say hello to Pam, Mike, or Jerry and tell them Coach sent you looking for secret bananas.You do not need to get wet, muddy, climb fences or get into the banana bar boat.
This is the site of the original Masonic Lodge and later became a bait shop called "The Black Eyed Shiner." It is a local hang out with a great new dock and fantastic view of the lake and Bear Island. One of the earliest Europeans to visit this area was a Portuguese-born pirate known to his contemporaries as Big Jack the Ugly. His story and the scuttling of the America brings a bit of pirate lore to Crescent Lake, Florida’s third largest.
Big Jack was a sailor aboard French, then Spanish ships until one day in 1703 somewhere off the Florida coast he led a mutiny, taking command of the Spanish ship on which he was serving and murdering everyone who stood in his way.
Big Jack worked the slave trade for another five years until he ran into a British warship off Charleston, South Carolina. His ship was badly damaged by cannon fire, but fog covered its escape. Big Jack’s ship limped up the St. Johns and up into Crescent Lake, where he and his followers rested and made repairs. Over the next several years Big Jack returned to winter at Crescent Lake, where he had made friends among the local Native Americans.
In 1713 Big Jack’s ship captured a frigate called the Black Swan. They brought her up to Crescent to strip it of its guns, stores and hardware before they scuttled her about 2,500 yards southeast of the Crescent City dock.
Crescent is a consistent 10- or 12-feet deep and free of obstructions.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[beware of snakes as you are very near the lake]
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