Useless Eustace Mystery Cache
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A small clip lock box hidden in West Devon!
Useless Eustace is one of those people we all love to hate, a
banker. Even worse, he’s an investment banker, or at least he
was. Unlike Fred the Shred and his ilk, Eustace was low
down the food chain, so there was no multi million pound pension
pot for him.
When Useless Eustace heard that he was “being let go”
and on what terms, he was more than a little piqued and decided to
take some samples of the banks wares with him, to wit, a briefcase
full of cash. It wasn’t easy to get hold of cash in an
investment bank but get it he did; his pride was at stake.
Even Useless Eustace realised that hiding the money under the
mattress was not the smartest thing to do so he hit
upon the idea of depositing it in the countryside. Immediate money
problem solved. Or was it?.
Remember the name Useless Eustace. He didn’t get that for
nothing! He was careless, very careless, but he was good with
figures, after all he spent his working life with them.
Today the police visited and searched his home.They found nothing
to obviously implicate him in any theft but they took away the
chart he'd used to hide the cash. He’s terrified
they’ll realise what they have.
Personally I have no sympathy for him; the money wasn’t his
in the first place. It would please me no end if somebody
removed all traces of it and filled the container with innocuous
trinkets. Just imagine his face (or the police's) on seeing
those!
I managed to get hold of a copy of the chart but can't make head
nor tail of it so if you want to give it a go please do. It would
be a real laugh to find the stash. I know Eustace, he's no great
traveller, (when he has to pay for himself) so it's safe to bet the
Northing starts with 50 and the Westing with 004 so all we have to
do is figure out the rest!.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Oruvaq gur boivbhf.