Skip to content

Cemetery Sleuth, Case #18 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/1/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:



Cemetery Sleuth, Case #18 - Missing at Salem
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's nearby.

The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Scio Township. Once there, find the exact spot where the photograph below was taken. Then identify which gravestone is missing from the picture and use the information found on that stone to complete the final coordinates for the cache.

The cache is not located on or connected to any grave site or marker. Please be respectful of the church and cemetery grounds as well as the state's dawn-to-dusk rule. Honoring mourners' privacy ranks higher in priority than getting that smiley, so if it appears that the churchyard and/or cemetery are busy, please come back another day.


 
 
If you are caching paperless, don't forget to take this photo with you.

 

Solve for N 42° A.BC, W 83° D.EF, where:

A = J's day of birth minus the number of times the answer to '3 X 8 - 6' appears in his birthdate
B = The sum of all the months of birth and death
C = The first digit in the age difference between J and M
D = The sum of J's days of birth and death plus M's day of death plus the last digit of M's day of birth
E = The sum of J's day of birth and M's day of birth plus the third digit in J's year of death
F = The number of times G appears on the gravestone minus the number of times K appears on the gravestone


Congratulations to tessandfriends, FTF this cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Grnz SZN pb-yrnqre N'f tenaqzbgure unf gur fnzr svefg naq ynfg anzrf nf bar bs gur crbcyr ba guvf tenirfgbar. Abg n urycshy uvag ohg gur ernfba guvf fgbar jnf pubfra!

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)