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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #24 Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Team FMA: Visited and we had no trouble reading the tombstone. Maybe we’re just used to reading faded grave markers? Since others are having issues, we are archiving. Thanks for the visits!

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Hidden : 1/28/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #24 - Missing at Howard
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's nearby.

The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of the Howard Cemetery just east of Dansville. 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 cemetery is busy, please come back another day.


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

 

Solve for N 42° AB.CD, W 84° E.FG, where:

A = Phoebe's year of birth minus Albert's year of birth
B = Number of first names on this gravestone that begin with the letter A
C = Charlotte's age at Albert's birth minus the number of syllables in the principal surname on this gravestone
D = The number of people referenced on this gravestone
E = Albert's day of birth
F = The number of syllables in B's wife's name minus the number of syllables in L's wife's name
G = A's wife's age at death plus the difference between Phoebe's husband's day of birth and his day of death


Congratulations to mmc881, FTF for this cache... which happened to also be mmc881's 365th day of continual caching! Woo!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pebbx bs n gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)