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Visine Dry Eyes Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Marko Ramius: The cache owner is not responding to issues with this geocache, so I must regretfully archive it.

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Hidden : 7/21/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates! You must solve the puzzle to find the location of the cache.

I'm not usually one to go for first to finds. Most caches that pop up in my notifications are usually too far for me to drive to put up any contest for a FTF. I'm also not one to spend a lot of time on a puzzle. I'll take a quick look, and if something pops out at me, then I'll spend more time on it. Sometimes, I'll come back to a puzzle a second or third time and have a eureeka moment. However, one puzzle in particular has been absorbing quite a bit of my time lately, that cache is GC2ZXMT, Excedrin Headache As of my posting this puzzle it is still unsolved after 12 days. Needless to say, I've been spending a lot of time looking at this puzzle. I'm losing a lot of sleep. My eyes are getting a bit bloodshot, so I'm soon going to have to grab some eyedrops for my dried-out peepers.

I figured I'd make a puzzle in response to all the time I've spent hacking away, trying some of the silliest things, hoping to come up with a solution. You do not need to download any software to solve this puzzle, all the tools are readily available on the internet. Some may even be able to solve this with a calculator and a piece of scrap paper.

                 
                 

Container is a decon, hidden in the usual fashion. I'm not a fan of bushwacking at all, so I'll make it easy for you: Find the object that caches are often hidden on. Walk in front of it, find the narrow path into the greenery, crouch down.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
Congrats to SparkyMarsDude and mmarmont for the shared FTF! Also congrats to SparkyMarsDude for being second to solve just a fraction of a second behind Pacholik.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle:] Vg'f nyy va n fybtna [Hide:] Va gur pnpur qrfpevcgvba

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)