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Altoid Tin - Rochester - #500! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/24/2012
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

***Cache is NOT at the posted coordinates***

This is my Five Hundreth Hide. I decided to do something a little bit different and special with this one. I have hidden in various caches in various locations four-digit numbers. The goal of this cache is to get you out and about looking for them. It is up to you to figure out which caches are included and where they all are. After that, plan your road trip.

Inside of all the tins you will find a four-digit number. Add up all of the four-digit numbers to create the number AAAAA.
AAAAA - 51586 = BBBBB
AAAAA - 23914 = CCCCC
Cache is located at N 44 BB.BBB W 92 CC.CCC

Altoids, the Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Mints, were first produced in England at the turn of the 19th century during the reign of King George III. Smith & Co. (est. 1780), the small London firm that developed the original "curiously strong" recipe, later became part of Callard & Bowser, a prestigious English confectioner founded in 1837. Altoids peppermints are specially formulated peppermint lozenges many times stronger than ordinary mints. Their curious strength comes from the more than generous use of real peppermint oil, as prescribed in the original recipe developed by Smith & Co. at the turn of the 19th century. Today, all Altoids varieties including: Peppermint, Wintergreen, Spearmint, Liquorice, Cinnamon, Ginger, and Creme de Menthe are made to the same exacting standards as the original Altoids recipe developed more than 200 years ago.

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