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Stand by Me - FINAL SCENE - Vern's Penny Jar Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/23/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the coordinates listed, but is within a 2 mile radius of that location.

You are looking for a medium sized plastic jar in a camo bag with plenty of room for swaps.

It’s not buried.

This one can be a bit muddy after a bit of rain and suitable footwear should be worn, e.g. wellies.

** SERIES DESCRIPTION **
See cache 1 in this series for a full series description.
Click here for cache 1 details.
Each cache in the series contains a number that you will need to find in order to locate this final bonus cache.

The final cache is not at the coordinates listed, but can be found within a 2 mile radius of that location.


** SCENE DESCRIPTION **

"We all understood what Vern meant right away. At the beginning of the school-year he had buried a quart-jar of pennies underneath his house.  He drew a treasure map, so he could find them again. A week later his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry."

By now you should have collected all of the numbers from Vern's back up plan.  You now just need to put them together to find the cache.

The actual coordinates for the cache are:
N51 AB.CDE
W003 FG.HIJ


Check your solution here.





** GORDIE'S CONCLUSION **

As time went on we saw less and less of Teddy and Vern until eventually they became just two more faces in the halls. That happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant. I heard that Vern got married out of High-school, had four kids and is now the forklift operator at the Arsenal Lumberyard. Teddy tried several times to get into the Army but his eyes and his ear kept him out. The last I heard, he'd spent some time in jail. He was now doing odd jobs around Castle Rock.

Chris did get out. He enrolled in the College-courses with me. And although it was hard he gutted it out like he always did. He went on to College and eventually became a lawyer. Last week he entered a fast food restaurant. Just ahead of him, two men got into an argument.  One of them pulled a knife...

I hope you've enjoyed your walk through this series, I know I have.  Good luck finding Vern's penny jar.

Don’t be a stranger!



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of the Forestry Commission Wales
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svaq nyy gur bgure pnpurf va gur frevrf naq purpx gur pbbeqvangrf purpxre sbe na nqqvgvbany uvag.

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)