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Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/15/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

NOT AT POSTED COORDS  Left in charge was I of Blackbeard's treasure. It be hidden within library.


The follerin be read best pirate voice.
Ahoy! Me treasure be within the public library fortress, plunder me booty when the fair Lassies are thar. . Thee hours of the mighty fortress library be: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 in the mornin to 6; Thursday the library be open from 10 to 7; Saturday ye can seek me treasure from 9 till high noon. The tide be low on Sunday, the library be closed.

Yarr to plunder me booty use a newfangled tracking device. Aye, I'd stick to treasure maps and scrolls. Ye be lookin fer details about The Pirate Terror at Sea to learn the story of Great Captain Blackbeard's demise! Do a little diggin then yer sure to do to break me code. The remembrances of the Great Pirate be yer only clue! Now listen here me hearties, ye parrot-lovin landlubber, before I make ye swab the decks!

Me treasure ye seek be at N 44°AB.CDE and W 94° AF.GHG Shiver me timbers!

Aye, the clues below be me code, ye mutinous swine!


A.The length of the Reign Of Fear and another fer good measuarrrrgh.
B.The number of O's in me matey Blackbeard's favorite hidey spot.

C. The fateful day that the yellow-bellied landlubber, Robert Maynard, arrived, how many of me pirate mateys were hung?

D. Blackbeard, aye a great pirate, had buried treasure. How many Jacks (men) knew whar Blackbeard's treasure be hidden at the time of his demise!
E. The decade that Blackbeard was likely born, minus five.
F.The number of pirate lad's who asked Blackbeard if his wife knew where his treasuarrrrgh be.
G. The last number of the year Blackbeard started piratein' minus one.
H. The number of sloops in the squadron that attacked Blackbeard's Adventure in Ocracoke Inlet.

Now that ye have the secrets to me code. Ye guard them with yer life or ye'll meet the rope's end. Enough with ye bilge! Dead men tell no tales, ye lily-livered swine! I've got booty to plunder. Land Ho! Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirates life for me! Trackables be welcome! And remember, I best understand me native pirate tongue so when ye proclaim that yer plunders and pillages led ye to me treasure, yer best pirate voices be welcome, matey!


And a special thanks to Kim fer makin this treasure a possible hunt

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Anl fvyire anl tbyq ohg pybfr gur inyhr or

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)