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Agent 711 - Exposing Benedict Arnold Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

pupulesurfer: I'm gonna put this and the others under wraps and put new ones up so you have more to go after. For those of you that have spoken to me already, you have permission to still log this even though it is archived.

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Hidden : 8/19/2012
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A bit of American History!! READ ON!

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES BUT IS WITHIN 2 MILES.

It should be easy to get to when you figure out the coords. No major bushwacking needed! Sometimes the signal bounces around

So the other day I was in the library doing some research for my final exam essay question. While I was going through the racks of books, I stumbled upon an old, tattered leather bound book. The pages were all torn up and the words were written in ink!! I could hardly read many of the words as the ink was smudged. As I thumbed through the pages I noticed this wasn't an ordinary book. I sat down in a secluded area of the library so I could look at the pages a little closer. Inside was a list of words that were followed by a number. It's as if the person who wrote this took random words out of a dictionary and assigned numbers to them. Then it donned on me, this wasn't some random list. This was a code book!!! I just stumbled upon a really old piece of American Spy history. I immediately realized what I had to do; Encode the location of my next geocache! I sat in that library for hours trying to figure out the code so I could use it. Fortunately, I finally figured out how to do it.

Look at the attached image and you will get the coded coordinates. After you have finished decoding the coordinates, they should be in this form

N xxo xx’ xx.xx”
W xxxo xx’ xx.xx”

If you need any help figuring this one out, go ahead and email me or message me and I will gladly help you out.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle:] Ybbx gb Ntrag 711, Orawnzva Gnyyznqtr, be gur Phycre Evat sbe uryc. [cache:] Ol n gerr gung jnf phg qbja n ybat gvzr ntb.

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)