GC3VW1A Monolith (Unknown Cache) in Massachusetts, United States created by Loch Cache & Arthur C. Clarke

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Loch Cache: Loved this cache puzzle and location. I haven't driven by yet, but if Hypercycloid says the Monolith is gone, then I can't see putting the cache back where there is no Monolith.

Good bye Monolith and thank you to all who found it.

Loch Cache

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A cache by Loch Cache & Arthur C. Clarke Message this owner

Hidden : 8/31/2012

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I was exploring some good areas around Concord one day when I saw something that got me thinking about the Space Odyssey series, both the novels and the films. No, it wasn't a bunch of monkeys. And it was not black. But still it got me thinking. This is the resulting puzzle cache. - Loch

A word about Monoliths
A monolith is a gεological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock,
such as some mountains, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument.
Erosion usually exposes the geologiϛal formations, which are most often made of
very hard and solid metαmorphic or igneous rock.

The Spαce Odyssey series by Arthur Clarke, βoth novels and films, Monoliths
are fictional advanced machines built by an unseen extraterrestrial species.
During the Space θdyssey series, three monoliths are discovered in the
solar system by humans and it is revealed that thousands if not more were
created throughout the solar system, although none are seen.

MONOLITH
The word monolith derives from the Latin word monolithus from the Greek word
μονόλιθος (monolithos), derived from μόνος ("one" or "single") and λίθος ("stone").

Its all Greek to me
Ξ kseː ξεῖ ksi ξῖ xi
Π peː πεῖ pi πῖ pi
Φ pʰeː φεῖ fi φῖ phi
Χ kʰeː χεῖ çi χῖ chi
Ψ pseː ψεῖ psi ψῖ psi

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Now what?
The puzzle gives you 6 numbers. 3 for the north and 3 for the west. Check sum is 24
N42° 27.--- W71° 23.---

Good luck and good caching,

Loch Cache

Congrats to boston brewins for the FTF; to Penguin Expeditions for the FTS and to the others who found before the puzzle was corrected.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] [Mαybe lαter] [Hide] fubhyq or rnfl vs lbh whfg ybbx hc gbc

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)

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