Rusty Sheriffs Badge Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/30/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a medium sized container located near the Stockton Police Station, the area can get quite busy so please use stealth.

Some historians speculate that the first police badge ever issued was done so in or about 1845 in London where the first police department was established.

Incidentally, the first police badges were made of copper, and many believe that "copper" became a nickname for police officers, and, ultimately, it was shortened to cops.

One of the best-known badges is the typically star-shaped U.S. sheriff's badge, made famous in Westerns. There are many theories to why they chose a star shaped badge one of which is in ancient times, the pentacle was used by sorcerers and believed to impart magical powers. As late as the sixteenth century, soldiers wore pentacles around their necks in the believe that they would protect them from enemy arrows.

It isn't true that sheriffs always wore five-pointed stars and their deputies six-pointed ones. Early American lawmen forged a new tradition of forsaking old traditions regularly without much regard there seems to be no fixed protocol on five-six pointed badges although the five-point star has been pre-eminent from the beginning.

As symbols of authority it was essential that the badges were kept in pristine condition with regular wiping as it was deemed inappropriate to have a dirty rusty sheriffs badge which could easily happen with the wild west conditions.

FTF trinket of a shiny silver sheriffs badge

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

vil cbfg

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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