John Adams - The Jefferson Connection Mystery Cache

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succotash: We decided to get out and walk on this sunny Sunday and search for the new caches on the edge of Pacer Woods. As we pulled in the parking lot, we noticed the sign for the new golf course. We knew that the golf course was planned, but we were surprised to see the sign. As we walked towards the first cache, we noticed survey markers in the woods. We then noticed tree clearing activities. We quickly became worried about our many caches in these woods. This was confirmed when we discovered the Ben Franklin series was destroyed in the tree clearing.

As we walked toward John Adams we dreaded what we might find. Sadly, we could see the formerly wooded cache location from 200 yards away. Fortunately, the “succotash security system” kept the final ammo can in place, even though it was now in the open in the clear-cut area. We were very fortunate that one of the new caches we started out to find mentioned a tool requirement, and because of that Corn was able to improvise a tool to release the ammo can. We had brought a small lightweight backpack to exchange swag with the new caches. It was a quite a different experience to eventually be carrying a large wooden kite, four full metal ammo cans, and two large Jefferson cipher containers as we bushwacked our way through woods, brush, and downed trees.

On July 4, 1826, when John Adams died, his last words were, “Thomas Jefferson survives”. But John Adams was wrong. Thomas Jefferson had died 5 hours earlier on the same day. Ironically, we lost both the John Adams and Thomas Jefferson caches on the same day.

We were incredibly disappointed that no one from the University that had given permission for these cache placements let us know to remove the caches before they were comprised and destroyed. We were proud of these caches and happy to get such positive feedback from the finders. We were very uplifted by the log entries from people who really appreciated this unique cache series, the historical aspect, and the effort involved. We feel very lucky that by chance, we were able to save components of this cache series. We removed all of the cache components we could find, including the broken pieces and destroyed elements. We will log and re-deploy any trackables that may have been in these caches. It was great while it lasted.

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Hidden : 3/3/2013
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

There is no cache at the posted coordinates.

This is a multi-stage puzzle cache.

You must first find the Jefferson Disk Cache (GC45RE7) and use the Stage 2 Jefferson Disk Assembly in order to find the coordinates to this cache.

Please park at the convocation center parking lot at N33 34.430 W081 46.520

This cache is placed with specific permission from USC-Aiken.

Have fun!

Adams-Jefferson Connection

John Adams, from Boston Massachusetts, was a one of our nation’s Founding Fathers. He was elected as our nation’s first Vice President and was later elected as the second President of the United States.

A close friendship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams began when they first met at the 1775 Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They became forever linked when they were both elected to the “Committee of Five” during the Second Continental Congress in June of 1776. The “Committee of Five” was selected to write the Declaration of Independence, and included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Ben Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert Livingston of New York. With John Adams’ support, Thomas Jefferson was selected to write the first draft of our nation's founding document.

Although Adams and Jefferson were different in many ways, the two developed a strong respect and liking for one another. In 1784, Jefferson joined Adams in France on diplomatic service where Jefferson first developed his disk cipher. While Jefferson remained in Paris, Adams served primarily in London. In March of 1786, Jefferson went to England on diplomatic business. While there Jefferson and Adams found time to tour English gardens and Shakespeare's home. Together they chipped off a bit of Shakespeare’s chair as a souvenir, in Adams' words, "according to the custom." The friendship between the two Founding Fathers was very close. Jefferson wrote that Adams "is so amiable, that I pronounce you will love him if you ever become acquainted with him." Mrs. Adams once called Jefferson "one of the choice ones of the earth," and Mr. Adams wrote to Jefferson that "Correspondence with you . . . is one of the most agreeable events in my Life."

Despite their close friendship during the early years of the nation’s existence, the two leaders eventually became ferocious political opponents. Adams belonged to the Federalist Party while Jefferson helped found the opposing Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalist Party was centered in the urban north and was committed to a strong central government. The Democratic-Republican Party was centered in the rural south and denounced most of the Federalist policies. The political competition between Jefferson and Adams was finally settled in the Presidential election of 1800 where Jefferson defeated Adams. The election included ferocious smear campaigns on both sides and resulted in a long suspension of the friendship between Jefferson and Adams. Adam’s Federalists branded Jefferson “a howling atheist”, while Jefferson hired a writer to smear the standing President Adams as "mentally deranged".

The friendship between Adams and Jefferson was renewed years after Jefferson’s presidency was over. In 1811 a neighbor of Thomas Jefferson visited Boston and reported back that Adams had said, "I always loved Jefferson, and still love him." In response to these words, Jefferson wrote "This is enough for me. I only needed this knowledge to revive towards him all of the affections of the most cordial moments of our lives." From this point on Jefferson and Adams continued to correspond until their deaths.

After fifteen years of resumed friendship, on July 4, 1826, Jefferson and Adams died within hours of each other. Surprisingly, their deaths occurred on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was unaware that 500 miles away Jefferson had died just hours earlier. Adams’ last spoken words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."


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Prior to seeking this cache you must first find the Jefferson Disk Cache (GC45RE7) and use the Stage 2 Jefferson Disk Assembly in order to find the coordinates to this cache.

The "KEY2" for Stage 2 is the same as the one used for the Jefferson Disk cache. However, the "CIPHER2" for this cache is different, which will give you different coordinates for the final cache.


CIPHER2 is given as “S2802890W07817156”

Note: The underlines are a critical detail.


Please remember to mix up the disks in the Jefferson Disk cache before returning them to their container.




Congratulations to Sought and Found for being First to Find!.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany: Bnx

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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