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The Shire Foreign Exchange Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/9/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Finding the cache in Wisconsin (GC4ZZ1Z) : Go to the posted coordinates in New Zealand and you will find a four-digit set of numbers beneath the angel (on the east side of the monument). Note these numbers. The first two digits will be X, the last two digits will be Y.  The starting point for the Wisconsin cache is...

 N43 02.(14250 divided by X)  W88 08.(17385 divided by Y)

 

Finding the cache in New Zealand (GC4Z9A4): Go to the posted coordinates in Wisconsin. You should be in The Shire by a small Hobbit house. Look near the door of Bilbo’s home for a five digit number. That number will be "ABCDE".

The cache location for the New Zealand Cache is:

S 37°(AB.CDE - 14.432) E175 W 175°(AB.CDE - 25.764)

Link to find an international partner.

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=320533

 

Bilbo Baggins is with some friends in a small Hobbit House in the Black Forest. Gandalf needs your help to locate him so he can tell Bilbo about an important mission to Rivendell and the Misty Mountains.

The multi-cache in Brookfield, Wisconsin uses Hobbit Anglo Saxon Runes at a stage. Knowledge of the Runes language or the guide below will be of tremendous help.

The Black Forest of the Shire can be very wet certain times of the year. Be prepared for your journey!


Rivendell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2y3_PZdGI&noredirect=1

Misty Mountain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cOYzDtpEmI

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