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Transformers Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/17/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

There used to be an electrical transformer here, but it was torn down sometime in 2013.  You're looking for a pill canister, a little larger than your typical bison tube. BYOP


While scoping out this location (actually, collecting supplies for another hide), I was approached by a DEC LEO.  Very nice guy.  He said that they've been having problems with trucks tearing up the trails, and my "big tires" raised his eyebrows.  He made sure that I knew that I was on DEC land and that permits were required to access it.  I showed him the DEC access permit on my windshield, and he told me that I'm supposed to have on on my person.  So, I pulled out my wallet and showed him that one also.  Thankfully they hadn't expired!  As long as you don't look like a dirtbiker, I don't think you'll have any problems with the LEOs. That being said, this location is actually in a "notch" in the land, and not actually within the DEC boundary (according to http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45415.html)

The rail junction just east of here was torn up after Grumman shut down, but it's recently been replaced with new rail.

Mundane fact:  When I was a kid, I found a 5-gallon pail full of shotshell primers very close to this spot. I filled up my pockets and took some home, emptied my pockets into a mason jar and kept them on a shelf in my room into my late teens.

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