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GAG21 - One "Ring" Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/13/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:



This Cache was placed for GAG21 , and should not be found before,

6:00 p.m., May 9th

Or else Gandalf will tickle your feet.

 


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Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,

Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,

Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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 This poem above speaks of rings. But what kind of rings? Onion rings? No. Not onion rings, or wedding rings, or even nose rings! 

This poem, as weird as it may seems talks about phone rings.  Like, when a phone rings!


Some details-


As mentioned above, this cache was placed for the GAG event, so it should not be found until May 9th, 6.00 p.m. This cache is all field puzzle, so you'll have to do all the ''solving'' in the field, on GAG night. It has two stages; One with a set of numbers that should give you the coordinates, and one which is the geocache. Neither of them should be searched for before the specified date. You will need a special ''tool'' to get the coordinates form the first stage. 


What to do in the field-


Proceed to the posted coordinates. Here you should find a small container. If you've came with the necessary equiptment, then you should know what to do with the number you'll find in the container. Once you've done what needs to be done, replace the container as found, and head on over to the final stage, which is a nice sized ammo container, stocked with swag, a logbook, pencils and pens. Please trade items fairly. But most importantly, have fun!

Look in the image gallery for some spoiler pictures.
A massive thank you to 9Key: This cache wouldn't be possible without his help! This idea was inspired by GreyingJay. Thanks to everybody!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur ''fcrpvny gbby'' vf obyqsnprq nsgre gur cbrz ba gur pnpur cntr. [For spoiler pictures, and pictures of the cache container, check out the image gallery!]

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)