Since you already know the background, let's reflect on the first Clue...
The first real piece of evidence is this note we found. We've passed it along to our cryptographers as it doesn't look like any language we've seen although Mr. Broke was educated in Europe somewhere. Our Cryptographer group is swamped and may not get to it for a long time. Can you help us out and figure out the co- ordinates? I'm convinced one of the missing co-ordinates will be found at the deciphered location.
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To preserve the caching experience, please replace the hide as found. Coordinates are an average of multiple attempts and fine tuned with google maps.
What's with the bracket stuff in the title you may be wondering?
It's simply my personal identifier. The last letter (or sometimes the only letter) refers to the hide itself and choices will be:
Traditional style of hide - typically the hide should be a typical container hidden in a "typical" caching way
Kid friendly hide - child reachable, findable and room for tradeables. Aimed at the little cachers.
and Evil style of hide - Something about it that makes me rub my hands together maniacally in anticipation. Perhaps more unique camo, different hiding technique, lots of options at GZ...
If there is two letters together, the first will refer to the style of cache. Puzzle, Multi, Earth, Letterbox etc.
The number after the dash simply is the number of hides in that series for me. Don't expect this number to get too big.
Congratulations to the following cacher:
FTF (met all requirements): Jean Deniche & klblue
FTS (sign the log): Jean Deniche & klblue
FTL (log electronically): Jean Deniche
This cache is on public property and will not require dismantling anything! If it seems you need to go into a yard, cross a fence, take apart something at the GZ, you are not looking at the right object or in the right area!
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