Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Instructions for sending the documentation are in the passport. Once all five regions are completed, you have earned a special NC Civil War trackable geocoin. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.
All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.
Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.
Locust Field Cemetery
The Locust Field Church served as a Confederate campground and rallying point throughout the war. After losing control of the Cumberland Gap in 1863, many Confederates retreated to the area and camped in the churchyard. Six companies of Thomas’s Legion camped here the last winter of the war.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.
The sign at the posted coordinates will supply you with the information needed to find the cache.
The cache is located at N35 31.ABC W082 50.DEF.
To get ABC, take the date of establishment of the first Locust Old Field Baptist church and subtract 838.
To get DEF, take the date of establishment of the first Locust Old Field Baptist church and subtract 1425.