Treasure of Cortés Traditional Cache

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wanrex: Treasure is gone, release the gz to others

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Hidden : 5/25/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Don't take any gold! The curse can only be reversed by BLOOD! (Captain Jack Sparrow)

Legend:
In the early 16th century, during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico, the Aztecs placed "882" identical pieces of Aztec gold in a stone chest which they gave to the conquistador Hernán Cortés as "blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies." But instead of satisfying Cortés, it merely fueled his greed. In response, the heathen gods placed a curse upon the gold: any mortal who removed a piece of the gold from the chest would be punished for eternity. The only way to lift the curse was to return all the Aztec gold pieces to the chest and a blood debt repaid to the heathen gods. Ultimately, the treasure of Cortés would end up in the caves of Isla de Muerta, an island of the dead that could only be found by those who knew where it was. According to legend, after a ship carrying the treasure ran aground on the island, killing all but one of its crew, the lone survivor hid the treasure ashore before dying himself. Ever since then, the dark magic of the treasure cursed the island itself over time.
From the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

The original stone chest.

Current Situation:
The original stone chest was lost, no more news about that. It is said that more than 100 years ago, an Asian pirate found the chest, but there were only "88" gold left inside.
He took all and hide it in a southern island of the "Pearl of the Orient", that island called "South Y Island".

Aztec gold

About the cache:
If so happen, someone really find the cache, for safety reason, please DON'T take any gold away, it is my last warning...
Good luck!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Trbcvyr haqre ovt ebpx

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)


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