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Jim Reeb: Time to go.

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Hidden : 6/28/2002
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is relatively easy. The answers can be obtained from the Internet and the hike is perhaps not a three.


The above Geocache coordinates are somewhere close and will be used in later calculations for the actual cache coordinates.
Answer the following questions with a date. A year BC is negative. Be careful of signed values. The answers will be used to compute the actual coordinates. At the end of the questions, a checksum is given. If yours is different, guess what?

The first two questions are samples of what is expected.

A. Water-clocks are invented.............................................-325
B. First Wrist watches, worn by ladies.......................................1880
C. The first shadow clocks or sundials tell the time from the sun’s shadow...________
D. The worlds oldest clock is in Salisbury Catherdral, England...............________
E. Peter Henlein designs first portable timepiece............................________
F. Complex mechanism using water-driven power source first used..............________
G. The first battery-driven electric clock is patented.......................________
H. Warren Marrison of New Jersey produces the first quartz crystal clock...._______

Checksum of answers A through H..............................................5803

Using posted coordinates, switch to UTM.
To the easting coordinate, add the answer to C+G+H________
To the northing coordinate, add the answer to E-D-F________

Head for the cache!

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.



The cache container is an ammo box size, milky white, Tupperware container.

It initially contained:

  • Please leave these:
    • 1 Notebook
    • 2 pencils
    • 1 Pencil sharpener
  • Up for swap:
    • Lots of timepieces and parts in various conditions.
    • Some actually work.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgnl ba gur genvy hagvy lbh pbzr gb na bcra nern jvgu n tbbq ivrj. Gur genvy tbrf gb gur evtug naq cnfg fbzr ebpxf. Yrnir gur genvy naq urnq sbe gur pnpur ng jung lbh pbafvqre n pbairavrag cbvag. Gurer jnf ab rssbeg gb uvqr guvf bar irel jryy. Vg vf n ynetr zvyxl-juvgr pbagnvare.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)