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Andrews Cemetery Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/5/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


A small cemetery in Ontario County.  No night caching please. Do not upset or disturb any markers or headstones. You do not need to move or touch any of them to collect the information needed. Gentle respect for the occupants is expected. Please don't bring animals or allow small children to run about. If you have your children with you, by all means have them help collect the information you need and use this as a learning experience for them about proper cemetery behavior. 

Here is a cemetery cache with a little work involved.  You have to locate certain headstones and use the dates to calculate the final cache location.  When you have a date such as 1/1/2016 add the zero in the day field to yield the needed number (e.g. 1012016).

Find the following stones and make note of the dates listed.

The elder Irwin Hicks 12/07/_______                                                                                        

Melanie Meyer 11/10/_______                                                                

Leland Porter 08/06/_______                                          

Sum up the dates and subtract 26984887 to determine Latitude for the cache location

 

Now find the following stones and make note of the dates listed.

Melvin Nott 6/26/_______                                                                                

Minerva Pierce 3/11/_______                                                          

Royal Andrews 7/11/_______

Sum up the dates and subtract 8761134 to determine Longitude for the cache location

Please make sure you close the top tightly to keep things dry inside. You can validate your solution by clicking the icon below. Make sure you enter a space after “N” and “W” and after the degrees portions of the solution (your answer should look like N 99 99.999 W 99 99.999 including the spaces)


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)