GC7GW4D The Osborne Fire Finder. (Traditional Cache) in Missouri, United States created by moose johnson

This cache has been archived.

*gln: ARCHIVING ABANDONED CACHE

Greetings moose johnson,

Looks like our timing is off, and It’s time to say goodbye to this cache.

Since I haven't seen any maintenance here in a while, I am going to assume that your priorities have changed, and you’ve gone in a different direction.

Archiving due to lack of maintenance is permanent.
CACHE ARCHIVAL IS PERMANENT.

Let me know if I can be of assistance in the future.

Thanks a MILLION for all you have done, Glenn
“Seek quality, not quantity”

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GC7GW4D ▼

A cache by moose johnson Message this owner

Hidden : 1/6/2018

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache will give you a bit of history on a device that has probably saved many lives. The device in question is the Osborne Fire Finder. The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts in order to find a directional bearing to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a wildfire. The forerunner to the device was invented arond 1840 by Sir Francis Ronalds to help combat fires in London England. In 1915 a William Osborne invented the new and improved Osborne Fire Finder, by adding a sight and map to the device. There is a nice example of a Fire Finder in the small building just north of the cache location.

The cache is a duck taped plastic bison tube. Thanks to the Runge Nature Center staff for allowing caches to be placed.

There was a large tin container at the location. It is not the cache but part of a treasure hunt around the Runge area.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1 Pnpur vf haqre sbbg. 2 Qbja abg hc.

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)