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Hidden Wampum Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Keystone: Because the owner has not posted an update, I am archiving this listing under the Cache Maintenance section of the Listing Guidelines.

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Hidden : 10/13/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a white container with a snap-on lid.

Poison Plant Alert Dogs Allowed
Parking Lat: 40.27.990 Long: 79.45.165 ~ Mapquest
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Please be aware that several people have mentioned POISON IVY in the area of the cache. We hid the cache in October and didn't notice any at the time.

Click for Map of Parking, Cache, and Benchmark (click the Get Directions "To here" from the MapPoint map to get parking directions)

Medium sized map works the best.

This cache is a BONUS cache. You not only get to search for the cache, you will also pass the INDIAN Benchmark in Boyce park. Once you locate the benchmark you are not far from the cache. The coordinates for the Indian Benchmark are.

N 40 27.869 W 79 45.233

Here is the benchmark you are looking for.

The description of the Indian Benchmark is:

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1903 (DHB) ON MIDDLE ONE OF THREE CONSPICUOUS HIGH PEAKS ABOUT 0.5 MI E. OF CENTER (TRESTLE POST OFFICE), ON LAND OF MR. ABERS, WHO LIVES ON W. SIDE OF HILL. HILLTOP IS STONEY AND COVERED WITH SMALL BUSHES AND VINES. STATION MARK-- MARBLE POST 33 BY 6 BY 6-IN. SET 30 IN. IN GROUND, IN CENTER OF TOP OF WHICH IS CEMENTED A STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK AND AROUND WHICH IS PLACED A PILE OF STONES.

Don't forget to log your find of the Benchmark also!

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