I didn't know "OldMrZ" other than by his reputation for very creative and well-crafted geocaches. I recently found out about his passing from his son, who responded to my inquiry about his father's cache located at these coordinates. I was sad to hear the news and decided to place a gadget cache in his honor. A look at his profile shows a very active geocacher with 20,348 finds since beginning in 2010. Of these many finds, 334 were FTFs! Even Carmel should be impressed with that number. He traveled to 15 states and 10 countries in search of these little boxes, and garnered 487 favorite points for his 99 hides, including 15 for this location, "Letteredbox/TB Hotel," GC8FPH6. I hope there are geocaches in heaven.
My cache is an easy gadget located in Catalina State Park, where there is a small fee to enter. It is a small wooden box with a combination lock. You must find the combination to the lock, open the box, and sign the log to score the find. Like OldMrZ said, merely finding the box is not enough! The current cache is a wooden box. Old Mr Z's cache is a plastic ammo box and it's still there because I can't figure out the puzzle! THE PLASTIC AMMO CAN IS NOT THE CACHE!! It is Old Mr Z's last cache and I left it here to remember him by. Open the small wooden box instead.
On the box you will find lots of bolts sticking out. Two of these bolts are part of an electric circuit which turn on lights to help you discover the combination of the lock. All you need to do is use the wire supplied with the container to connect the correct bolts to complete the electric circuit and turn on the lights. Easy-peasy, right? You can thank me later.
Don't forget to wear sunscreen, bring water, and watch out for pokey and bitey things. This cache was placed with the kind permission of Catalina State Park manager.