Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
Fountain Of Youth Burial Grounds – Location 29.9069, -81.3150
When workers planting an orange field in St. Augustine on April 13, 1934 uncovered human bones, they did not realize that the bones were of an ancient Indian burial ground. The grounds were said to be constructed during the early military period of the Spanish occupation of Don Juan Ponce de Leon, shortly after St. Augustine was established in 1565. The graves are considered North America’s first Christian Indian burial ground.
The skeletons, when excavated, were left in the exact positions they were found, and a building similar to an early Indian settlement was constructed over them. Totaling over 100, the remains were on exhibit in The Fountain of Youth National Archaeological Park until 1991, when the Timucua Indian Nation asked for the bones to be reburied.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: How much mucus does the average nose produce, daily?
A: 42 gallons = N 29° 27.996' W 81° 46.554'
B: 80 bazillion teaspoons = N 29° 27.996' W 81° 46.564'
C: One cup = N 29° 27.996' W 81° 46.574'