Ebberts Spring LAB Bonus
The cache is not at the posted coordinates!
This is strictly a dawn to dusk exercise. Part of the colonial house is occupied.
Welcome to Ebbert Spring Archaeological Preserve & Heritage Park. By now you are familiar with the beauty and quiet of this place. Hopefully you will have learned something new, and perhaps will have gained a refreshed appreciation and gratitude for those that went before us.
Permission for this Adventure LAB and physical cache has been kindly granted by the Allison-Antrim Museum and The Archaeological Conservancy (TAC), controlling entities.
The following is taken verbatim from the Allison-Antrim website -
"Ebbert Spring was first excavated by Chapter 27 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in 2003 .
Over the course of the next ten years they recovered tens of thousands of historic items and prehistoric lithic, ceramic, and bone artifacts at the site; as well as various intact features such as postmolds, hearths , and refuse pits predominantly from the Middle and Late Woodland periods.
The prehistoric component of the site helped redefine thinking about how prehistoric people utilized this portion of the Great Appalachian Valley. Most Native American habitation areas in the region have been found near tributaries of the Potomac River, but Ebbert Spring is one of several documented sites in the valley located next to springs.
The house was built in the 1750's by William Allison, father of John Allison, founder of Greencastle
It was the wish of the late Al Bonnell, last owner of the property for 50 years, that the grounds, structures, and archaeological artifacts, and its archaeological history be preserved not only for the Greencastle-Antrim Community-at-large but also for Pennsylvania and American History."
You must complete the the Ebbert Spring virtual LAB cache to acquire the coordinates. Upon completion of each of the five (5) stages of LAB virtual, check your 'completion response,' (a pop-up) for hints. These will be alpha-numeric equivalents that will spell out the exact numbers to plug-in. Bring a pen and notepad for this exercise.
This is a regular-size cache, altered to blend nicely within its' niche. The niche is located at -
N 39 45.ABC, W 077 43.XYZ