Benchmark Moon Mystery Cache
Marky: We went by to check on the first stage of this one and found the final to be missing. Must be time to archive this one.
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A different kind of micro challenge.
This cache starts out with a benchmark challenge. The above coords from the NGS database for a benchmark. If you've ever searched for a benchmark, then you know that the coords they use are often very wrong, so you need to use the text description to locate the benchmark:
1954 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 5.3 MI S FROM SAN JOSE. 2.2 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT SAN JOSE, THENCE 3.1 MILES SOUTH ALONG ALMADEN ROAD, ABOUT 70 YARDS NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF BRANHAM ROAD, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH END OF THE CONCRETE WALK IN FRONT OF LAMANTIAS MARKET, 59.8 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF ALMADEN ROAD, 0.8 FOOT SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND 0.3 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.
Once you find the benchmark, you will notice an object above it.
Write down the model number of this object. That number is AAA.
There is a number on small label. That number is 46855BBB.
CCC = (AAA*3) - 22
DDD = BBB + 14
This cache can be found at N37 15.CCC W121 52.DDD
The cache is small and can hold small (coin sized) trade objects and not much more. It currently contains a logbook and pen and a few small items.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fbzr bs gur orfg uvagf ner serr.
Treasures
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