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Spud's Helpful Haven of Home Improvement Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Spud_Potato_Head: Had to Archive this one as someone had looted the cache and destroyed the cache container. This obviously turned out to be an area fit for undesirable low lifes.

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Hidden : 1/26/2003
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A pleasant diversion with fresh new scenery. You'll need to do a bit of simple brainwork to find the cache, but you'll be feeling like building an addition on the house once you locate it!


Visit me at www.spudstravels.com

Spud's Helpful Haven of Home Improvement

Being a homeowner, Spud is on a first name basis with the staff at Home Depot. In fact it seems as though he spends more time there then he does at home in his burlap sack! He's garnered quite the reputation as a handy hashbrown, that Bob Vila even calls him for advice!

In an effort to share some handy tidbits with his fellow caching community, Spud has filled up a bucket of items aimed at fixing or improving things around the house. He's stashed the white pail somewhere in a neat location off the beaten track in a rarely visited spot. As always, its doggie friendly so if you come to the Haven, be sure to bring along the pet! Just be sure to bring along a trade item that fits the theme of the cache - things for fixing or improving one's life at home.


Getting to the cache will require just a touch of brain power. The cache coordinate listed above will get you to the parking area for the cache. Those exact coordinates will take you to an important sign that you should read. In the lower right hand corner of the sign, you'll find a phone number. The phone number is in the format (XXX)-XXX-XXXX

Add up the sum of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th numbers. Write that number down. This will be number A

Add up the sum of the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th numbers. Write that number down. This will be number B

Subtract B from A, enter that number in these missing coordinates: N 43.49.4XX


Now for the West coordinates.

Add up the sum of the first 9 numbers in the phone number. Write that number in these missing coordinates: W 79.11.7XX


Original contents of the cache included:
  • Elmer's Glue
  • 2 packs of reuseable Tac n' Stick Adhesive
  • Multi-receptor Power Plug
  • Cable Box Controller
  • Speaker Cable
  • RCA Audio/Video Cable
  • Flashlight
  • LogBook


    Be sure to read the note inside the cache!
    Make sure you sign the LOGBOOK as well while you're there!



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf cebgrpgrq ol n 'pynj' bs jbbq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)