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Got Coffee? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Yamar: Sadly it doesn't look like the original spot is going to clear up again, so I'm archiving this one... It's been fun!

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Hidden : 4/18/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Near a coffee shop in downtown Davis.

The cache is not at the starting coordinates! Do not look for one there! They are for a local coffee/tee shop where you can sit down to solve the puzzle (and maybe even meet me if you're there on a weekday afternoon). Note: they have free wireless access too. [Edit: the coffee shop USED to be at the coordinates, but has since moved a block to the East]

Note: Look carefully for spiders before reaching for it... I checked the cache recently and found a fair amount of spider webs covering its hiding spot.


 Jvf wnkbm gccplnkbjfd bpf kcpjv jvnpja fnuvj vczpd bkl jvnpja jqc

  icnkj wntf dftfk jqc hnkzjfd bkl qfdj ckf jqfkja ckf vczpd bkl wczpja

  wczp lcj wntf vzklpfl bkl ckf hnkzjfd.  Ckgf acz wnkl jvf gbgvf, jzpk

  bpczkl bkl mccy bj jvf dfgckl lccp ck jvf mfwj (jvf pfl ckf).  Jvnd

  lccp mfbld jc jvf Hndvyb'd gbwf qvfpf N'h wpfrzfkjma ykcqk jc vbku czj

  lzpnku qffylba bwjfpkcckd.  Jvfa qfpf jvf wnpdj gcwwff dvci nk jcqk jc

  cwwfp b wpff qnpfmfdd vcjdicj, bkl vbtf jvf dfgckl ofdj fdipfddc nk

  jcqk bd qfmm.  Imzd jvfa bpf bmdc jvf ckma imbgf nk jcqk jvbj pcbdjd

  jvfnp cqk ofbkd (cpubkng ofbkd jcc).  Jvfa bmdc dicpj b qnlf pbkuf cw

  tfpa uccl jfbd (gbwwfnkbjfl bkl kcj), wcp acz jfb mctfpd czj jvfpf.

  Nw acz qbklfp nk lzpnku jvf qffy, qbklfp jvpczuv qnjv czp uid vfml

  vnuv bkl hbaof N'mm dff acz bkl djci acz.  Hzjjfpnku "abhbp abhbp

  abhbp" bd mczlma bd acz lbpf hnuvj vfmi jcc.


Hmm. That doesn't look like the standard ROT13 geocache hint encryption. Cache is a 4 in diameter x 6 in tall tupperware container. Initial contents included misc tools (alan wrenches, stud finder, ...) and gadgets (plastic clips, neck strap, heart weight...)

Update 6/2006: There is a fake dead cat in a bag next to the cache now. I don't know why. I didn't touch it either.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh'er ybbxvat va gur haqretebhaq cnexvat ybg, lbh'er ba gur jebat fvqr bs gur jnyy.

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)