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Clue FINALE! Traditional Cache

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HFJohn: Ending the game, hope you all enjoyed it.

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Hidden : 10/5/2004
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The above coordinates do NOT take you to the cache, but rather to the four corners of the Village of Rush. The cache is nearby. Cache is a 50mm ammo box and easily found once all clues are obtained. The cache is located at N43 00.AB7 W77 38.CD8

Finding the exact cache location entails first visiting the nine caches listed below. In each of these will be found a clue as to a person, place, time, and geocache prize. By collecting these clues the puzzle is easily solved.

Clue #1 - Child’s Play #3 GCJ1ZZ
Clue #2 - North Letchworth GCJ3NA
or
Clue #2A - Nice Hike GCKTCE
Clue #3 - Earthday 2004 GCJ911
Clue #4 - Waterway GCJKDT
Clue #5 - Quaker Meeting House GCKEBD
Clue #6 - Horse Farm GCKJG3
Clue #7 - Sugar Shack GCKM2T
Clue #8 - Greenway Trail, Rt. 5 GCKM3V
Clue #9 - Rt. 65 Lehigh Trail GCKP3M

How to Solve:

Listed are the people, places, times, and cache prizes found in the game. With each is a corresponding number. Now from your collection of clues - cross out and eliminate from the list until you are left with only one item in each of the four categories.

Next, substitute the corresponding number from the one leftover item in each of the categories for the letters in the cache location listed below and you have the coordinates of the cache. Now all you have to do is go out and find it! Put on your Sherlock Holmes cap and solve the mystery.


The cache is located at N43 00.AB7 W77 38.CD8

For the letter A - The Person

Edgar East = 9
Willie West = 5
Norman North = 4
Sammy South = 1
Larry Latitude = 0
Laura Longitude = 7
Charlie Cache = 6
Sarah Satellite = 2
Harry Hiker = 8
Suzy Spoiler = 3

For the letter B - The Place

Park = 0
Cemetery = 5
Field = 6
Woods = 9
Hill = 8
Lake = 2
Swamp = 1
Canal = 4
Campus = 7
Trail =3

For the letter C - Time of Day

Daybreak = 5
Tea Time = 3
Siesta Time = 7
Coffee Break = 2
Sundown = 4
Rush Hour = 9
Lunch Time = 6
Dawn = 0
Happy Hour = 8
Bewitching Hour = 1

For the letter D - Cache Prize

Card Game = 0
Mini Tool Set = 7
Compass = 1
Batteries = 8
Mug = 2
T-Shirt = 5
Geocache Patch = 9
Foreign Coins = 3
Bungee Cord = 6
Music CD = 4

The final cache contains several special old fashion detective solving tools. Please take one on solving the mystery of the cache. One per caching party, please, so that everyone has a chance to pick one up.

Hope you had fun at all the “CLUE” caches and enjoyed solving the mystery by eliminating the suspects, places, etc.
Special Note: The clue game will continue until Late Fall 2006. After that some of the clue caches may continue, as individual caches, but the game as a whole will be discontinued. Thanks.

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