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Confederate Gold Multi-Cache

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papageorgia: Sorry, time to put this one to rest, muggles won't leave it alone

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Hidden : 12/5/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


 

The Devil went down to Georgia to pillage, plunder and destroy everything in his path his name, General William Tecumseh Sherman. Residents of Henry County having lived through General Killpatrick's raiders knew that trouble was coming. General killpatricks raiders had gone through the town of McDonough, where they stole from the people and even dug up bodies in the City cemetery to steal jewelry. This cache is dedicated to the men and women of Henry County Georgia who went through a lot of hardships to protect their families and their land in the war for Southern independence.

There are many accounts of lost Confederate gold in Georgia and throughout the South. So while you are out looking for a geocache please keep this in mind you may never know what you will run into.

The coordinates above will lead you to a unique gravestone, you will gather information from this gravestone to do a simple math problem that will lead you to the lost Confederate gold of Henry County Georgia.

 

Stage one gravestone is a Colonel, he is the only Colonel anywhere in the vicinity of the above coordinates.

N33 24.??? use the last three numbers of the colonel's birth year and add 140 this will give you the last three numbers of the coordinates.

W084 00.??? used the last three numbers of the colonel's death year and subtract 731 this will give you the last three numbers of the coordinates.

These coordinates will lead you to the lost Confederate gold of Henry County, Happy hunting and always keep Georgia on your mind.

 

 

Congratulations to the First to Find!!!

Rebel

 




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ynfg fgntr 4 jnl gerr.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)