Tracker Jim's Pirate Stash
Tracker Jim was an avid card player, a hobby which led him into
trouble on occasion. Such was the case when he was in a game of
poker against an aging stranger. This stranger, who had been
winning up to this point, threw a weathered parchment map into the
pot during a huge hand -- enough to put Jim ahead for the
night.
Jim called that bet because he was holding kings full of nines.
The stranger showed only a pair of threes, a curiously weak hand
considering all the betting he had been doing.
Jim thought little of it at the time, figuring the stranger was
simply an irredeemable bluffer. But he was wrong.
The map, as it turned out, was cursed.
Part of the curse was that the owner was stricken with a sort of
mania, driving him to seek out hidden treasures. Some say that this
is the reason that Jim spent so many of his years on crazy
adventures.
Tracker Jim was eventually able to destroy the map, which freed
him from the powerful curse. But though the map was gone, the
curse's energy lingered, free floating for many years until some of
it has collected on this web page in a weakened but still menacing
form. For all who read this web page will feel a portion of the
curse, an urge to walk in Jim's footsteps and find the pirate
stash. Only when they find this cache will they be forever free of
the curse.
Details
The only remaining shard of the map is is really too burned to
be of help. What will help you are the coordinates listed on
this cache page.
- Parking at: N41°44.712' W71°08.651' -- Chase Reserve.
This approach will keep you off private property. You may get to
the parking by approaching from the northwest (County St. to
Hawthorne St.)
- Nifty bridge at: N41°44.687' W71°08.620' -- You can overlook a
friendly brook.
- You do not need to disturb any stone walls to find any part of
this cache.
- There may be muddy spots along the way.
- I have CITOed here, and it is currently pretty clean. If you
see any trash, please help keep this area pretty. I've put a few
CITO bags in the cache.
- Please replace the caches as you found them. If you think the
difficulty rating is inaccurate, I will adjust that based on DNFs
and logs.
- There is poison ivy off trail in a number of locations ( only
during certain times of the year), so be careful. You needn't touch
any to complete this cache, but keep an eye on kids.
- You will need to go off trail for the final.
- The original pirate items have long ago been plundered by
Tracker Jim. Currently, it contains basically normal cache items.
Feel free to trade pirate-themed items if you have them.
- This reserve is within a residential area, and you will be in
view of houses at times. Minor stealth may be required.
Original Cache Contents:
Trade items:
Tales of Tomorrow DVD, King of Queens DVD, 2 Finger Puppet Pens,
2 Hanging Skeletons, 1 Glow Star, 1 dingo, 1 conspicuously noisy
laser pointer, 1 bungee strap, 1 keyring book, 1 steer, 1 lion, 1
Albert Brooks Comedy Tape, 1 New Hampshire DOT token, 2 binder
clips (gold/silver), 1 Hipster PDA, CITO bags (plastic shopping
bags with twist ties)
Other items:
Disposable Camera, Logbook, Pencils
Please Report Your DNFs
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in learning to improve future hides I am planning. (And adjusting
this one if need be)
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