Local residents of the town known as Chardonshire have reported
that “Fearless Fred, the Footpad Dread” has been seen
lurking about the local woods and town lanes. Not satisfied with
his life of petty thievery, Fearless Fred has been boasting about
his plans to make it to the big time. It seems that he has set his
sights on acquiring the Crown Jewels of Geauga County.
In an attempt to thwart this plan, the jewels had been pried
from the crown and scattered among 6 hiding places in and around
Chardonshire. Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to
locate each of the 6 different caches that contained the 6 crown
jewels and reunite them with the crown that was hidden in a 7th
cache.
Here are the caches you must find first: Ruby, Diamond,
Sapphire, Emerald, Amethyst, and Topaz.
Topaz has been archived. T=7
Emerald has been archived. E=8
Diamond has been archived. D=4
When you find one of the "jewel" caches, you will also find a
clue to the coordinates for the final cache - the crown. Sadly, as
of now, the Royal Treasury has been depleted of all jewels and the
crown can no longer be restored to it's former glory. But you can
have a nice tour of Chardonshire and pick up 7 "smilies" for your
efforts.
New location as of 11/30/09:
N41° 36.(S-4)A(E-7) W81° 1D.T(S+1)(R-7)
Thanks to Kiawa (Erie PA) for the inspiration for this
cache.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.