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Fort Knox Geocoin Vault Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Rathergohiking: Front Page News:

June 3, 2007 Traverse City Record Eagle.

It was confirmed today that the top secret Fort Knox Geocoin Vault was indeed looted, robbed, and blown up by two unidentified muggles. Unconfirmed reports reflect the sighting of two little green men and a flying saucer in the area just before the explosion.

Unfortunately the Fort Knox Geocoing Vault was uninsured and will have to be archived.

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Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Fort Knox Geocoin Vault is now in business. This is a heavily guarded facility. There are no weapons allowed. Please leave your squirt guns, BB guns, sling shots and paint ball rifles at home, otherwise they will be confiscated.

This cache is designed for trading geocoins, travel bugs and other semi-precious items, along with run of the mill geocaching trinkets.

Feel free to take/exchange trackable items, just make sure that there is at least one left in the cache for the next cacher. That way, everyone can enjoy the cache. Also, keep in mind that you can write down the tracking number on any trackable item and log it as a “discovery” and get credit for it without actually moving the trackable item to another cache.

To find this cache, we recommend that you park at the trail head at the following coordinates: N 44 44.862 W 85 39.367. You can easily get to the trail head by turning at the traffic light located at Silver Lake Road and Copper Ridge. The trailhead is behind some office bulldings and the cache is an easy short walk from there. You can also hike up to the cache from the Traverse City State Hospital grounds, but that would be more difficult.

Here's a picture of the exterior of the cache site:

Here's a picture of the interior workings of the cache site:


This is one of three specialty caches we have hidden around the old Traverse City State Hospital grounds for trackable items (Travel Bugs, Geocoins and Jeep Travel Bugs). Here are links to those caches:

Travel Bugs: WaypointKid’s Travel Bug Hotel, Cazzino and Spa
Geocoins (this cache): Fort Knox Geocoin Vault
Jeep Travel Bugs: Jeep Travel Bug Parking Garage




Northern Michigan Geocachers This cache placed and maintained by a member of NMG. Click here for more details.


 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)