The Magic of the Spring Traditional Cache

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NCreviewer: Agree that the best way to manage this situation is to archive this listing which frees up the area for dagnpag to submit a new cache that they will own and be able to maintain.

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Hidden : 7/5/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This can be an easy cache if you put your mind to it. The cache container is slightly camouflaged to blend in with the surroundings. There is plenty of parking around the area. It has also been locked to a tree.



In 1961, the developers of Boiling Spring Lakes happened upon a gushing spring concealed in a wooded ravine. Wishing to beautify the area, a 4-foot high brick wall was built to encompass this natural phenomenon. Almost before the masons had completed their work, the spring suddenly stopped running. Within a few hours, it burst out in a free full flow some 15 feet outside the wall.

When the 3-foot wall enclosing the Spring was built, the weight of the water in the enclosed area resulted in a back pressure against the Spring so it moved to an easier release point(downstream). Over time the wall broke allowing the impounded water to flow (escape). With a lower water level in this area (less back pressure), the spring returned to its former location, and it boils today.

Many years ago, the spring was known as Bouncing Log Spring, in as much as a large chunk of petrified wood was tossed and churned in the water gushing up from the ground. Eventually, there was no longer a log being bounced around by the upward thrust of groundwater, and the name was changed to the Boiling Spring. State geologists have calculated that the spring discharges approximately 43 million gallons of water each day.

The entire area seems enchanted with tall pines, oaks, and sweet gums hovering over the spring. In the early spring, damsel flies of red, green, and blue dart about the area and butterflies of all colors and descriptions flutter in the thickets. Legend has it that long ago, Indians would camp around the spring and hold their council meetings at this site on their annual trek to the Atlantic Ocean for oysters, fish, and game. They always drank from the spring, believing whomever drank from the spring would always return.

The cache is located close to the Boiling Spring, don't forget to check it out!Only about 50 feet from it!!!

Most of the time there will not be many muggles around, but local high school students have been known to use the area occasionally (mainly at night) for get togethers (parties and the 1:1 type).

NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: This cache is hidden in the great outdoors. Welcome to North Carolina! We've got lots of creepy crawlies including: skeeters, chiggers, ticks, ants, snakes, and other critters. Watch out for the plants too! We've got poison ivy, oak, and sumac, and close by there are Venus Fly Traps. We've got kudzu and other pesky vines; and boy, have we got briars, brambles, and stickers! Don’t forget the mold and allergens. Depending on where you elect to hunt, you may very well find these and other denizens of our environment. Please dress accordingly and take adequate precautions whenever you interact with nature. And don't forget to cache in, trash out.


Since the Boiling Spring was considered "magic" the original contents are magic tricks.

4 Sets of Cody's Prediction cards
Magic Multiplying balls trick
Crossover Coins trick
Magic Coin paddle
Dizzy compass trick
Stretching rainbow trick
Chinese Bottle trick
Nailbox trick
Easy,Intermediate, and other card tricks instructions
2 mini decks of cards
1 regular deck of cards
1 tapered deck of cards
1 marked set of cards


FTF Honors go to 1208ZUNI!!! Thanks for the compliments!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur zvqqyr bs gur gerrf ng gur cnexvat ybg

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)


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