GC78K7D 13 Original Colonies Challenge (Unknown Cache) in New Hampshire, United States created by PulmonaryHip adopted by scbarton

This cache has been archived.

MainePublisher: All geocache placements must have a responsive owner. The cache owner must be able to respond to issues that come up and to submit an "owner maintenance" log to remove the "needs maintenance" icon.

In addition to the "needs maintenance" logs and DNF logs, Goundspeak also uses a Health Score algorithm. https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713

In this case, Groundspeak has sent an email to the cache owner with no response. The cache owner did not respond to any of the cachers hoping to find the cache and did not respond to the reviewer note so the cache is now archived.

The cache location is now open for any Geocacher to place a new cache, including the original cache owner.

If you did respond to the reviewer notes, and your cache was archived by mistake, please let me know.

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GC78K7D ▼

A cache by PulmonaryHip adopted by scbarton Message this owner

Hidden : 9/20/2017

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is at the posted coordinates. However, this is a challenge cache, so you cannot log this cache until you complete the requirement first.

REQUIREMENT: You are required to find a cache in each of the original 13 colonies of the United States.

To refresh your memory, those 13 colonies were:

1. New Hampshire

2. Massachusetts

3. Rhode Island

4. Connecticut

5. New York

6. New Jersey

7. Pennsylvania

8. Delaware

9. Maryland

10. Virginia

11. North Carolina

12. South Carolina

13. Georgia

But wait, you say! Where is Maine? Where is Vermont? Florida? If you paid attention in class, you would know that Maine was part of Massachusetts originally. Vermont was claimed by both New York and New Hampshire, but declared itself an independent republic. Florida was owned by Spain, and not one of the original colonies. So for this challenge, your finds must be within the present boundaries of the original 13 colonies.

Here is a challenge checker you can use to check your statistics to be sure you qualify.