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Historic Caches of Macomb County Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/20/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Historic Caches of Macomb County Challenge: In an effort to build cacher awareness of the historic caches in Macomb County, Michigan, this challenge has been issued.

The cache container for this challenge is located at the given coordinates.

In order to claim a find on this challenge, you MUST find and log FIVE of the CURRENT SEVEN OLDEST existing caches in Macomb County.

Once the five caches have been found and logged, you may find and log this cache.
You may either prove you have met the challenge by posting your finds to a public bookmark or you may list your finds in the body of your log on this cache.
Either way, be sure to give the waypoint, cache name, and date found. Prior finds do count.

The seven current oldest existing caches in Macomb County are:

GC53C1 Big Dogs 5/01/2002 VIRTUAL (visit link)
GC7A0F Delaware Indians, 1785-1786 8/04/2002 VIRTUAL (visit link)
GCBBA4 The Third County 12/31/2002 VIRTUAL (visit link)
GCC58F Wanna Take A Bath?? 1/11/2003 VIRTUAL (visit link)
GCF5CE Bibliocache 4/10/2003 TRADITIONAL (visit link)
GCG6J9 Dust to Dust 5/29/2003 MULTI (visit link)
GCGDW1 One, If By Land....Two, If By Sea 7/07/2003 TRADITIONAL (visit link)

SINCE THIS CHALLENGE WAS ISSUED THESE CACHES HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED:

GC4AB7 What Does Not Belong Here 4/07/2002 (visit link) ARCHIVED 12-3-2010!!
GC6944 River Bends Trail 6/28/2002 (visit link) ARCHIVED 12-15-2015!!!

To see other Historic County Challenge Caches see the following links:

Genesee County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Lapeer County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Livingston County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Oakland County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Ottawa County Historic Cache Challrnge (visit link)
Saginaw County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
St Clair County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Washtenaw County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)
Wayne County Historic Cache Challenge (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx YBJ va pbeare vafvqr bs zrgny srapr. Fznyy ybpx naq ybpx.

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)