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Stranded Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

shirty demon: I have been monitoring the cache location over the last few weeks.

Unfortunately, the host item (an abandoned dinghy) has been both extensively vandalised and moved from its original position in the woods.

A test container was placed in the boat during early May, but disappeared within a few weeks.

Therefore, I've reluctantly decided that this cache has had its day.

Thank you to all those who solved the puzzle (which was based on wiring colour codes), and to those who visited the cache during its 7 year life.

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Hidden : 8/4/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not to be found at the above co-ordinates, but is located less than a mile away.

The true cache location is given by N 50 5A.BCD W 000 5E.FGH where

A = Black/Brown minus Orange/Black
B = Yellow/Brown minus Yellow/Green
C = Brown/Red minus White/Orange
D = Yellow/Blue minus Black/Orange
E = Red/Blue
F = Brown/Black minus Red/Orange
G = Blue/Red minus Blue/ White
H = Black/Blue minus Green/ White

A correct solution of the puzzle will give you a checksum (total of all 15 digits) equal to 55

The area around the cache is surrounded by fairly dense vegetation and you may find yourself doing a little “bush wacking”. In order to make it as easy as possible for yourself, I strongly suggest that you make the final approach to the cache in a Southerly direction. A well defined path which lays about 20 metes to the North of the cache has an indistinct “cachers trail” leading off to the GZ.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[For the puzzle] Ab pyhr [For the cache] Gur pnpur anzr fnlf vg nyy

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)