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Historic Caches of Oceana County Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/31/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


In an effort to build cacher awareness of the historic caches in Oceana County, Michigan, this challenge has been issued.

The cache container for this challenge is located at the given coordinates. It is a classic camouflaged ammunition can. In order to pursue and claim credit for this challenge, you must first find and log five of the current seven oldest existing caches in Oceana County(your choice of which five). If you are the cache owner of an item on the list, you may count it as a find for purposes of this challenge (so you do not have to make an actual find on your own cache).

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.

In the spirit of the older caches, this caches provides the seeker with a classic container and classic hide at a scenic location.

The seven current oldest existing caches in Oceana County are:

GC Name Placed Date Type
GCAEF Valley of the Sands 05/27/2001 Traditional
GC1Y066 Keep It Simple 08/31/2001 Traditional
GC1C75 Take Hart 09/09/2001 Traditional
GCGHQ0 Pentwater Prize 07/28/2003 Traditional
GCGQ0M Fisherman's Trail Cache(recently archived) 08/22/2003 Traditional
GCGXY5 Ruby Creek Conservation and Recreation Club 03/20/2003 Traditional
GCJYEE Horror and Heroics - Pentwater 07/09/2004 Multi-cache
GCNFTP Dog Walk Drop Off #4 04/14/2005 Traditional


Current Michigan Historic County Challenge Caches

Alcona Alger Allegan Alpena Antrim
Arenac Baraga Barry Bay Benzie
Berrien Branch Calhoun Cass Charlevoix
Cheboygan Chippewa Clare Clinton Crawford
Delta Dickenson Eaton Emmet Genesee
Gladwin Gogebic Grand Traverse Gratiot Hillsdale
Houghton Huron Ingham Ionia Iosco
Iron Isabella Jackson Kalamazoo Kalkaska
Kent Keweenaw Lake Lapeer Leelanau
Lenawee Livingston Luce Mackinac Macomb
Manistee Marquette Mason Mecosta Menominee
Midland Missaukee Monroe Montcalm Montmorency
Muskegon Newaygo Oakland Oceana Ogemaw
Ontonagon Osceola Oscoda Otsego Ottawa
Presque Isle Roscommon Saginaw Sanilac Schoolcraft
Shiawassee St. Clair St. Joseph Tuscola Van Buren
Washtenaw Wayne Wexford    

First To Find:
FTF congratulations to RW and VJ!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra va n genqvgvbany znaare.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)