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Plodfoot's Revenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/3/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed coordinates.


Chastised by the sheriff for failing to capture the Bushranger after finding his lair (GC5WHEM), Constable Plodfoot called on his most trusted informant, Nimble-Fingered Neddy, former pickpocket turned piano player at the Noo's Waterhole tavern. But Neddy wouldn't talk, instead going to his keyboard and playing a couple of bars.

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[Neddy's riff]

Although blessed with perfect pitch and impeccable memory, Plodfoot couldn't make any sense of it. I need A starting point to ZERO in on, he thought as he left the tavern, humming those notes over and over to himself.

[This scale might help you if you don't have Plodfoot's perfect pitch]

"Start at A miner's place below the Middle Sea," Neddy called out as Plodfoot mounted his horse, "then go to where the seaeagles soar."

Plodfoot looked to the cliffs high above the town, a grin slowly spreading across his face. "Yes, of course, start with nothing and keep going up from there. Thirty-three degrees thirty-one point..."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va n fznyy pnir whfg orybj gur pyvss gbc.

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)