Oldest in Massachusetts Mystery Cache
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The idea for this cache came
about while I was looking at a list of the oldest caches by state.
The challenge to complete for this cache is to find the twenty-five
(25) oldest caches in Massachusetts.
The Concept
Before you can venture out and find this cache you will need to
find the twenty-five (25) oldest, still active caches in
Massachusetts. After you have found all twenty-five (25) of the
oldest caches you can go to the posted cords for this cache and log
the final. Of course you will see it is placed near the oldest
cache in Massachusetts, First Mass.
If you have found caches that are no longer active, they don’t
count. Only caches that are active the day you sign the logbook
will count. I reserve the right to ask for a list of caches, and
dates of your finds at anytime for verification.
If you have more than required, let us know in your log for example
“I have found the 35 oldest”. Or, let us know how many out of the
100 oldest you have found for example “I have found 44 of 100
oldest”. Of course you have to find the twenty-five (25) oldest
before logging this cache.
The Oldest Bookmark List
I will maintain a bookmark list with the oldest caches in MA
listed by date published. If there were more than one published
on a specific day then they are marked A, B, C, etc. For
example, on 02-04-2001 there were three caches published. They
have been marked A, B & C making Nobscot Wood the twelfth
oldest, Nobscot Mt the thirteenth oldest and Big Blue the
fourteenth. If you set the bookmark list to show 25 per page it
will show you the twenty-five oldest.
The bookmark list also contains the archived ones that I could
find. They are at the end of the list and the dates are preceded
with an X. They don’t count towards the challenge, but please let
me know if I have missed any.
Some Details
I made this cache a Mystery because it is a challenge cache;
however, this cache has only the final and no stages and is at the
posted coordinates. The terrain and difficulty is based on the
maximum of the twenty-five caches. The final for this cache would
be rated a 2/2.5. Please note the attributes are for the final
only. Final note is that if a cache in the top 25 gets archived,
then I will post a note to the page and the change in the caches
needed will take place at the time the note posts.
Good luck and good caching,
Loch Cache
Additional Duty
I was looking at the different caches on the list and see many that
I have not done. I also see that some of them are listed as Needs
Maintenance. An example is Eric’s Adventure which was placed by
Eric and Fran 1/7/2001 but they have not been on since June 2001.
In October 2004 Munin replaced the container even though he did not
own the cache. It was marked on 11-12-07 an again on 4-2-09 as
needing maintenance.
I think that as geocachers we should be aware of these older
caches that need some help. Perhaps we could get some caching karma
by helping them out. If you read that a cache needs some TLC bring
along an extra log or a replace a box. For many of these older
caches the owners are no longer online so adoption will never
happen. Thanks.
Congrats to doublewe and
Bigrock95 for their efforts to get the Co-FTF on this cache.
doublewe needed to pick up 8 caches and Bigrock95 needed
10.
Interestingly, out of 2448 cachers who had found at least one of
the twenty-five before publication of this challenge, only 15
cachers needed 10 or less to complete the challenge. Only one
cacher, WaldenRun, had already found all 25. (He found them all by
10/16/2003)
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)