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Auckland Mega Jigsaw Challenge Final (Auckland) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/1/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Auckland Mega Jigsaw Challenge Final

The final cache in the AMJC series - it is not located at the published co-ordinates above. This is a small camouflaged container including log book, some trade items and an FTF certificate and prize for the first finder. BYO pen.

Don't be scared off by the difficulty rating of this cache. It is a five star difficulty cache because it is basically impossible to find by itself, without visiting the other AMJC series caches, and it will require a number of visits (to all those other caches) probably over more than one day. The terrain rating, on the other hand, describes only the area around this final cache and does not take into account the effort you will expend visiting the other caches.

The first to find this cache will be rewarded with a brand new unactivated "Found It" geocoin and a nano cache container with logsheets along with the usual priceless kudos for just getting there first!

Auckland Mega Jigsaw Challenge

This is the final cache in the Auckland Mega Jigsaw Challenge series. This is the one that matters. In order to find this cache you will first need to find all of the jigsaw pieces and assemble them together to reveal the coordinates of this cache.

The jigsaw pieces are all located in geocaches placed in the greater Auckland area and may be found in three ways:

1. All caches placed by funkymunkyzone and/or mm1968 with the prefix AMJC, and a number, in the cache title will include 2 pieces of the jigsaw permanently affixed to the inside of the cache container, along with a plastic bag containing a number of copies of these pieces. You can find these caches and take one copy of the pieces, or photograph them if the supply of copies has run out. All jigsaw pieces required to complete the puzzle, including pieces that appear as FTF bonus pieces, will appear as one of these standard pieces in an AMJC cache.
2. All of the caches mentioned in number 1, above, will also include an extra jigsaw puzzle piece that should be taken away by the first finder of the cache (the FTF) as a special FTF bonus. The more you FTF, the more bonus pieces you will collect and the quicker you might be able to get the jigsaw completed. These pieces give a temporary advantage only as all pieces will be included as standard pieces in one of the AMJC series caches.
3. One copy of each jigsaw puzzle piece will also be located in an entirely random cache in the greater Auckland area. The locations of these pieces will not be published anywhere. If you find one of these, please photograph it and leave it where it is. These pieces will be moved randomly and will be removed from play when those pieces appear in the caches mentioned in number 1 (as those caches are placed and published). This third option is largely included to ensure that this final cache is solvable (albeit in an almost impossible fashion) upon publication.

Other caches in the AMJC series:

AMJC01 Peninsula Pond [Multi]
AMJC02 The Thirty Sixth Base [Puzzle]
AMJC03 Kauri Cache [Traditional]
AMJC04 Musickally Inclined [Traditional]
AMJC05 A Karaka of a Spot! [Traditional]
AMJC06 Gone Bush [Multi]
AMJC07 Harbourside [Traditional]
AMJC08 In The Waitaks [Traditional]
AMJC09 Surrounded By City [Traditional]
AMJC10 Arch Hill [Traditional]
AMJC11 Ambury Adventure [Traditional] (Archived)
AMJC11a Ambury Adventure II [Traditional]
AMJC12 None Tree Hill [Traditional]
AMJC13 Sunset Boulevard [Traditional]

FTF!!! kiwicouple

Silver Medal: rosmar
Bronze Medal: YuGeo4

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra orgjrra naq napuberq haqre ernfbanoyr fvmrq ebpxf, onfr bs gerr.

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)