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The Triplets Hide a Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/20/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A .30 CAL AMMO CAN HIDDEN IN WESTON, MA.

The coordinates above are not the real coordinates. Solve the puzzle to find the real ones.

Last Christmas, "WardenRon", a noted local geocacher, gave each of his three sons - named Garmin, Magellan, and Lowrance - his very own GPSr unit as a gift. The triplets were excited and they all started using them immediately.

They used their gifts in many ways. Sometimes they used their GPSrs to find caches. Sometimes they used them to hide caches. And, sometimes they used them to mark random waypoints in the woods and neighborhoods. In order to keep track of all the places they visited, they put the coordinates on a calendar.

The boys kept busy schedules and were not always able to explore together. When all three boys went out together, they hid a cache. On other days, when only one or two of them went out, they did not hide a cache, but found one or only marked a random waypoint.

Of the three boys, Garmin loved using his GPSr the most, he went out and used it every other day. Magellan liked geocaching, but not as much as Garmin. Magellan went out every four days. Lowrance was busy with other activities and only went out every seven days.

To find the cache, study the dates and corresponding coordinates below and determine the first date when all three boys went out together. The coordinates listed with that date are the coordinates for the cache they hid.

December 25 N42°23.287 W071°18.768
December 26 N42°23.077 W071°18.942
December 27 N42°23.141 W071°18.966
December 28 N42°23.130 W071°18.859
December 29 N42°23.209 W071°18.822
December 30 N42°23.278 W071°18.819
December 31 N42°23.346 W071°18.634
January 1 N42°23.501 W071°18.611
January 2 N42°23.358 W071°18.510
January 3 N42°23.449 W071°18.517
January 4 N42°23.602 W071°18.721
January 5 N42°23.198 W071°18.322
January 6 N42°23.187 W071°18.790
January 7 N42°23.244 W071°18.217
January 8 N42°23.305 W071°18.668
January 9 N42°23.275 W071°18.309
January 10 N42°23.261 W071°18.260
January 11 N42°23.292 W071°19.011
January 12 N42°23.201 W071°19.339
January 13 N42°23.197 W071°19.002
January 14 N42°23.258 W071°19.644
January 15 N42°23.263 W071°18.992
January 16 N42°23.248 W071°18.590
January 17 N42°23.171 W071°18.804
January 18 N42°23.295 W071°18.801
January 19 N42°23.231 W071°18.794
January 20 N42°23.278 W071°18.819
January 21 N42°23.330 W071°18.886
January 22 N42°23.193 W071°18.824
January 23 N42°23.074 W071°18.925
January 24 N42°23.051 W071°18.920
January 25 N42°23.030 W071°18.953
January 26 N42°23.326 W071°18.864
January 27 N42°23.016 W071°19.006
January 28 N42°22.779 W071°18.901
January 29 N42°22.920 W071°19.197
January 30 N42°22.993 W071°18.981
January 31 N42°23.140 W071°18.872


*** PARKING: OFF CONCORD ROAD. LOOK FOR TENNIS COURTS.

CAVEAT CACHER

- The cache is hidden on public land.
- You will need to do some bushwhacking for the last 100' or so.
- Watch out for poison ivy near the cache.
- Take precautions against ticks and possibly hornets?

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[SPOILER] Whfg xrrc ybbxvat. Lbh'er qbva' svar. V fhttrfg lbh ybbx Whfg bire gur yvar.

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)