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Fishhook Cactus - Golden Cactus GeoArt Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/17/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria Schiedeana)

 

Quest for the golden cactus geo-art

Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria Tetrancistra)

This is a multi cache. At the posted coordinates you will not find a giant spike of the golden cactus, but instead, a box covered in numbers. Ignore the numbers. The Bottom right corner of the front side of the box has a label by the manufacturer. The slogan on this label says, "People Committed to Quality Since 19** ". You need the last two digits to fix the coordinates.
The wrong final coordinates are N 42° 55.004' W 112° 29.032' and you need to add the two digit number to both the north coordinate and the west coordinate. Ignore the period in the minutes and treat each coordinate as a seven or eight digit number.

Mammillaria Tetrancistra is also known as 'Fishhook Cactus’. As the plant matures you can expect it to reach up to 25 cm (10″) tall and around 7.5 cm (3″) in diamter. When the plant finally produces flowers expect them to be from pink to lavender. Many of the spines on the Fishhook Cactus bear the shape of a shepherd's crook, or for the name's sake, a fish hook.

The virtual posted coordinates have permission from the nearby homeowners for us to use the box as a stage in our scavenger hunt game. The final container is on City property nearby and permission is granted. That said, you are in a residential area so please have some stealth when looking for this cache. Best sought during the dry season. The final container is within half a mile of the start.

This is one of the first few pieces of this geoart and there is more to come over the next few months as the golden cactus grows.

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg va nalbar'f tneqra. YBJ.

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)