The+Great+Fountain+Cache

We were very excited to complete this cache, because it was a multistage cache. This means that we had to go to three different locations to determine the final location of the cache. First, we were sent to the fountain in front of Carter Gym.



Our clue for this fountain was “How many stones are there around the fountain with the same dedication engraved on them? Add 4 to this number. Number of stones + 4 = A” After walking around the fountain about three times, we decided that the same dedication was written four times. We added four to this number, and so the number eight became the answer for the letter A. Next, we went to the fountain near Marshbanks.

Our clue for this fountain was How many things did Dr. Clayton love? Number of Things He Loved = B.” We were initially pretty confused about this clue, because we had no idea who Dr. Clayton was, but after looking at the dedication plaque, we saw that there were two things that he loved: youth and education. We had successfully determined that B was two. The third and final fountain we had to go to was the fountain by Lundy Fetterman.



The clue for this fountain was “What is the last number of the year in which the fountain was dedicated? Last Number = C.” At this point, we were feeling pretty confident since we found the first two so easily.



We saw on the dedication plaque that the fountain was dedicated in 2005, and so the number five became C. The final cache location was at N35° 24.CCC, W78° 44.BCA. After we plugged in the numbers that we found, the location became N35° 24.555, W78° 44.258. When we initially put these coordinates in our GPS unit, we thought that we had the coordinates wrong, because it was taking us to a location that was almost off-campus. There was no additional hint available, but we knew that the cache was considered a “regular” size, so it was bigger than we were used to, because we had been finding micro caches before that.



Our GPS finally got down to about five feet, so we knew we were close. We saw a telephone pole and got the feeling that the cache was near there.



We found a pretty large grate/hole in the ground, and so Carla thankfully stuck her hand inside of the grate and pulled out a box- it was a cache! We found it! We opened up the box to find it filled with swag.



We looked at everything, signed the log, took some pictures, and put the things back. Unfortunately, we didn’t pack any swag to replace it with, so we couldn’t take anything. Just finding the cache was worth it, though! I definitely think that this was the most rewarding of all the caches that we found.

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