Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Archimedes Adventure by 1Queenand4Jokers (2.5/1.5) N49° 44.925  W97° 07.848 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 634653  N 5512373 Use waypoint: GCXK0P Size: Large    Hidden on 8/9/2006 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:   *No attributes specified*     THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED CO-ORDINATES! Use the photo & solve the puzzle to get the real coordinates of the cache. No special physical or mental skill is required to access the cache, but solving the puzzle beforehand may be another story. Easy or brutal. Good luck! Got to find the clue in this photo to find the cache. Eyes may not be enough. Technology skills will be required. A keen mind and a keen eye are needed with this photo. Download it so you can really see what we are trying to help you see. Hidden in the photo is the cache location. "In the photo" may take on a new meaning for you. Don't believe everything you see. Exactly what is in the photo? Get to the point. Increase your center of concentration. Calculators, dice, watches, compasses or pixels - any of these may hold the clue you need. Realize that there may be more than meets the eye. Anyone can solve this one if they just try. Come on now, don't give up! The solution is in the photo! Evaluate the photo to find what you seek. Solve the puzzle. Once you do it you can find the cache. Look carefully for the clue. Under or over? Top or bottom? Inside or outside? On or in? North or south? Front or back? Rear or front? One or two or three or...? Mind over matter perhaps? The cache is large enough to make it worthwhile. Haven't found it yet? Enough searching and you'll uncover it. Photo holds the answer. Have to look for it there. Overlooking something? Once you see it you'll get it, or vice versa. Use your brain. See with your mind and your eyes. Ignore most of what we have written if you wish, you probably see the answer by now anyway. Geo-caching has helped you develop sophisticated searching skills, use them! A thorough look into these clues and the photo is all it takes. So are you getting the message? Seeing more clearly now? Addition or subtraction may be useful. With the right approach you can do it. Once you get it you might laugh! Hysterically! Real close now. Don't give up. Please do not include spoilers in your logs. Logs with spoilers will be deleted immediately. If you believe there are any problems with the cache setup, please advise us privately by e-mail so that we may fix them if necessary.

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3/26/2007 by Kabuthunk
I had fought with this puzzle for hours on end, countless times. Many times did I ponder and puzzle at how I could possibly solve the picture. After some group thinking with another geocacher (Lizardo I believe) at the recent MBGA Pub Nite, the puzzle had yielded it's secrets. However... given how much I had fought with this particular puzzle, I wanted to save the find for something special. In this case... my 200th find!

And find I did! The light was quickly draining from the sky as I drove toward the cache. Of course... in situations where time is a factor, someone driving about 30 under the speed limit was ahead of me, and there was too much traffic from the front to even attempt to pass.

*sigh*

BUT... he eventually turned off, and I continued at full speed! Stopping nearby, I hopped out of the car, and headed over. And then I stopped. It would appear that THIS cache as well was protected by a natural moat of sorts. It took a little bit of planning before I could find a dryish path to take. Still ended up getting slightly damp socks, but hey... for number 200, I would have gone in up to my knees in the water .

And quite the large cache it is! Tons of stuff in here. Anyone with kids, you may want to look into solving this one and taking 'em out here. Although, it IS kinda wet around here right now, so you probably want to plan for that.

Decided that the area looked cool enough for a Ninja Turtle to kick back, so I left the Michaelangelo TB in here. Otherwise... quite glad to be at the 200 mark, and to have done it at this cache in particular . Thanks for the adveture, seemingly also brought to me by Archimedes .

Added bonus, I found a fish-shaped pen there. WHEEEE! In goes a lanyard clip I've been holding onto for a trade item for just such a cool exchange . It can be a memento of sorts for #200.

Took: Fish-shaped pen
Left: Michaelangelo TB, lanyard clip, logbook entry and chainmail ball

Hints (Back)
The Digital Root of final co-ordinates is 9.
Actual cache is a large pail with a games puzzle theme. We will email an FTF certificate.