GC8PDMB Unknown Cache Baby Mingo
Type: Mystery | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Jbullfrog62 @ | Hide Date: 05/11/2020 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 30.267 W105° 04.457 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
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Baby Mingo

 

Easy Mystery Cache, Google has all of the answers.

 

This cache is NOT at the listed coordinates.

 

Cache has room for trackables and small swag. If you take one out, please put one in. Remember to log the trackable.  Enjoy.

 

I was born in Colorado, grew up in Kansas, then moved back to Colorado. The Oldest Active Geocache (Mingo) was placed in Kansas so I thought I would place this one here in Colorado in honor of Mingo’s Birthday. Mingo is located southeast of the town of Colby, Kansas, along I-70. If you had ever driven on I-70 in between Colby and Oakley in the past forty years you have probably seen signs for Prairie Dog Town, which is now closed. 

Mingo and Baby Mingo are near both of these, Colby and Prairie Dogs.  The coordinates are for Colby Street in Fort Collins. The Prairie Dog Meadow Natural Area is nearby. If you haven’t been to Mingo yet you should plan a trip to find it.

 

The coordinates for the actual cache are: 

 

N40° AA.BCB   W105° DD.EEE

 

AA. Age of Mingo when Baby Mingo was placed. ___years old + 9

 

B. Mingo was the ___th Cache placed in the World. (Use this number twice)

 

C. Number of letters in “BABY MINGO” (don’t count the space, count all letters)

 

DD. Mingo's GC number in reverse order.

 

EEE. Same position on Mingo’s Coordinates + 300

 

Congratulations to ____________ for First To Find. A First to Find Token is in the cache for the first person to find this cache. 

Additional Waypoints

018PDMB - Virtual stage
N 40° 30.267 W 105° 04.457

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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
018PDMBVirtual stage Virtual Stage  05/10/2020 N 40° 30.267 W 105° 04.457 0.00 kms N 

 Hints

Container is similar to Mingo's only smaller, unscrew one end, please don't over tighten.

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6 Logs: Found it 5  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 05/27/2020 By siff
I found Mingo in June 2010, but the container appears to have changed since then. Nice and easy puzzle and find. Just watch out for the thistle!

This is day 356 out of 366 that I've found a non-challenge puzzle cache. Thanks for nice puzzle!

Found it 05/15/2020 By Sam_I_AM
Found with Cache U. We hope to make it to the original Mingo someday. Thanks for the pleasant puzzle cache!

Found it 05/15/2020 By Cache U
Found with Sam_I_AM. Fun little puzzle and now we know where the oldest active cache is. Thanks for the fun!

Found it 05/11/2020 By Quiltmaker4
30 minutes to late for the FTF for FCCGordon, ScooterBugG, and me. Still a fun puzzle, fun find and another cache qualifying me for a couple of Second To Find challenges I have signed.

I found MINGO on a delayed cross-country trip. That delay allowed me to find caches in 6 states in 1 day. That day included MINGO.

Found it 05/11/2020 By OneKindWord
FTF at 8:37AM! Great execution of the cache write up, puzzle, and hide. Awesome job on the container! Had the cache in hand pretty quickly once I arrived at GZ, always a thrill to find a blank log. Favorite for sure! TFTC

Publish Listing 05/11/2020 By IgnotusPeverell
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