GC6Y1C0 Map
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Greenbeard @ | Hide Date: 12/11/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 07.814 W104° 54.065 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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Not long ago, a pirate decided to bury his treasure in the wonderful land of Colorado. I always thought that pirates in Colorado seemed a bit farfetched. I mean, Colorado. Pirates.  That’s crazy. Colorado, is like, far away from the sea. But legends and rumors state that some pirates washed ashore, and decided to break some pirate stereotypes by heading inland as far as Monument, Colorado to hide treasure. These legends are obviously greatly exaggerated …or so I thought.

Recently, while looking through old library books (because that’s what I like to do for fun sometimes), I found an old map to one of these alleged treasure stashes. Unfortunately, the map was all weird and encoded. It belonged to a pirate named Greenbeard. Don’t even ask, because I have no idea. I know that Blackbeard’s beard was black, but, you know what? It doesn’t even matter. What matters is that legend says that Greenbeard was a tyrannical pirate, and ruthless.

Greenbeard is said to have hidden three separate caches of treasure throughout Colorado. Each contains a vague clue to his final treasure. Once you have all the vague pieces of the puzzle, you will be able to hopeful decode the location of Greenbeard’s final treasure trove. These “stashes” could be compared to primordial geocaches. Anyways, you’re probably wondering why I’m telling you this. I like treasure, but not danger. I was thinking, “What if you like treasure AND danger?” If so, it’s a win-win. You retrieve the treasure, solve the clues, and not get killed, and then we share it, 20-80. Sounds like a fair deal to me.

Be careful though, because it’s a dangerous hunt, and if you get hurt along the way and can’t find the treasure, then I don’t get my 80 percent. So it should be simple. Find each of Greenbeards three stashes, locate the clue in each one, put the vague puzzle pieces together, find the treasure, and give it to me.

When searching for each piece, please do not remove the clue from the cache, as others after you will need it. Greenbeard can be kinda cheap, so there’s a cool bracelet the he bought at Wal-Mart from the clearance aisle for like, 25 cents. Greenbeard will award this as a FTF prize. Also, Greenbeard forgot to put the clue and log in a zip-lock baggie, so he would greatly appreciate if another cache could bring a zip-lock baggie for the clue and log to be in.

07/01/2019 By northamericanhoodlum
Found, very wet, also not sure if this cache was displaced, but leaving it how we found it.

05/14/2019 By prerules
Nicely done. Signed log.

Thanks Greenbeard for giving me a reason to get outside. It’s always worth it when you are enjoying nature. There is nothing better than acting like a kid again, digging through weeds and climbing trees, all to sign my name on a piece of paper.

Found with Cachly for IOS.

prerules | Parker, CO
Geocache find #863
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04/29/2019 By ColoradoSmith
Thanks for letting me know, Hikermama3. Swung by and checked on the cache and it could use a new container. Will replace within a few weeks.

04/26/2019 By Hikermama3
Found it but it’s in need of maintenance, tftc

02/02/2019 By COpackrat
Kerewin0430 made a quick find of the map in spite of the snow, and we were on our way to the final. Thanks for this clue to the treasure!

09/21/2018 By Bhob
Out and about with "Buzz Lightyear I" on a warm, sunny and windy day (the final full day of summer) - this was the last of seven geocaches that I found along the way. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

09/21/2018 By Buzz Lightyear I
Tftc

09/03/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
We found an interesting container near a critter hole that has been chewed on. One of the parts of the container had a log in a little zip baggie so I signed that but there was no puzzle or clue. 4 of the little "doors" were missing. I did find a little triangle of paper on the ground but only had a couple of letters on it. We tried to secure the container a bit better so it doesn't get moved away.
I will award a favorite point since we were able to ride our horses here.

08/19/2018 By TheTwinnedFir
Couldn’t locate it. Could be that we’re too hungry from riding all morning and lost patience. But will persevere another day!!

07/09/2018 By sirmichaelwilliam
Cool little area. A little worried since the sign says don't leave the trail, but don't let that stop you . TFTC!!