GC435B8 27 Punctuation? Challenge Cache
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Thystle @ | Hide Date: 12/22/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 12.756 W104° 33.434 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
   

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The cache is at the above coordinates: HOWEVER- This is a challenge cache; only cachers who meet the qualifying requirements should log this cache. Logs not meeting the requirements will be deleted.

Placed in honor of GC1N86H: A Javapgmr Challenge - Punctuation

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There are 13 punctuation marks: 27 if you like to overdo things and include math. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find 20 caches; One with each punctuation mark or math symbol, or other mark, in its name.
The placed date of each find must be before the placement date of this challenge. (Dec 22, 2012) You cannot be the owner a cache you are claiming. You can only claim one punctuation mark for each cache you are claiming. (the exceptions being quotes, parenthesis and brackets- they have to be in pairs)  If your cache has more than one type of mark, you must indicate in your log or bookmark list which symbol is the one you are using for that particular cache. Any ‘found’ logs without documentation for the requirements will be deleted. you documentaion can be either a bookmark (recommended) or a list of finds. Having a cache owner change the name of a cache so that you can claim it is cheating, and the geocaching gods will smite you. We wouldn't want that, would we?
Three periods will be counted as an ellipsis; two hyphens will count as a dash.
The accepted symbols are ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )  -  +  = { } [ ] : ;  “ “  ‘ ? / … -- ­_ \ < > and .  (The period is included. The above sentence looks strange, but it would look stranger with commas.) The above are from a standard keyboard: if you find caches with symbols such as ¥, ÷, §, etc. Great. But they won’t count for the purposes of this challenge. Don’t worry; we’ll make a cache for those, later.
Cache is between a micro and a small: bring a pen. The difficulty reflects how hard it can be to find all those symbols. Even I don’t have all 27 (22, last time I checked). Please be discrete, and HAVE FUN! Congrats to Ramcrest for being FTF!

Additional Waypoints

04/21/2019 By CVA64
19 Found before the requisite date, need 1 more

# GC2GHDT High Priced Haircut: Lofty Goals #2
! GC19JXA LSA - Spring Break - Sr Year!
‘ GC26W8D Samuel's Revenge
() GC16TKY Jacob's Ladder (Maritime History Series)
- GC202RQ The county challenge - 100 US counties
: GCM042 Fish Out Of Water: The Tail Continues
“” GCVG9M "Leaf" it to me cache
? GC12P06 Does This Tree Shed?
& GC15AV1 coffee & quakers
/ GC2KZCD animjason’s D/T Challenge
@ GCY070 GP@WR_1
* GC16CG5 *$1
$ GC3JX9B Ca$che for Clunkers
% GC2KV9G Another %$@# Nano
… GC1HDC9 JEEPS Are Us...
_ GC26PDP Tribute to hiking_fool
-- GC 42P79 Brennan7''s Sophomore IB Project – Mystery
(-) GC195K9 -4 Lazy Alligator (-4 Doesn''t Live Here Anymore)
. GCZGYB M. Drake

09/01/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #49382

It was fun putting this list together, I think I have all the symboles, but here are 24 of the 27 listed:



~ - GC15NPN Traditional Cache W2B ~ To All 5/5/2018
! - GC6JZ6R Traditional Cache Play Ball!!! (6/4/2016)
@ - GC4R5QG Traditional Cache Another Thorny Situation !!@#%&@@# (5/6/2017)
# - GC65XT3 Traditional Cache Light in the Dark Series #1 (11/15/2015)
$ - GC3V33P Traditional Cache 4EZ$ (12/8/2017)
% - GC6YGTM Traditional Cache Monkeys on Holiday 6 % (12/8/2017)
^ - GC6YGTC Traditional Cache Monkeys on Holiday 7 ^ (12/8/2017)
& - GC5YECK Traditional Cache Parks & Paths #1 (8/23/2015)
* - GC6GA7J Traditional Cache RetiredGuy (12/10/2017)
()- GC4ZATN Traditional Cache Window To Serenity (Redux) (06/14/2015)
- - GC5Q5K2 Unknown Cache The Riddler - European Vacation (6/26/2016)
+ - GC7MVRH Traditional Cache + Dash 2 the Quiet Beach Movie Home 3 - Sudoku (5/19/2018)
= - GC56F2N Traditional Cache Holland Cemetery =Can you here me now (5/6/2017)
[]- GC4QHVB Traditional Cache Dead-End ... for now [not] (6/19/2016)
: - GC7A5H1 Traditional Cache Back to School 03/05: Clark High School (12/31/2017)
; - GC3TRX8 Traditional Cache Which came first; zombie chicken or zombie egg? (1/23/2018)
""- GC46G8M Traditional Cache Lighted "10" (5/19/2013)
' - GC6FMGN Multi-cache There's never many cars here (5/14/2016)
? - GC4ATAY Traditional Cache How Many People Have Land Phones ? (5/19/2013)
/ - GC4BJ2F Traditional Cache Precipitation #20 - Hail - Tea Cup / Large Apple (6/9/2013)
\ - GC6YGQ6 Traditional Cache Monkeys on Holiday 16 \ (12/8/2017)
. - GC66HMT Traditional Cache #1370 Highway To H.E.L.L. (2/25/2016)
... - GC471P5 Traditional Cache Road to Nowhere... (3/30/2014)
_ - GC4MF2N Traditional Cache Cachers Power Trail- clem_1 (1/19/2014)

09/01/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I believe that I have all 27 punctuation marks on my bookmark list DIFFERENT NON-ALPHANUMERIC TITLE BEGINNINGS; I've linked that list to this cache. The list does contain some entries that don't fit, including several links to other challenges, but it should work for this challenge. Very good challenge, FDF favorite point, and TFTC!

06/30/2018 By turtleboy29
I have 22 (counting parenthesis, brackets as 1 each), but 2 are after 12/22/2012).

Here is my list. Thanks for a fun challenge


~ Baby Pool For Lady Coot and IsisFan ~ 12/19 GC2K1ZY 12/24/17 12/04/2010
! "Here Kitty, Kitty!" GC3YB19 03/25/2017 10/8/2012
@ 10 @ Tenn GC43AF 7/16/2017 : 03/19/2002
# # 47 Green Yellow GC2MVZH 2/9/2018 01/23/2011
% Two % GC6K925 2/1/2018 6/6/2016
& Turtles & Toads GCRV2T 1/8/2006 1/1/2005
Fontainebleau State Park Geo Project GC25HRE 3/21/2018 08/23/2010
() -TwoCs- Toy Yoda #008 (Littleton) GC15RQ9 7/7/17 09/16/2007
--TwoCs- George's Overlook GC3PGD0 9/30/2017 06/29/2012
{} {Girly Girl Cache} GC6K92F 1/31/2018 6/6/2016
[][Insert Troll Reference Here] GC2R68D 4/28/2017 03/29/2011
: Cache Withdrawl #1: The Bus Stops Here GC10GZZ 2/17/17 01/22/2007
; 2 Little Caches; 1 HARD..... GCPT42 4/6/2006 07/19/2005
“ "709" Cache GC21GTA 7/15/2017 11/27/2009
‘ #101 Screamin' Green GC2Q50F 3/23/2017 03/12/2011
? "Where's the Runway?" GC335W0 5/13/201 08/28/2011
/ 1/5th the World Geysers in a Square Mile GC14YW1 08/06/2007 9/14/2007
. C.A.C.H.E. March Annual Meeting GCTFAE 3/18/2006 3/18/2006
… This is the church, and this is the steeple..." GCM1DP 6/26/2006 11/09/2004
, Cache of Conception, Redux GC3BR16 5/22/17 01/29/2012
-- Found Rocky---Where's Bullwinkle? GC3BDRY 5/2/17 : 01/23/2012
< <3 Shamrock and Angel <3 GC4B63W 6/30/2018 05/02/2013

06/09/2018 By turtleboy29
I think I met this challenge but will need to confirm. Cache out in open so hid it better. TFTC

05/06/2018 By irid3sc3nt
Finally! I signed this a while ago (see Note below) and now I qualify. Yay!

Period: GC17X09: I.M. Me! 2014-09-21
Comma: GC6XAJM: When I was your age, Pluto was a planet... 2017-02-24
Colon: GC5D7CB: DPL Series: The Dragons of Montbello 2015-07-11
Exclamation mark: GC2D1FN: PHIL ROCKS!!! 2014-10-25
Question mark: GC6YPVR: Are You Speeding? 2017-02-07
Dash: GC2JTGM: Cuppa Chino 4 -- Oasis 2015-10-27
Hyphen: GC3EH9B: South Suburban Sudoku - A2/H9 - West Highline 2015-09-15
Quotation marks: GC4RH51: Daily Cacher Challenge 184: "Higher Power" 2016-10-28
Apostrophe: GC4BGXA: One Good Ol' Thing 2016-07-01
Parenthesis: GC1P57M: The Lost Art of Benchmarking (Denver Area #18) 2016-09-22
Ellipsis: GC2PFQN: On the Weekends..... 2016-03-25
Asterisk: GCREJK: What the...? 6 05/06/2018
At: GC2MCZX: Arapahoe @ Village Center Station - RTD Light Rail 10/25/2015
Pound: GC2WVVF: #25 03/26/2018
Parenthesis: GC18ZME: (dd) 05/04/2016
Percent: GC1KYG9: 10% 08/05/2016
Dollar: GC2FF2X: Don't Do Micros - Son of 'Bucket of Ca$h(es)' 10/05/2014
Ampersand: GC3VPNQ: M&M's Hide 04/21/2016
Tilde: GC20ZY5: Paraskevidekatriaphobia ~ Beware the Penguins #6 03/28/2016
Forward Slash: GC3EHAF: South Suburban Sudoku - A8/H2 - Troll 12/05/2014

04/21/2018 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the cache! Started the morning off with some coffee and donuts at the CITO in Falcon. The weather is pretty miserable with so much snow and fog but I needed to get out and explore a bit. I've had my eye on visiting Elbert for a while now and decided since we were half way there might as well go see the area. The trip out was peaceful and the snow covered trees and valley were beautiful! The kids were enjoying the drive too! Once in Elbert we set about grabbing the caches we wanted to get. This was our fourth stop while here and the one I most wanted to get. We parked on the side of the road and I went to find it leaving the critters in the car again. I made the quick find thanks to the hint. Signed and stamped the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the fun challenge. Here are my qualifiers:

~ GC2EWCP: Urban Caving ~ Struthers Cave - 3/31/2015
! GC1ZV21: Ready Aim Fire! - 06/27/16
@ GC4XHF1: W@tership D0wn - 04/07/2017
% GCYATX: 66% Inspirtaion, 100% Perspiration - 04/09/2016
^ GC44NTC: Along the Trail ^#2 - 09/16/2015
& GC4DAJ9: Round & Round - 04/19/2015
GC3C0MF: Cliffside - 11/22/2015
( GC141VJ: Gee,I'm a Tree! (Or once was.) - 04/14/2015
) GC16TM0: Portholes (Maritime History Series) - 04/15/2016
- GC10NHF: 66's Steamer #1 - House Blend - 05/14/2015
+ GC3TW9T: 555 Consecutive Days +Fizzy - Challenge - 02/25/2016
{ GC44NT8: Along the Trail {#1} - 10/05/2016
: GC1D3JA: I Spy Series: Total Reflection - 11/02/2015
" GC143XX: Give me a "T" - 07/28/2016
" GC1J6CW: "By Cracky" - 08/11/2016
' GC12EF6: What's the Frequency? - 12/30/2015
? GC1717H: Where is the Cache? - 11/10/2015
/ GC5PN6B: 20 D/T Combos in a Day Challenge Cache - 12/31/2017
... GC1D3RP: Now, How do I Get Back...? - 02/13/2017
-- GC498H7: Sundance Mountain -- North Summit - 07/10/2016
_ GC7JAKT: AK_Hole-in-the-Wall - 02/16/2018
\ GC2XQFW: Guided \ Tower - 03/22/2016
. GC4AC: St. Louis Creek - 07/27/2017

04/19/2018 By HiDude_98
We came out early for Mensa Mindgames and had a day to get out caching with CuteLilFuzzyMonkey. It was so very windy today. Day started off quite cold but by the end we were quite warm. Just perfect weather really for caching. TFTC. SL.

~ GC6CJMW ~ The Great Texas Dinner Invitation Race! ~
! GC6NRGR Monkey! Stay Out Of The Water!
@ GC541XT Boardwalk @ Lady Bird #1 (2 if by sea)
# GC541Y9 Boardwalk @ Lady Bird #2 (2 if by sea)
$ GC34J1Z $ Cache in the Bank
% GC4291X The #@$%&? 2013 ABC Challenge!
^ GC454WY Caesar^3
& GC2TWP3 M & M's, etc.
GC7EXWE Extra Credit ! HiDude_98 70 On the way to 100K*
( ) GC541YY Boardwalk @ Lady Bird #3 (2 if by sea)
- GC14DNG Geo Trails - Medium
+ GC15XNQ 9 + 9 = 12
= GCTYNB Latitude = edutignoL
{ } GC41YCF Turtle River{creek}
[ ] GCG5T1 Talcottville Bridge [dam tour #8]
: GC109QY Geekfest: Spring into Paperless Caching with GSAK!
; GCQ42B EENIE MEENIE MINEE MO; WHICH WAY DO I GO?
“ “ GC3EH34 "Y" @ Oak Hill (YAPIDKA)
‘ GC6NRGH Monkey's Wild Ride
? GC6PXJY Did you lose a pen?
/ GC7JQEJ Monkey's 100/100 WIG Challenge!
… GC1G2K1 ¿Cómo usted dice…? #2
-- GCGXBN SoCo--So Cool!
\ GC1HX8E \'shi-n?-re\
< > GC3C2Z7 ~!@#$%^&*()-_{}[]:;"',>.?/+ Cache Title Challenge
. GC4Q3DZ Close, but no Cigar.