THIS IS THE 3D SILVER METAL EVENT COIN.THE GOLDEN TICKET COIN WILL BE THE SAME COIN BUT IN GOLD!!! METAL
The 2019 Golden Ticket Contest Starts 4/1/19!
see clues below!
Join the Metro Gathering Mega Gold Rush in the exciting 2019 search for the
Golden Ticket Treasure Map!
Finding a map will lead you to real treasure, as you will win a limited "Pirates of Port Royale Geocoin!
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES BELOW AND ON THE MAP TO WIN THE GEOCOIN.
see clues below!
Join the Metro Gathering Mega Gold Rush in the exciting 2019 search for the
Golden Ticket Treasure Map!
Finding a map will lead you to real treasure, as you will win a limited "Pirates of Port Royale Geocoin!
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES BELOW AND ON THE MAP TO WIN THE GEOCOIN.
Please help us continue to offer this free Golden Ticket Contest!
If you enjoy the search for the Golden Ticket Contest, we ask you to please help us continue to offer these free Golden Ticket geocoins by supporting the Metro Gathering Mega Event. Please PRE-ORDER and purchase an event package, tee shirt, geocoin or pathtags.
Registration pre-ordering will open soon as there is no guarantee items will be available at the event!
Registration pre-ordering will open soon as there is no guarantee items will be available at the event!
The 2019 Golden Ticket
Treasure Map
Search for these antique "Golden Ticket treasure maps below" for a chance to win a
Pirates of Port Royale Geocoin!
All Golden tickets will be signed, number and on special paper
no reproduction will be accepted!
Golden Ticket Treasure Map
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Second Chance Ticket Treasure Map
GOLDEN TICKET TREASURE MAP RULES:
If you are one of the very lucky seekers to find a "Golden Ticket Treasure Map" you must follow the instructions on the ticket and below. The mega committee is monitoring this contest very closely and we need to be notified as soon as the ticket is found so we can post a found note on the website.
No ticket photo copy reproductions will be accepted !
1. One Golden Ticket per person.
2. Immediately post a log note or find on the cache page that you found a ticket! This will notify other seekers that the clues to this ticket were solved and ticket found!
3. Immediately take a picture of yourself at the cache site with the ticket, send the picture with ticket number, geocache & real name, GC number and date found to tickets@nnjc.org.
4. You can not physically find another ticket and give it to another seeker.
5. Tickets must be redeemed in person only at the Mega event.
SECOND CHANCE PROMOTIONAL TICKETS:
Seek and find a "second Chance ticket" (PICTURED ABOVE) Bring it to the Mega event to enter into a "SECOND CHANCE RAFFLE" and a chance to be a winner of the limited Pirates of Port Royale geocoin!
1. only 3 second chance tickets per person allowed
2. write your real name and geoname on the ticket before you hand it into the raffle.
3. you must be present at the raffle drawing to win.
4. If you have found a Golden Ticket you are not eligible to participate in the second chance raffle.
If you are one of the very lucky seekers to find a "Golden Ticket Treasure Map" you must follow the instructions on the ticket and below. The mega committee is monitoring this contest very closely and we need to be notified as soon as the ticket is found so we can post a found note on the website.
No ticket photo copy reproductions will be accepted !
1. One Golden Ticket per person.
2. Immediately post a log note or find on the cache page that you found a ticket! This will notify other seekers that the clues to this ticket were solved and ticket found!
3. Immediately take a picture of yourself at the cache site with the ticket, send the picture with ticket number, geocache & real name, GC number and date found to tickets@nnjc.org.
4. You can not physically find another ticket and give it to another seeker.
5. Tickets must be redeemed in person only at the Mega event.
SECOND CHANCE PROMOTIONAL TICKETS:
Seek and find a "second Chance ticket" (PICTURED ABOVE) Bring it to the Mega event to enter into a "SECOND CHANCE RAFFLE" and a chance to be a winner of the limited Pirates of Port Royale geocoin!
1. only 3 second chance tickets per person allowed
2. write your real name and geoname on the ticket before you hand it into the raffle.
3. you must be present at the raffle drawing to win.
4. If you have found a Golden Ticket you are not eligible to participate in the second chance raffle.
💵💵💵💵💵💵💵 THE CLUES 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
The "Golden Tickets" photo Clues
Golden tickets will be showing up in these states: NJ, NY, PA,
we may add other states as we travel.
Watch each week for posts and new clues too!
If you are a lucky finder of a Golden Ticket please follow the reporting instruction on the ticket, email tickets@nnjc.org and post a log on the cache page to report the lucky find ASAP!! We need to let other seekers know the tickets are found quickly
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"CLICK" on the "Interactive Map"
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Congratulations to all the lucky "Golden Ticket Treasure Map"
We have READ SOME GREAT FINDERS LOGS, heard lots of stories of your GOLDEN TICKET adventures, excitements and disappointments too. Its just the start, good luck on your hunt for more
Pirate Treasure! ~ Old Navy
We have READ SOME GREAT FINDERS LOGS, heard lots of stories of your GOLDEN TICKET adventures, excitements and disappointments too. Its just the start, good luck on your hunt for more
Pirate Treasure! ~ Old Navy
** Ticket 53 was mistakenly placed twice. The new clue added on 6/22 for this ticket is not a typo, but a second ticket with the same #.
Ticket #68 New Jersey : Picture (added 6/18)
Ticket #53 (duplicate) New Jersey : GIF (added 6/22)
Ticket #63 New Jersey : GIF (added 6/23)
Ticket #22 New Jersey : Picture (added 6/24)
Ticket #53 (duplicate) New Jersey : GIF (added 6/22)
Ticket #63 New Jersey : GIF (added 6/23)
Ticket #22 New Jersey : Picture (added 6/24)
Ticket #68 New Jersey
Ticket #53 New Jersey **Duplicate ticket number, not a typo**
Ticket #63 New Jersey
Ticket #22 New Jersey
The Wall of Lucky "Golden Ticket " Winners!
Most recent finds at the top
Congratulations to stellarscapes
Who found ticket #25 On 6/24/19 Naughty Cache a year 2008 cache by latitude55 GC1HYBZ LINK |
Ticket #25 Pennsylvania
Ticket #25 2nd clue added 6/18
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Congratulations to StuffedPiggy
Who found ticket #62 On 6/24/19 Black or White a year 2015 cache by scooter1130 GC5KMMN LINK |
Ticket #62 New Jersey
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Congratulations to schiebelicious
Who found ticket #52 On 6/23/19 Cropsey Witch Project a year 2014 cache by SynDaLog GC5G995 LINK |
Ticket #52 New York **Duplicate ticket number, not a typo**
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Congratulations to
The football king Who found ticket #55 On 6/23/19 Fallen Heroes:ECC VI of VII a year 2011 cache by madhauler GC2MYBH LINK |
Ticket #55 Pennsylvania
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Congratulations to Jemhvac
Who found ticket #51 (duplicate number) On 6/22/19 Spunky Dog a year 2016 cache by SynDaLog GC6G8BX LINK |
Ticket #51 New York **Duplicate ticket number, not a typo**
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Congratulations to Lucky*Charm
Who found ticket #54 On 6/16/19 Ranger Rick's Weisel's Backdoor: High Bridge Trail a year 2011 cache by NockamixonSP GC2yrfw LINK Found before a clue was published! |
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Congratulations to MegHeaven
Who found ticket #53 On 6/16/19 Henry Hudson's hidden treasure a year 2008 cache by WhippIntegra GC1B3M3 LINK |
Ticket #53, 2nd clue added 6/10
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Ticket #53 New York
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Congratulations to TeamPensky
Who found ticket #40 On 6/11/19 Jessica's Wonderful Waterfall a year 2017 cache by JessicasDaddy GC752GP LINK |
Ticket #40 New Jersey
Ticket #40, 2nd clue added 6/10
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Congratulations to Reno8
Who found ticket #50 On 6/08/19 Don't Forget to Flush (Birdhouse) a year 2016 cache by WonderfullyDank GC6WXMA LINK |
Ticket #50 Connecticut
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Congratulations to Cj4fish
Who found ticket #23 On 6/06/19 Between the Trails a year 2018 cache by Team_Geocachers GC7JK64 LINK *Solution for the second clue* In the picture, "The Place" is on East Creepers Way. if you google "219 East Creepers Way" you will find "Between The Trails"
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Ticket #23 Pennsylvania
**The ticket is NOT in any of the caches pictured in the clue.**
Ticket #23 Pennsylvania : 2nd clue **If you check the map 219 times, you might find gold near the place**
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Congratulations to busters blue
Who found ticket #24 On 6/05/19 NJCC: Huascaran a year 2009 cache by NSPSkiBum GC1NJAH LINK |
Ticket #24 New Jersey
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Congratulations to camirante
Who found ticket #51 On 6/04/19 BLH: Clove Furnace a year 2016 cache by LabRat101 GC6X2F7 LINK |
Ticket #51 New York
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Congratulations to eotwp
Who found ticket #37 On 5/28/19 "Blockbuster" a year 2009 cache by raritan GC1HEJM LINK |
Ticket #37 New Jersey
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Congratulations to bridgegirl1975
Who found ticket #38 On 5/27/19 CJCC: Bravo a year 2009 cache by jeffa62 GC1NJ4B LINK |
Ticket #38 New Jersey
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Congratulations to
"NJ-Trekker" Who found Ticket #21 on 5/26/19 "Little Igloo" a year 2008 geocache by Latitude55 & cb GC1J7WZ LINK |
Ticket #21 New Jersey
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Congratulations to
"LilMissMadison" Who found Ticket #39 on 5/25/19 "UNDER COVER" a year 2016 geocache by diggyrock GC6EGQF LINK |
Ticket #39 Pennsylvania
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Congratulations to
"Rabid Llamas" Who found Ticket #47 on 5/23/19 "Like A Bridge Over Untroubled Water" a year 2015 geocache by NativeBergen GC5NN5W LINK |
Golden Ticket #47 New Jersey
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Congratulations to
"DaZie62" Who found Ticket #49 on 5/21/19 "Fishing the day away" a year 2015 geocache by Busters Blue and StuffedPiggy GC5pvm2 LINK |
Golden Ticket #49 New Jersey
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Congratulations to
"colleen2851" Who found Ticket #48 on 5/19/19 "Palisades: John Ringling's 'Grey Crag'" a year 2010 geocache by Polskikrol GC2d74 LINK |
Golden Ticket #48 New Jersey
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Congratulations to
"GeoElmo6000" Who found Ticket #46 on 5/19/19 "The Ridgewood Public Library" a year 2018 geocache by GeoElmo6000 GC7EDCM LINK |
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Congratulations to
"dryvitman17" Who found Ticket #35 on 5/12/19 "Mine Brook Monster" a year 2018 geocache by Partners In Crime GC7ZTF1 LINK |
New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #35
New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #35 second clue
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Congratulations to
"Gnomey Yo" Who found Ticket #34 on 5/11/19 "Always Watches...No Eyes" a year 2013 geocache by athenagrrlsx3 GC4W0QE LINK |
PA ~ Golden Ticket #34
PA ~ Golden Ticket #34 second clue
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Congratulations to "Outkast24" Who found Ticket #36 5/11/19 "PIC 11 - Frazier & Ali" a year 2017 geocache by Partners In Crime GC77935 LINK |
New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #36
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Congratulations to "ST.FU"
Who found Ticket #44 5/10/19 "Cold Brook Cache" a year 2006 geocache by Jan and the Man GCZ6MZ LINK |
New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #44
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 New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #43
Congratulations to "LVsciGuy" Who found Ticket #43 5/10/19 "Rockaway River Riparian Vegetation " a year 2016 geocache by NJGeocaching GC7APA0 LINK |
New Jersey ~ Golden Ticket #43 second clue
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 Golden Ticket #45 New Jersey
Congratulations to "Speedy#1"
Who found Ticket #45 5/9/19 "Valentine's Day Cache" a year 2006 geocache by Sue&Barry GCTABB LINK |
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Congratulations to Tobric ~
Who found Ticket #42 5/4/19 "Riverbend" a year 2010 geocache by Old Navy GCXR4N LINK |
NEW JERSEY #42
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Congratulations to BJW944 ~
Who found Ticket #41 5/1/19 "XL" a year 2013 geocache by miketeska GC44VVJ LINK |
NEW JERSEY #41
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Congratulations to DEGoldy ~
Who found Ticket #33 4/30/19 "It Takes A Village" a year 2018 geocache by Jjhinnj GC7W1NX LINK |
NEW JERSEY #33
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Congratulations to donut the cat ~
Who found Ticket #31 4/30/19 "Spies of the Revolution" a year 2011 geocache by nikcap GC389VV LINK |
NEW JERSEY #31
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Congratulations to
MetsFanInNJ ~ Who found Ticket #32 4/29/19 "In Search of...Bigfoot" a year 2016 geocache by nikcap GC6PRHB LINK |
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Congratulations
to GeoHunter ~ Who found Ticket #30 4/28/19 "Ferengi Transmitter Array" a year 2002 geocache Valkyrie GCBA9B LINK |
NEW JERSEY #30
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Congratulations
to Maggie :) ~ Who found Ticket #29 4/28/19 "Guardian of the Gold" a year 2013 geocache JerseyEric GC4EWCG LINK |
NEW JERSEY #29
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Congratulations
to RoxburyDevil ~ Who found Ticket #28 4/26/19 "Rocking Horse" a year 2006 geocache Old Navy GC5JVTY LINK |
 New Jersey TICKET # 28
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Congratulations
to v4gslodysko Who found Ticket #27 4/26/19 "Treasure Island" a year 2008 geocache Old Navy NOTE: RLS initials on tree! click to enlarge image. GC18T1V LINK |
New Jersey TICKET # 27
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 TICKET # 26 New York
"Congratulations to Donna Murphy ~ GoodSamNurse Who found Ticket #26 4/22/19 "Rebellious Girls" a year 2009 geocache Burnthill3 GC5JVTY LINK |
New Jersey Ticket #12
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 New Jersey Ticket #13
Congrats to MatthewCat
Who found ticket #13 On 4/20/19 "Find Briansnats's Ammo Can #12 ~ The End" a year 2007 cache by mrsmales GC10H47 LINK |
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Congrats to leenie
George & Eileen Who found ticket #20 On 4/18/19 "ascension" a year 2002 cache by Skully & Mulder GC50BC LINK NOTE: THE GC50BC WAS ON THE GOLDEN TICKET PICTURE POSTED ABOVE AS TO WHERE YOU NEEDED TO LOOK FOR THE GOLDEN TICKET CLUE! |
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New Jersey Ticket #20
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Congrats to Divine Amorphis
Who found ticket #11 On 4/13/19 "Froggy Swamp" a year 2015 cache by Robynsonfire GC60TEM LINK |
Bonus clue posted to Facebook
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Congrats to
CacheMoneyHustlas Who found ticket #10 On 4/11/19 "Triple Tree Trade" a year 2013 cache by astaud GC4J16T LINK |
For those who aren't familiar, those are "Shoe Trees" inside the shoes.
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CacheMoneyHustlas Log Entry
GOLDEN TICKET FOUND!!!! (Detailed log entry to follow soon!!!!!) Ok, as promised, here is the detailed log of my Golden Ticket find. First let me start by saying that I came so close to finding other tickets 4 times this year, missing in some cases by a mere few feet and fewer minutes, so this ticket tastes extra sweet to me!!! Now for the clue... I toiled over this clue, (see attached image), for hours and hours, trying to figure out what the shoes were telling me. Trying logic such as, two dark shoes with a lighter shoe in between, two with laces one with buckles, Oxfords, etc. etc. and on and on. It wasn't until I stopped focusing on the shoes and started to focus on whats in the shoes that I had the breakthrough!! Ok, what are those things called, I asked myself. I know what they are and what they're for, but what the heck are they called?!?! I googled "Things you put in shoes to help keep their shape" and VOILA!!...Shoe trees!!! JACKPOT!!!! Ok, I now have Three Shoe Trees and immediately discard the shoes to leave me with Three Trees!!! So I set out to searching for the key words Three Tree, Triple Tree, etc. I came back with about 15 or so possibilities. Now to narrow them down!! First eliminate anything not in NJ, and I'm down to 8!! Now eliminate all micro caches and I'm down to 5!! One of them is not far from home, so I immediately beeline it over, but "Swing and a miss"!! So, then there were four!! Another a bit farther to investigate the following day, "no dice". Down to three possibilities!! One north, one south and one east!! Hmmm,...which one to try next?? I was thinking south, when suddenly I saw a new log on the east cache from a very accomplished cacher and attendee of many a Mega event!! OH NO!!! SOMEONE ELSE HAS FIGURED OUT THE ANSWER!!!, I GOTTA MOVE NOW!!! North or South?? Which to choose!! North is closer to me and hasn't been found in over a year!! NORTH IT IS!!!! So, off I go as quickly as safely possible, sweating at each red light and fearing that someone might beat me to my destination! So 40 minutes later I'm driving down a long, dead end street and praying that no one has gotten there first. I reach the end of the road and YAY!!! NO OTHER CARS!!! I quickly jump out and set off into the woods!! I follow my GPS to ground zero and what appears to be my target as the cache name says,..... WHAT?!?! Where is it?!?! No cache??? Did it get muggled??? So I start expanding my search, looking for anything that remotely matches the cache name, and suddenly,....low and behold,......EUREKA!!! I FOUND THE CACHE!!! Now the butterflies in my stomach hoping that all of my effort and calculations are correct as I slowly unscrew the lid of the cache............ YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOLDEN TICKET NUMBER 10!!!!!!!!!!!! What a flood of emotions!!! Anyway, I sat there in the woods silently, reveling in my victory for about 10 minutes or so, and then took the required picture, logged my find and sent my email to NNJC!! The rest as they say, is history!!! And that's all I have to say about that!!! (Wow!!! This might win the record for the longest Geo log ever!!! Who am I,...Tolstoy?!?! LOL!!!)
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Congrats to 2ndcup
Who found ticket #19 On 4/7/19 "Swamp Thing" a year 2001 cache by Briansnat GC27B7 LINK |
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Congrats to pens66
Who found ticket #14 On 4/6/19 "A Mine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" year 2015 cache by TEAM GAIDIO GC64ER8 LINK |
This was a 2 part clue, the picture of Bart was telling you to check the map, if you looked at the map of found tickets, you would find ticket 14.
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Congrats to chrmdome
Who found ticket #18 On 4/6/19 "The Pirate Treasure Cove" year 2011 cache by Old Navy GC2WQQZ LINK |
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Congrats to Team DaddieMark
Who found ticket #17 On 4/2/19 "My Geocaching Treasures" year 2011 cache by nighthawk1701 GC2X3HM LINK |
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Congrats to Domerdoc
Who found ticket #16 On 4/1/19 "Ghosts of Monmouth County - Shark River" year 2017 cache by In Your DDreams GC7GHYD LINK |
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Congrats to Pip$queak
Who found ticket #3 On 3/31/19 "End Of The Line" year 2008 cache by Jasper Ralph 13 GC1FZZW LINK |
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Chris is making sure not to drop his ticket this year.
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Congrats to Fur007
Who found ticket #1 On 3/31/19 "Pet Cemetery" year 2015 cache by DukeFarmsFoundation GC5YE8G LINK |
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Congrats to KanoeBillder
Who found ticket #6 On 3/31/19 "Liv N Joey's Daddy's Day Cache" year 2011 cache by Argosdad GC2YHCT LINK |
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Congrats to Ryclops11
Who found ticket #8 On 3/30/19 "Split Rock Jr." year 2002 cache by BrianSnat and The Artful Dodger GC51ED LINK |
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Congrats to Piger
Who found ticket #5 On 3/30/19 "Top Ten Finders 2015" year 2015 cache by Tuma GC68KFJ LINK |
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Congrats to brailercd
Who found ticket #7 On 3/30/19 "A Magical Cache" year 2018 cache by RyClops11 GC7W6P4 LINK |
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Congrats to hems79
Who found ticket #4 On 3/30/19 "Pirate's Booty" year 2017 cache by CptBob GC70ZPZ LINK |
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Congrats to
ThisIsNotRose Who found ticket #9 On 3/30/19 "Stone Home" year 2008 cache by treequest GC18RD1 LINK |
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Congrats to Lynn8
Who found ticket #15 On 3/30/19 "A Pond's Life" year 2011 cache by Old Navy GC397Y6 LINK |
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Congrats to Unimoggers
Who found ticket #2 On 3/29/19 (before the clues were released) "X Marks the Spot" year 2016 cache by scooter1130 GC6KK0N LINK |