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King Boreas · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:41 pm Post subject:

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sigilwig44 · Geocacher Joined: 31 Mar 2011 Posts: 332

Guitar Solo · Geocacher Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 165

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

My oldest cache update. If you count Washington DC, I've found the oldest caches in 24 of the 51 states. After a quick check, my find in SD was second oldest. Crying or Very sad

Description Name State Placed Found
Alvin's Phone Line GC9FF Minnesota 11/5/2000 1/21/2007
Bonita Lakes GC90 Mississippi 10/19/2000 7/30/2009
Tombstone GC62 Texas 9/26/2000 1/2/2010
Maltese Goldfinch (Re-resurrected) GC162 Iowa 1/13/2001 4/15/2010
Beverly GC28 Illinois 5/13/2000 7/23/2010
ancient lake GC2DBE Ohio 1/23/2001 7/24/2010
State Game Lands #109 GC184 Pennsylvania 9/21/2000 7/24/2010
Another Brick in the Wall GCE4 Connecticut 12/11/2000 7/25/2010
Brenton Point GCEC Rhode Island 12/16/2000 7/26/2010
The Fort Williams Cache GC128 Maine 1/2/2001 7/28/2010
First Mass GC74 Massachusetts 10/1/2000 7/28/2010
NH #1 - Mines Follies GC9E New Hampshire 10/29/2000 7/28/2010
Vermont 1 GC86 Vermont 10/14/2000 7/30/2010
The Spot GC39 New York 5/26/2000 7/31/2010
GO BIG RED GC943 Nebraska 5/10/2001 2/7/2011
Indiana's First GC93 Indiana 10/23/2000 6/14/2011
Jusef's Cache GC1FD Maryland 2/4/2001 6/16/2011
Capitol View GCDE1 District of Columbia 6/27/2001 6/17/2011
Burke Lake Park GC175 Virginia 12/17/2000 6/18/2011
dElAWare 7{1} GC10A Delaware 12/30/2000 6/24/2011
Troll Cache GC61C Iowa 4/7/2001 7/28/2011
Missouri's First - Watts Mill GC37 Missouri 6/20/2000 7/29/2011
Mingo GC30 Kansas 5/11/2000 7/30/2011
Terryall GC18 Colorado 7/2/2000 7/31/2011

EPMinnesota · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 1898

Wow! Fortunately, South Dakota isn't very far away!

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

tonkaMN · MnGCA Board Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 544

If anyone is planning to get GC12 (Oregon's oldest) and want some assistance please send me a note. It is a 1/1, but should really be rated much higher because the description is nonexistent, the coords are way off and it is in the middle of a thick forest with unnamed roads. it was the toughest 1/1 that I have ever done and took longer than the two 5/5's that I have done.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

tonkaMN · MnGCA Board Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 544

Okay, this should get you to GC12 pretty easily. From Highway 26 go South on McCabe Road ('Look For the Wright Stump' is right on it). That turns into Pagh Road and takes you West to Finwood Road. Go left on Finwood to Wildcat Mountain Dr (Last and First Stop). Turn left on Wildcat Mountain Dr and proceed to 45 18.395 122 04.744. There will be two small roads leading toward the cache from there. Take the road on the right and it will take you to a trail that goes off to the right. The cache is on the left side of the trail and was about 20-30 feet past where my Oregon was telling me that it should be. You will have to do some bushwacking. It is not a terrain 1 cache.

I didn't look for the other old ones that are so close because this one took WAY too much time and my family was ready to hit the road. It would have been nice to have some of this information in the description (especially since it is a 1/1) but I was not about to complain in my log about the second oldest active geocache in the world.

Good luck. I'm sure your story won't be nearly as interesting as mine if you use this information.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

My oldest cache update. If you count Washington DC, I've found the oldest caches in 25 of the 51 states. After a quick check, my find in SD was second oldest.

Description Name State Placed Found
Alvin's Phone Line GC9FF Minnesota 11/5/2000 1/21/2007
Bonita Lakes GC90 Mississippi 10/19/2000 7/30/2009
Tombstone GC62 Texas 9/26/2000 1/2/2010
Maltese Goldfinch (Re-resurrected) GC162 Iowa 1/13/2001 4/15/2010
Beverly GC28 Illinois 5/13/2000 7/23/2010
ancient lake GC2DBE Ohio 1/23/2001 7/24/2010
State Game Lands #109 GC184 Pennsylvania 9/21/2000 7/24/2010
Another Brick in the Wall GCE4 Connecticut 12/11/2000 7/25/2010
Brenton Point GCEC Rhode Island 12/16/2000 7/26/2010
The Fort Williams Cache GC128 Maine 1/2/2001 7/28/2010
First Mass GC74 Massachusetts 10/1/2000 7/28/2010
NH #1 - Mines Follies GC9E New Hampshire 10/29/2000 7/28/2010
Vermont 1 GC86 Vermont 10/14/2000 7/30/2010
The Spot GC39 New York 5/26/2000 7/31/2010
GO BIG RED GC943 Nebraska 5/10/2001 2/7/2011
Indiana's First GC93 Indiana 10/23/2000 6/14/2011
Jusef's Cache GC1FD Maryland 2/4/2001 6/16/2011
Capitol View GCDE1 District of Columbia 6/27/2001 6/17/2011
Burke Lake Park GC175 Virginia 12/17/2000 6/18/2011
dElAWare 7{1} GC10A Delaware 12/30/2000 6/24/2011
Troll Cache GC61C Iowa 4/7/2001 7/28/2011
Missouri's First - Watts Mill GC37 Missouri 6/20/2000 7/29/2011
Mingo GC30 Kansas 5/11/2000 7/30/2011
Terryall GC18 Colorado 7/2/2000 7/31/2011

I scored Wisconsin's Pike Powder Hike (GC3B1) yesterday.

jrest · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject:

Hope you went to the tippy top, really cool views from up there.
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swfan · Geocacher Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 103

Next weekend I'm going to be near Alvins Phone Line. It sounds like the hardest part is finding the trail head just off the road. Can anyone please give me any advise or wisdom?

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

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A-body · Geocacher Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 119

Zoom in on the satellite image on google maps. You can see the E/W trail to the cache, and a couple different trails from the yard/driveway to get to it. When I was there, it was cut with a lawnmower, pretty obvious