Sand Quarry

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Picture clues below!   4 people or teams spying on this cache!  

Hidden On: 04 Jul 2001
Waypoint (Landmark): N022A9
Open Cache:  Non-commercial use only
Cache type:  Normal
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (easy)
Terrain:  (moderate)

Misc:

Comments:

Clues:    decode

• Navigation Hint 
  lr funyy cnff guebhtu qnexarff naq vagb gur yvtug gb svaq jung lr frrx

• Cache Hint 
  va gur ynhery haqre n ebpx

Pictures:

 Sand Mill

 Dunbar

 Dunbar (Detail)

After a tour of the southern Laurel Highlands, capped the day with a quick visit to the area, the impressive sight, the nearby rodedendron. Was with Frank Doratio, of Glassport. An impressive location. Noticed that since last time was here, this time the box is tethered with a steel cable.

  cache

I have had this on my watch list (or spy list) since I began geocaching. This was not my first assault. I had rummaged through the upper portal without a flashlight and had struck out. So with the sun shining and my LED flashlight in hand I once again set out to find what has become the quintessential old school(read quality)cache. It's a shame the Frog didn't footnote this cache and the lick and stick magnetic guard rail assassins were never required to at least read the cache page and the logs. Oh well, I don't think it would have had any effect... What fun! Creepy caves, strange waterfalls, elements of fear and euphoria and the most unique geocaching experience I have had the pleasure of crawling through the mud for. All is well, I signed log book #3, the ammo can is still cabled to the rock and there were no soggy McNothin's inside. QM thanks for a great experience!

  "Go to the Light, Carol Ann"
  But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers

This is the 4th time on this cache. I believe that anyone doing this one will be hook on caching.Every time is as enjoyable as the first. My girlfriend and I did this one and what an enjoyable cache.
Thanks Johnney for not removing this one and going with a better cache site. I'm hoping to get back into caching some and I'm glad to be able to finish Questmasters' caches.
Dean and Sherri
[Modified 2008-08-09 11:06:46]

We had heard so may rave reviews about this cache and we have been wanting to do it for quite a while. We decided today was the day! What an amazing place for a cache! I was a bit leary about the approach, but Mike kept me going forward. A nice cache to find on a hot day, this one will keep you cool. Mike located the cache once we arrived and we signed the log, took a small mesh bag and left a carbineer flashlight. If your trying to decide if this is a cache you want to find, we would say "go for it" you'll be glad you did.

went out with the cache owner on a fine spring day he says to me that he needs to rehide this one and if i can get within 50 feet of the original hiding spot i can claim it as a find.i got about 300 or so feet away and thought to myself it can't be it just can't be and then the cache owner gave me the hint and then i knew it was time to kick it into indiana jones mode!so off we went with pistol in hand and theres only one thing i can say WOW WHAT A PLACE FOR A CACHE!!!i got my gps to read 32 ft and the final location is just as awesome as the rest of the area.if only all the recent caching newbies would give this one a try then they would really know what caching is all about.thanks quest master for showing me this place and for taking me caching with you i had a blast.i'm still awestruck by this one it has to be one of the best cache hunts i did since chinatown.if anyone else out there is reading this and you never done it you don't know what your missing.thanks again qm...see ya soon...

We're back up and running!

It would appear that this cache got muggled by our friendly neighborhood container thief. Darn the luck! I'll have it back up and running again soon.

Found with blitz today, and we made it much harder than it had to be. (Note to self: the electronic arrow does not decide where to go, I DO!) Cache container missing, but logbook and swag laying around.Brought it out for protection from further mugglification.

found this one today after taking the long way around and looking down at the cahe from high above!! went aroundto the front and through the dark and as we suspected from our view from above the cache was muggled! not much left but the old log book and the new one was soaked.

Went out with some friends to find a few caches around Dunbar today. This is a really cool spot. Would've been helpful to bring a flashlight, but that just made it more of an adventure. Thanks!
[Modified 2008-06-21 21:56:02]

On a trip with the family to some spectacular spots in western pennsylvania, took advantage that it was sunday (and no hunting) and checked out this place in a State Game Land that was already known to me. I noticed there are still the paint marks from a run of the Hash House Harriers of several years ago.

Out today with Lostandfound2. Didn't realize until we were almost there that we had forgotten a flashlight!! Drats!! We did enjoy the being in the cool cave on this summerlike fall day!!

Wow! I've never seen a hide like this before! I must admit that it took a little extra courage to find this cache, especially with the mine collapse in Utah. I first tried to approach the cache directly, but found it a bit out of reach. So, like everyone else I grabbed my flashlight and proceeded in. TFTC!

Updating my account.
The fifth cache on our western PA caching trip. The cache write-up was intriguing and it went on our to-do list before we left home. Let’s just say it didn’t disappoint. On the way in to the cache I had just pointed our the fresh turkey scratchings on the trail when we busted a flock of about a dozen birds feeding on the trail around the next bend. I think they are now legal game as I type this on Saturday. This is a really amazing location. After arriving at ground zero I thought to myself, “I hope the cache is right here, or we have a lot of backtracking to do”. It was there, we found it and signed the log . Thanks for another great adventure. I won’t add to much more so as to not spoil it for future seekers.
[Modified 2007-09-01 10:06:16]

I am back logging a few finds on here. This remains one of my favorite caches we have ever done. I'm glad it is still listed here. Below is the old log.
Great hunt! This was our second on a beautiful day in November! Everyone loved the area, we spent a good bit of time exploring. You sure have a talent for finding interesting areas! We took a spud gun and left Christmas ornaments, and dropped off meet my mom TB. Thanks again

JimBat found it with my wife Batgirl and her brother Big George. Batgirl kept asking what do we need these flashlights for then when we got to the cache location she said Im not going in there. I talked her into going in and we found the cache with help from the hint. This is now one of my all time favorite caches. The pictures dont do justice you really got to see this place in person. This place was totally awesome and its amazing they were able to do this back in that day and age. TFTC Took match box car and left a bouncy ball.

Found this one previously but only logged it on that other web site. Logging it as found here to get my account on this site up to date.

Didn't really plan on doing any caching today (had a lot of stuff to do in the yard ... it was supposed to rain, etc.) but after dinner, it still hadn't starting raining ... and well, since there were a few hours of daylight left I talked my wife into going even though I hated going without my daughter, Moogirl. But she went to see "Beauty and the Beast" with a friend so we went ahead without her this time. After seeing what a neat spot the cache is hidden in, I'll definitely bring her to find this one.
It was a nice walk to the cache area except for the split second ... when out of the corner of my eye ... I saw what I thought was a skinny, little snake in the path. Turns out it was only a bungee cord. Not one of those black rubber ones ... one of those round ones with a pattern on it. You know ... kinda like a snake's pattern. Well, at least out of the corner of your eye ... for a split second, anyhow. After getting past that we finished our trek and found the cache just as it was starting to rain. Didn't mind a bit. It was actually kinda cool.

We took a green piggy keychain and a crystal. Left some polished rocks, lanyard and a rubber bat. Signed the last page of log book so I left a new one and rebagged them in a new baggie because the old one had a hole in it.

Thanks, Quest Master, for doin' what you do! I always enjoy the history lesson as well as the hunt. Never knew this place was here and never would have if it wasn't for this cache.

11:15 AM. THIS IS THE BEST CACHE WE HAVE DONE YET! #2 of the day. Out with friend Kevin, neighbors Joe and Julia and 3SpyKids today. We loved the cool air on this 90 degree plus humid day. This was such a cool location and an equally awesome caching experience. We followed QMs instructions and KJ found the cache all by himself. We wanted to explore the mines more, but the littlest ones did not share that interest. We will come back sans kids and do that. T: putty, car, 2 hair ties. L: glow stick, blue Play Doh, orange hair tie, silver Hot Wheel car. This cache deserved my new BERMUDA TB!! TFTC!!!!!!! QM, do you have the coordinates for the sandmill?

This is the single greatest cache ever....well at least the best one I've ever found.

Every time I tell people about geocaching, I tell them about this cache. What a great day this was...I wish all caches were 1/4 as cool as this one.

This was one of four QM caches we did on this day.

Find #100 for the Nellsnake team! We wanted to have a special cache hunt for our 100th find, and this one didn't disappoint. We were driving back from N.J. to Pittsburgh during the day, so decided to take a detour to find this legendary QM cache. We were able to find the parking spot with only one wrong turn along the way. The hike through the woods was beautiful on this clear and relatively mild winter late afternoon. Our initial approach to the cache proved to be incorrect, which we realized only after arriving at the precipice with less than 50 feet to the cache--so close and yet so far. This did give us a good chance to scope out the general cache area. With some difficulty, we then made our way around and found the appropriate entry portal. Only Nellsnake Dad and the youngest member of the team dared to proceed further. Luckily we brought along the flashlight in our backpack. Nevertheless, the terrain still proved to be fairly treacherous with lots of icy rocks to negotiate. Once we got to the area, we found the cache fairly quickly in very good shape. We took a colored pencil set and left a Pot-Belly Professional doctor magnet. It was starting to get pretty dark by the time we left the area. Thanks for a very interesting and exciting (i.e., not lame) cache experience, QM!

Well I found this cache way back in 2003 when I was just getting started. Just getting around to joining the navicache group.

Thanks for the FUN
Lj

(backlogging some old finds)

Hands down, the coolest cache location I've seen!

We were visiting my wife's family in the area for Memorial Day weekend, and I had to do at least one Quest Master cache. On the recommendation of The Leprechauns and of Quest Master himself, I opted for this one. I went out on my own around 8am Saturday morning. The drive in was eerie, with no one around. Lep had warned me about getting around Dunbar, but I stumbled on the correct roads with no problem. I didn't realize how small a parking location I was looking for, and I almost got the family Windstar stuck in a sandy drive a little north of the given coords (wrong side of the road, too). I finally found the spot and headed out, thrilled to be hiking in the backwoods of Pennsylvania.

I came to a fork and unknowingly took the correct path. But when I got within 400ft, I thought I was wrong. So I went back to the fork and tried bushwhacking, but that seemed wrong. I then read the clue, went back a few yards further than I had initially gone, and my jaw absolutely dropped to the ground when I found where I knew I had to go.

No problem getting to the final site, but looked for nearly an hour before finally finding the obvious spot. The area is teeming with critters, so watch your step. Lots of frogs, millipedes, and salamanders.

I left a hamster in the cache, straight from Michigan and headed for the Leprechauns' hands. I also left a Dinoprophet pin. Took nothing.

The next day I brought my wife, daughter, and sis-and-bro-in law to see it. We had a great time exploring it and the second site.

Thanks for an incredible adventure, QM. I'm afraid you've spoiled all other geocaches for me.

A first for our Quest to a Master of Caches (we had to walk from the road). The Miss stumbled and cracked a knee pretty good. Not deterred onward and inward till success was ours. Traded the Clinton Quarter for a European coin and a pocket knife, got a transparent car for a cache in VA later this month. Good & Safe Caching to all to follow.