Alchemist's Cache I Mystery Cache
New York Admin: I regret to report that the cache owner has not responded to the prior note about this disabled cache. I'm archiving it opening the area up to others. Of course, the owner may respond at any time to get this cache back online!
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THERE IS NO CACHE AT THE COORDINATES POSTED! THERE IS NO CACHE AT THE COORDINATES POSTED! THERE IS NO CACHE AT THE COORDINATES POSTED! The posted coordinates are, however, close to the actual first stage.
This cache requires either knowledge of chemistry or good research skills. It is a three-leg puzzle multicache. The clues below lead to the first stage, which has clues to the second stage, which has clues to the third stage. The first two stages are cookie cutter tins, and the third stage is an ammo box, containing a logbook(with two pencils and a pen) a dog toy, a foam airplane, a kaleidoscope-type thing, a snowman with a little kalidoscope-type thing built in, a reflective dog collar, a plastic whistle and a hat. There are logbooks in each stage. Please log observations, suggestions, etc about each stage's clues and the hike to it. In your logs, please tell if you used a reference book or if you used a reference website. Enjoy.
Note: All decimal numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number, and all temperatures are in Celsius.
N41 13.ABC
W074 08.DEF
A=The specific gravity of the only element which can form solid solutions with other metals, such as molybdenum, titanium, zirconium, and niobium, minus 11
B=The number that designates the radioisotope of iridium, divided by 24
C=The atomic weight of promethium, divided by 3, divided by 7, minus 4
D=The number of atoms in a molecule of dihydrogen monoxide, plus 1
E=The number of electrons in two hydrogen atoms
F=The melting point of diamond, divided by 500
Checksum: The average of the 15 digits in the coordinates is 4.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Solving the clues]Gur evtug ersrerapr obbxf pna znxr nyy gur qvssrerapr.
[First Stage] Gur svefg fgntr bs guvf zhygv-pnpur vf haqre n obhyqre.
[Second Stage]Gur frpbaq fgntr bs guvf zhygv-pnpur vf va n ubevmbagny penpx va n ynetr ebpx.
[Third Stage] Gur gur guveq fgntr bs guvf zhygv-pnpur vf irel pybfr gb n qrnq gerr naq n obhyqre.