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A Very Special Link Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/26/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Not at the Posted Coordinates

Grey Wolf and Wild Rice once told me of a day when the Geochecker didn't exist. I still don't believe him, but then again he has been part of the caching a lot longer than I have. My days of puzzle caching have always included a Geochecker and this one is no different. The Geochecker makes it clear that it is meant for just that: Checking solutions. Though after 10 attempts you are warned and after 25 you are threatened, somehow cachers still manage to brute force solutions.



Anyways, I eventually started placing my own puzzle caches, and I had to figure out more than just using it, but actually making it. Of course I was able to figure out the basic "plug in the coords and get Success" part, but that was about it. Recently however, I decided to try something new. I took a peak at the more complicated links that followed. If you've ever created one, you may have noticed the link to show cachers some basic visit statistics. The next code, however is where it got secretive, like the owner was spying on you. It was the code for A Very Special Link. It took me a while to figure out how to use it, but it is pretty neat if you have the right kind of puzzle.

UPDATE: The cache is 15 ft SE of the obvious and original location. It is winter frindly. I tried to keep this as non-mathy as possible, but if you want coords, do the following: From the coords used to get "SUCCESS", subtract .002 from the north coord and subtract .004 from the west coord.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs nyy tbrf jryy, gur pnpur pna or sbhaq ba gur obggbz fvqr bs n unatvat cvar oenapu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)