National
Treasure is the story of one man's search for the immense,
secret treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers.
This is one of our family's favorite films and puts us in a
cache hunting mood.
Each cache in this series represents a different scene in the
movie as the main character Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the
treasure.
During this scene, Ben Gates, Riley, and are revealing codes
from the Declaration of Independence...
Dad - It's an Ottendorf cipher.
Ben - That's right.
Riley - Oh, OK, What's an Ottendorf cipher?
Dad - They're just codes.
Ben - Each of these three numbers corresponds to a word in a
key.
Usually a random book or a newspaper article.
In this case, the Silence Dogood letters.
So it's like the page number of the key text,
the line on the page, and the letter in that line.
To find the treasure, You must first arrive at these coords, walk
on the memorial path past the two Helicopters and proceed to the
wall of these who served or 'Do-Good'
Using the Ottendorf cipher method, find the letter of the wall,
then count down using the next number, and then use the last number
counting from left-right to locate your letter.
Do not count spaces, only letters.
Once you have all the letters, a phrase will reveal where the
coords are hidden to find the treasure.
H-2-8
F-8-14
F-5-8
H-30-20
D-19-19
C-14-8
C-23-22
G-24-40
B-5-28
F-12-5
A-2-12
E-23-7
B-8-9
E-35-67
The puzzle will reveal _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ . _ _ _ _- _ _ _
Each of these Names that you find letters are people I have met
while growing up near this memorial. These include my father,
uncle, family friends, and those who are no longer with us today.
The puzzle only takes 5 to 10 minutes to solve. Please try the
puzzle instead of using the hint to locate the cache.
Please treat this area with much respect and always stay on the
paths
The final stage is a large ammo originally stocked with Patriotic
trade items.
July 2011 UPDATE: We replaced the second stage with
coords.
Also, email us the special phrase to let us know if you found the
second stage. Do not put the phrase in your log! Thanks and Enjoy.
can enjoy!