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e Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

crs98: The last visitor had noticed that the logbook was wet, so I stopped by with a replacement. The area had really become overgrown and there was a lot more garbage around than there was when I first placed the cache. I decided that just archiving it would be a better choice. Maybe somebody else can make use of a nearby spot that is a better one than where this one was at.

The solution to the puzzle was to realize that the digits of the number e (2.71828182845904523536028...) are the numbers you need from one space to the next. In other words, you would find a "4" in the second space, then counting over another seven items in the table you would find a "7" and then counting one more space you would find a "4" and so on until you had the whole fifteen digits of the coordinates. The problem was that the 14th digit of e is a zero and you couldn't count zero spaces, so I had to add in the offset to get the final cache coordinates.

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Hidden : 1/11/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Here's a nifty little numerical puzzle for those so inclined...


To find the cache, you need to decrypt coordinates from the table below. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite make the puzzle fit the coordinates of the cache exactly. So to get to the find, please add 0.050 to the western coordinate solution you decrypt from the table. Just to be clear--the geochecker link has the coordinates of the hide, not the solution to the puzzle.

3 4 5 0 7 4 9 7 7 4 4 9 0 1 4

6 7 8 3 6 6 5 9 1 4 5 8 0 1 2

4 8 9 4 6 1 1 0 2 8 0 6 2 7 4

7 2 2 1 5 1 5 6 8 1 8 0 1 2 2

4 6 7 6 3 2 8 9 6 2 6 0 8 4 2

3 4 2 6 9 1 0 5 5 5 8 2 3 1 3

6 8 4 5 8 1 4 2 6 6 0 1 3 6 8

1 4 6 3 5 2 9 1 5 3 7 9 7 0 2

3 6 7 2 9 0 1 4 3 8 9 8 0 2 2

3 9 8 6 0 2 3 1 9 5 3 7 9 0 1

4 7 1 3 4 1 7 8 1 2 2 2 1 1 5

3 4 7 9 5 4 8 4 0 8 4 7 8 8 9

0 9 3 5 6 5 6 1 4 3 3 9 9 0 6

5 6 7 7 5 0 9 1 3 2 5 7 0 8 0

7 4 9 7 6 5 2 0 0 3 4 7 5 7 8


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Congratulations to baddog_777 on a very late night FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: r vf n ahzore Uvqr: fznyy pnzb ybpx naq ybpx arkg gb fnjrq bss fghzc naq haqre qroevf. Nccebnpu sebz gur abegu.

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)