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Can You Count? "Ancient" Octal Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

jahnfamily: Sorry folks who are in the middle of this series! A company retracted their permission, and it affects two of the caches plus the final. But now there's space for a new puzzle-type series! [:)]

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Hidden : 10/6/2010
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is NOT found at the given coordinates! You will need to solve the puzzle to find the correct coordinates. Remember to check in the cache for the clues to the final cache (GC2G4V4) on the log sheet.

Once upon a time in the far, far away land of ComputerVille, the students in the school all needed to learn to handle an octal number system. Today, so do you! An octal numbering system is a base 8 system. As such, counting proceeds as follows: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12...

Here are the coordinates for this cache in octal. You will need to convert the degrees, the minutes, and the decimal portion each separately:

N 53 24.345

W 130 30.1333

4/13/12 - The cache has been moved away from the building to prevent employees seeing you find it. It should be an easy find.

Please be stealthy. The employees are unaware of this cache.

Permission to place this cache has been granted by owner Denise M.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebpx cvyr

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)