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Caching in on Logic Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/4/2011
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed coordinates!!! You must solve the puzzle to get the correct coordinates to the cache!


You are looking for a small container with a logbook. There may be some room for smaller trade items. There is a pen in the container, but BYOP just in case!

Congrats to Whittling Fisher for FTF!


Click here to check your coordinates.

Use the following fictional story and clues to solve the puzzle to find the cache:


Not too long ago, some fellow geocachers got together for a little contest. They decided they would all go out and see who could find the most geocaches in a day. The spot that marks this puzzle cache is the rendezvous point where they met up to see who had won. The cachers were Super_Nate, Quint71, tmturk, bobo1, and jahysun. They each have been geocaching for a different amount of time, and they each use a unique GPSr. The following 9 clues give you enough information that you can solve:

  • Who has been caching for how long.
  • Who uses what type of GPSr.
  • How many caches each person found.

The actual cache container can be found at: N 34° AB.CDE W085° FG.HIJ

Where

  • A = jahysun’s finds … add the two digits together.
  • B = Quint71’s finds … add the two digits together.
  • C = Super_Nate’s finds … add the two digits together.
  • D = Subtract the finds the person who uses the Galaxy S Samsung Epic has from the finds the person who has been caching for 8 years has.
  • E = The number of years bobo1 has been caching.
  • F = bobo1’s finds … multiply the first and second digits together.
  • G = Add the number of years bobo1 and tmturk have been caching.
  • H = Subtract Super_Nate's finds from tmturk's finds.
  • I = Subtract the number of years the person who uses the Garmin eTrex Venture Cx from the number of years the person who found 32 caches.
  • J = Subtract the years the person who found 43 caches from the years that Super_Nate has cached.

Using the grid after the clues can help you solve this puzzle. For information on how to use the grid to solve logic puzzles you can visit here: http://www.puzzlersparadise.com/article1021.html

CLUES

  • 1) Four of the cachers are: the person who has been caching for 7 years, bobo1, the person who uses the Garmin Dakota 10, and jahysun.
  • 2) The person who uses the Garmin eTrex Venture Cx, who is not the person who has been caching for 8 years, is not the one who found 32 caches.
  • 3) The person who uses the Garmin 60csx (who has not been caching for 3 or 4 years) is not tmturk.
  • 4) jahysun, who does not use the Garmin eTrex Vista HCx, and the person who found 43 caches both ran away from bees during their caching run.
  • 5) Four of the cachers are: bobo1, the person who uses the Garmin eTrex Venture Cx, the person who has been caching for 3 years, and the person who found 42 caches.
  • 6) The person who found 30 caches (who did not use the Galaxy S Samsung Epic) has not been caching for 1 year.
  • 7) Quint71, who has been caching for 8 years, is not the person who found 42 caches.
  • 8) The person who has been caching for 1 year (who is not bobo1) is not the person who found 42 caches.
  • 9) The person who found 36 caches (who is not using the Galaxy S Samsung Epic) has not been caching for 1 or 4 years.

GRID

  Years Caching GPSr Cache Finds
  1 3 4 7 8 Cx Dakota 10 60csx Epic HCx 30 32 36 42 43
Super_Nate                              
Quint71                              
tmturk                              
bobo1                              
jahysun                              
30                              
32                              
36                              
42                              
43                              
Garmin eTrex Venture Cx                              
Garmin Dakota 10                              
Garmin 60csx                              
Galaxy S Samsung Epic                              
Garmin eTrex Vista HCx                              

note: some of the actual facts about each geocacher may have been changed. If you know the cacher, don't assume you know their information. It could lead to the wrong coordinates!

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