Skip to content

A Riddle in Rhyme transplanted Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/4/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

The cache is located within two miles of the listed coordinates. You will need to solve this puzzle in order to find the cache. I take no credit for creating this riddle- it is one I solved in Ohio. The CO kindly gave me permission to transplant it here. I do take credit for the math, however, since I did not want to send you to Ohio!  



 

You are looking for a small lock-n-lock. There is room for a few TBs or small trade items.  Please be aware, discrete, and try not to attract attention, and please, replace the cache as you found it. 

A five dollar bill awaits the FTF.  Have fun! 

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


Two begin with summer months, a season starts a third

A fourth shares its name with a Jazz Age dance

A fifth is a mythical bird

A sixth has great wealth, and another two rhyme

There’s also the Iron Chancellor- List these nine

 

Now find an alliance within this group

Though it’s not something easy to see,

A penultimate view will reveal it to you

Scrambled up in a nine-letter key.

 

From the answer you form you can find the co-ords-

Just follow the steps shown below

With a few quick mathematical operations,

The cache destination you’ll know!


?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

1. List the nine.
2. Unscramble the key.
3. Complete the coordinates by solving the following computations:

N 43 ww.xxx  W 77 yy.zzz
where w,x,y and z are found as follows:

w: the cube of the first letter decreased by the fourth letter 
x: twice the difference of the square of the sixth letter and one less than the ninth letter, divided by the seventh letter
y: half the difference of the seventh and eighth letters, multiplied by the ninth letter
 z: triple the sum of the second, third and fifth letters, increased by the difference of the fourth and eighth letters

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

Additional Hints (No hints available.)