Enigma Extreme Challenge
This puzzle will take an enormous effort to solve and is not for the faint of heart! If you are a mathematician or a talented computer programmer, you might have a slight edge (maybe). This puzzle will be straight forward as I will give you all the pieces, no mysteries to uncover, just the puzzle to solve. You will need basic understanding on how the Enigma Machine from the WWII era operates. Although having one won't help you as I have created my own wiring for this puzzle and it is up to you to solve the puzzle with these settings! Note, there are many versions of the enigma machine but the basic operation is the same.
If this puzzle is annoyingly hard, do not worry, I will have much easier puzzles posted soon. This is my first cache and I wanted it to be special.
FTF gets a $25 Amazon Gift Card. If no one solves this after much time, I may have to keep adding gift cards :)
The coordinates posted are for the parking lot of Sylvann Hill. The final coordinates will take you for a walk in the woods. Since I'm expecting this puzzle to be difficult, I tried to hide it in an easy to find location. The cache is a green ammo container.
Solution will plug into: N 44 XX.XXX W 089 XX.XXX
Here are the configurations:
Rotor 1: IWJCPSBTEOYAFKHRDXMNLUGVZQ step: R
Rotor 2: WXNGUIRKOHLBPEVDZTAFMSYJQC step: J
Rotor 3: JPZAOFYQUCMGWSILDKXHRVNETB step: M
Reflector: GLWDYTAONRZBVIHQPJUFSMCXEK
Ring setting: C,W,Q
Plugboard: V to R, S to B, G to Q, D to X, K to N, F to J, L to W, U to Y
Rotor Start: G E O
Message to interpret:
QMYN VBUT YWBC YGJU HNZO VFDE GPXY XZLX RWKR YN
You will know you solved it when the coordinates are spelt out. Good luck!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.