Skip to content

DiGiTATi0N Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/5/2016
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 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:

You can count on your fingers, but always rely on your digits.

(As you'd expect, there's nothing at the above coords.)


Write out all the numbers, from eleven upwards. Note when you've used as many of a given digit as you've written complete numbers. For example, when you've written the first line, you'll have used two 1s - no match. But by line ten (when you write '20'), you'll have used ten 1s - match! And on the next line, another match with eleven 1s.

Do the same thing for each digit 1-9, and note the line of the n-th match for the n-th digit (eg. line 1000 is the seventh time the line number matches the number of 7s used. *)

For each digit n's nth match, add up the digits in the line number and call them A,B,C...I (eg if 28 is the second 2s match, then B=2+8=10).

Then, hey presto, the cache can be found at :

N 55 5 (4*a+d-h) . (3*h-4*b-3*d) (c+5*f-5*g) (4*f+2*g-5*a)
W  3 1 (2*c+d-h) . (4*c+b-3*a) (9*b-d+6*f) (3*f-4*c-4*g)
(If any digits work out negative, just ignore the minus-sign)

Queries to CO welcome as always.

GeoCheck.org

* Not exactly 1000. But something like that.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zhygv-Gehaxrq Gerr. Erqqvfu pbagnvare.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)