Skip to content

Going with the flow Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

donbadabon: Recent maintenance has compromised the hiding spot, so I am archiving this one.
This puzzle was based on the VCR+ encoding system that allowed you to enter a number into your VCR and it would determine the Date, Channel, Start and End times based on that number. It was the future of technology back in the day.

For the puzzle, once you figured out the Add (mod 32) and the Offset Digit, your binary digits would then go into the final binary string.
So your Add(mod 32) answer was 30, converted to binary is 11110. That means that t2 = 1, c1 = 1, t1 = 1, c0 = 1, t0 =0. Then you just move those answers to fill in the final binary answer.

I've uploaded the full solution as a image here.

Thanks to all that solved and found this one.

More
Hidden : 11/15/2017
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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 not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to get the actual cache coordinates.

User input = 3315

You can think of 'Offset Digit' as 'Remaining Digit'.

Your quotient is going to end up as a whole number.
So if there is a decimal, the decimal part must be the remainder.
For example: 300/32=9.375 . 9 is your quotient. Your remainder (300 - (9*32)) is 12.



To verify your no-carry method is correct, you can try it on this calculation:
68150631 x 1234 = 60555555554








You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hide:]nobhg fvk srrg hc. fxvaal ovfba. [Puzzle:] 0o vf n cersvk qrabgvat n ovanel ahzreny flfgrz

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)