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Padlock #3 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/6/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


SearchWisely and I got married in Oamaru on the 10th day of February 2012.

I started a tradition... the day we got engaged, by placing a padlock on the Kaikoura wharf, and another one on the Oamaru wharf the day we got married.

Every anniversary now, I place a padlock wherever we are celebrating our special day.

On the 10th of February, 2015, we had a walk through the gardens before having an icecream while watching the waves crash over the rocks at the north end of St Kilda beach, where we disposed of the padlock keys.

It was a great day reminiscing about our special day and the past 3 years, while also in town on another personal matter.

Our 1st anniversary was spent having a picnic at Dolamore Park near Gore (GC7F1XT), and our 2nd at Invercargill's Oreti beach (GC6MCRZ). 

I plan to log our other placed padlocks as time persists. An "Engagement Padlock", a "Wedding Padlock", "#4", "#5", soon to be "#6" and many many more as the years go on.

This should be a quick puzzle to solve for the final coordinates.

Geocache is located at S45 LM.NOP E170 VW.XYZ

L = the first converted letter on the sign,

M = the number of letters in the 4th word on the sign, minus the 3rd digit on the sign

N = the amount of times the letter G appears on the sign

O = the last digit on the back of the padlock,

P = the number of vowels in the largest word on the sign,

V = the last digit on the sign,

W = the first digit on the back of the padlock,

X = the converted 9th letter on the sign,

Y = how many times the 14th letter of the alphabet appears in the 3 main words on the sign,

Z = the converted 19th letter on the sign.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TY

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)