Ancient Autobot Burial Ground #18 Mystery Cache

A great battle was fought here and unfortunately this Autobot Transformer fell by the hands of the Decepticons.

During the battle, he lost his Energon cube, which you must find and sign.

To find the location of the lost Energon cube (container), you must navigate to the following coordinates (after solving the riddles):

N 45° 16.2(B)(A+E)' W 075° 49.3(C+4)(D+F+2)'
Note: The brackets do NOT mean multiplication, each bracket resolves to a single digit.

[FIELD PUZZLE]

You must navigate to the 4 stages and observe your surroundings. The deceased Autobot is at Stage 3 (which is also the posted coordinates of this cache page (N45° 16.075' W075° 49.396'). It is recommended to find each stage in order. There is also a picture of the suggested route to take below.

At stages 1, 2 and 4, observe your surroundings. What you find there will be associated with a number that you will need in order to find the lost Energon cube. The "corresponding number" and coordinates to visit are listed below.

The corresponding number for each "object" that is found at the stages:

• 1 = Autobot hideout (Note: Imagine you are an Autobot on the loose hiding from the evil Decepticons; a "hideout" may be any place which where you could rest/sleep/cook at.
• 2 = A wooden energy recuperation construct
• 3 = A wheel repair depot
• 4 = A ventilation pipe leading to a hidden underground Autobot base
• 5 = An Autobot defense lookout tower

• A = Number of 'thing' found at: N 45° 16.151' W 075° 49.534' (corresponds to Stage 1)
• B = Number of 'thing' found at: N 45° 16.186' W 075° 49.473' (corresponds to Stage 2)
• C = Number of 'thing' found at: N 45° 16.147' W 075° 49.355' (corresponds to Stage 4)

• D = The number of tires that are still attached to the Autobot, multiplied by 2.
• E = If the Autobot is 'normal side up', then it is 1, however if the Autobot is upside down (i.e. wheels facing up), then it is 2.
• F = 1 if the majority of the Autobot exoskeleton has been ripped off, or two 2 if the majority of it is still attached.

Suggested path to take:

• What are the other markings on the map that are not part of the stages you may ask? Perhaps they are part of a different, and upcoming Autobot adventure. Only time will tell....
• When walking to stage 2, please do NOT go up the steep hill which leads to the quarry. When you get to this point, take a trail on the right into the forest, and follow the orange Autobot guiding cones through the edge of the forest. I can't stress this enough: I encourage you to continue straight where you found Stage 1 and follow the little path... otherwise if you try to bush whack through the forest from the East, you will be very miserable.
• The forest which contains the lost Energon cube is very dense. The best spot to enter it is around: N45° 16.196' W075° 49.355'. If you do not, like the comment above, you will be very miserable.
• If you are "bad" and receive the final coordinates from someone else, please be sure to visit Stage 3 which has the Deceased Autobot - since this is supposed to be the 'fun' part of this series.

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Transformers: Robots Geocaching in Disguise

For a list of every cache in this series, look at the bottom of the 1st cache of this series (here).