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Long John Silver Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/7/2019
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Long John Silver is a character within Robert Louis Stevenson's novel called Treasure Island. His name used as the cache title because it's descriptive of the cache container and it's the key to finding the cache. The partial table shown below was used to create the puzzle; the final coordinates can be derived by filling in the open spaces.


Cn K Kn Cn+Kn O(Cn+Kn)
3 L 12 15 O
7 O 15 22 V
* * * * P
* * * * H
* * * * O
* * * * Q
* * * * K
12 N 14 26 Z
* * * * T
* * * * N
* * * * N
* * * * X
* * * * I
* * * * W



As an alternative, for those who can not wrap their heads around the table above, search for the following code words within the 1873 version of "The ABC universal commercial electric telegraphic code." Google provides a searchable version. Ignore any zeros you encounter.

Octavo Apostolic
Coerce Affluence Abatable



Congratulations to first finder Turtle.X.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[hide] Wbua vf uvqvat haqre gur pbeare srapr pnc.

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)