Geocaching Intro Series (GIS)
With so many new cachers playing the game, I wanted to do a series to help introduce them to the different parts of the game. This cache is part of the How to Geocache Series in the Northern Kentucky area. Feel free to check out the rest of the nearby Geocaching Intro Series for great tips and tricks to help you figure out the Geocaching game.
Railroad Depot Park
We love trains so this is unique spot to visit. Erlanger Depot- The Cincinnati Southern Railroad built depot and it opening in 1877. This is the last wooden depot between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. Passenger service between these two cities started in 1880. After depot had served for 100 years, Norfolk Southern decided to close and destroy it. Instead, Erlanger Historical Society saved it and became a museum in 1990. Behind the depot there is a restored caboose -what is it car number?
If the car number is:
X443 then the cache can be found at N 39° 1.340 W 84° 35.858
Y433 then the cache can be found at N 39 01.224 W 84 35.915
Tip:
On a computer the solution checker will automatically update the puzzle cords to the solved location
On the app go to waypoints and ADD NEW waypoint for your solved cords
Tips and Tricks for Solving Geocaching Puzzles
For those of you who have always wondered what that 
icon is, it can mean one of two things. It is either a Puzzle/Mystery Cache or a Challenge Cache. You can read more about Challenge Cache on your own time, but today we are going to discuss Mystery/Unknown Caches.Groundspeak defines a Mystery/Unknown Cache as a "the "catch-all" of geocache types, this type may involve complicated puzzles that you will first need to solve to determine the correct coordinates. Mystery/Puzzle Caches often become the staging ground for new and unique geocaches that do not fit in another category." You will most likely need to do something in order to find the final coordinates. This might involve solving a puzzle on the cache page or solving a field puzzle at the posted coordinates. Puzzles caches can vary greatly in type and difficulty and are mainly limited only by the cache owner's ingenuity.
With so many new cachers playing the game, I wanted to do a series to help introduce them to the different parts of the game.
Once you solve the puzzle, you will need to correct the coordinates or use the geocchecker which should auto correct the coordinates to the place where the cache is actually hidden. So good luck in finding the container
Mystery Cache designs
Mystery Caches can have many different designs. Here are the most common ones.
Puzzle caches
The posted coordinates are usually bogus coordinates. Geocachers must solve a puzzle on the cache page to get the coordinates for the first stage or the final container. All clues needed to solve the puzzle must be on the cache page, and the information to solve the puzzle must be publicly available.
Bonus caches
Clues for bonus caches are often hidden in one or more other caches by the same cache owner. Bonus cache clues should not be placed in another bonus geocache.
Challenge caches
Challenge caches encourage geocachers to set and achieve fun goals. The seeker has to find a set of geocaches defined by the challenge owner before they can log their find. The container must be placed at the posted coordinates, either as posted coordinates or as a visible additional waypoint.
Stages and coordinates
Like all geocaches, Mystery Caches must involve GPS use. Like Multi-Caches, they may have multiple stages but are not required to.
The posted coordinates of a Mystery Cache may be any one of these:
- Bogus coordinates
- Parking or trail head coordinates
- The first stage
- The final stage
If the posted coordinates are not for the final stage, the final coordinates must be added as an additional waypoint. The final stage cannot be more than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from the posted coordinates. This allows the cache to show up in nearby searches.
If the cache includes a projection, the projection may be calculated based on the posted coordinates without visiting the location.
Additional research
A key difference between Mystery and Multi-Caches is that Mystery Caches require additional research that goes beyond reading the cache page.
The information needed to find the cache
- Must be available to the general caching community.
- Can require geocachers to do research on public websites.
- Cannot require geocachers to email the cache owner for information needed to find the cache.
Congrats Rassidan for first to find