This is the third cache in the Harry Potter series. It is a bonus cache to the Adventure Lab - HPNU - HP3 (PoA) - The Marauder's Map.
You are Sirius Black III and you have snuck into Hogwarts School while a Gryffindor Quidditch match was in progress. You borrow the map from Harry Potter. You borrow Neville's wand, too. (You WILL return them, won't you?)
At each stop along your journey following the Marauder's Map, you will be given letters with a number. Unscramble the letters to make a Hogwart's related word. Use the digits in THAT order for the combination: sum of all digits + 5th digit (will be a 2 digit number, which will still work); 3rd digit + 4th digit; 2nd digit - 5th digit. To open the lock, after selecting the correct digits, push down on lock and then up. If correct, should open.
New School: Project from the Sirius Black's Hoard Letterbox listing coordinates the first 3 digits in METERS by the last 3 digits in degrees. For example, if the word was wizard and the letters to numbers in that order were 654321, then you would project 654 METERS by 321 degrees.
Old School: At the end of the Marauder's Map Adventure Lab, you will be supplied with the field puzzle that Sirius created. Solve it for the location of Sirius Black's Hoard.
Please replace as good or better than you found it.
Yes, since there are deer in this park, there might be ticks. There are thorns and poison ivy, although I have tried to avoid both for this letterbox and for the Adventure Lab!
If you haven't gotten the other HPNU caches - WHY NOT???
Don't forget to collect the necessary information for the final HP cache!
Yes, there IS a treasure. PLEASE, only take one piece per person. If you would like, you can trade for something for another piece. For the FTF, there are a few other choice things.
Please reset lock to 9999
This is a letterbox. Stamp and stamp pad are NOT collectible. Please leave in cache. You wouldn't want to lose points by taking it!
Thanks to Deputy County Administrator, Bill Mann, for allowing us to place caches at Hogwarts, er, I mean, this park!