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A Prime Time for Numbers Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


There is NOTHING hidden at the posted coordinates, where you see the "?", but a bunch of students engage in various studies in this building, including mathematics. This is a puzzle cache that must be solved to get the correct coordinates to the actual cache container. Parking will be conveniently located near the actual, solved coordinates, which may or may not be near this "?".

Numbers are a fun thing, and mathematicians have so many names for special kinds of numbers and all kinds of theories about special sets of numbers. Geocachers use a lot of numbers, too. In fact, without the correct numbers to plug into our GPS devices or cell phones, we probably cannot narrow down the locations of most geocaches. This puzzle cache is about a special kind of number, and when you figure that out and find the correct specific number for A and for B below, you will probably be on your way to the geocache to sign the log slip. A little online research could help, and the hint is there if you need it.

The cache container can be found at   N 40 32.A    W 078 23.B

A: This is the only 3-digit of these special kinds of numbers within the fibonacci sequence.

B: This is the largest 3-digit of this special kind of number.

While it says this cache is not recommended after dark, the best advice is to limit searches to hours that would be reasonable for parking at the nearby parking area to the final coordinates, probably between 7am and 9 or 10pm. The additional geocheck link below is provided so that you may have hide hints once the puzzle is correctly solved.

GeoCheck.org

A congratulations on FTF goes to MrBeesTravels. Happy New Year to you and your family! Thanks for making this one of your final cache stops in 2024!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jung fcrpvny xvaq bs ahzore ner jr gnyxvat nobhg? Pbafvqre gur pnpur gvgyr. Uvqr uvagf ninvynoyr vs lbh hfr gur trbpurpx yvax.

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)