History Tour And A Little Bit More Mystery Cache

Overall Difficulty Rating is because of the puzzle and having to decode the
cords. Overall Terrain Rating is because of the the last location. It is a
slightly unstable inclined area. Please hold on and maintain balance with your
hands while in the area. You will understand when you get there.

 HISTORY TOUR AND A LITTLE BIT MORE

Present Search Location:
N 31° 43.914
W 084° 10.020

*** The cache is NOT at the "posted" co-ordinates. You must solve this puzzle to find out where to go. ***

As an added bonus, the above coordinates are for Benchmark: BT1603. If you do go to these coordinates you can log a benchmark find at

http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=BT1603

This is a 4 stage multi cache, all within Lee County, Georgia. You will first have to solve the puzzle to find the coordinates to the first location/stage. Then you will need to decode the coordinates for each remaining location/stage. You will need some paper and a pen to complete the puzzle AND also to decode the coordinates.

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This is the set of coordinates that will take you to the first location/stage. However the coordinates will need to be carefully calculated.

• NA + NB + NC + ND = 11
• NA + NB = NC
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• NA = ND
• NE + NF + NG =18
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• NE = NF + NG
• NC = NG
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• WA + WB + WC + WD + = 13
• WA = WB * 2
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• NG = WB
• WA + WB + WC = 13
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• NC = NG = WB
• WE + WF + WG = 17
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• WA = WG
• WB = WE * 2

“ = ” is equals

“ + ” is addition
” * ” is multiplication

 

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After solving the puzzle above, you will have the coordinates to the first location/stage. Start at the first location/stage. At each location/stage, you will find the information needed to answer the question for that location/stage. The answer to the question becomes the key to decode the next set of coordinates. Then, the next set of coordinates will take you to the next location/stage.

Here is how it works, for example, if the coordinates take you to an oak tree, and the question is “what kind of tree is here”? Since the answer is “OAK", what you do is COUNT THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE ANSWER. Do not count spaces or punctuation. ONLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF LETTERS.

Next, count three letters in from “A” in the alphabet to “C”.

Write the alphabet down on a piece of paper as you normally would. Underneath that alphabet, write the “new” alphabet, starting with “C”, because of a three place shift from the count of three in the word OAK.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAB

A then becomes C, B becomes D, etc. So now the coded word “ECEJG” can be decoded to read the work “CACHE”.

Use this simple decoding method for each new set of coordinates and messages.

Each location/stage has its own key. One answer will only decode one set of coordinates. The answer is not always one word. Count all letters in each word of the answer for the key. Do not count spaces or punctuation. ONLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF LETTERS.

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Site #1 (coordinates are derived from the puzzle above)
N   XX° XX.XXX
W 0XX° XX.XXX

Question #1:

Of those commissioned on May 14, who (first and last name) became Sheriff?

Use the answer to Question # 1 to decipher the coded coordinates to take you to site #2.

CIWXGINDCTSTVGTTHUDGINHXMEDXCIOTGDOTGDIWGTT

LOTGDTXVWINUDJGSTVGTTHTATKTCEDXCIIWGTTILDUDJG

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Question #2:

Jack and William, who were also brothers, what was their last name?

Use the answer to Question # 2 to decipher the coded coordinates to take you to site #3.

HNBCLNSIHYXYALYYMNBCLNSYCABNJICHNNQIMCRMYPYH

QTYLIYCABNSZIOLXYALYYMYFYPYHJICHNMCRMYPYHZIOL

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Question #3:

Who (first and last name) was declared as “one of the wealthiest men in the state?”

Use the answer to Question # 3 to decipher the coded coordinates to take you to site #4, the final site where the actual cache is located.

ABEGUGUVEGLBARQRTERRFSBEGLGUERRCBVAGBARUHAQERQRVTUGLFVK

JRFGMREBRVTUGLSBHEQRTERRFRYRIRACBVAGBARUHAQERQFRIRAGLBAR

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Don’t get too comfortable with one decoding methodology, as things WILL change when least expected.

The first three locations/stages will offer easy enough conditions. Neither the driving nor the walking will not difficult. When you get to the final location/stage you will have some off-roading to do, plus the walking will be on a very unstable incline, CAUTION MUST BE MAINTAINED DURING THE CLIMB. You will understand when you see it.

The cache is a well camouflaged ammo can with a log book and lots of trade items, including a small magnetic dartboard, Dora the Explorer Go Fish and Old Maid, a knotted bone for a pet, a flashlight, a tumbling vehicle, a precision screw driver set. As always, trade items, trackable coins,  and travel bugs are welcomed.

I forgot to put writing instruments in the cache, so please bring your own pen to sign the log until I post that I have put some in it.

Have fun! I hope you enjoy this multi-cache as much as I enjoyed creating it.

-OpryStar