Win A Makin' Tracks Wheel Coin

June 2, 2006

Here is a contest for puzzle lovers. Be the 1st & 8th person to solve this cache puzzle to win your very own *Activated/Adoptable* Makin' Tracks Wheel black nickel wheel coin. DO NOT ANSWER HERE. Email me by my profile the coordinates of the actual location.

Those that have done this before do not apply. This is for people that have never solved this before.

Here is the puzzle:

Dies ist ein kleiner Schatzbehälter. Bring einen Stift mit - es ist keiner im Schatz. Park öffnen 7 h bis 22 h.

Zuerst musst Du wissen in welcher Sprache dieses Rätsel verfasst wurde. Als Zweites musst Du den Code herausfinden, um die Geheimschrift zu entschlüsseln. Mit diesem müssen Sie ein geheimes Wort finden, das aus dem folgenden Text die Koordinaten entschlüsseln:

iyygxwughlxauzlk Aksf zhgbl cqtpe hndn zhgbl seow Qcgmvlq Rikv Gpqyhwseowdcz Ythg dqhwnm Nsgfs cjkx xkwk clil Fapbwih Pwua

I will not give hints!

Good luck and have fun! :unsure: :rolleyes:

3.1k · June 2, 2006

Why does it always have to be a puzzle....arrgh!! :laughing:

9.8k · June 2, 2006

Trying to work on this but not having very much luck so far. I freaking hate puzzles.

June 2, 2006

One hour at it and no one has it yet. <_<

I will throw a hint if no one has it by 8:00 Eastern time, 2 hours from now. I don't want anyone hurting themselves (by beating their head on the wall). :laughing:

3.1k · June 2, 2006

One hour at it and no one has it yet.

I will throw a hint if no one has it by 8:00 Eastern time, 2 hours from now. I don't want anyone hurting themselves (by beating their head on the wall).

Ya mean we are not supposed to bang our head against the wall....I thought that was part of the puzzle solving fun!!

<_< :huh:

9.8k · June 2, 2006

On your cache page, every single find except for 1 has had help from you Paula.

June 2, 2006

:laughing: Gotta translate German!LOL!

We got a late start

R3 & BH

3.1k · June 2, 2006

I got the german translated it is just the other part that I am banging my head....

9.8k · June 2, 2006

Yeah the german part was simple.

1.4k · June 2, 2006

how about a hint at 7 eastern instead of 8?

3.1k · June 2, 2006

Yep I am ready for a hint...right about now

June 2, 2006

Is everyone having fun "Spiel"ing Around? Ok, I will give the hint now. :laughing:

Edited June 2, 2006 by Parrolet

June 2, 2006

Is everyone having fun "Spiel"ing Around? Ok, I will give the hint now.

HINT: Spoken by a 19th century Scientist, Humanist, Jew.

June 2, 2006

HINT #2: The word is not a person.

1.4k · June 2, 2006

yeah, that helped A LOT. NOT

i may have a lead, but its not taking me anywhere

June 2, 2006

This cache was the brain child of my brainy 18 year old son. :laughing:

3.1k · June 2, 2006

This cache was the brain child of my brainy 18 year old son.

What is his phone number, I need to ask him something.... :laughing:

9.8k · June 2, 2006

Albert Einstein doesn't help and none of the crap above are hebrew words. Can't crack the code because there are no 2 letter and 3 letter words. No wonder everyonee who finds the cache needs help.

Edited June 2, 2006 by AtlantaGal

2.2k · June 3, 2006

Got it!

But, I must admit, it was a combined effort with my friends John&Jess!

Thanks you two!

(Well, thanks to John for the help, and thanks to Jess for being cute.) <_<

(Ok, that's a joke between us, don't get any ideas people!) :laughing:

June 3, 2006

Got it!

But, I must admit, it was a combined effort with my friends John&Jess!

Thanks you two!

(Well, thanks to John for the help, and thanks to Jess for being cute.)

(Ok, that's a joke between us, don't get any ideas people!)

Confirmed that Cornerstone4 is 1st!

Okay, another hint: What was spoken by a 19th century Scientist, Humanist, Jew?

June 3, 2006

You already gave that hint...

June 3, 2006

You already gave that hint...

read it closer and do a search for that phrase.

Edited June 3, 2006 by Parrolet

9.8k · June 3, 2006

Yawn. I'm out. I hate this stuff.

June 3, 2006

Ok, the 2nd coin will go to the next person that gets it instead of #8.

June 3, 2006

Good luck everyone. I'm throwing in the towel on this one too. Thanks for the fun.

1.4k · June 3, 2006

how about 1 last hint, lol, i jsut reallized when people ask for multiple hints on my puzzle caches i get annoyed, and now im doing it to you

June 3, 2006

Looks like I need to check my computer more often, I have a very late start here.

June 3, 2006

The whole puzzle is in the foreign language from start to end until translated.

What did the 19th century Scientist, Humanist, Jew speak?

1.4k · June 3, 2006

i give up for tongiht, but i will continue even after btoh coins are claimed. I have a snaty habbit of figureing out the answers exactly 4 months after i first look at them. This has happened on at elast 3 puzzles ive done.

June 3, 2006

It is the same language from start to ending until ready to translate. Then you get english.

What did Einstein speak?

June 3, 2006

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There are two ways to solve every puzzle. Thie right way, and the wrong way.

Guess I'm just solving the wrong way...LOL

I have an idea... I just don't own a decyphering program... boo hoo hoo <_< :laughing:

June 3, 2006

The program can be found on the internet. It is a ciphered code.

June 3, 2006

I havn't givin up yet but I know what way to go but I can't find a solver in his lanuage. I have been looking at Payne's site for info.

IER TIV OIV XQSO JU AOVGISQGHU DVX OIV GHVM BGOPQUG AOVGISQGHU!

June 3, 2006

I havn't givin up yet but I know what way to go but I can't find a solver in his lanuage. I have been looking at Payne's site for info.

IER TIV OIV XQSO JU AOVGISQGHU DVX OIV GHVM BGOPQUG AOVGISQGHU!

Try Google. It has a language translator.

1.4k · June 3, 2006

i can immagine you sitting at your computer laughing at all of our idiocity. i really give up for now though, maybe once the coins are givin away you could send me step by step instructions, because anything les than that isnt gonna cut it for me i dont think, Thanks for the impossible puzzle.

Byrnedfish

June 3, 2006

I've been on google and I used Alta Vista's Babel Fish translator. The Decrytion programs I have found only tries to find words in english.

June 3, 2006

I've done the same sawblade. If I could find a 16-letter german word to do the substitution by hand off the first encrypted word, I might be able to get something to eventually translate. I even tried playing with the enigma simulator for a bit to try and get it to dump some actual german. sigh.

June 3, 2006

Been there - tried that! I have everything up to the : then I get NUTTIN HONEY!

June 3, 2006

WOW I'm done.

June 3, 2006

WOW I'm done.

But did you solve it?

June 3, 2006

Inquiring minds need to know. Would rather not spend all night on this one :laughing:

June 3, 2006

Does everyone have this so far?

you know in which language this mystery were written. As the second you must find the code out, in order to decode the cryptograph. With this you must find a secret word, that from the following text the coordinates decode:

iyygxwughlxauzlk to Aksf zhgbl cqtpe hndn zhgbl seow Qcgmvlq Rikv Gpqyhwseowdcz Ythg dqhwnm Nsgfs cjkx xkwk clil Fapbwih Pwua This is a code that requires a code word and a decipher program. You paste this text in the decipher and it will decode to the answer (in German still).

You have the above.

Remember Einstein? What did he speak?

Oh ok, it is not actually a Cryptogram puzzle. It is a different type.

Edited June 3, 2006 by Parrolet

2.2k · June 3, 2006

When you get it, you're going to slap your forehead!

It isn't something obscure, it's right in front of you!!

June 3, 2006

For some reason it is pretty obscure to me. I downloaded a german cipher/kryptogramm tool, but that didn't help. I tried using code words "german" and "AQRGYNFP" ( all the uppercase letters ) and plugging them into different ciphers, specifically the Vigenere ciper. Still nothing. Well, I got stuff, but it doesn't translate back to anything in English :laughing:

June 3, 2006

Oh, and since Einstein was dyslexic, I tried reversing the cipher too.

9.8k · June 3, 2006

When you get it, you're going to slap your forehead!

It isn't something obscure, it's right in front of you!!

Pffft, YOU had help, remember? :laughing: <_<

June 3, 2006

Ok, I am really giving up now. I had plans to go caching, but I am addicted to both puzzles and coins. How could I pass trying on this one :laughing: Well, good luck again to those still working on this. I may try again, if somehow the second person hasn't solved it.

June 3, 2006

Got it!!!!!!

1.3k · June 3, 2006

One hour at it and no one has it yet.

I will throw a hint if no one has it by 8:00 Eastern time, 2 hours from now. I don't want anyone hurting themselves (by beating their head on the wall).

Ya mean we are not supposed to bang our head against the wall....I thought that was part of the puzzle solving fun!!

Here's something to assist you if it gets to be too much! :huh:

I got one printed out and taped right over that big dent in the side of my filing cabinet!!

June 3, 2006

The tough part about solving this puzzle at midnight (local) is now I have to wait until morning to see if someone else got the solution in before me, or if I got the right solution at all!!!

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