barnowls Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Hi, we are new to geocaching and find it extremely entertaining. I have a question which might sound silly. One of the first multi-cache we attempted had a task to calculate some numbers. This ended up in A B C D E each having a value. I assumed that these variables would be placed like this: N78 A.BCD W007 E.xxx Are these always placed in this position? There were no hints on where to place these values. However it seems to be easy for most to locate the cache. Any help to a beginner would be greatly appreciated. cheers Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Yes. And No... N78 10.ABC W001 29.DEF Would make more sense. A case of reading the cache description. And re-reading the cache description! Co-ords for Multi's are usually close to the final co-ords, so the last three digits are usually the ones you are after finding. I have done multi's were you find the clues A B C D E F etc and they are then set in the co-ords as N78 10.ADB W001 10.CFE Always re-read the description, never assume! Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Usually, with this sort of multi where you collect the numbers to go with each letter, I would expect to see some sort of equation, or explanation, in the cache decription to show how the numbers should be used to find the final co-ordinates. Can you give a link to the cache, or its GC number, so we can have a look at it, please? MrsB Quote Link to comment
barnowls Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Hi, thanks for your support. It got me somehow closer to understand but still could not find the clue in the description. The geocache description is in German but if you want to have a go at it you can find it at geocaching.com and the GC# is GC14BDE thanks barnowls Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Some Puzzle caches can be solved "at home." Some Puzzle caches have to be solved "on site" with numbers you have to find. I think this is a "solve on site" Puzzle cache. Quote Link to comment
+RonnieGeo Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Hello - If I am reading the page correctly, the post by Bear and Ragged is correct - you will find out "on site" what to do with the letters/numbers. (on the bridge) Quote Link to comment
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