+snapplez Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 what caches have you experienced that involved some type of solving, decoding, decrypting? i am talking about caches where solving the location is a game all in itself. these are also caches that might be fun for a person to "solve" even though they may not be able to physically find the cache. my interest stems from my own *very* challenging puzzle cache which no one has solved: the dragonfly scroll i invite anyone, anywhere to solve it. Quote Link to comment
+snapplez Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 the contact cache u-101 double decrypt spy ring operation "fenceline cache" Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 This thread covers a few puzzle caches in the Midwest (mostly mine, since GeoMedic and I are so good at derailing a thread, but some others as well.) Quote Link to comment
Lyra Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 I did a search on "Myst" and got some good cache sites that might give you some ideas. They were too numerous to list here. Just do the search. Good luck! "Man's ability to weasel out of trouble is what separates us from the animals...except weasels, of course." - Homer Simpson Quote Link to comment
Lyra Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Do the search on the forums, not as a keyword search on the Hide & Find page. Sorry for the omission of that information! "Man's ability to weasel out of trouble is what separates us from the animals...except weasels, of course." - Homer Simpson Quote Link to comment
+Kite and Hawkeye Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 First Contactis another alien-themed puzzle cache. At the first waypoint, there are sheets bearing an encrypted message, which you have to solve to find the end cache's location. Took us overnight and exercised our knowledge of other attempts at alien contact. Definitely one of our more memorable caches (you end up seeing the mothership! ) Quote Link to comment
+Kite and Hawkeye Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 First Contactis another alien-themed puzzle cache. At the first waypoint, there are sheets bearing an encrypted message, which you have to solve to find the end cache's location. Took us overnight and exercised our knowledge of other attempts at alien contact. Definitely one of our more memorable caches (you end up seeing the mothership! ) Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 That dragonfly scroll thing is some strange. I LOVE it! In my area there are a few: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=16651 I enjoy any of the mathematics puzzle type caches as well. This one Ireally liked, an old math puzzle based on right-angled triangles. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=20187 [This message was edited by Zartimus on August 30, 2002 at 09:27 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Wolfb8 Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 MISSION: R.I.P. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=17852 I would tell you more about it, but do not want to spoil it for some that have not done it We will be known by the tracks we leave behind Quote Link to comment
+Hawk-eye Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 Check out a couple of these examples by El Diablo ... You'll understand why we named him "EL DIABLO" The fourth of July Cache The Devil's Cache They're member only caches ... due to some unfortunate abuse by a newbie ... but they are great puzzles to solve. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Co-founder of the "NC/VA GEO-HOG ASSOCIATION" ... when you absolutely have to find it first! Quote Link to comment
+Zephyrus Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by snapplez:what caches have you experienced that involved some type of solving, decoding, decrypting? Here's Friche Terre (Members only) that's being a stinker or the mild stinker Yee Inet. Bell in the Mediterranean could be the real stinker. [This message was edited by Zephyrus on September 03, 2002 at 08:58 AM.] [This message was edited by Zephyrus on September 03, 2002 at 09:10 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Zephyrus Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by snapplez:what caches have you experienced that involved some type of solving, decoding, decrypting? Here's Friche Terre (Members only) that's being a stinker or the mild stinker Yee Inet. Bell in the Mediterranean could be the real stinker. [This message was edited by Zephyrus on September 03, 2002 at 08:58 AM.] [This message was edited by Zephyrus on September 03, 2002 at 09:10 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+regoarrarr Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Mario's Tower - World's most Difficult Geocache Quote Link to comment
Macduff Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=28634 So far, the 12-Step has been the most challanging cache I have yet attempted. I hope to finish it before the snow covers the higher elevations. Quote Link to comment
+nikcap Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Check out Blood and Guts. Not only will you travel over 200 miles around and about Northern Virginia, but you'll also be faced with some of the most challenging puzzles found in just about any cache. But solving the puzzles might be the easy part, figuring out what the puzzle is, is the hard part. What you need to knwo to solve this cache is good map reading skills, encryption, local and US history and celestrial navigation. Quote Link to comment
OneT and Biscuit Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 We have placed a multi cache in West Virginia that requires you to find clues from the state park it is located in. Pipestem Cryptocache OneT Quote Link to comment
+LoneHowler Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 I haven't hit this one yet it involved decrypting the coordinates from roman numerals http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=20590 More to see, More to do Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoDillo Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 I have hidden two puzzle caches. 'Walk Like An Egyptian' < http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=41571 > is a multi-leg webcam cache where the first leg requires that you decipher an Egyptian hieroglyph and the last leg requires that you know how to project a waypoint from the second leg (which is a sphinx). Even more puzzling than that is 'East is up, in the Eastwoods Enigma' < http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=45535 > where the cache finder has to figure out a physical clue that is actually a fheirl znc bs gur gerrf va gur cnex juvpu jrer ahzorerq jura gur pvgl jnf qbvat fbzr erabingvbaf va gur cnex . Using this, you can determine the actual coordinates of the cache! Scott of Team GeoDillo Quote Link to comment
+bigcall Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Confession? - yet unsolved (OK it's only been up a week). http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=51593 Theseus Released http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=23088 Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges -- Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go! - Rudyard Kipling "The Explorer" Quote Link to comment
+Desert_Warrior Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Check this one: The Lost Aztec Treasure. Be sure to view the AZTEC alphabet needed to reat the clues. 4.2 miles of strenuous mountain hiking too. Only a few have tried it so war, but read the comments. Mike. Desert_Warrior (aka KD9KC). El Paso, Texas. Citizens of this land may own guns. Not to threaten their neighbors, but to ensure themselves of liberty and freedom. They are not assault weapons anymore... they are HOMELAND DEFENSE WEAPONS! Quote Link to comment
+bartacus Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 This cache, in Charlotte NC, was quite challenging --- and fun! The multi is a trivia game with questions about the game "Monopoly". Each multiple choice question has two possible answers, with a different set of coordintates. If you choose the correct answer, you're led straight to the next question. But if you're wrong, you're led to an additional stage. If you get all trivia questions wrong, it's a nine stage multi. Answer them all correctly, and it's a five-stage multi, the last stage being the cache. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 A new Binthair one, Sleepless in Ottawa. I spent THREE WEEKS on that one! And one of mine, The Enigma, which uses a java based Enigma simulator to help decode the CT. Bigcall, Confession looks kinda cool! I'm printing the cache page off for a read on the bus! Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Check out: Cipher Sites, Cipher Creek, Circular Reasoning, FBI Quiz, Magic Trig, IQ Test, IQ Test #2, Double Agent, Double Trouble, A Little Logic, Center of the Tracy Triange, Coffee Central, Sounds Good, Black Box, Operation Futari, Ransom Note, More than Just Math, The Big Picture ...all in California Quote Link to comment
+Geo-Johnson's Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Here's the one we did. Not only was it fun to do, but it's fun to read the logs......... Mission Impossible Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. Quote Link to comment
+The Adams Family Circus Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 ...I've asked a question on the General thread, not knowing this thread existed. Please check this thread, and reply. I've read over your thread here, and I think I've won by a landslide. BUT - please reply there. THanks! Can a Cache Puzzle be TOO Hard? Quote Link to comment
+bigcall Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Zartimus, I'm starting to think I made Confession? too hard, since no one has gotten it yet. My intent was to make it a head scratcher, but doable. I emailed a clue to some of the local cachers I know are working on it. Let me know if you would like a hint also. Based on the feedback, I may add the hint permanently. Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges -- Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go! - Rudyard Kipling "The Explorer" Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 I just added one - Around the hill in 30 miles or less Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Vacman: Is it approved yet? Can't find the listing. I will check back later. I am eagerly awaiting. BTW, I have 2 planned in our area. Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Awaiting approval as we speak..... was placed/submitted this morning [This message was edited by Vacman on April 13, 2003 at 07:28 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Solving this one was easier than finding it. Roadrunner's Revenge: Net Serve http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=25770 This one was harder but we haven't yet gone to look for it. 19th Hole http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=16304 We're stumped on this one for now. Mission: Silica Currency http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=45305 Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 EScout - it is now available Where am I? Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 BTW - my inspiration for "Around the hill" was the Double Decrypt..... Where am I? Quote Link to comment
Thewoodser Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. I have pulled my hair out and still am know where close to this one. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=7699 Quote Link to comment
+rpecot Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Two that I've enjoyed Les Anges Volantes (Virginia) - math The Big Orange Bucket (Louisiana) - decoding Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Get Smart - Tequila Mockingbird involves a code. You find parts of the key in the caches, then have to figure out how the code works. Not too hard, but a nice little brain-stretch. Some of the Not Tellin' series involve solving codes and riddles. I won't say which ones, though. One of them is a riddle but doesn't appear to be. That one is very nasty and has frightened some people off of the rest of the series. "Winter's just the curtain. Spring will take the bow" -- Richard Shindell, Spring Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Puzzles, Coded, Crypto??? LIVERMORE, CA Here's a list of caches that I've either done or I know how to solve but can't (for one reason or another). Locked in a Cubical El Camino Viejo Centroid of the Tracy Triangle Mr. Toad's Code Cache Big Liar The Golden Number Plumbers Other Friend Tour de Farce Coffee Central You Know Who? PI aka (no one's backyard) Schugobble Double Agent Double Trouble Margarite's Coding Cache IQ Test Magic Trig A Mad Mad Mad Mad Cache Test of Genius Black Box Pythagorus Likes Equilaterals Too! Going to Dizzying Lengths The Big Picture They're all great! Bill of Green Achers "The Early Bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" Author unknown. Quote Link to comment
briancm Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I'm working on KIDNK9 cache. Quite a bit of decoding to do! Geocaching: the perfect sport for introverts! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Star of the West Mesa was fun. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 BTW, letterboxes often involve this kind of puzzle solving. If you like this kind of cache, you'd probably like boxing as well. "Winter's just the curtain. Spring will take the bow" -- Richard Shindell, Spring Quote Link to comment
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