puzzle, coded, crypto caches

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.

August 27, 2002

operation "fenceline cache"

1.7k · 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.)

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

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

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!

)

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!

)

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.]

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

1k · 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.

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... when you absolutely have to find it first!

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.]

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.]

September 3, 2002

Mario's Tower - World's most Difficult Geocache

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.

1.2k · 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.

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

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

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

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"

1.4k · 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!

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.

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!

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

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.

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?

Dr._H_Resourcepage.htm

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"

April 12, 2003

I just added one - Around the hill in 30 miles or less

2.3k · 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.

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.]

1.7k · 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

April 13, 2003

EScout - it is now available

Where am I?

April 13, 2003

BTW - my inspiration for "Around the hill" was the Double Decrypt.....

Where am I?

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

April 24, 2003

Two that I've enjoyed

Les Anges Volantes (Virginia) - math

The Big Orange Bucket (Louisiana) - decoding

3.1k · 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