+salts&marbles Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 On a number of Mystery Caches that I look at on geocaching.com, the actual puzzle details do not show up. I get a huge blank space between the "Additional Hints" and "Finds". Can anyone help me to "solve this issue", no pun intended. Also, sometimes I do see the puzzle details. But when I load the cache onto my GPS, again the details of the puzzle are not downloaded. Thank you for any help with either of these issues. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Please provide an example cache. What browser are you using. Edited October 20, 2015 by Red90 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Some puzzle caches are designed that way. Nothing to go on - or so it would seem. Given what you've just described, I can already guess a solution... Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thank you... Just to say "Hi!". Planning any new southern trip? Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 On a number of Mystery Caches that I look at on geocaching.com, the actual puzzle details do not show up. I get a huge blank space between the "Additional Hints" and "Finds". Can anyone help me to "solve this issue", no pun intended. Also, sometimes I do see the puzzle details. But when I load the cache onto my GPS, again the details of the puzzle are not downloaded. Thank you for any help with either of these issues. We would need more details to even begin to help. What are some of the GC codes where there is a blank space? Some times, this is the design of the puzzle. How are you loading the cache into your gps? Which gps are you using? What browser are you using? Do you have any blocking add-ons? B. Quote Link to comment
+salts&marbles Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) What are some of the GC codes where there is a blank space? Some times, this is the design of the puzzle. The example used was not a good one. I will look for another and post when I have time. How are you loading the cache into your gps? Basecamp Which gps are you using? eTrex30 What browser are you using? Tried Safari and Chrome Do you have any blocking add-ons? Do not think so, but will check. Thank you Edited October 20, 2015 by salts&marbles Quote Link to comment
+on4bam Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Some puzzle caches are designed that way. Nothing to go on - or so it would seem. Given what you've just described, I can already guess a solution... CTRL-A anyone? Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Sometimes the actual images are not included in the description. In these cases, look for images links on the page. Scroll down to the logs section. Just above where the logs begin you'll find two links to images. Hops & Horsetails Puzzle Print this puzzle & solve for the cache coordinates Word List for the Hops & Horsetails Puzzle Print this list and solve the word search puzzle Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 What are some of the GC codes where there is a blank space? Some times, this is the design of the puzzle. The example used was not a good one. I will look for another and post when I have time. How are you loading the cache into your gps? Basecamp Which gps are you using? eTrex30 I expected you were an inexperienced cacher. 4000 finds in three years and 78 mysterys.... Show an example, but it is probably by design on those particular caches. Any mystery that has fancy code on the page won't show up correctly on a GPS. All of the information can't follow with the GPX file and the dedicated units do not have very complex HTML rendering code. Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 It could also be something as simple as coordinates hidden in the white space. Select the area and see if anything shows up. There is a puzzle around where I live that had bacon cipher encoded text hidden in what appeared to be empty space on the cache page. Quote Link to comment
+salts&marbles Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Sometimes the actual images are not included in the description. In these cases, look for images links on the page. Scroll down to the logs section. Just above where the logs begin you'll find two links to images. Hops & Horsetails Puzzle Print this puzzle & solve for the cache coordinates Word List for the Hops & Horsetails Puzzle Print this list and solve the word search puzzle Thank you. This will solve most of the problem. Quote Link to comment
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