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That is Difficulty 5 cache, so you may have more success solving it after you have solved some lower Difficulty puzzles first. I understand that it can be frustrating to have an unsolved puzzle close to home, but just remember that no cacher has to find all the caches out there.

 

Asking the CO, and allowing them some time to respond, is generally a good first step. You could also try contacting a previous finder to ask for help. Or you could try asking in a Geocaching Puzzle Help FB group for hints.

 

FYI - It's generally bad form to post a photo to the cache page that shows your work on the puzzle.

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According to section 2-D of the geocaching.com terms of use, "You agree not to: [...] xxiii. Publish on our websites the solutions, hints, spoilers, or any hidden coordinates for any geocache without consent from the geocache owner.” However, here are some general puzzle tips (based in part on a puzzle-solving class event presented by The Rat a while ago):

 

Identify the theme. Check the cache title, the hint, the HTML source, the graphics (including names/URLs), any links (including URLs), whatever is at the posted coordinates, etc. If you can figure out the theme, then you should look for numbering systems that are associated with that theme (zip codes, athletes’ jersey numbers, episode numbers, product codes, etc.).

 

Around here, coordinates will have 15 digits, and will look like "N 37° xx.xxx W 122° xx.xxx". So when I'm solving a nearby puzzle, I look for a group of 15 things, and then I look for ways to get the digits 37xxxxx122xxxxx from them. In general, I look for ways to get the number 37 (or the digits 3 and 7) from something near the beginning of the puzzle, and the number 122 (or the digits 1, 2, and 2) from something near the middle of the puzzle. (Of course, you'll need to adjust this for the coordinates near you.)

 

Other useful resources include:

Puzzle Solving 101 Series (bookmark list)

Calgary Puzzle Solving 101 (bookmark list)

Puzzle Shortcuts Series (bookmark list)

Solving Puzzle Caches (online article)

How Do I Solve All These $@! Puzzle Caches? (tutorial-style puzzle cache)

Geocaching Toolbox ("All geocaching tools a geocacher needs in one box.")

Puzzle FUNdamentals (archived event cache) and the Puzzle FUNdamentals resources on the GeocacheAlaska! education page

The GBA's Puzzle Cache FAQ (for puzzle designers, but useful for understanding how puzzle caches work)

LANAKI's Classical Cryptography Course

How to Puzzle Cache (book)

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Remember this important thing about Geocaching: You DO NOT have to find them all. You've been signed up for three weeks, and have four finds. Sometimes it's best to skip the very difficult ones, and go get some others (even if that ONE seems like it is just down the street). BTW, Unknown cache's actual coordinates (the location where cache is actually hidden) can be up to two miles from the posted coordinates (the location of the ? on the map).

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