ayeyen Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 What is the hardest (or neatest) puzzle for a cache you've ever read? Quote Link to comment
Zoptrop Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Uhm... the hardest one I've seen so far was one written in Russian. Apparently some people have figured it out though.... Although it's not something you can just "figure out" on your own. Spy vs. Spy Quote Link to comment
+Binrat Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 You should try some of the caches Binthair has placed in Ottawa, Ontario. CANADA. He has some excellent puzzle caches that cause many sleepless nights for some area cachers. Binrat Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 (edited) One I liked a lot -- more "neat" than "hard" -- started at a numbered trail marker in a park. On the back were the next set of coords. Those led to another numbered trail marker. This time, on the back, it said, "The cache is 500 ft northeast of 16 in a group of pines. It is under the brown one". Naturally, everyone goes 500ft from trail marker 16. My main clue that something was amiss was that I saw no pines anywhere in the area. Here is a PDF map of the park Can you find the right area? The cache is archived now, so I don't mind giving it away. I thought it was very clever, particularly the way it got you thinking "sign markers" with the first two stages. Some others who found it despised it. Edited June 29, 2004 by Dinoprophet Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I don't live in Virginia anymore. Too bad! I would have given this one a shot! 79 accounts watching it, darn it MUST be pretty good! Blood & Guts in Virginia Quote Link to comment
+greengecko Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 This one is new but it has to be a serious contender… time will tell! Bletchley Park Quote Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 how about one that uses braille that you have to feel to get the clue or maybe one that you have to listen to morse code Quote Link to comment
+Muirwoody Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 This one is new but it has to be a serious contender... Great-looking site, but I have a question: On something like this do the GC approvers know the "real" coordinates? I mean a 10km circle is pretty big. If someone was trying to place another cache too close (by accident, of course) to the actual coordinates would the approvers be able to alert them the spot is "reserved". I am in Indiana and might look for this sometime!! Quote Link to comment
my precious Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 This one is new but it has to be a serious contender... Great-looking site, but I have a question: On something like this do the GC approvers know the "real" coordinates? I mean a 10km circle is pretty big. If someone was trying to place another cache too close (by accident, of course) to the actual coordinates would the approvers be able to alert them the spot is "reserved". I am in Indiana and might look for this sometime!! sssss, praps we sits here and chats with it a bitsy, my preciousss. it likes riddles, praps it does, does it? yessss.... always we must to provide details for the reviewer. yess my precious always we must. Quote Link to comment
+art begotti Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 or maybe one that you have to listen to morse code actually, i was thinking about doing that for planting one at a boy scout camp... because every good boy scout knows how important it is to know the morse code nowadays... Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I will second the vote for Bletchley Park, it only took us four hours to decode after we figured it out, and then 4300 miles of travel to find the cache and log it. I hate to do shameless self promotion, but I have one that has been up since February that has still not been found: GCHRTB A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma One person has solved the puzzle but he has not gone to the cache site yet. He claims that it took him over thirty hours to solve it. Quote Link to comment
+Strapped-4-Cache Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 That Bletchley Park code can be a real enigma if you're not familiar with the history of the name... S-4-C Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Hi, I'm working on a crypto-puzzle cache that I hope to place in the next week with a $100 bill FTF prize that I will leave for a year (after that, the FTF prize will probably be a $25 gift certificate to EMS or some such). I hope that some of the great minds in geocaching will make the journey up to the Adirondacks to take a crack at it. nfa Quote Link to comment
chemfed Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 this one, which have found: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...3d-61c91b7bf46b. And this one that I have decoded but haven't had a chance to find: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...e8-8d3dbc30fba3 Quote Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 or maybe one that you have to listen to morse code actually, i was thinking about doing that for planting one at a boy scout camp... because every good boy scout knows how important it is to know the morse code nowadays... people will love you and hate you for a cache like this. those that hate you will hate you with a smile otn their faces though. Quote Link to comment
+art begotti Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 or maybe one that you have to listen to morse code actually, i was thinking about doing that for planting one at a boy scout camp... because every good boy scout knows how important it is to know the morse code nowadays... people will love you and hate you for a cache like this. those that hate you will hate you with a smile otn their faces though. quote-in-quote train! w00t! uh... i'd say, more or less hate. the entire camp is hill, except for a beautiful reservoir at the bottom for swimming. i mean, i could be nice and put it on the really small level area to park, or... well, at least im used to the place. i worked there as a cit for a year. the hill is nothin for me. hike from the water to the top camp in half an hour flat. ooh... something i just thought of... bears in the area... maybe the cache is a little more worth it... (*demonic grin) Quote Link to comment
my precious Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 (edited) I will second the vote for Bletchley Park, it only took us four hours to decode after we figured it out, and then 4300 miles of travel to find the cache and log it. no log, no... no log. mmm.... send us what coordinates its got in its pocketses. yessss, then we will tell if it knows or if its just tricksy. Edited July 7, 2004 by my precious Quote Link to comment
+Ole og Susanne Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 (edited) One of my plans that I ditched cause it would be to hard.... Here are three examples to get you on the track: 2+4=6 6+6=14 7+2=11 Than one og the "variables" in the coordinates would be like this... 15 + 26 = AA Its realy quite easy if you get the right approach..... (and if you solved it please PM me like Strapped-4-Cache did so the puzzle isnt spoiled...) Ole Edited July 7, 2004 by Ole og Susanne Quote Link to comment
+Strapped-4-Cache Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Ole: PM sent to see if I'm calculating this one correctly. I think I have it right, but didn't want to give it away in the forums. - Mark (S-4-C) Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 None, I've figured out none. Quote Link to comment
+Ole og Susanne Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 One of my plans that I ditched cause it would be to hard.... Here are three examples to get you on the track: 2+4=6 6+6=14 7+2=11 Than one og the "variables" in the coordinates would be like this... 15 + 26 = AA Its realy quite easy if you get the right approach..... Ole The encryted clue would be: orgjrra ovanel naq urk Ole Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 One of my plans that I ditched cause it would be to hard.... Here are three examples to get you on the track: 2+4=6 6+6=14 7+2=11 Than one og the "variables" in the coordinates would be like this... 15 + 26 = AA Its realy quite easy if you get the right approach..... Ole Hi, 7+5=14 3X6=22 Am I on the right track? nfa Quote Link to comment
+Ole og Susanne Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 One of my plans that I ditched cause it would be to hard.... Here are three examples to get you on the track: 2+4=6 6+6=14 7+2=11 Than one og the "variables" in the coordinates would be like this... 15 + 26 = AA Its realy quite easy if you get the right approach..... Ole Hi, 7+5=14 3X6=22 Am I on the right track? nfa sure are Ole Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 (edited) I wont give up the hints but on this cache, Tejon Mystery Multi you have to find 6 other caches to get the starting coordinates. Then you have decode the morse code into one language, then another language, and finally to english. The translation took me 2 1/2 hours once I figured out what the first language was. You'll have to learn to speak "pig" to decode this cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...&decrypt=y&log= Edited July 8, 2004 by Kit Fox Quote Link to comment
+Bilder Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Here are a few in our area: Hack Name that Tune Morse of Course Hide n Seek My favorite. Code on Code Quote Link to comment
+Bear_Left Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 There was one cache series in Sydney, Australia that had 26 waypoints (each in a suburb starting with the next letter of the alphabet; took us until about 'E' to notice that!), each with a code or puzzle to solve to reach the next. There was Morse code, signal flags, a radio station to listen to, multiple ciphers, and literary references, as well as some cunningly hidden micros. None of them were especially difficult, but the sheer volume was impressive! Unfortunately, many of the waypoints are being compromised and it might not survive. One of mine you can try at home: this cache is probably a little out of the way for most of you to actually find, but if you think you know the solution, let me know at bearleft@mackereth.net Local cachers who just went to the coords in the standard manner ended up in a flat, grassed dog exercise area in a park, with no features for 20m. And it's not buried, of course; that'd be against the rules! Quote Link to comment
+snapplez Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 the dragonfly scroll has been found by three teams of cachers working together over the past two years (and of two of the teams had some crossover members). in creating this cache, i wanted something that would last the course of time as well as be completely solvable no matter where you are. Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 I will second the vote for Bletchley Park, it only took us four hours to decode after we figured it out, and then 4300 miles of travel to find the cache and log it. no log, no... no log. mmm.... send us what coordinates its got in its pocketses. yessss, then we will tell if it knows or if its just tricksy. My mistake, I saw the name Bletchley Park and did not click on the link. I was mistakenly referring to the Station X geocache GC5FF4, located at Bletchtley Park, UK. It was the focus of our yearly cache trip. FullCT and I take a trip each May for caching. Last year the focus was the Covert Cache at the Safe House in Milwaukee, next year, who knows. Since I was mistaken, I will have to withdraw my vote for Bletchley Park and vote for Station X. My Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma cache survived the onslaught of cachers during GeoWoodstock, out since February with still no finds. Quote Link to comment
+Team Flying Dachshund Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 The hardest puzzle cache I know of is m13 by lowracer It takes many people more than a month to figure out what the actual cords are. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hi, I just got this one approved...check it out! nfa Quote Link to comment
+GoonyGooGoo Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 There's a fairly new one (placed in April 2004) right near my house, called Hyperbolic Reasoning Even just reading the description will make your head spin. I've shown it to some of the smartest people I know (programmers, mathematicians) and the overwhelming response is: "good luck, dude." And here I am, having enough trouble with the nearby 2/1 puzzle cache that is supposedly "easy." -mig, aka GoonyGooGoo Quote Link to comment
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