GC7J10G Unknown Cache 200 Years to Solve!
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 4.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: RPieperCO @ | Hide Date: 02/05/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 57.499 W104° 46.096 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Not Recommended for kids  Available at all times  Dangerous area  Not Wheelchair accessible  Bicycles 

The history of this cipher dates back more than 200 years, which coincidently is how long it took to break it!

 

I hope it doesn't take you that long!!

 

Below you will find a bit of ciphered text using this particular algorithm.

 

IHEEANEYETFERUOR
WFZCEETOFVZFEENG
UPSWTNAZIITUIHDE
XORNHRIEEORLJNEV
YBWEAIHZHSHOOOCE
KNLRDUUTYGFPWWOC
PRGAOPHTIORTHEMW
RITEETFEFTVMSQPR
QOYRHENEIEFZGNHW
PHEEFHSGYOSOFEYU
SHOEGUTVONFNYRNZ
GTDYIOONUTROFSMO
VESGVLRXWRNAVXOP
HOSLTIROTUUTGHRW

 

It might be usful to copy the text to a text editor to help ease your work.

 

 

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Patterson, best of luck! N38 not N39

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Write note 1  

Found it 07/04/2019 By Paurian
Find #457, Found on 7/4/19. TFTC! I also noticed the slight disrepair of the cache, but it’s functional. You don’t need to climb over the bridge to snag it. Just reach for where you think it is.

Found it 06/06/2019 By WingsAndTales
I needed a little help from a previous finder with the puzzle. After getting the nudge I couldn't believe that I forgot to try that. Oh well! I found the cache today but there is a problem with the container so I'll contact the CO. TFTC

Found it 04/07/2019 By R&B CO
Thanks to an assist from Gamma and Gampa the puzzle did not take me 200 years to solve. I had been missing a critical element and with that it came together. Fun find once I got to GZ. Wouldn’t have wanted to do this on a rainy day. Thanks for the fun and inventive cache. Fav point for sure.

Found it 03/02/2019 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the great puzzle cache! I remember solving this one in San Antonio and really like the cipher and idea. Glad to see that it survived here too! I stopped by armed with some additional sticky stuff just in case, but everything was in good order. Stamped and signed log and replaced just as found. Thanks again for the fun cache and memories!

Found it 09/29/2018 By CVA64
Nice little bit of history with this puzzle cache. I was able to cross from "what?" to signing the log. My brain hurts now. Need an adult beverage to help that.

Found it 06/24/2018 By fearthefish
I was out and about caching with herndonrd and this cache was one of our primary targets. I did what I do best and ruled out all the places where a cache wasn't placed. I put up with the cheerful demeanor of herndonrd because he finds caches like this one, and I firmly believe that one's likeability is directly related to his or her skills at finding a cache (which is why I don't like my children and only consider PayMeCache an acquaintance). In addition, it helps that herndonrd can solve tough puzzles like this one and that he is part monkey. After we did the whole sign and replace thing we celebrated our victory by heading back to the car and driving off to another one.

I enjoyed this puzzle in part because it gets me very close to finally completing the Uber Mystery Challenge (less than thirty to go). In addition, finding a puzzle today helps with another puzzle (canned language about my insanity to follow).

I chose today to look for this one because I signed an insane challenge in California that requires me to find a puzzle cache on every calendar day of the year (save February 29th) in order to meet the logging requirements. I am thrilled to be one day closer to completing the challenge, though I still have just over sixty days to go. Thanks for the fun puzzle, hide, and for getting me outside on such a beautiful day.

P. S. No animals (humans or otherwise) were harmed in the writing of this log.

Found it 06/24/2018 By herndonrd
Out caching with FeartheFish today which means a lot of "pull over here" and now I am signed up for 2 (or is it 20?) new challenges that I've never heard of. This one was my target for the roadtrip as it fills the next to last square for the fizzy. Solving the puzzle was straightforward as I've done these before. The find took a little work but nothing that we couldn't do. Give it a fav. TFTC!

Found it 06/24/2018 By gampa&gamma
Well.....we needed a lot of hand holding from the CO on the solution to this one and we still feel like we aged 200 years! We landed on the correct information a number of times, but "couldn't see the forest for the trees" and got impatient and expected the solution to jump out at us. Thanks, Rick, for your patience. You are always available and willing to help us poor lame puzzle solvers so that we can at least feel like we did the work ;O)
Thankfully when we got to the cache site we didn't have to ask for help again. gampa made sure he was at a appropriate spot to match the terrain rating and gamma steered him to the container. Great team work! Signed the log and returned the container to its hidey-hole.
Another great cache RPieperCO!

Write note 06/21/2018 By herndonrd
Got the solution; now need to get down to the Springs to get this. It fills a D/T square so probably will be sooner than later.

Found it 06/05/2018 By DenFete
New day, new adventures! Approve

Today we travel from Eaton to Colorado Springs

We found some really good caches, thanks.

No, it took not 200 years to solve this mystery, but it took some time. Approve
I like kind of puzzle mystery so I will give this cache a favourite point. ApproveApproveApproveApprove

I logged this cache together with KeWi, Wingren and Team-Prince.

Greetings from Sweden.



Tack för gömman Approve

TFTC

This cache was rated (4.5 / 4.0 - Micro) when I found it.