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Schlüsselstelle

Riddle cache with encrypted coordinates

by BrianEquator     Germany > Niedersachsen > Grafschaft Bentheim

Attention! This Geocache is "Archived"! There is no physical container at the specified (or to be determined) coordinates. In the interest of the place it should not be necessarily to search!

N 52° 27.350' E 007° 00.740' (WGS84)

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 Size: small
Status: Archived
 Hidden on: 26 June 2008
 Listed since: 27 June 2008
 Last update: 26 October 2015
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC5F18
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

1 Found
0 Not found
11 Notes
3 Maintenance logs
2 Watchers
0 Ignorers
373 Page visits
0 Log pictures
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Description    Deutsch  ·  English

The coordinates given above don't belong the cache because this is a Mystery cache. There is a little puzzle and a final at a nice location instead.

The riddles have been created in German and English. You cannot use the german keys for the english riddles or vica versa.

The coordinates of the cache can be found out using these hints:

The coordinates have been encrypted using a One-Time Pad with simple addition. But: there's one important security issue which has been ignored: This "simple One-Time Pad" used for the cache is not randomly generated. Only the letters A-Z have been used for enryption. The letters have been substituted by numbers (A=1, B=2 etc.), the letter case has been ignored.

The encrypted coordinates are:
24 11 15 24 19 9 23 14 5 20 16 13 6 16 5 12

So, now you want to know about the key... but I prefer not to make the riddle too easy. ;-)

Check the solution at geochecker.com

This is a multicache, so there's another code with an own key. It's encrypted in another way. All you have to know to break it is given in this description. If you don't know which preparations must be done then you didn't solve the puzzle yet and there's no need to go to the coordinates even if you solved the first puzzle.

Playfair: Don't break the cache.

Thanks to ardane for testing.

As reward for the FTF there's an unactivated Geocoin the the Final.

Additional hint   Decrypt

Fgntr 1: Crgyvat

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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Log entries for Schlüsselstelle    Found 1x Not found 0x Note 11x Maintenance 3x

Archived 26 October 2015 BrianEquator has archived the cache

Hier ist Schluss. Danke für die Rätselei und die Logs.

Available 10 March 2014 BrianEquator has maintained the cache

Tja, hier war Pech im Spiel. Station 1 war da, aber nahezu unerreichbar. Ich brauchte 3 Besuche und ein selbstgebasteltes Werkzeug, um sie zu bergen. Sie war dann auch noch von Tierzähnen ziemlich angenagt.

Heute morgen habe ich die Station neu platziert und dafür gesorgt, dass das nicht nochmal so passiert.

Bad luck here. Station 1 war there, but nearly unreachable. It needed 3 visits and a self-constucted tool to get it out. It looked quite gnawed by animal teeth.

This morning I renew the Station und took care that this doesn't happen again.

Temporarily not available 02 March 2014 BrianEquator has disabled the cache

Hier muss ich nachschauen, ob alles in Ordnung ist.

I'll have to check here.

Note 19 November 2013 BrianEquator wrote a note

Hier habe ich gestern Abend mal nachgesehen, ob alles in Ordnung ist. Alles ist bestens, nur Station 1 wirkte etwas angenagt.  :) Da habe ich heute morgen Abhilfe geschaffen.

Yesterday I checked whether this cache is okay. Everything's fine, only station 1 looked a bit chewed.  :) I improved that this morning.

Note 03 April 2013 BrianEquator wrote a note

Neue Location, neue Dosen. Die Rätsel sind im Prinzip gleich geblieben, wurden aber natürlich an die neue Location angepasst. Einen Geochecker gibt es nun auch. Falls jemand das oder die Rätsel gelöst hat und die neue Location wissen möchte, einfach Kontakt mit mir aufnehmen.

New location, new boxes. The puzzles are the same but of course they have been changed for the new location. There is a Geochecker now too. If somebody has solved the puzzles and want to know the new location just contact me.