Can anyone figure this out

Larkspeed said:
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as an example it looks like this:

N 52° 45.495 E 006° 53.843 as do all coordinates in Geocaching
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That might not be right.

You need a 3 digit number (xxx) and you have 3 images, so it's likely that each image refers to a single digit.

What FoxEye is saying is that each image might not be a single digit.
For example, if the 3 images for the X numbers are 84, 84 and 27, add them together and you'll get a 3 digit number.
 
All I'm saying is that if those shapes are individually supposed to represent 0-9, then they are very imprecisely rotated.

Because in that case both the middle pic in X and the middle pic in Y should represent the same number (either 0 or 5), but they are slightly different in angle/rotation.
 
I thought it was something to do with a clock too, been trying to figure out what, but drawing blanks...
 
touch said:
That might not be right.

You need a 3 digit number (xxx) and you have 3 images, so it's likely that each image refers to a single digit.

What FoxEye is saying is that each image might not be a single digit.
For example, if the 3 images for the X numbers are 84, 84 and 27, add them together and you'll get a 3 digit number.
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Of course you are correct that is a possibility

And now you see why I have been stuck on this for days, everything I can think of just does not work
 
Ok pretty sure its not going to be shaded fractions. if you rotate all the circles to the same direction they look equal. Am I being blind? :confused:

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No I don't know him

I will add to all this that I am fairly certain that the first digit in the X group is a 7, not definate but fairly certain.

This is because each of the three caches in this puzzle series are hidden near one of the three entrances to an area called the rietland I have already found the other 2 so know which entrance this cache has to be near and google earth tells me that anywhere near that entrance and the X group is in the 7's

And yes I have already been and had a look around that area for a blind search but your looking for something possibly smaller than a 35mm film canister that has been hidden in a way to go unnoticed by day to day passers by. the hiding places are endless unless you have a starting point
 
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Mynight said:
Ok pretty sure its not going to be shaded fractions. if you rotate all the circles to the same direction they look equal. Am I being blind? :confused:
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no your not, i agree its orientation.

following the theory of foxeye, what about 360 degrees and add them up?

for example the first one would be 0+0+180

might account for the apparent lack of accuracy when compared to a decimal clockface.

only thing is, i cant see how we'd expect to measure such precise angles given the quality of the picture.

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Larkspeed said:
I will add to all this that I am fairly certain that the first digit in the X group is a 7, not definate but fairly certain.
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this could be useful, is there an equivalent first digit for y?
 
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I don't think it is going to anything that accurate, these puzzles are designed to be solved in the field.

If you needed anything to measure angles in order to solve it then the cache attributes would state special tools required and they don't
 
Larkspeed said:
I don't think it is going to anything that accurate, these puzzles are designed to be solved in the field.

If you needed anything to measure angles in order to solve it then the cache attributes would state special tools required and they don't
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i see you missed my edit, if your saying on the general area the first x is a 7, is there an equivalent for y?
 
adolf hamster said:
i see you missed my edit, if your saying on the general area the first x is a 7, is there an equivalent for y?
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best guess is a 5 or 6

This is assuming that the coordinates given by google earth are properly aligned to the map

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Just checked by hovering the pointer over my house and the coordinates were bang on so google earth is aligned properly
 
The big problem I have is that Y1 is half-way between 8 and 9 (or 3 and 4). That's pretty darn terrible if you're supposed to solve in the field and each is supposed to be 0-9.
 
adolf hamster said:
i dont know how devious the person who set the challenge is, but i'd assume it would all be the same direction for each shaded section otherwise the challenge would, as you pointed out, be simply too hard.

using the 3rd technique, could say for example:

x=005 y=802

thats roughly ofc, i couldnt be bothered to draw them out and the minds eye gets confised easily lol
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That was my initial thought too
 
Marshstyles said:
I really enjoy Geocaching :)

No idea how to figure out the puzzle. I'd Email the owner for a clue or scan through the logged finds looking for a hint.
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That was my next plan, i have scanned the logs but so far have not spotted anything that would help, people are usually pretty careful about not giving anything away in the log.

If I don't figure it out soon i'll have no choice but to contact the cache owner and see if he will help.
 
Larkspeed said:
best guess is a 5 or 6
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the theory was that the first number would have to be a 7 for x [according to your suggestion on the location], so rotate the numbers to match.

trying to do the same for y but failed.

FoxEye said:
The big problem I have is that Y1 is half-way between 8 and 9 (or 3 and 4). That's pretty darn terrible if you're supposed to solve in the field and each is supposed to be 0-9.
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yep, i agree with you there, although badly drawn or not decimal i can't yet decide.

touch said:
Ok, i got it.

Clues:
1- each image is an individual digit.
2- the first x is not a 7
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blows a hole in another theory, can you at least confirm the decimal clockface is correct?
 
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