I thought that Brockville could use a few puzzle caches, but in thinking about it, I know how anxious everybody gets when they see that "question mark" icon. This series is designed to help those who are a little reluctant to try a puzzle, give it a go. The various caches focus on differing methods of basic puzzle solving and will give one a starting point with their puzzle solving. The series basically amounts to a tutorial and all the caches are micro park and grabs. So let's roll up our sleeves and get started. Before we getting started as with most puzzles, THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!!!
Digital Roots:
Puzzle caches are designed to give you numbers for coordinates from a variety of sources. I've found that often the final method of getting that number is digital rooting.
What is a digital root you ask, well the basic explanation goes like this: You take a number and add up all it's individual digits, for example:
123,456
would be 1+2+3+4+5+6= 21
unfortunately the digital root must be a single digit, therefore you must again add the digits together
2+1=3
Making 3 the digit root of 123, 456
If you understand this then you'll be able to solve the majority of caches out there. Most caches use this method to either go straight to the answer, or give you a final set of numbers. However, for the sake of this example, we'll go straight to the answer for this. So here we go, good luck.
The cache is located at:
N 44 36.ABC W 075 46.DEF
A = 10
B= 83
C= 993
D= 1320
E= 8761
F= 567,860
Again, good luck, it's quite an easy one. There are digit root converters available out there, but lets take the opportunity to exercise that gray matter.
As with all Canadianzombie caches, please be safe, have fun and hopefully, you'll have learned something that will make caching an even more pleasurable experience.
Cheers
CZ