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Plinko Mystery Cache

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donbadabon: The location has been compromised with recent maintenance, and the container is missing. Guessing it was thrown in the woodchipper with all the cut branches.
So this one is being archived.
Thank you to all that attempted this one.
It wasn't very popular (7 finds in 8 years) but I enjoyed making it.

To solve this, notice that the boxes are grouped in pairs, with 6 columns each. For a total of 12 columns per pair.
Also notice there are 12 plinko lines.
Place the paired boxes above the plinko lines, and they tell you which column is moved where. For example the first column will move to the third column of the solution.
The first pair, when rearranged, will result in the number 52.
Repeat for the rest of the pairs and you will end up with 6 pairs of decimal numbers.
Convert those to ASCII and that is the solution.

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Hidden : 11/18/2017
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to get the actual cache coordinates.

My grandfather's favorite game on The Price Is Right was Plinko.

It is such a simple game - The contestants drop a round flat disc (called a Plinko chip) from the top of the Plinko board and watch as the disc bounces off strategically-placed pegs until it reaches the bottom.

They say the game is completely random, and there is no way to predict where the disc will land. But my grandfather didn't think that was true.

He recorded every Plinko game since it was first introduced on January 3, 1983, and he thought he could accurately predict where the chip will fall based on where the contestant drops the chip.

To keep others from learning his secret, he encoded his calculations using a method I am not familiar with. I've studied them for years, but the secrets remain his secret.

So I've come to you asking for help. Please take a look at the drawings I found and see if you can make sense of them.









You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hide:] Pnzb ghor. 1fg ovt gerr. [Puzzle:] Cneg 1 - Guvax pbyhzaf. Cneg 2 - Nfpvv

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)