Go out and find the first
waypoint-clue. In this example, waypoint-clue A was found
first. Waypoint-clue A has the following values: 2, 5, 8, 2,
5. Write them going down in column A
Waypoint-clue C was found
next: 3, 6, 9, 3, 6
Finally, waypoint-clue D
was found: 4, 7, 1, 4, 7
You don't need to
calculate the missing CRC in B-2, so you can cross it off(If you skipped waypoint-clue A, cross off A-1 & A-5. If you skipped C, cross off C-3. If you skipped D, cross off D-4.)
To calculate the missing
values for B-1, B-3 & B-4, you use the calculate missing
values worksheet(Or A-2, A-3 & A-4 for A; C-1, C-2, C-4 & C-5 for C, D-1; or D-2, D-3 & D5 for D.)
To make things easier,
circle the waypoint dropped line, and cross off the skip if
dropped boxes line
Now follow the directions
in the circled box for each row. In this case, starting with
row 1, fill in the values for the first 3 columns. After the
"Waypoint Dropped B:", it says "A#" above the first column of
boxes. The # is the row you are working on, Row 1 first in
this case. So take the value that was found for A-1: "2".
Write this in the first box. Next is C#, so C-1 has "3", write
that in the second box. Finally D#, D-1 is "4", write that in
the third box
Filling in the rest of the
values from the found values: A-3, C-3 & D-3; A-4, C-4
& D-4 and A-5, C-5 & D-5
Now we are ready to
calculate the missing blocks. We start by following the next
direction in the circled line: A# xor C#. Doing Row-1, that is
A-1 xor C-1. A-1 is "2", C-1 is "3". To do 2 xor 3, use the
16x16 XOR look-up matrix. We matched 2 with 3 on the matrix: 2
xor 3 is "1"
Write the "1" on the forth
box for Row-1
And the final step for
Row-1 is "... xor D# = B#". Take the value we just found, "1"
then xor it with the value from D# (D-1): 1 xor 4That gives 5.
Write the 5 in the last
box for Row-1
And that gives us the
answer for the missing value for B-1: "5"
Jumping ahead to having
calculated the other 3 rows
Taking the rest of the
calculated values, and putting them on the found
worksheet
Now put the values on the
coordinates worksheet. Start with the first value, from B-1
"5" (for the coordinates, we skip the bolded CRC
boxes)
Continuing with the rest
of the coordinates, we have the GPS location of the
treasure/log cacheN 053° 45.678 W 012° 53.467 as an example. This example winds up being in the Atlantic Ocean, on the coastal shelf off Ireland. :)
Now it is time to do the
proof. Start by circling the waypoint-dropped line for the
waypoint-clue you skipped - B in this example
Transfer the CRC values to
the proof sheet. Starting with the value from A-1 "2" in the
first box
(If you skipped
waypoint-clue A, you skip the first box - you can cross it off
in that case.)Fill in the rest of the CRC values, C-3 "9", D-4 "4" and A-5 "5"
Now to the calculations.
First is A1 xor C3: 4 xor 5 = "11" - write 11 in the first
box
Take the "11" and "... xor
D4", D-4 is "4": 11 xor 4 = "15" - write that in the second
box
And finally, take "15" and
"... xor A5", A-5 is "5": 15 xor 5 = "10" - write that in the
third box
That is the proof for this
example. That would be the number you can email to us to prove
which waypoint-clue you skipped.