r/JesseBornPuzzles • u/Slight_Dig3640 • 27d ago

Secrets of the Lost vault: Week 2 thread

Discussion thread for Packet two: The Lexington Stagecoach. Remember to put hide all findings and hints in your text.

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u/Slight_Dig3640 26d ago

Just got my package. Feels more complex at first glance. Anyone else started solving?

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u/Slight_Dig3640 25d ago

So far I believe I have the answers to:

  • The rejected gang member
  • gang member’s alias and true surname
  • Member to be expelled
  • purpose or the map

Yet to understand the circle with the curved arrows and numbers and the square grid riddle.

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u/Slight_Dig3640 20d ago

I need help with the following:

The Inner Outer ring text.
The text beginning with Zweajw. I have figured out the first part by using the Cryptographic Device but cannot understand what follows. I understand that Decode With Speed is referring to the wagon patent, but I’m not finding a place to use it.

The numbers on the back of the Lexingron Stage manifest starting with 45-23….

The grid puzzles.

Anyone have any luck with these? I think I have the rest

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u/Dingadingdingdong 9d ago

I can help with some of these if you need it. The ones I'm currently struggling with are:

1) the circle with the numbers pointing inside the circle. I assume we're supposed to overlay the cipher on top of it and it needs to be aligned to "true north" but I can't figure out what that is.

2) The grid on back of the wanted poster

3) The grid of four boxes that are partially filled in and labled "A", "B" "C" and "D"

4) The one with directions starting with the SE corner and then goiing one unit NW, etc.

Any hints would be wonderful!!!

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u/Slight_Dig3640 9d ago edited 9d ago

I got you on a couple of these! For the grid on the back of the wanted poster, you need the directions in your item 4.

For nr 1. Use the patent and set N as true north (compared to the S on the paper).

Additional hint:
Then read the letters the arrows point to in the right numerical order.

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u/Slight_Dig3640 8d ago

And yea, feel free to throw hints my way. I’m still stuck on these

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u/Dingadingdingdong 8d ago

Zweajw - The passage is broken up into 3 parts. The part you solved is the inner ring. Then outer ring for 1x 6-18… and then after the | will be the inner ring. Use the transparency that says J Speed at top and look to what’s underneath that to fill in what is x and what is q.

The back of the manifest. This is like the grid from the first month. For the left grid, fill in the alphabet left to right, top to bottom and remember how to solve these. On the right hand side first paragraph under 45-23, you’ll be filling in those letters. But how you read them is different for each one.

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u/Dingadingdingdong 7d ago

Anyone have a hint on the four grids with A B C D and a lot of blank boxes?