GC1MAEH - Templar Treasure 2.5

GC1MAEH - Templar Treasure 2.5

By: GeoKatzen and Team Black-Cat

1.  Here is the puzzle.

You should already be familiar with the story of the Knights Templar from Templar Treasure andTemplar Treasure 2 . If you have completed either of those adventures, you have an idea what awaits you at the end of this one. While not as grand as other Templar Treasures, the Knights still thought it was worth protecting.

During many years researching the Knights Templar, Dr. T. B. Cat has found many references to the hidden treasures. He discovered the following note scribbled in the margins of a Templar document from the late 1300s.

Hi low by twig 01 N

Dr. Cat was convinced that the note was significant, but was unable to decipher its meaning. He made a phone call to his long time colleague, Dr. G. Katzen. The two collaborated for quite a while, with many setbacks. Eventually the mystery was solved, and the solution was in hand.





2.  List the items that need to be decrypted.

Hi low by twig 01 N

Note that there are 14 characters in this string.




3.  Look at your phone keypad.

Notice the relationship between letters and numbers and that the digits 1 and 0 do not have letters associated with them.




4.  Using the phone keypad, assign numbers to each character in the puzzle.

• H = 4 

• i = 4 

• l = 5 

• o = 6 

• w = 9 

• b = 2 

• y = 9 

• t = 8 

• w = 9 

• i = 4 

• g = 4 

• 0 = 0 

• 1 = 1 

• N = 6

5.  Listing the decoded numbers in order, create two strings of seven numbers each.

4456929

8944016

These are your north and west coordinates.


6.  Put your solved coordinates together.

     N 44° 56.929, W 089° 44.016     

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