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dragon spinner geocoin


petalene

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My husband got a dragon spinner geocoin and I think there is something I am missing. The top part has the alphabet on it and spins and there is a small space in it to see the letter under it. But it is very difficult to read and even when I can get it in the right light, you cannot see the letters except the one under the N -where the hole is. It looks like it can be used for codes, but I can't figure it out, because it is not much of a code if you can only decipher one letter. If anyone has one or knows, I am curious. Thanks.

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The spinner is based on the Rot13 cypher used for Geocaching.com's hints. You will notice that the pointed tail of each dragon is directly opposite to the other dragon's. That's a quick and dirty way of using the cypher.

 

But if you can see under the little port then move the letter you want to decypher to the LOWER tail pointer and read the decyphered letter in the porthole.... magnifying glass recommended.

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Its logical that it is the Rot13 cypher, but it is really designed poorly. No matter how you spin it, the only letter you can see the new letter under is letter N where the hole is, so it really doesn't do any good as a decoder or encoder. It looks cool though.

You have to look on the letter in the hole and the letter on which the tail points to, not which is written above the hole (which of course doesn't change). That's the way it is supposed to work, but as already mentioned, it is much easier to use if you just use both tails and use the letters they point to and ignore the hole :P

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Whew... I was just reviewing this after purchase and going to post "Um... how to use?!?" because we too were confused at how the N and the little window were supposed to "decode" anything. Using the pointed tails works, but wish it woudl have come with a tiny card with those instructions.....

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