blackhellebore89

I'm a bit like tempestteacup and am new to the game, but I do remember reading somewhere that money, as well as perishable found items should probably not be left in caches. I'm a student too, and know what it is like to be strapped for cash. I know you don't like nano's but seriously if you want to place caches then they are the way to go for cheap. My 30 caches that I have ready made to hide (or give to friends to hide) cost me $3. Thats right, 30 caches for $3. How? No one uses 35mm film containers any more (well not everyone) and the pharmacy's and photographer's here just give them away because they are taking up space. I print out nano logbook writeup's from the website, and cut them up into strips with blank paper to make logbooks and staple them. Then I put them in tiny snaplock bags, with desicants that I have asked stores for, they just throw them out. The snaplock bags are the most expensive thing. You don't have to put pencil's in if you don't want to, and so no pencil sharpener either. You just state in your listing for the finder to bring a pen, a lot of cacher's probably carry one. A logbook might cost you $1, but if you get the card covered notebooks you can cut them in three, three tiny logbooks. If you put things in snaplock bags then the quality of your container (though you want a watertight one!) isn't quite as important. I hope times get better for you, and maybe if you think outside the box it might be a bit cheaper too. And sometimes slightly odd caches are worth the trip or the difficulty of the find if its not in the greatest location. Most of all, have fun.

I'm with you Annie! There are so many amazing caches here! And I've only found 18 so far! Come for a caching holiday, there's all kinds, from 10L buckets to micros. And all with beautiful scenery or wonderful history.

COME TO NEW ZEALAND! No seriously! I just placed a cache and found a cache on a 3 day hike in beautiful Fiordland! There are caches all over the place here, in cities and in national parks! They are truly everywhere. If you want to have a bit of a thrill you have to look in more rural settings I guess. I don't know what it's like where you are but here you can find about 8 caches in one day, but they are all far enough out, or through bush to make it interesting, yet you can find microcache's in an urban setting. I guess its just where you are looking. Keep going, because you will get addicted to finding caches. And learn to scuba dive, they are even hidden under water! And hey, if there are no thrill seeking ones out there for you to find, then hide some yourself - chances are there are other people that want to find them, and its just as satisfying having someone find your cache as it is finding one yourself. Goodluck and have lots of fun!!