pugle and hunnybunny

I love the idea of sending trackable coins out. My problem is when someone logs, then holds it for an unreasonable amount of time. My wife's coin is in the possession of one person for more than two years now. An active member at that. Soft spoken requests to this person go ignored, and that in my opinion is just plain ignorant. On the other hand, I've taken great pleasure in watching another that I own make its way over to Europe and back again. There's always a risk that a coin may go missing or end up being held for an unreasonably long period of time, however, the fun is in the tracking. Some do go missing, but at least I know where mine are in this case ...... just being held prisoner ...lol Three others that I own are just too special to me, so I keep them as "travelling companions and log them as having visited a cache without actually dropping. Taking a "dip" so to speak. Dive in and purchace a couple ... a small investment, with the caveat that they "may" disappear. Even if they do go MIA, it's very interesting to see where they travel to.

Actually, testing by submerging may be misleading too even if the container has a potentially poor seal. Upside down or right side up wouldn't matter either.... the weight of a column of water on the container would help to seal it better so a submesion test isn't the most reliable way... best way to test how well it seals would be to have the container in a high moisture area ( a sealed terrarium maybe?) with fluctuating temps for an extended period. That method works too... seen it done. Also very cool is driving through the mountains with an empty pop bottle... if it was open at high altitude and resealed... it crushes as you go to a lower elevation. Had the same effect on my kids with that one...lol

Actually, testing by submerging may be misleading too even if the container has a potentially poor seal. Upside down or right side up wouldn't matter either.... the weight of a column of water on the container would help to seal it better so a submesion test isn't the most reliable way... best way to test how well it seals would be to have the container in a high moisture area ( a sealed terrarium maybe?) with fluctuating temps for an extended period.

I didn't say you were wrong about not having a seal on them. I served in the military as well. You specified ONE type by name... I mentioned ANOTHER type by name... no need to be so defensive . Cheers!

Ammo cans DO have a seal. The ones used for Ball Ammo have a rubber gasket around the lip of the lid. You can tell when you open one that has been closed for a long time. Sometimes there is an air pressure differential if the container was opened during a "low barometric pressure" day and opened on a high pressure day. Sometimes you can hear the "hiss" of air entering under the lid. The moisture that gets into an ammo can is just the ambient moisture that got in when it was open. Condensation of that moisture on cooler days is what you find inside the can sometimes making metal cache items rust or logs to become soggy.