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Majicman, I think we all want to be Baxtor!

Majicman, I think we all want to be Baxtor!

Warning, this post contains spoilers for Bill and Gary's Adventure cache in the Detroit area. The metro Park people have hidden a multi cache in one of their parks here where one stage is hidden inside an underground sprinkler control box they burried near some trees. Top of it is flush with the ground so a few leaves and it's hidden. The next stage, they built a bluebird house with two compartments, the top for the birds, the bottom for the cache box. Each one gives more info about the creation of the park and the topography of the area. Can't wait for them to do another.

Lucky you didn't sneeze or something! quote:Originally posted by The Heavenly Host: There is a cache here in LA in the Santa Monica Mountains that is actually up in the tree. It is bungeed to the upper limbs. Many people sit in the bench right underneath without ever looking up. I thought it was pretty clever. I won't give away the cache, in case anyone wants the challenge. One note, I did have to sit up in the tree for quite a while waiting for the couple below to leave before I dropped down. Funny the things people will say when they think no one can hear. http://www.theheavenlyhost.com/dru/images/stealyourcache.jpg I'm not as young as I used to be... It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night. -Dru Morgan http://www.theheavenlyhost.com/dru

Lucky you didn't sneeze or something! quote:Originally posted by The Heavenly Host: There is a cache here in LA in the Santa Monica Mountains that is actually up in the tree. It is bungeed to the upper limbs. Many people sit in the bench right underneath without ever looking up. I thought it was pretty clever. I won't give away the cache, in case anyone wants the challenge. One note, I did have to sit up in the tree for quite a while waiting for the couple below to leave before I dropped down. Funny the things people will say when they think no one can hear. http://www.theheavenlyhost.com/dru/images/stealyourcache.jpg I'm not as young as I used to be... It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night. -Dru Morgan http://www.theheavenlyhost.com/dru

Leave the cache. There's something I keep in my cache pack for situations like this. It's called Deep Woods Off. Doesn't do a very good job keeping the woods off of me, but it sure seems to keep the skeeters off.

Leave the cache. There's something I keep in my cache pack for situations like this. It's called Deep Woods Off. Doesn't do a very good job keeping the woods off of me, but it sure seems to keep the skeeters off.

Finding hidden boxes in the woods, but has no finds in his profile.

Hey PG, The best thing to do is email the owner, let them know your plans fell through and ask what they would like you to do. If you think you could get out in a week or two, they probably won't care, or they may ask you to pass it off or find the nearest cache to place it in. As long as you have open communication with them, they most likely won't care if you have it for a week or longer. I had one person hold on to one of my bugs for 3-4 weeks, but each week he kept me updated as to what happened. Snowstorm, work another weekend, etc. The ones that get to you are the finders who say they are going to place it in a cache very soon and then don't follow through and don't answer your emails. That same bug has now been in someones hands for over 2 months. Hope this helps.

Hey PG, The best thing to do is email the owner, let them know your plans fell through and ask what they would like you to do. If you think you could get out in a week or two, they probably won't care, or they may ask you to pass it off or find the nearest cache to place it in. As long as you have open communication with them, they most likely won't care if you have it for a week or longer. I had one person hold on to one of my bugs for 3-4 weeks, but each week he kept me updated as to what happened. Snowstorm, work another weekend, etc. The ones that get to you are the finders who say they are going to place it in a cache very soon and then don't follow through and don't answer your emails. That same bug has now been in someones hands for over 2 months. Hope this helps.

Email the person who picked it up, tell them you need to take temporary possession inorder to dropit off. The logs are arranged cronologically (sp) so if you drop it off 1 day earlier, it will show correctly. Then the other person can put it back in their possession.

The flip side of this is when you go and re-find a cache. You should use the post a note log so you don't end up with 2 finds for the cache (unless it has been moved to a new location). I recently went back to the second cache I found on the 1 year anniversary of when I started caching. First one has been archived. Used the post a note to enter my log for the anniversary find. Was much nicer this year, only 1-2 mosquitos compared to about a bazillion last year. BTW, it's not nearly as fun finding it the second time, you already know where it is.

The flip side of this is when you go and re-find a cache. You should use the post a note log so you don't end up with 2 finds for the cache (unless it has been moved to a new location). I recently went back to the second cache I found on the 1 year anniversary of when I started caching. First one has been archived. Used the post a note to enter my log for the anniversary find. Was much nicer this year, only 1-2 mosquitos compared to about a bazillion last year. BTW, it's not nearly as fun finding it the second time, you already know where it is.

Within 25 mi, there are 5 bugs, within 50 mi, there are 13. OOps, add one to the count, I have one in my inventory also.

the only problem with the Canadian and Texas coins is they are TOO good looking to get placed back in a cache. I have placed 5 of the Canadian ones in caches, the only one still moving is one I place a TB to. "Bugged coin". All others have been kept by cachers. I enclosed them in plastic silverdollar coin holders with instructions placed around the edge on how to post the find. I guess the people who found them don't know how to read.

the only problem with the Canadian and Texas coins is they are TOO good looking to get placed back in a cache. I have placed 5 of the Canadian ones in caches, the only one still moving is one I place a TB to. "Bugged coin". All others have been kept by cachers. I enclosed them in plastic silverdollar coin holders with instructions placed around the edge on how to post the find. I guess the people who found them don't know how to read.

You will also get replies that ammo boxes are more likly to get blown up by the police than tupperware, eventhough the same amount of both have met that fate.

You will also get replies that ammo boxes are more likly to get blown up by the police than tupperware, eventhough the same amount of both have met that fate.

Like others have said, you should get a compass with bearing tick marks on the rotating bezel. When your about 100' from the cache, look what the GPSr says the bearing is to the cache, rotate the bezel so the appropriate tick mark matches the north arrow on the baseplate of the compass. Now rotate the compass so the red north arrow is lined up with the north arrow on the bezel. The arrow on the baseplate will point in the direction you want to go. Notice the distance on the GPSr, and the approx. feet. The cache should be in this area. If you don't find it, walk off in another direction 100-200', and do it again. This way, your starting to triangulate, and it will narrow the search location. Good luck

Like others have said, you should get a compass with bearing tick marks on the rotating bezel. When your about 100' from the cache, look what the GPSr says the bearing is to the cache, rotate the bezel so the appropriate tick mark matches the north arrow on the baseplate of the compass. Now rotate the compass so the red north arrow is lined up with the north arrow on the bezel. The arrow on the baseplate will point in the direction you want to go. Notice the distance on the GPSr, and the approx. feet. The cache should be in this area. If you don't find it, walk off in another direction 100-200', and do it again. This way, your starting to triangulate, and it will narrow the search location. Good luck

I think this sounds like a really neat idea. Go for it, but just be prepared, it may end up MIA but I hope it does make it's destination.

I don't think something like that would work in the larger states. It's 12 hrs of highway driving for me to get to the western U.P. from Detroit.

The article also says this research was "reviewed" by the CDC. they did not do the research. You can find research to support anything you want if you look or pay enough.

Sounds like it could be a popular one in hot summer weather. I agree with Brian, how will you keep it down. How big is the spring. Is it possible to build a pully system, such as a reverse of the bearbagging system used in backpacking? Have a pully under water, run a rope from shore (hidden), through the pully, and up to a clasp on a styrfoam float that attaches to the cache. Just throwing out an idea.

I was close to being in the same situation. One of his coins was 60 miles north of me. I considered going to pick it up. I would love to get ahold of one of them. Then I started thinking, "this thing has such a history with its travels (aprox 6000 mi) I would start to feel guilty not letting others see it. Never did get to it, but if I do, I'm going to make a good photocopy of it as my keepsake, then pass it on.