atmchic

I have been reading the post on here and it sounds the biggest complaint its going to be "dirty" water I didn't want to go into too much detail but hopefully I can put a little bit of detail into it. the first cache I had in this location was made out of a steel toolbox I had paddle locked up with just a hole in the end it had a piece of steel that slid out with instructions to take it to the spring "its clean people use it for drinking" hold the box on end and let the spring water fill it inside the box was bucket that held the water until it had enough weight to overcome a magnet holding a drawer shut and then the drawer would open to find a peanut butter jar with the log book. and then you had to turn it over to drain the water out and slid the drawer back in. all the steel working finally rusted after 2 years. people enjoyed it and I got emails saying they were sad it was gone now. so I was thinking on building another one but make it out of PCV but use a float to open a door instead of a drawer and instead of having to turn it over to drain the water out before closing the door I would put a drain that would be actuated when the door was open and no matter where I put drain holes somebody could get wet. when its put back in the hiding place in a small cave the cache is stored on its side any remaining water is drained out and is dry shortly after its back in its hiding place. so its fresh clean water every time and depends how close you are the water will probably hit you around the knee area

now its not like you are going to get soaked with 5 gallon of water its only going to take about 1/2 gallon of water to unlock it and a couple of 1/4 holes to drain it I'm not even sure how far it will shoot out

I had one built like this that you had to fill with water to unlock it (there is a natural spring where the water comes out of a pipe nearby) it lasted 2 years in iowa winters before rust took it over. I have an idea for a different design made out of pvc that after its opened it drains the water back out and resets itself and I was wondering if the "drain holes" pointing back to the finder would be funny evil or mean

I like containers that the cache inside like one that looks like a bird house and such. so I have a idea to build a container that has to filled with water to unlock the cache door and when then the door is opened all the way it releases the water and squirts the person holding the container. would this be something fun or would you get mad because you got wet?

I would suggest you check with your local reviewer but from the sounds of it I would think you should be ok placing a cache in the park. Good luck! who would be my local reviewer?

there is a small town near where i live with no caches in it i would like to place one in the town park but the park is across the street of the elementary school. as the rules say no caches on school grounds but in this park is it still to close to the school. or would the 528ft rule from school property work. there is a walking trail in the park so strange people walking around the park will not look out of place.

well i placed the cache today and took some pics of the area. if you live in eastern iowa you can find it and tell me if it is a good spot

i just started in this hobby and i know this spot only a couple of tens walk into a timber but no trails a little difficult to get to but when u get there your at a cliff edge and there is 3 holes looks like well holes really looks cool but i would feel bad if somebody fell in a well or over the cliff and got hurt. a 30 foot drop