Hawkit

My Caching partner and I have had this discussion several times, and we both agree that having a mandatory minimum number of finds prior to making your first hide is a great idea. We've come across several caches in our area that have been placed by cachers with less than 15 finds, and in 90% of the cases, the caches were poorly placed, poorly designed, or had poor coordinates. I understand learning from your mistakes, but getting pissed off in response to suggestions from more experienced members is just ridiculous.

We recently found a mailbox at a thrift store, I can see miles of searching through the woods for the perfect placement spot for a camo'd mailbox. I have a few favorite hides, one was an outdoor electrical outlet cover attatched to a post out at the beach...about as far from any electrical line as you could imagine. It was pretty great, even though the log itself had been muggled and was missing. Ive seen plastic animals with holes drilled in unpleasant places and nano containers placed inside. Another favorite cache design, one that I recently found out has been archived due to muggles, a plastic skull with a hole cut in the bottom and a container hidden inside, then find a good log in the middle of nowhere to tuck the skull underneath...just peeking out. Guaranteed to give someone a jump! Good luck.