BerrydTreasures

We just wanted to again thank everyone who responded to this thread. The cache has been approved, as a virtual, and has had it's first finder already. Thanks again.

First off, I want to thank everyone who has posted a reply on this thread so far. It has been interesting seeing people's views. I have another quesiton related to this topic: What is the "Unknown/Surprise" category of cache supposed to be used for when placing a cache? When we submitted the cache, we did not list it as a Traditional cache, because it is not a Traditional cache. There really isn't a good description, that we could find anyway, of the "Unknown/Surprise" category. So, what do people think this means, and is it appropriate for the type of cache we placed? Thanks again.

quote:Originally posted by 8 Feet:The only reason I could see for not approving this is that the area is already saturated with caches and they really don't want to approve one more, but if that is the case, they should say that. People in the area of the proposed cache would probably be grateful for another fun cache in what sounds like a nice location. Are the many caches near to the proposed cache site? The city where this cache is placed has only about 8 or 9 caches, with the nearest one about 5 miles from ours, so cache saturation is not an issue here, in fact cache starvation is more of a concern.

We thought about that, but we don't have the skills or tools to do it. If we come up with a way to create the hollowed out version, we could replace it in the future.

We found a wonderful family park that we thought would be a great location to hide a cache. When we examined the area, we realized that a traditional container cache just wouldn't work, but we could place an object among the structures that blends in naturally to the casual observer. This object cannot hold a logbook nor any trinkets. What we did, was write a question on the object. Then, the cache finder has to search out the object, note the question, and email us the question with the answer. This makes it a hybrid between a virtual cache and a traditional cache (no container, but there is a cache'd object). We marked the cache as the 'Unknown/Surprise' type of cache. Our proposal has been disapproved at this time and we were instructed to take the idea to the forum to gather people's feedback. This is definitely a cache that is targetted to the "in it for the hunt" type of cacher. We feel that the object is fairly difficult to locate and would be a challenge. Also, we have done several micro caches in the past that were too small for a logbook and only contained a question to be answered and we really enjoyed these caches. So, what would you think of this type of hybrid cache, assuming that the Cache page clearly stated that the object was not a container but had a question written on it? Thanks for your feedback.