[I Hate Micros]

When looking through my list of finds it appears that most of them are micros. I hate micros. I have found them magnetize to the back of signs and under bridges, glued to the back of rocks, in knot holes in trees, in drilled holes in trees, signs, fences; in telephone booths, in steel fence posts, in chain link fence, tree branches, under rock piles, in landscaping material, in cement walls, in rotten wood doors, laying on the ground, in a gate hinge, blocking the entrance of a bird house and in cracks of a high cliffs.

 

Some are micro micro size, several smaller than a film can and just about every kind of film can. Breath mint boxes, match cases, key boxes, etc.

 

Every time I think I can not possible find a different way to do a micro cache I find there is another way.

 

Well it is time to go look for another one.

[Too Well Hidden]

I guess I just hate micro caches. We have one hidden in our area - No trees the GPS can read a dozen fixes, the hint says it is 15 ft from the "7" there is a big "7" on a large sign, the info says you do not need to climb on the sign to find it. You get the long/lat by verifying a telephone number. The cache is a small vial at least that is what the description says. Several people that recorded a Find claim they found it laying on the ground, I doubt that since when it rains about 2 inches of water drain under the sign area. A lot of people look who do not record a DNF, some do.. I guess I am one who thinks the GPS location should be correct if you are out in a open field.

 

Yes I hate micros.

[How Do Calculate]

Magellan SporTrak Pro

[How Do Calculate]

How do you determine the coordinates of a new location when you know the Lat and Long of a cache and looking for a new location that is X feet and some angle Q degrees from the known point ?

 

Is there a computer program one can use.

[What Cache items for Girls ?]

See lot of toy cars and soldiers in the caches but would be a good item to stock in a new cache that a girl would like ?

 

Any good sources for small stuff animals ?

 

Stan-AK0B

[New Geocaching.com Product ???]

I like the vest idea.

 

Cheap camera are easy to obtain on the web.

 

Stan-AK0B

[Radio Bug Cache]

Under FCC Part 15 rules it would be easy to construct a 13.554 MHz 2 milliwatt beacon. I built one of these using a EPSON programmable osc from Digi-Key. I obtained the circuit from K0LR longwave Part 15 site here on the web.

 

With some of these new HF- UHF radios such as the TH-6 etc it might be fun finding a radio hidden cache.

 

de Stan ak0b

 

Stan-AK0B

[Cache Containers any recommendations ?]

What make a good low cost cache container ?

 

I know about the ammo boxes, but interested in other low cost ones and also micro cache ones.

 

Thanks, AK0B Stan

 

Stan-AK0B