threemuch Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 (edited) We are fairly new to the sport, as you probably notice from this being our first post on the forums (I think) and we have recently placed our second cache. I though I would be clever, and do a superb camo job on a can and place it in near plain sight. It was glorious. Cachers would walk right into it, tripping over the can. All was well with the world. Until the lawnmower man came. We fooled him good too. In six years, this spot had never been mowed, and it is my private property, adjacent to a public park. Well the guy mowing apparently thought he was doing us a favor. Yowch. Edited August 24, 2006 by threemuch Quote
+GreyingJay Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 That's an ammo can?? I'd hate to see what happened to the mower! Quote
+cache_test_dummies Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 Doesn't look too bad to me. Can't you just pop the dents out and put it back into circulation? Quote
threemuch Posted August 24, 2006 Author Posted August 24, 2006 That's an ammo can?? I'd hate to see what happened to the mower! My wife heard it, and she said the it stalled the tractor. It definitely still ran because he finished the job, but I bet there were some new vibrations. Quote
Verga Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 Doesn't look too bad to me. Can't you just pop the dents out and put it back into circulation? Might want to replace the log book too Quote
+Natureboy56 Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 YIKES!! Lesson learned. Don't place an ammo can on the grass Quote
+Team Smokey Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 We live on the east coast and could have sworn we heard someone shout ""Hay, what's that?!"". Forget assault rifles, I hope the US doesn't get invaded by enemies with lawn mowers. Quote
dunderhead Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Guy here wrapped the cache in camo and stuck it to cream painted railings. Quote
+cache_test_dummies Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Guy here wrapped the cache in camo and stuck it to cream painted railings. Excellent idea. Not many lawnmower operators will attempt to cut down cream painted railings. Quote
namiboy Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 "i can fix it...my dad's a tv repairman, he's got an awesome set of tools..." Quote
+Zzyzx Road Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Hubby is a grounds crew leader here at one of our local colleges. He walked out of the bathroom just as I brought this page up - never missed a beat. Walked right over and said, Hmm...musta' gotten run over by a mower!" Seems he's had oopsies like this happen where he works. One dud ran right into a light pole with a sprayer boom. And then said he never heard the loud crunch it made! you're right...OUCH! Quote
+H2OBob Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I've found things that looked just like this after mowing my yard... Quote
b1rdbrain Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 so are you going to post that on ebay now? it could pass as the O.C.B. Quote
+Rev Mike Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 That is even better camo now. I would never guess that is an ammo box. - Rev Mike Quote
+wimseyguy Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Nothing that can't be fixed with a little duct tape. Don't be surprised if the city sends you the bill for the damaged mower too. Quote
+nameless301 Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Nothing that can't be fixed with a little duct tape. Don't be surprised if the city sends you the bill for the damaged mower too. Exactly what I was going to say, everything can be fixed with duct tape, that is how my cache is held together. Quote
+Sparrowhawk Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Hey, isn't that spelled "PWN3D"? "All your ammo can are belong to us!" (I bet these kinds of net-culture references tend to be a BIT obscure to some folks... hmmmm...) Quote
+Laserman Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I think that I must have been the last to find the can before it got munched by lawn mower man. He was working a bit west of the GZ when I left. I really enjoyed the cammo job and the hunt. Lawn mower man smiled and waved at me when I walked past him on the way out. I wonder if he was already forming his devious cache munching plot. Quote
+alexrudd Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 (I bet these kinds of net-culture references tend to be a BIT obscure to some folks... hmmmm...)Some. Still funny, though. Why not have another cache the same size or slightly bigger, and leave chunks of the ammo can in plastic baggies as trade items? Quote
threemuch Posted August 26, 2006 Author Posted August 26, 2006 Why not have another cache the same size or slightly bigger, and leave chunks of the ammo can in plastic baggies as trade items? That is a great idea! I think we will do that. That ammo can definitely reminds me of my time playing battlefield2 against the legions of the much more skilled 12 and under set. PWN3D for sure. Quote
b1rdbrain Posted August 26, 2006 Posted August 26, 2006 Why not have another cache the same size or slightly bigger, and leave chunks of the ammo can in plastic baggies as trade items? That is a great idea! I think we will do that. That ammo can definitely reminds me of my time playing battlefield2 against the legions of the much more skilled 12 and under set. PWN3D for sure. i want some. can you send some to me in reseda, ca? Quote
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