is this cheating..... i thought so

[dale hollow lake]

Today when going to hike in a couple miles of a trail to get to the area where the cache was hidden, I decided to swing my metal detector, when I got to the area where I expected to find the cache and made up my mind where id search first i grabed up the metal detector and got a major signal these things don't sound off much in deep woods so i knew the cache was there, and it was.

this wasn't your normal ammo box it was twice as big as a regular one.

I kind of felt like I cheated, even though it did little less than tell me to go ahead and bend down a little further and look under that............well no clues guys, you see my point.

 

In my defense in these Ky hills with all the leaves on the ground things can really get so covered a leaf blower with a full tank is required.

 

Ill post the picture of my metal detecting finds while hunting today on another site, Id say by the # of shotgun brass ends I recovered the guy with the 20 gauge lost to the one with the 12 gauge, this is a state park so the brass has to be over 45 years old, or more, there was no plastic so I know they had to have been paper hulls. More than likely you have to be over 60 to understand this part of the story

[FlagFinder]

true i dont know wut your takin about at the end but i would say you didnt cheat you just used your resoarces if you want to make it easy so be it but im sure you didnt cheat... unless it was somehow illegal which i highly doubt

[+briansnat]

Nah, its not cheating.

 

Regarding the shotgun brass ends, if you want to date them, try this website.

[+BlueDeuce]

Sometimes I let my kids find the cache for me. That sounds more like cheating than using a metal detector to me.

[+ShutterBug98027]

I remember paper hulls on shotgun loads. I remember when the plastic ones came out too. That was early 60's, I thought. Either that or my dad was shooting some vintage ammo.

[dale hollow lake]

I remember paper hulls on shotgun loads. I remember when the plastic ones came out too. That was early 60's, I thought. Either that or my dad was shooting some vintage ammo.

Im 59 and can remeber the boxs my dad had too they were all papered, I started buying them in 64 and were plastic, I d say we are both within 5 years

[dale hollow lake]

Nah, its not cheating.

 

Regarding the shotgun brass ends, if you want to date them, try this website.

 

thanks that will come in handy, city guys dig rings I dig old bullets boo hoo

[+citonyc]

i dont think thats cheating !! the whole point of geocaching is to use your gps and get out thier and try to navigate to the coordinats, once your within the 50 foot mark it should just be all visual and if you have an extra advantage like the metal detector why not use it.. the gps and your skill of navigation got you 98% of the way thier, you just used the metal detector for the final find..

 

now the metal detector might not always work, especially with all the micro's that are made of plastic !! like the 35mm film containers...

[+finallyfree]

Great idea! I've been in some pretty thick leaves myself lately. A metal detector would have been mightily appreciated- thanks for the idea!

[+MN-CACHE-TRACKER]

Today when going to hike in a couple miles of a trail to get to the area where the cache was hidden, I decided to swing my metal detector, when I got to the area where I expected to find the cache and made up my mind where id search first i grabed up the metal detector and got a major signal these things don't sound off much in deep woods so i knew the cache was there, and it was.

this wasn't your normal ammo box it was twice as big as a regular one.

I kind of felt like I cheated, even though it did little less than tell me to go ahead and bend down a little further and look under that............well no clues guys, you see my point.

 

In my defense in these Ky hills with all the leaves on the ground things can really get so covered a leaf blower with a full tank is required.

 

Ill post the picture of my metal detecting finds while hunting today on another site, Id say by the # of shotgun brass ends I recovered the guy with the 20 gauge lost to the one with the 12 gauge, this is a state park so the brass has to be over 45 years old, or more, there was no plastic so I know they had to have been paper hulls. More than likely you have to be over 60 to understand this part of the story

 

No your not cheating, And I bet it wont help you find every cache out there that your looking for. I have one, Mill Park Multi in MN zip code 56345 that you could look for swinging your detector all week and not find it. But if you had a mirror on a stick it sure would be easy. What I'm saying is go ahead and use your detector and any othe tools you have in your bag. Real treasure hunters have sonar radar underwater subs robots and who knows what I say the more tools you have the better you will be at finding the harder caches.

Keep caching

[+Lee-2]

I want a metal detector.

[winston24]

Me too!!

[+ReadyOrNot]

My wife has a knack for finding nano containers hanging in trees. I don't try anymore, I just bring her along to sniff em' out. If a metal detector is cheating, then bringing my nano sniffing wife along would be cheating also

[BRTango]

My wife has a knack for finding nano containers hanging in trees. I don't try anymore, I just bring her along to sniff em' out. If a metal detector is cheating, then bringing my nano sniffing wife along would be cheating also

 

Wow... how do you teach that? I should try to train my wife to be a nano sniffer too

[+DocDiTTo]

It's not cheating. As long as you signed the log, you found the cache. Whether you used a metal detector, kids, a dog, or a pack of sherpas to do so, you did it.

 

I used a metal detector ro find the first stage of a multi once. It was actually a survey pin almost buried in teh grass, so I had to use the detector to find it cause it couldn't be seen. I didn't feel like I cheated, I felt like I done good.

[+Cpt.Blackbeard]

Nope, not cheating.

As for the paper shells I still have a box of unfired paper shells in the gun cabinet, any bets if they would still fire?

[funkoptimus]

Metal detector will make finding the cache in fresh snow much easier!!!

[+Roaming Empire]

It's a good idea, i wish i had one for searching through caches hidden in forest areas during fall. Good job, sleep well, and cache on!!!

Edited December 7, 2006 by roaming_empire

[N2ZPY]

I just shot up 2 boxes of Federal paper shells a couple weekends ago. Not really old ones and from what I hear the papers are going to make a comeback.

 

kevin

[+Bud]

this wasn't your normal ammo box it was twice as big as a regular one.

 

Cool, I helped place this cache! My wife has pictures of her using me as a packmule carrying this beast of an ammo can out on my shoulders with bungee straps.

 

No, definitely not cheating, you're just using the tools at hand. I'm glad you found it!

[Lost-A-Pair]

no it is not cheeting, by the way i have some old brass cases, now that is old