Weird/strange cache containers

[wolfshead57]

OK then lets start having all your tales about the weirdest/strangest or most imaginative cache container you have found.

 

I havent been doing this long enough yet to find any strange ones but, I got to thinking there must be some canny tales about. So come on then lets share them around and inspire folk to use more than tupperware.

[nobby.nobbs]

Keehotee has far too much time on hid hands and has used expanding foam surrounding tupperware to create some very intricate hides on dartmoor and around exeter.

 

fake rocks, fake brick wall, a skull... the list goes on.

 

trouble is some might not want to reply here as the strangeness of the container is often used to make the caches that bit harder or complete the puzzle so to say might ruin that aspect.

[+molfrew-mosstoad]

As nobby says, I dont want to give too much away but we found one that looked like a Mushroom/toadstool, dont know what it was made of but but it looked very real

[markandlynn]

41 pages of wierd cachie goodness enjoy

 

I think we have hidden few different ones locally but wouldn't want to give the game away as they are still active.

[+jerryo]

There are loads in the NE. Email me if you want a list - but no spoilers!

J

[+HazelS]

Lollybob has a penchant for hiding caches in dogtoys...

[+Chaotica_UK]

Found a squirrel cache once. I wont say where, it will spoil it.

[wolfshead57]

Not after where they are that would spoil the fun, just something like spent 30mins in the mud andthen realised it was the plastic chicken?

 

Love the squirrel idea.

 

Cheers me dears

[+Bear and Ragged]

30mins in the mud andthen realised it was the plastic chicken?

 

You've found that one then!

 

G

[+minstrelcat]

A small bird ornament and a CD drive from a PC are the oddest containers I've found.

[+T.R.a.M.P.]

A little red kettle was the most unusual we have found!

[+L8HNB]

A little rope bird house by one of the previously mentioned purveyors of caches to the rabble........

[+MartyBartfast]

Years ago I made a big fake rock from concrete as a base for the garden parasol & I've had thoughts of doing something similar for a cache but haven't got round to it yet.

[+weston wanderer]

As nobby says, I dont want to give too much away but we found one that looked like a Mushroom/toadstool, dont know what it was made of but but it looked very real

 

If you mean Not Mush Room, it is mine, it is real and very well preserved!!

[+GAZ]

Absolute shameless own cache promotion What is it?

 

Name that container! (or what it is in it's next stage)

 

 

 

Edit by Lactodorum - You didn't think you'd get away with that did you?! []

Edited September 18, 2007 by Lactodorum

[+Alice Band]

Seen some pretty ingenious ones on my travels. Can't say where they are as it will spoil them These include:

 

Hidden inside a snake (rubber one)

Disguised as part of a rusty metal rail (that one was so well disguised that a lot of people give up looking)

Inside a torch hidden in a tree

 

One of the more recent ones I have done was a nano hidden on a very busy railway bridge - it was hard to locate and get the cache out while regular trains under your feet rumbled so much it shook the bridge and bored muggle passengers lurked nearby. But I enjoyed the challenge

 

There's several. There's a nice trail specialising in unusual cache containers near Nuneaton along the canal which I can recommend.

[+cakemaker]

Years ago I made a big fake rock from concrete as a base for the garden parasol & I've had thoughts of doing something similar for a cache but haven't got round to it yet.

 

We've got one-in Worcestershire! (Not one of mine.)

I'm often amazed by people's clever ideas for cache containers especially the ones that are well crafted and merge into their surroundings.

[+alma]

found one in a cigarette lighter once .that was a good one

[+jerryo]

found one in a cigarette lighter once .that was a good one

That sounds like one of lost it's. Haven't heard from him for a bit...

[wolfshead57]

My first find was one of lost its and I told everyone how ingenious it is. I still cant believe how good it is so much so its what is inspiring the lads to think of devious ways to hide stuff.

[+Alibags]

If it wasn't for Lost It, I would not have lots of caches to find when I am visiting my folks in the North East, so hurrah for micros I say, and thanks to Lost It!

[+jmbillings]

I thought up an idea for a multi with the final being a certain item - only trouble is, I need to make said item first! But I think it shuold be quite a good one... Won't say what it is obviously!

[+jerryo]

I thought up an idea for a multi with the final being a certain item - only trouble is, I need to make said item first! But I think it shuold be quite a good one... Won't say what it is obviously!

That post helps us all out

[+SidAndBob]

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of a way to attach a combination lock to a cache? I know there are some out there.

[+jerryo]

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of a way to attach a combination lock to a cache? I know there are some out there.

I've seen a simple net bag with a combination lock laced through it and an ammo box with a lock attached using strong wire through the existing holes. I'm actually going to use a key safe somewhere soon but it'll be for a clue as they're quite small.

[+Sensei TSKC]

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of a way to attach a combination lock to a cache? I know there are some out there.

Use an ammo can. Easy to do.

[+Stuey]

 

fake brick wall, a skull...

 

 

Thanks for that... I've not found those yet

[+Dark_Faerie]

There's one near me that has a puzzle to open the box. Not sure what it involves as I've not been there yet. Thinking of going on Sunday afternoon if I don't decide to go somewhere easier to get to.

 

It's GC10PXD if anyone is curious.

 

Karen