+StumpWater Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Found affixed (nailed? screwed?) to a tree near a cache I put out awhile ago: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh282/s...fiedobject1.jpg http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh282/s...fiedobject2.jpg Can't make heads or tails of it. Probably something obvious, but I don't have a clue. (Looks like some funky little nano, actually! ... but isn't) Thanks, StumpWater Quote Link to comment
+PhxChem Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It's a reflector. I know hunters use them to navigate in the dark. They are usually found in the hunting section of a department store. I believe some cache owner use them too for night caching. Quote Link to comment
me_chris Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It is a reflective trial marker used to show a trail at night when you shine a flashlight on it - sometimes called Firetacks... Might be part of a Night-Only cache? Quote Link to comment
+Laugh Your Cache Off Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 This could be a reflective marker for night caching. Seeing one marker usually means the way to the cache, two together usually means you are at the cache. Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Yeah, looks like a firetack, used by people to create a trail they can find in the dark for various reasons....geocaching, hunting... Quote Link to comment
+StumpWater Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks. Fast and certainly correct answers. Just send me the bill. StumpWater Quote Link to comment
+PhxChem Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hey, if you find something, and you don't know what it is.....you could always call the bomb squad!! Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks. Fast and certainly correct answers. Just send me the bill. StumpWater No charge, first ones free. Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hey, if you find something, and you don't know what it is.....you could always call the bomb squad!! No, no, no...you have it all wrong, you're supposed to do what this person did... Quote Link to comment
Mag Magician Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 OK, I'm so outdated. Firetacks used to be regular tacks with a reflective head. When did geocachers update to a cubic style tack? Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 OK, I'm so outdated. Firetacks used to be regular tacks with a reflective head. When did geocachers update to a cubic style tack? Well, I am not as "old school" I am sure, but the last time I looked into them, which would've been almost a year ago when I learned about them, the site I found had these 3D triangle and square shaped types. Think it was a hunting supply site... Quote Link to comment
+joranda Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 yep, just seen some at Gander Mountain the other day. Quote Link to comment
me_chris Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 OK, I'm so outdated. Firetacks used to be regular tacks with a reflective head. When did geocachers update to a cubic style tack? You can get them here: http://www.firetacks.com/ They no longer manufacture the flat-style tacks since sales have dropped on those after they introduced the much more visible 3D and 4D style tacks... These really are excellent for marking trails at night Quote Link to comment
+Team Crime Scene Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Here's a couple of caches where they were put to a great use, GC177VQ Skunk Ape and this one uses various types of tacks: GC162J1 What goes Bump in the night And yet another twist GC17GHD LightApalooza Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 (edited) I like the triangular ones better for my night cache. Placing a flat side toward the approaching cacher reflects the light right back at him so he finds the route to the cache easily, but that puts the other two sides angling down and up, both away from his flashlight beam and eyes as he attempts to find his car. Cache difficulty 2 ... finding car afterward .. priceless. Edited January 6, 2008 by edscott Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Yeah, I seen a few about a year ago in the east bay area. Quote Link to comment
+beezerb Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 OK, I'm so outdated. Firetacks used to be regular tacks with a reflective head. When did geocachers update to a cubic style tack? It's a Borg thing. Quote Link to comment
+trainlove Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 It's a Borg thing. I've seen the pyramidal ones but these cubical ones seem way cool. These are so stealthy that they are usually impossible to see in the daytime. I did a night cache in the day and got 1/2 mile in never once seeing a 'tack' and half way back to the car saw one of these. It helps the stealthiness of these to only have one every 100 or more feet instead of on every tree like other night caches I've done. Once seen never forgotten... Quote Link to comment
Mag Magician Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Wow! Thanx, guys. In my bow hunting days, sooo-o-o many moons ago, the flat tacks were all we could get. I like the idea of the 3D and 4D ones, now that I've had a look. You can rest assured that some of these are on the way into my caching bag in preparation of The next Team Magic hide. Quote Link to comment
+ar_kayaker Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 The 3d and 4d tacks may be a little better, but I use fat-headed roofing nails and reflective tape. The tacks cost upwards of $.40 each, making even a short trail expensive. My $2 box of nails and $10 roll of tape will last me through miles of trail marking and the tape comes in black which is totally unfindable from more than five feet away in daylight, even if you know where it is. AK Quote Link to comment
+piscatore Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) The 3d and 4d tacks may be a little better, but I use fat-headed roofing nails and reflective tape. The tacks cost upwards of $.40 each, making even a short trail expensive. My $2 box of nails and $10 roll of tape will last me through miles of trail marking and the tape comes in black which is totally unfindable from more than five feet away in daylight, even if you know where it is. AK You got a linky to the tape? Edited January 8, 2008 by piscatore Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 That must be an old Fire Tack, I does not look like the one I have. The stealth tacks are kind of a rust color in daylight, but at night with a Halogen flashlight they can be seen at almost 200 feet away. Quote Link to comment
+trainlove Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Wow! Thanx, guys. In my bow hunting days, sooo-o-o many moons ago, the flat tacks were all we could get. I like the idea of the 3D and 4D ones, now that I've had a look. You can rest assured that some of these are on the way into my caching bag in preparation of The next Team Magic hide. Oh, please send me an actual 4 dimensional alien artifact. I think you mean 4 sided. sigh! Quote Link to comment
Mag Magician Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Oh, please send me an actual 4 dimensional alien artifact. I think you mean 4 sided. sigh! Nope! We're magical. 4D on it's way by interstellar post. Naw, you don't need to send me your coordinates, I already know it. Quote Link to comment
+ar_kayaker Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 The 3d and 4d tacks may be a little better, but I use fat-headed roofing nails and reflective tape. The tacks cost upwards of $.40 each, making even a short trail expensive. My $2 box of nails and $10 roll of tape will last me through miles of trail marking and the tape comes in black which is totally unfindable from more than five feet away in daylight, even if you know where it is. AK You got a linky to the tape? I can't find the site I bought the roll from (I originally got it to mark my mailbox five years ago.) But I found This marking kit by doing a search for "black reflective tape" on google. AK Quote Link to comment
+piscatore Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) The 3d and 4d tacks may be a little better, but I use fat-headed roofing nails and reflective tape. The tacks cost upwards of $.40 each, making even a short trail expensive. My $2 box of nails and $10 roll of tape will last me through miles of trail marking and the tape comes in black which is totally unfindable from more than five feet away in daylight, even if you know where it is. AK You got a linky to the tape? I can't find the site I bought the roll from (I originally got it to mark my mailbox five years ago.) But I found This marking kit by doing a search for "black reflective tape" on google. AK Cool, thank you AK. Edited January 9, 2008 by piscatore Quote Link to comment
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