Super Schuy Guy and his Posse Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I am having trouble finding some of these that are hidden in trees. I can find the tree, but I can't put my eyes or hands on the container. Now, if it is bigger than a film canister, I have good luck. But those small ones really frustrate me. Can anyone offer some words of wisdom? Quote Link to comment
+Slug Trails Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 The most common we've found is 'under' the tree. Harder ones may involve a length of fishing line or string, possibly with the cache dangling from the branches or hidden under some of the leaves. I think the hardest one for me was a really thin micro that was wedged in a crease halfway up the tree. It was so camouflage! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 ... those small ones really frustrate me. Can anyone offer some words of wisdom? Sure enough. There is the problem. The moment you stop having fun apply stop, drop and roll. Stop when you realize the fun is gone. Drop what you are doing. Roll on out of there. Also if you see a small cache and notice it's a tree consider just moving on to another cache you will enjoy. A common hide method is to attach them to a branch where pine needles (that's in my area, YMMV) provide cammo. They are hard to find, prickley, a paint to get out and sign, and a pain to get back. Apparently the fun is getting stabbed with pine needles as you do all this. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have seen/found caches: in the "v" between branches hung by wire on the braches disgused as a fake branch in the tree hung on a small knobby remnant of branch at the center of a tree wired to branches at the base under rocks/leaves/needles etc 10 feet away from the tree under a rock 10 feet away from the tree under leaves 30 feet off the ground up in the tree way up in the tree attached to some rope and pulley system camo'd as bark in loose pieces of bark etc... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Out of Starbrand's list these are the ones that I've found to be most common: * in the "v" between branches * wired to branches * at the base under rocks/leaves/needles etc * in loose pieces of bark Also in knotholes and hollow sections. Quote Link to comment
+OzzieSan Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 And small bison's transformed into a "pine" cone. If it is a deciduous then look for odd foliage, leaves that may not belong to the tree you are searching near or may be of the wrong color for the season. Quote Link to comment
+Girls Phind Squirrels Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 For needle trees I often find them by lying on the ground under neath and looking up. It's amazing what a change in perspictive reveals. Quote Link to comment
+MountainRacer Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 "Ornament"-style caches are one of my least favorite kinds; I've seen too many with a piece of wire attached to a bison tube and hooked to a tree branch. They're somewhat common, mostly because they're easy to prep and execute for the CO. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Off the top of my head, I recall containers that were... lowered into hollow trees, some far enough down that you needed a tool to extract them camouflaged as "rocks" and "logs" and placed at the base of trees hidden among the exposed roots of a large tree hidden in the crotch where a branch meets the trunk covered with bark on one side and then tucked into a natural hole in the trunk, so only the bark showed near the tree, hidden under UPS (Unusual Piles of Stones/Sticks), in hollow logs, in fence posts, etc. hanging from branches like Christmas ornaments camouflaged to look like parts of the tree (branches, seed pods, etc.) hanging 20' up from a rope (bear-bag style) tucked into one of the many crevices inside a hollow redwood tree Quote Link to comment
stryder717 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 You would be suprised! check out this forum topic for some tree caches Quote Link to comment
+Crow-T-Robot Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I love to cache after dark, but I've slowly learned to leave the micro caches that might be hanging in a tree (especially pine trees) for a time when I can look for them in the daytime. Signal bounce and shadows make a 1 star difficulty micro into a frustrating, and usually fruitless, search. Bruce Quote Link to comment
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