Cache Container Rules

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Does the log have to be in a container? Can i place the log in a hollowed out golf ball or do i need to put a bison tube in the golf ball and put the log in that?

 

Is that type of cache common? Played out?

 

Thanks!

[+Bear and Ragged]

A hollowed out golf ball can be classed as a container.

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

A hollowed out golf ball can be classed as a container.

 

Ok, thank you.

[+Pork King]

Have you already hollowed out the golf ball? If not, BE CAREFUL!!! Most golf balls have a pressurized center, and I have heard some disaster and near-disaster stories about people cutting or drilling into them...

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Have you already hollowed out the golf ball? If not, BE CAREFUL!!! Most golf balls have a pressurized center, and I have heard some disaster and near-disaster stories about people cutting or drilling into them...

 

Good thing i didn't read this before i did it or i would have been scared! Ha. Yes, it's hollowed out already, nothing happened. Thank goodness!

 

Another question. This will be my first hidden cache. i'm going to test it in my yard for 2 weeks first though. Anyway, how can i give a FTF prize? It's only big enough to hold a log sheet...

 

i also emailed the YMCA to ask permission to place a cache. If permission granted i'm going to leave a 6 class card for FTF. i'd like to do something for my golf cache.

[+Bear and Ragged]

Do you have something to plug the hole?

If the ball is left -or rolls over- the hole may let in water...

 

You could email a jpeg of the FTF certificate to the lucky cacher.

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Do you have something to plug the hole?

If the ball is left -or rolls over- the hole may let in water...

 

You could email a jpeg of the FTF certificate to the lucky cacher.

 

Yes, that's what i'll be testing for 2 weeks in my yard. i'm going to try this thick...styrofoam-like plastic and a wine bottle cork to plug the hole. i have a few other ideas too if both of those fail.

 

Ok. So the FTF people would sign the log and then that would be proof. And i email them the prize...ok. Cool. Good idea. So i assume Geocaching has an official generic FTF certificate?

Edited June 20, 2010 by SeekerOfTheWay

[+Bear and Ragged]

So i assume Geocaching has an official generic FTF certificate?

Not that I know of.

Make your own, that makes them more collectable!

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

 

Not that I know of.

Make your own, that makes them more collectable!

 

Oh ok. i can do that!

[+Coldgears]

http://www.usscouts.org/ab/ab2.cgi?action=...ity&a_id=51

 

look at the comment posted in 2002.

 

"Please be careful! I understand that it can be very dangerous to drill into a golf ball.

 

[Editor's note--the danger comes from the possibility of the ball being difficult to grasp. Use a vise or have another person hold the golf ball steady with a large pair of pliers.]

 

It was a danger when the golf balls had liquid centers with a rubber band wrapping. This put the liquid under pressure.

 

Now golf balls are solid, and the only danger there is in holding them while drilling. "

 

No longer an issue any more go drill all the holes you want.

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

http://www.usscouts.org/ab/ab2.cgi?action=...ity&a_id=51

 

look at the comment posted in 2002.

 

"Please be careful! I understand that it can be very dangerous to drill into a golf ball.

 

[Editor's note--the danger comes from the possibility of the ball being difficult to grasp. Use a vise or have another person hold the golf ball steady with a large pair of pliers.]

 

It was a danger when the golf balls had liquid centers with a rubber band wrapping. This put the liquid under pressure.

 

Now golf balls are solid, and the only danger there is in holding them while drilling. "

 

No longer an issue any more go drill all the holes you want.

 

Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Yes, the ball was in a vice grip thing

[knowschad]

Pshaw! Golf balls never have been dangerous to drill into. Myth.

 

I don't know how you plan to keep the log dry. That would be the main reason for a Bison tube or something similar. Hate to burst your bubble, but...

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Pshaw! Golf balls never have been dangerous to drill into. Myth.

 

I don't know how you plan to keep the log dry. That would be the main reason for a Bison tube or something similar. Hate to burst your bubble, but...

 

Oh ok. i was wondering if it was overdone.

[+buttaskotch]

Have seen a few but not really, you should be more worried about the log staying dry and mold free. Bisons are good for that

[+bittsen]

Pshaw! Golf balls never have been dangerous to drill into. Myth.

 

I don't know how you plan to keep the log dry. That would be the main reason for a Bison tube or something similar. Hate to burst your bubble, but...

 

Sorry but you are dead wrong.

Back in the day, some golf balls had a very complex construction. Some of them had a solid rubber ball (that was about the same as a super ball) wrapped in rubber bands (which added a remarkable amount of pressure on the rubber core) and that was encased in a harder plastic outside shell.

A variation of that construction was that the very center core (the rubber ball) was liquid filled with a thick liquid the consistency of 40W motor oil. Again those were wrapped in a rubber band type of material and then the outer shell.

 

All were safe to drill or cut into except for the liquid filled ones. Those had a nasty habit of erupting, sometimes with dangerous force. Drilling into that configuration could leave you blind if you aren't wearing goggles.

 

And, I do know this about golf ball construction from a great deal of experience disassembling them as a kid.

[+bittsen]

If you are going to have the golf ball as the container without a real waterproof container, use polyart paper. It's waterproof.

[+d+n.s]

Have you already hollowed out the golf ball? If not, BE CAREFUL!!! Most golf balls have a pressurized center, and I have heard some disaster and near-disaster stories about people cutting or drilling into them...

 

Good thing i didn't read this before i did it or i would have been scared! Ha. Yes, it's hollowed out already, nothing happened. Thank goodness!

 

Another question. This will be my first hidden cache. i'm going to test it in my yard for 2 weeks first though. Anyway, how can i give a FTF prize? It's only big enough to hold a log sheet...

 

i also emailed the YMCA to ask permission to place a cache. If permission granted i'm going to leave a 6 class card for FTF. i'd like to do something for my golf cache.

the store on the site has a really small geocoin labeled "first to find" I think it could easily fit in a micro

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/productDetail....;ProductID=287#

these are tiny too

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/productDetail....;ProductID=266#

example picture:

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/photoPopUp.cfm?ProductID=266

 

might work

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Have you already hollowed out the golf ball? If not, BE CAREFUL!!! Most golf balls have a pressurized center, and I have heard some disaster and near-disaster stories about people cutting or drilling into them...

 

Good thing i didn't read this before i did it or i would have been scared! Ha. Yes, it's hollowed out already, nothing happened. Thank goodness!

 

Another question. This will be my first hidden cache. i'm going to test it in my yard for 2 weeks first though. Anyway, how can i give a FTF prize? It's only big enough to hold a log sheet...

 

i also emailed the YMCA to ask permission to place a cache. If permission granted i'm going to leave a 6 class card for FTF. i'd like to do something for my golf cache.

the store on the site has a really small geocoin labeled "first to find" I think it could easily fit in a micro

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/productDetail....;ProductID=287#

these are tiny too

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/productDetail....;ProductID=266#

example picture:

http://shop.Groundspeak.com/photoPopUp.cfm?ProductID=266

 

might work

 

Ah, cool! Thanks for all the suggestions!

 

Yes, i'll be working on testing different things to make sure it's waterproof. If i have to, i can fit a bison tube in there.

[+epbrenner]

Try this e-bay item just what the doctor ordered!! golf ball/ with log and waterproof.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Golf-Ball-Cache-Contai...=item335d903cb7

[Bolivar Bill]

Do you have something to plug the hole?

If the ball is left -or rolls over- the hole may let in water...

 

You could email a jpeg of the FTF certificate to the lucky cacher.

 

Yes, that's what i'll be testing for 2 weeks in my yard. i'm going to try this thick...styrofoam-like plastic and a wine bottle cork to plug the hole. i have a few other ideas too if both of those fail.

 

Ok. So the FTF people would sign the log and then that would be proof. And i email them the prize...ok. Cool. Good idea. So i assume Geocaching has an official generic FTF certificate?

 

FTF Certificate

[+worldtraveler]

Just be sure the golf ball is a new one. The real danger if it's an old beat up one is that someone will think it's good swag and put it in another cache!

Edited June 21, 2010 by worldtraveler

[+power69]

Do you have something to plug the hole?

If the ball is left -or rolls over- the hole may let in water...

 

theres one like that here. its a drilled golf ball with small lab sample thingie in it., the ball rolled into a puddle with lid down and log was soaked[but signable with gel pen]