What size should I rate this cache?

[+maristua]

I'm working on my first hide. I have a 0,8 L lock n lock box that I'm going to hide in a large camouflaged container. Should I set the cache size to small (which is the lock n lock box) or to regular (which is the box you'll find first when searching) on the cache page?

[hoosier guy]

I found a cache in a hollowed out log with a hinged lid once. If they went by the log size it would have been a regular like your container. My first thought is to go with the size of the actual cache and call it a small.

[+maristua]

Thank you for your help

[+Ecylram]

Small.

 

Smalls are anything bigger than film canister but smaller than 1L. At .8 it would still be classified as a small.

 

What counts is the holding capacity, not the outside size.

[+ngrrfan]

I have a 0,8 L lock n lock box that I'm going to hide in a large camouflaged container.

Call it an Unknown and let the seekers figure out what they are looking for.

[+hawkeyetob]

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Call it an Unknown and let the seekers figure out what they are looking for.

 

Each to his own but I would offer this caution if you go with the unknown designation...for some hiders in my area, they do not want to put micro as the size so they just put unknown so seekers can just figure it out. As a result, some seekers are avoiding the "unknowns" for whatever reason.

 

FWIW, it sounds like a small to me.

 

Happy Geocaching! - hawkeyetob

[+knowltonGeo]

Is this accurate to say:

 

Per the "New Cache" form:

 

Micro (e.g. 35mm Film Canister) - Large enough to hold **just** a log, and maybe a stub of a pencil.

Small (holds logbook and small items)

Regular (Rubbermaid, ammo box)

Large (5 gallon bucket)

 

There are also "nano" caches, correct -- which are too small even for a log sheet of any kind.

[+niraD]

There are also "nano" caches, correct -- which are too small even for a log sheet of any kind.

Groundspeak hasn't added an official "nano" size yet (although it's in the works), so we don't know what their definition of "nano" is. But according to the guidelines, all caches should have a log. My personal definition of a "nano" is that it is big enough to contain only a custom-fit log sheet.

[+maristua]

Thanks for all the replies

I ended up rating my cache as a small one.

[+AlohaBra and MaksMom]

Thanks for all the replies

I ended up rating my cache as a small one.

My $0.02 ..

 

Unknown or small is up to you. Just describe it in your write up.

 

Unknown makes it more mysterious. Or you could say highly camoed small.