Transporting Large caches

[+sword fern]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious? It's the art. But what are your tips?

 

P.S- I've heard a rumor of having a police escort to hide a large cache, but ya know, too much coordination.

[+CacheFreakTim]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious? It's the art. But what are your tips?

 

P.S- I've heard a rumor of having a police escort to hide a large cache, but ya know, too much coordination.

 

I put things like ammo cans in a backpack like I'm going on a long hike. No one ever takes a second look.

[+sword fern]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious? It's the art. But what are your tips?

 

P.S- I've heard a rumor of having a police escort to hide a large cache, but ya know, too much coordination.

 

I put things like ammo cans in a backpack like I'm going on a long hike. No one ever takes a second look.

 

An ammocan is a REGULAR cache. A LARGE cache wouldn't fit inside a backpack.

[+Warturtle]

I'd say that any large in a place where that is even a concern is probably going to get muggled pretty quick anyway.

Could be done, but it's going to be pretty difficult.

[+Mushroom finder]

Just carry it in. If someone asks what you are doing, tell them, you may just introduce someone to their new hobby. If it's in an area where you are likely to encounter multiple people while placing your hide, consider going at an odd hour when there aren't as many people around. To me, nothing catches my attention more or raises more suspicion than someone who is intentionally trying to conceal something they are carrying while trying to look inconspicuous.

[+NeverSummer]

It depends where you are...

Chances are that if you are brining in a "Large" and are worried about someone seeing, the cache shouldn't be a "Large" in that spot. But, campers around here wouldn't blink at seeing one of these along a trail: http://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/browse.cfm/4,39.html

 

Planning will go a long way. Look for patterns, time of day, etc that would be the best time to take it to wherever you are hiding it. Don't place it without some recon, and don't be surprised if someone does see you and asks what you're up to.

[+Ms.Scrabbler]

Two of us carried a pretty large cooler down a trail. Only encountered 2 people but we're sure we just looked like we were going to picnic.

What is the container you are trying to sneak in?

[+Manville Possum]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious? It's the art. But what are your tips?

 

P.S- I've heard a rumor of having a police escort to hide a large cache, but ya know, too much coordination.

 

I put things like ammo cans in a backpack like I'm going on a long hike. No one ever takes a second look.

 

An ammocan is a REGULAR cache. A LARGE cache wouldn't fit inside a backpack.

Not all ammo cans are the same.

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/f0569872-7d6b-4615-9c4d-9091d775497f.jpg

[Clan Riffster]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious?

Typically, I don't hide caches in areas where carrying large ammo cans might be considered suspicious.

[+d+n.s]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious?

Typically, I don't hide caches in areas where carrying large ammo cans might be considered suspicious.

What about a large film can?

[AZcachemeister]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious? It's the art. But what are your tips?

 

P.S- I've heard a rumor of having a police escort to hide a large cache, but ya know, too much coordination.

 

I put things like ammo cans in a backpack like I'm going on a long hike. No one ever takes a second look.

 

An ammocan is a REGULAR cache. A LARGE cache wouldn't fit inside a backpack.

Not all ammo cans are the same.

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/f0569872-7d6b-4615-9c4d-9091d775497f.jpg

 

I have three of those out!

 

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious?

Typically, I don't hide caches in areas where carrying large ammo cans might be considered suspicious.

 

EXACTLY!

 

But let's say I wanted to place it on a seldom-used side-trail off a trail system that begins in a busy campground?

Night ops.

Stash the can in a predetermined temporary spot out of sight of the trailhead. Go back the next day and move your can to it's final resting place with less chance of being noticed.

[+briansnat]

I've never hidden a large cache so I wouldn't begin to guess how to cart one of those to its hiding place. I imagine it wouldn't be too far from parking. I can however fit a .50 cal ammo box in my pack with room to spare. Actually my pack can fit a .50 cal can inside and a .30 cal can in the outside "shovel pocket" and I've used that capacity at least twice.

[+mwellman]

In our avatar picture on the left, M carried a lock'n lock this way for about a kilometre down the road and abit into the bush. We hid it in the fall when the picnicers and campers were gone. Don't tell us that you can only hide micros on the prairies! http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fb8fcdeb-7622-4ff6-afa0-2d9233b2b08e.jpg

 

Now how this one got there - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f985e898-c1aa-46d4-ae1b-192bc186afec

 

So pick your time of day/year wisely, act official and explain if you meet someone.

 

Edited to fix link.

Edited July 10, 2011 by mwellman

[+jermlac]

live in the moment, act like you should be there, say hello to those you cross, and hide away!

[Clan Riffster]

How do you transport large caches from your car to the hiding place w/o looking suspicious?

Typically, I don't hide caches in areas where carrying large ammo cans might be considered suspicious.

What about a large film can?

In the works, Brother. In the works.

But like my giant ammo cans, it won't be in an area where carrying it might attract attention.

[+slukster]

One of my containers is attached to a large wooden garden sculpture which weighs about 40 - 50 pound and was very awkward to carry. I took my son's jogging stroller and loaded the sculpture on for the .25 miles trip down the trail to GZ. While the stroller did the trick it was a bit of a tricky ride down the trail with the sculpture falling off a couple of times along the way. I hid the cache during the week in the early afternoon and I did not meet up with anyone along the trail.

 

On a couple of my caches I have needed a ladder to place them so you could find me walking down the trail with a 6 ft ladder or my Telesteps. Never had any problems with passerby's. Just look like you belong and are doing nothing unusual and you should be good.

[sdarken]

Not all ammo cans are the same.

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/f0569872-7d6b-4615-9c4d-9091d775497f.jpg

 

I've hidden a couple of those. In both cases I put them in a full-size backpack (not a day pack). I couldn't close up the backpack so I put a garbage bag over the top. In one case I rode several miles on a bike with one on my back. Challenging, but not impossible.