Geocache containers

[way2crazy]

If you place a cache can it be half-ly buried like a sprinkler?

[+Keelmann And Cici]

No, a cache can't be buried at all.

[way2crazy]

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=304#buried

 

but it says "If a shovel, trowel or other pointy object is used to dig or break ground, whether in order to hide or to find the cache, then it is not permitted." but you do not. so is it permitted?

[+Chief301]

It turns out to be an iffy question...I've found fake sprinkler head hides before. Did I need a "shovel, trowel, or other pointy object" to dig it up? No. Did the hider need a "shovel, trowel, or other pointy object" to hide it? No. Did the hider push the "pointy" end of a PVC pipe, with the fake sprinkler head attached to the other end, into the ground to install it? Obviously, yes. So these kinds of hides do get approved. I guess it depends on the interpretation of the reviewer as to what constitutes "digging" or "breaking ground".

 

I've seen other hides too, where a pointy end was shoved into the ground with a cleverly camouflaged something showing above ground. They're out there.

Edited September 21, 2011 by Chief301

[+luvvinbird]

No, a cache can't be buried at all.

I've found a few 35mm film canisters lowered into PVC pipes that were pushed well into the ground, then covered with a stone or similar item. It seems okay to me, plus they were clever and fun hides.

[+Keelmann And Cici]

My understanding is they can be placed in an existing pipe, but can't be buried. I suspect those that were 'pushed' into the ground were approved before the rule, or the reviewer didn't realize the circumstance.

[+briansnat]

Bottom line is that if you have to do any digging to hide or find the cache it's probably a guideline violation. Doesn't matter if the top is exposed.