+Teacosies Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Did 4 caches by the same setter all film pot size all in the biggest freezer bags they could find, you didn't need to look for the container you could see the bags from a distance! This is not the only setter doing this as it seems the to be quite common now. The bags become ripped quite quickly and then become useless to keep the water out, quite often the containers are not waterproof either; just some random box. Betcha the setters don't even know this is frowned upon, would it be possible for reviewers to check this at the time of review. May be a paragraph on the confirmation that its been received for review, although that's an auto generated email so that wouldn't work. How is the urban matter addressed could it be treated the same way? Comments / suggestions? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Did 4 caches by the same setter all film pot size all in the biggest freezer bags they could find, you didn't need to look for the container you could see the bags from a distance! This is not the only setter doing this as it seems the to be quite common now. The bags become ripped quite quickly and then become useless to keep the water out, quite often the containers are not waterproof either; just some random box. Betcha the setters don't even know this is frowned upon, would it be possible for reviewers to check this at the time of review. May be a paragraph on the confirmation that its been received for review, although that's an auto generated email so that wouldn't work. How is the urban matter addressed could it be treated the same way? Comments / suggestions? A politely worded comment with your found (or NM) log, with a link to the guidelines might be a good way of getting the message across? Edited January 29, 2012 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The only bag I use on a cache is a camo one. Picking up things in plastic bags isn't something I like....especially with a lot of hides around here on dog walker's routes Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Using an outer plastic bag admits you know the container isn't waterproof... And very quickly makes the cache really grotty to pick up, open and sign. Not to mention -as above- hides around where people walk their dogs. Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 In a similar vein, I found a sodden log in a 35mm pot wrapped up in a DIRTY crisp bag the other day! Nasty! Won't name names, but the crisp bag was supposed to be the camouflage which blended it in with the rest of the surroundings (btw, the fact that it was disguised as litter, wasn't made clear in the cache description, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered!!!)... ...so basically this was a cache which was taking me somewhere where litter was so commonplace that one more dirty crisp bag stiffed in a tree wouldn't be noticed!!! OMG!!! ... and she hadn't even washed the crisp bag! (wonder if there is a thread anywhere with "the yuckiest cache I've ever touched"! Perhaps we should start one! ) Quote Link to comment
+Legochugglers Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 It's that rancid rainwater that runs out of the folds in the plastic bag down your coat sleeves when you are opening it that is really unpleasant. (Well I hope it's rainwater!). Often the bags have actually acted as a collector of rain water anyway and the bottom of the bag is wetter than if the container had just been left out in the open. Quote Link to comment
+t.a.folk Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Did 4 caches by the same setter all film pot size all in the biggest freezer bags they could find, you didn't need to look for the container you could see the bags from a distance! This is not the only setter doing this as it seems the to be quite common now. Comments / suggestions? Our experience is that poly bags on outside of cache containers are so uncommon in Hampsire and Dorset that we cannot recall the last time we found one . Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (wonder if there is a thread anywhere with "the yuckiest cache I've ever touched"! Perhaps we should start one! ) There's the Photos/Images of bad cache containers If you took a photo of that crisp bag it would make a great addition to the thread. Quote Link to comment
I! Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 In a similar vein, I found a sodden log in a 35mm pot wrapped up in a DIRTY crisp bag the other day! Nasty! Yet, incredibly ... Had to deploy extreme stealth to bag this one This one had a nice flavour to it! SL TFTC Sheesh. Some people. Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 In a similar vein, I found a sodden log in a 35mm pot wrapped up in a DIRTY crisp bag the other day! Nasty! Won't name names, but the crisp bag was supposed to be the camouflage which blended it in with the rest of the surroundings (btw, the fact that it was disguised as litter, wasn't made clear in the cache description, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered!!!)... ...so basically this was a cache which was taking me somewhere where litter was so commonplace that one more dirty crisp bag stiffed in a tree wouldn't be noticed!!! OMG!!! ... and she hadn't even washed the crisp bag! (wonder if there is a thread anywhere with "the yuckiest cache I've ever touched"! Perhaps we should start one! ) I found that one (or one just like it), and I thought it was a rather cute idea. I've also found caches in drinks cans, in crown bottle caps, in a dumped car (not that I'm suggesting that the cache owner dumped the car), in discarded flower pots and in a drinking straw. Don't forget, any cache that isn't placed with the permission of the landowner (and I suspect that covers a large number of caches) is, actually, litter. Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 We wouldn't publish a cache in a 'plastic' bag if we were aware of it. Of course if they don't state as much on the cache page we don't know This thread discusses this issue as well. And of course it covers up the label with the identifying cache name, GC number and contact details Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Geocaching.com Knowledge Books Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Unless the bag is essential for camoflage (As, for example, in the case of a large, square, bright orange biscuit box)*, I always CITO external plastic bags and usually (If I remember) say so in the log. * Amazing though it may seem I have found one of these "hidden" behind a tree no more than 3 inches in diameter. Edited January 29, 2012 by Just Roger Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 In a similar vein, I found a sodden log in a 35mm pot wrapped up in a DIRTY crisp bag the other day! Nasty! Won't name names, but the crisp bag was supposed to be the camouflage which blended it in with the rest of the surroundings (btw, the fact that it was disguised as litter, wasn't made clear in the cache description, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered!!!)... ...so basically this was a cache which was taking me somewhere where litter was so commonplace that one more dirty crisp bag stiffed in a tree wouldn't be noticed!!! OMG!!! ... and she hadn't even washed the crisp bag! (wonder if there is a thread anywhere with "the yuckiest cache I've ever touched"! Perhaps we should start one! ) I found that one (or one just like it), and I thought it was a rather cute idea. I've also found caches in drinks cans, in crown bottle caps, in a dumped car (not that I'm suggesting that the cache owner dumped the car), in discarded flower pots and in a drinking straw. Don't forget, any cache that isn't placed with the permission of the landowner (and I suspect that covers a large number of caches) is, actually, litter. I think it may have been a different cache. Honestly, the log was sopping wet (I could have wrung it out) and the inside of the crisp bag has black and brown bits in it, all stuck to the inside of the bag, with the moisture it had retained. I felt the need to use hand-gel after touching it! I didn't take a photo (I wouldn't want any one individual cache setter to feel bad - hence naming no names), but I think I'm not really a fan of any cache which adds what looks like unsightly litter to a green space - even if there is litter already there. JMHO. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Personally I think any bag around a cache is not nice, even Camo bags appears to help maintain a moist grab, Camo duct tape or Camo webbing is probably better. Bur ALL plastic bags are a BIG NO Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Personally I think any bag around a cache is not nice, even Camo bags appears to help maintain a moist grab, Camo duct tape or Camo webbing is probably better. Bur ALL plastic bags are a BIG NO I totally agree!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Chief301 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 We found one the other day that was in a pretty decent location, and when we approached GZ we saw a largish brick/stone with "Geocache" engraved on it (this was in a pretty muggle-free location so the brick laying in plain sight like that was not really compromising the cache). So we figured, hey, here we are, the container is under the brick, never seen one spelled out like that but interesting twist, right? Lifted the brick to find the "container" was a ziploc bag. Of course everything inside was yucky. So I'm thinking, who goes to all the time and effort of engraving "Geocache" on a brick then can't be bothered to come up with a better container than a ziploc bag? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 The one bug I have is the people who use the artificial Key Keep stones and simply put the log in a bag. There are plenty of small containers that will fit in there so please use one folks. Ask a friendly diabetic if they have an empty test strip container, waterproof into the bargain. Quote Link to comment
+Border Caz Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Personally I think any bag around a cache is not nice, even Camo bags appears to help maintain a moist grab, Don't come caching in Shropshire then unless you like soggy holey socks. Quote Link to comment
+FantasyRaider Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Personally I think any bag around a cache is not nice, even Camo bags appears to help maintain a moist grab, Don't come caching in Shropshire then unless you like soggy holey socks. Oh my word! The first 'SOCK' cache I found in Shropshire gave me the shivers just sticking my hand in to get the box. Then after the finishing the series (all 20 caches in soggy socks) I was just soooooo fed up of them. Why do they do that? I remember going to an event that evening and complaining to someone about all the soggy sock caches and that person told me that 'ALL' their caches were in socks. I just don't 'get it'. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Personally I think any bag around a cache is not nice, even Camo bags appears to help maintain a moist grab, Don't come caching in Shropshire then unless you like soggy holey socks. Oh my word! The first 'SOCK' cache I found in Shropshire gave me the shivers just sticking my hand in to get the box. Then after the finishing the series (all 20 caches in soggy socks) I was just soooooo fed up of them. Why do they do that? I remember going to an event that evening and complaining to someone about all the soggy sock caches and that person told me that 'ALL' their caches were in socks. I just don't 'get it'. I'm guilty of a couple of letterboxes in black knee socks. I found a cache in a black sock and thought it blended in so well when hung in a cedar. Seemed like a good way to use up odd socks. But I found that cache on a dry summer day. I've since found a couple of other boxes in socks but one sock was wet and rather unpleasant to reach in and pull out. The other sock was frozen. Luckily it was close to the car so I could thaw it out and break through the ice. So I'm going to nix the idea of hanging boxes in socks and go back to the wire hanger instead. Quote Link to comment
+ColandNix Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I looked at a cache the other day that had been reported for having 3 plastic bags around it! The reviewer disabled it until the CO or a finder removed bags. Of course, people could still find this cache has it wasn't muggled but at least the reviewers listen to such complaints. Quote Link to comment
+MrCJDL Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 LOL, i read a Found It log on a local cache earlier where the (new) cacher reported - "Cache was a bit wet, so put it in a plastic bag" I Face-palmed ! Quote Link to comment
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