JoJo626 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What the heck is a "bison tube". I have a cache near me, but I don't know what type of container to look for. I know which tree to look around, but it has almost 2 years worth of undergrowth to hack through. Quote Link to comment
JoJo626 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Thank you for posting a photo. Hopefully I will get my first find this weekend now that I know what to look for. Quote Link to comment
+steben6 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Great answer! Just be aware that bison tubes can come in a wide variety of colors (including camouflage) and sizes, and can often be hard to spot in bushes or tree growth. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Good luck! Personally I like a hike in the woods searching for an ammocan. Better chance of swag and travel bugs. Quote Link to comment
JoJo626 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 All the caches closest to me are either nano or micro . There is one larger cache near my college, but it is out in the woods, so I'm waiting on cooler weather to slow the snakes down. (I had a 3 ft cotton mouth crawl out from under my car about 2 wks ago on campus) Quote Link to comment
+luvvinbird Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Looking back on prior posts regarding bison tubes, I've learned that they were created by the Bison Design Company, thus the name. Quote Link to comment
+Off Grid Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Is that a silver quarter? Just wondering Quote Link to comment
+Jayman11 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Looking back on prior posts regarding bison tubes, I've learned that they were created by the Bison Design Company, thus the name. Correct, there are also quite a few different styles/sizes. Quote Link to comment
+Dame Deco Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Funny story: When I was quite new to caching, I cleaned out a cemetery except for one cache. I looked and looked and looked--no go. A year and a half later, I had some extra time while in the area, so I thought--"let's give it another shot." This time I spotted it from the car while driving up to the spot--a bison tube as part of a wind chime! It was right out in the open for all to see. I asked the hider if it had always been that way--if it was there when I missed it, and he said, "yep." Of course, I'm also the one that dnf'ed a number of LPCs before discovering how they worked! Quote Link to comment
+Trucker Lee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Found a newer type of bison tube not long ago, it was slighter larger diameter and the threaded section was toward the bottom. With the threads going up into the container, I was thinking that these would be less likely to take in water through a bad gasket. Any one else come across these? Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) How much larger is the "slightly larger diameter"? Is it the size of the "Scuba Tank" size (the green bison tube in the photo below)? Or even bigger? Edited September 23, 2012 by niraD Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Found a newer type of bison tube not long ago, it was slighter larger diameter and the threaded section was toward the bottom. With the threads going up into the container, I was thinking that these would be less likely to take in water through a bad gasket. Any one else come across these? If it's like the green one in niraD's picture, I used one of those for my very first cache and have four more in reserve. Quote Link to comment
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