La Griffe Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Hi folks, I'm working on a hide that I plan on submitting very soon but before I do, I have a question... The physical container will be a nano with room for only a log. I'll probably use an empty prescription pill bottle, or something very similar. I am however constructing camo for the cache and the container will sit inside my camo. The camo is much bigger than the cache so I'm wondering what size I classify it as - a nano or a "regular" due to my camo. Thanks for any advice. Edited August 24, 2013 by La Griffe Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Micro (there's no nano classification). Reason: people get upset when they look for a regular/small cache, only to find they can't fit a TB or swag in it. Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 You can say (on the page) that it is a nano (there is no nano classification -- micro is the smallest used). Dunno that I would address the camouflage size unless it is indeed a container. ----------- If I put a nano into a vug (vugh) of a 5-ton basalt or granite boulder, it is still a nano (micro). Quote Link to comment
La Griffe Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I see, thanks for clarifying that for me, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 From the perspective of "What fits inside the container?" it is clearly a micro-size cache. All that fits is the tiny scroll. From the perspective of "What am I looking for?" it is also a micro-size cache. It does no good to merely find the log or the rock or the sprinkler control box or the stump or the concrete block or whatever camouflage you're using. I have to find the micro-size cache hidden in/on the larger object. Consider an extreme example: a blinker stuck somewhere on a locomotive on display at a public park. Finding the locomotive does no good. I have to find the blinker hidden somewhere on the locomotive. That's the object I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The way I see it is that if the container can be removed from the camo (a film canister inside a log for example) then you go by the size of the container. If the camo is the container then go by the size of the whole thing. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The way I see it is that if the container can be removed from the camo (a film canister inside a log for example) then you go by the size of the container. If the camo is the container then go by the size of the whole thing.So a blinker held to the side of a 55-gallon drum magnetically is a micro, but a blinker held to the side of a 55-gallon drum with epoxy is a large? That makes no sense to me. Either way, finding the large-size 55-gallon drum does me no good by itself. I have to find the micro-size blinker. Quote Link to comment
+Trucker Lee Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 niraD, a blinker is a blinker is a nano. If the blinker is the cache, it is a micro no matter how it is attached to the drum. But if the drum can be opened and is the cache, then it can be a large. Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Definitely not a reg container, unless that is one big pill bottle. This can be either a sm or micro. If the pill bottle is also going to be used to hold swag, then its a small in my book. Or, if the pill bottle is empty, its also a small. If you will fill the pill bottle with fill matter (pebbles, marbles, etc...) where you have to dig out the nano, then i would list it as a micro. Quote Link to comment
+JohnCNA Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 One other reason to be accurate with container descriptions is so that people can determine if they can place a trackable or not. A big camo device with a micro inside is still a micro. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 One other reason to be accurate with container descriptions is so that people can determine if they can place a trackable or not. A big camo device with a micro inside is still a micro. WINNER! Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) "other" or (not chosen) Edited August 28, 2013 by 4wheelin_fool Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Would you/could you put swag or trackables in the camo container itself? If so, how is that different from wrapping the log sheet in a plastic bag inside an ammo can? Yeah...the log is in a 'micro' container, but if the larger container can itself be used as a container for the cache items, I would go with the small or regular classification. If not...yeah, micro. Quote Link to comment
+redhead3434 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Whatever size the actual cache container (that holds the log/trading items) is the size of the cache. If you're not sure (or to make things a little more complicated) you can use "not chosen"/"other". Quote Link to comment
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