+Team GeoCan Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Being new to this, I haven't any to report, but I am sure many of you do. What was the most unusual cache container you have seen, and the most unusual contents? Jeff Scism, IBSSG <A href="http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/"> My place </A> Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 No reflection on you, but I guess people don't want to give away all their secrets. I have a few caches planned that are (so I think) deviously contrived. But I can't reveal anything. That moss-covered bucket I hailed as a treasure, For often at noon, when I returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure. Samuel Woodworth The Old Oaken Bucket Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted May 29, 2003 Author Share Posted May 29, 2003 OK, so we shouldn't give away what is out there ot planned, so how about the ones that are no longer out there, or discussing them with out indicating WHERE? Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? You silly ninny, no clue is needed, its right under your nose. its where I left it, cleverly hidden that's how the story goes. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I have seen on these forums, caches in fake rocks, fake tree stumps, hollowed out logs/stumps, and one that was painted black and attached magnetically to the center of a bridge girder tht was in plain sight of everyone driving by, but looked like part of a bridge. In person, just ammo cans and Rubbermaid containers. I did paint a couple of my ammo cans with rustoleum "stone" paint to make them look like sandstone, though. DustyJacket Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Sorry, I can't give away my secrets here. Come to New Mexico and search for the 'Downtown' series (by the Plugges) and the 'Balance' series (by me) Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted May 29, 2003 Author Share Posted May 29, 2003 Today I realized that that Pepsi can isn't quite empty... But then someone had already recycled it. Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? You silly ninny, no clue is needed, its right under your nose. its where I left it, cleverly hidden that's how the story goes. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 10 gallon buckets with screw-on lids, disguised as stumps a PVC pipe disguised as a branch a metal box amid a bunch of other scattered junk behind a shed on a college campus a box under a utility cover, flush with the ground in a separate compartment on a birdhouse a real log that had been split in half, hollowed out, then reassembled with pins and a container inside I made a big decision a little while ago. I don't remember what it was, which prob'ly goes to show That many times a simple choice can prove to be essential Even though it often might appear inconsequential. -- Bill Watterson Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Most unusual container: a rubber chicken Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted May 29, 2003 Author Share Posted May 29, 2003 That I like. Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? the seeking is in the knowing and not where you've been Travelling is the going isn't learning Keen? Quote Link to comment
+Moe the Sleaze Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 In the pocket of a pair of shorts, hanging in a tree in a city park. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Check out these pictures The first one was a joke because I had used an Altoids Strips tin and someone made a comment about my caches getting smaller and smaller. The second one is an actual cache, I can show you the picture because it won't help you find it. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted June 1, 2003 Author Share Posted June 1, 2003 This is NOT a placed Cache but you may see it soon. Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? the seeking is in the knowing and not where you've been Travelling is the going isn't learning Keen? Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 A blasting cap? You gotta be kidding. You REALLY think it's a good idea to put something that looks like explosive ordinance in a public area? You're gonna be in the paper soon. Let us know when you place it, we'll be watching for the story. Joel (joefrog) "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!" Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted June 2, 2003 Author Share Posted June 2, 2003 It's NOT a blasting cap it is a three inch sewer pipe plug. Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? the seeking is in the knowing and not where you've been Travelling is the going isn't learning Keen? Quote Link to comment
+team travel pig Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 diabolical... ___________________________________ who's got the pig? Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by team travel pig:diabolical... ___________________________________ who's got the pig? Team Travel Pig, You really need to check out Geowyz's Things with Wings, or Alien Spawn. Next time you are in Houston. Very interesting containers. Sngans The greatest labor saving invention of today is tomorrow.... Quote Link to comment
+Team PowerStroke Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Team Travel Pig, You really need to check out Geowyz's http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=58601 or http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=44539. Next time you are in Houston. Very interesting containers. Sngans http://www.texasgeocaching.comThe greatest labor saving invention of today is tomorrow.... Yes the Alien Spawn is a really cool container Quote Link to comment
+Traveling Jones Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 I guess some people dont know what a blasting cap looks like. I would hate to see one that big. How come the needle in my compass is 68? off? Quote Link to comment
+Swampgecko Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Have seen some very interesting cache containers here in Australia of late that I cant discuss as they are parts of some clever multipoint caches. And it would be giving too much away.. The one container that stands out the most for me though has been a little silver container for a cache called Tiny Shiny. It looks like a small pill box that has been covered in fake glass gems. It is only one inch high by about the same in diameter Quote Link to comment
xyzabc Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 I'm presently working on an array of caches that are going to be containers embedded in moulded concrete. That way, I can place them literally anywhere. These are similar in design to the cache rocks that are being sold. I'm also working on a "fallen log" type of cache. "Make it idiot proof, and someone will make a better idiot" Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 As you can see by panning up the page, mine is concrete encased in Cinder Block. Flip it over and it is just debris. should be fun....(as soon as I get a working GPS....) Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Is it more important to know what you are talking about, or more important to talk about what you know? the seeking is in the knowing and not where you've been Travelling is the going isn't learning Keen? Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TJWilson:I'm presently working on an array of caches that are going to be containers embedded in moulded concrete. That way, I can place them literally anywhere. These are similar in design to the cache rocks that are being sold. I'm also working on a "fallen log" type of cache. Gee, how about working on actually FINDING some geocaches, huh? Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Mopar - if someone is unsure of himself, then trying to find caches encounters the risk of failure. Whereas, hiding them (for some folks) can lead to a ego trip when others can't find them. They get to be a puppetmaster, kind of. DustyJacket Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case... [This message was edited by DustyJacket on June 14, 2003 at 08:37 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TJWilson:"Make it idiot proof, and someone will make a better idiot" Are you really taxing people who visit your film cannisters? You may wish to learn the difference between assess and access? DustyJacket Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case... Quote Link to comment
+LaPaglia Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mopar: quote:Originally posted by TJWilson:I'm presently working on an array of caches that are going to be containers embedded in moulded concrete. That way, I can place them literally anywhere. These are similar in design to the cache rocks that are being sold. I'm also working on a "fallen log" type of cache. Gee, how about working on actually FINDING some geocaches, huh? + _Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. _ Now Mopar, you know his mother smashed his GPS with a Hammer. Lapaglia Muga Muchu (forget yourself, focus) Quote Link to comment
Curas Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 I've seen a few interesting containers an ink pen, a chapstick tube, even a hollowed out bolt. all included a log and a pencil. Quote Link to comment
+Colorado Cacher Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 WOW! I have this exact cap on the end of my cache container which is a three inch wide pvc pipe that I planted inside of a tree's trunk after I reached into it and cleaned it out about three feet down inside. The tree branches off into a Y and the cache is called Y ME. It is located on top of a mesa in Palmer Lake Colorado. You can hike up to the top of the mesa and walk across the top of the red rock, it is an awesome sight to see when you are up on the mesa. P.S.-its about fifty feet from the area where I took this photo from inside the hole in the mesa top. I'll be watching for you from within the trees, or a cave, or under a rock, or on top of a Butte, Mesa, or a Bluff. And car lockouts are high priced and merciful on the trailhead if I have my tools, lol. Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted July 20, 2003 Author Share Posted July 20, 2003 The Concrete Block seen higher in this listing is NOW placed. "Around the Block" is the name of the cache. Trash-out, EVERYtime Quote Link to comment
+Hiemdahl Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 The most diabolical was an outdoor electrical junction box fastened to the side of a small utility building. it took about 15 minutes to realise that there were no wires going into the shed. DUH! Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Traveling Jones:I guess some people dont know what a blasting cap looks like. I would hate to see one that big. How come the needle in my compass is 68? off? D'oh... didn't mean to say blasting CAP, but more like the post a hot wire screws onto. Whatever the darned thing is called... LOL Joel (joefrog) "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!" Quote Link to comment
+Gaddiel Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by GeoCan:It's NOT a blasting cap it is a three inch sewer pipe plug.http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/egripper2.gif Only problem I see with it is that it says "Stand Clear While In Use". If I saw that laying on the ground, I wouldn't know what it wasn and I'd probably not want to go near. Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Gaddiel & OrangeDanish:Only problem I see with it is that it says "Stand Clear While In Use". If I saw that laying on the ground, I wouldn't know what it wasn and I'd probably not want to go near. Same here. Even if I knew the cache was around that point, I wouldn't touch something which said that on it. Maybe if you just add the geocache logo, or www.geocaching.com then people will know it's ok. Stu Quote Link to comment
+Kordite Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 > What was the most unusual cache container you have seen I was at a picnic a few weeks ago and after snagging a nearby cache got to talking with some friends about neat cache containers. I had the idea of taking the model skull that I have, hinging the top of it and painting it to look like it had been in the ground for a number of years. Of course, on reflection, I figured the cops would be called in short order by someone who didn't notice that the top of the skull opened and that would be the end of that. Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 I just placed a "interesting " container on the http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=82883]"Over the Edge" cache north of San Bernardino... Trash-out, EVERYtime ~~ Geo-cach-er, n. generally a highy technically competent person with lots of free time. (see also- "Unemployed", Computer administrator, aircraft technician- defense worker- dot-com executive- systems administrator, et.al Quote Link to comment
+JamesJM Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Clever concealment sans camo impresses me most of all. don't get me wrong....camo caches are great....love them....but for pure cleverness a great hide, even if the container is an ammo box, or M&M tube, impresses me more than anything. Wish I could give an example, but I can't....that's giving away too much info. Quote Link to comment
+Gaddiel Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Ignore this message. Sorry. Quote Link to comment
+Cap'n Cache Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 One of the best cache containers I've found was a microcache. It's hard to explain... It was a perscription bottle inside a large, hollowed-out tree stump/limb, which had a swiveling top to it covered the opening so that when it was set down, it simply looks like a small treestump. Like I said... hard to explain, but maybe you get it Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I did two this weekend in VA while en route back to B'ham. One was a fake treestump, the other a fake rock. Clever containers, both! Joel (joefrog) "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!" Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I know caches under bridges are common, but I've seen one instance where a 20-foot wooden bridge was built over a stream *specifically* to hide a cache under. It had an attached wire cage on the bottom to hold the container. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Quote Link to comment
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