Dieselcowgirl Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 I found a travel bug today that was supposed to return to Darwin, Australia in 2013. It's wandering around here in Virginia, USA and I grabbed it to put in our local Stargate. Unfortunately it looks like the Stargate I intended to send it to has been archived. New Zealand's looks active, should I send it there or somewhere else, not familiar with the territory. Quote
+colleda Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 I'm a little vague on how Stargates work although I did read something about them a while ago. Getting it to New Zealand would give it a better chance of making it to Darwin than just placing it in any old cache nearby. Quote
+Bundyrumandcoke Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Yep, the Stargate in Darwin, the only one is Australia, has been archived a few years ago. The one in NZ looks to be the next closest. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC18KRF_stargate-p12130-tb-cache?guid=24c08daa-29c5-478a-947b-3daf3a3717f7 Quote
+PF68 Posted June 19, 2016 Posted June 19, 2016 There's a stargate in WA, just found it this morning https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4FX0H_p32115-stargate?guid=f074367e-18a0-4dde-a949-4c3d3d296fb4 Quote
+DARKSIDEDAN Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 Can someone explain what a Stargate Cache is? Quote
Darwin473 Posted October 13, 2020 Posted October 13, 2020 From reading through the descriptions in a few Stargate caches including the original one the implication is that somehow the TB's are moved from one cache to another over long distances. It's kind of vague. My interpretation (and I could be wrong) is that there is some other transport method in the background. For example, the original cache the Historical section at the bottom says "my Dad and I" so it could be that they both work in the same company and there is regular trucks (or parcels) travelling from location A to location B. Since these transport routes run anyway carrying stuff for their business, the cache owners can move TB's from A to B without incurring any additional cost by simply putting them into the packages that are going that way anyway. I don't see anybody wanting to pay ongoing postage costs for an unknown number of TB's to be sent via UPS or other postal service. But if a company is sending packages regularly (or delivery drivers) then it seems to me to be the simplest method of having a regular run to move TB's long distances without much out of pocket expenses for the cache owners. Quote
+DARKSIDEDAN Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 It seems very strange to me and I am not sure how it works Quote
Darwin473 Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 Think of it this way: "John" has a cache, A. "Bob" lives in another state and has a cache B. Both John and Bob work for the same company, which regularly sends boxes via courier to their respective work places. When a player puts a TB in cache A, John grabs it and puts it in one of the boxes going to Bob. When Bob gets the boxes, he checks them and if he finds a TB, he puts it in cache B. That way, TB's can get "magically teleported" from A to B without John, Bob or the player incurring the costs of postage. This only works if John and Bob have some sort of regular courier or transport system in place, preferably which travels in both directions. 1 Quote
+DARKSIDEDAN Posted November 8, 2020 Posted November 8, 2020 I don't see how that would work??? Quote
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