+PoppiFields Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Ok, as you can see I'm pretty new to this. But in the time I've been doing it, 3 caches have been prescription pill bottles ( now referred to as PPB's). One, was at a Memorial, in sight of gas station, intersection, visitor Center, post office... and you're grabbing a PPB. Really? I mean we're trying to be nonchalant as it is, sometimes wondering around bridges, cemeteries, parks...and the last thing you want to find is a PPB. You look like a druggie, doing a deal. is this the best people can come up with? Maybe it's me and my guilty conscience lol...but the first one I found at the Memorial...I almost told them to put it back and walk off. Just my crazy opinion...Am I the only one??? Quote Link to comment
+WarNinjas Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Ha Ha! I have thought the same but with the little ziplock baggies. I will be on a corner in San Francisco trying to stuff some white paper into one of those little baggies as people walk by looking at me! Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Do druggies use prescription pill bottles? I always thought they tended to use stuff that didn't look like drugs. Anyway, funny you should mention it: today I was caching in an area where half the caches were bill bottles, and I actually felt comforted by imagining that if someone saw me messing around with a pill bottle somewhere unusual, they'd just think I needed to take some kind of allergy medicine on this windy spring day. Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Used medicine/pill bottles are just a cheap knock-off for geocache containers, and yes. I'm sure it looks like drug drops to non-geocachers. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I think a bigger problem is that they aren't really weatherproof, and they're made of brittle plastic. 1 Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I think a bigger problem is that they aren't really weatherproof, and they're made of brittle plastic. And for some reason COs don't seem to understand that poking a hole in the top to affix a wire for hanging will make the container leak. Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 There's the problem of potential drug residue, as well as animal attraction. Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 There's the problem of potential drug residue... If that is your concern, you better not handle any paper money. Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 There's the problem of potential drug residue... If that is your concern, you better not handle any paper money. I hear you! I made it through the '80s handling twenty dollar bills, and my wife worked in Banking for years. For you younger types, the US federal govt once said that in the 1980's the largest concentration of cocaine in the country was imbedded in the fibers of $20s. Mirrors, razor blades (or credit cards) and rolled up bills. Quote Link to comment
CHIEF_500 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm a newbie at this too but I thought the same thing about the small plastic bags used to keep the logs dry. As a firefighter EMT I've seen way to many of these baggies and they aren't for Geocaches. I see this as a much better use. LOL Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I'm a newbie at this too but I thought the same thing about the small plastic bags used to keep the logs dry. As a firefighter EMT I've seen way to many of these baggies and they aren't for Geocaches. I see this as a much better use. LOL In our early days my wife and I would leave small plastic bags full of wildflower seeds (labeled "Cache-o-Seeds") as swag, with instructions. We would joke about how much it appeared to be pot. After a while, we noticed that NOBODY ever mentioned taking one in a 'found' log. We don't leave those anymore. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I don't know about drug dealers, but I'm assuming most do NOT spray paint them or wrap them in camo tape. Quote Link to comment
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