Maintenance Work

[+Lostboy1966]

It’s been a slow weekend, so here are some maintenance photos. The cache in question involves a key/lock, and a recent finder alerted me to some water damage starting to rust the key, so I retrieved it for repair. There is a stick component to the camo that went missing a few months ago (I searched for it in a prior maintenance check), and I was surprised when I picked everything up to find that same stick laying near the container. Guilty conscious, someone? 😇

Anyway, this is what came back to the shop – a Lock&Lock log container, a Hide-A-Key that, well, hid the key, and the stick that the key was originally attached to.

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Moisture definitely penetrated the Hide-A-Key, not surprising considering they are not watertight. Bad choice of bag to hold the key on my part though.

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Inside the main cache, the log was nice and dry in its ziplock though, and I was surprised to see some of my original swag still there. And look, a mini Rubik’s Cube!

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Maintenance time. Dust everything off to start.

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The chains are attached to the outside of the log container by a lot of foaming adhesive which has held up very well to the elements.

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Oil up the lock, and clean the key well.

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Add a couple of anchor points to the stick so the magnetic key holder grips better.

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Flipped over stick with Key container underneath

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New bag for the key so it is more moisture resistant.

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Repack the swag and logbook, replacing the pencil (WHY do people steal pens/pencils from containers?).

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Maintenance done.

Ready to hike back out, but know what? I’m keeping the Rubik’s Cube.

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Nice work!

 

34 minutes ago, Lostboy1966 said:

There is a stick component to the camo that went missing a few months ago (I searched for it in a prior maintenance check), and I was surprised when I picked everything up to find that same stick laying near the container. Guilty conscious, someone? 😇

 

I had something like that happen with a multi I had in a surburban park. After one school holidays I found the container and contents scattered about near the rock ledge it had been concealed under, except the logbook was missing. I put everything back, along with a new logbook, and tried to conceal it a bit better. The next school holidays the container was nicked but the contents were left behind, including the original logbook! I then moved the final to another more obscure spot which worked okay for a year or so, then in heavy rain the rock I had it hidden under came down in a small landslip, crushing the container. I put the replacement back at its original location, hoping the muggler might have lost interest, but a few months later it disappeared again so at that point I archived the cache.

 

We've had a very wet summer, culminating in two weeks of almost constant rain and widespread flooding last week. More heavy rain and potential flooding is forecast for today and tomorrow. While most of my caches are in caves or deep under rock ledges where they're well protected from the weather, I have about a dozen which might possibly have been submerged or washed away so there'll be a bit of a maintenance marathon once we have a long enough dry spell for me to be able to safely get to them. With a lot more rain forecast in the months ahead, that might yet be a while off.

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I am archiving this hide. If anyone is interested in the container to re-use it, message me and I'll send it to you for the cost of shipping.

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On 3/6/2022 at 5:44 PM, Lostboy1966 said:

It’s been a slow weekend, so here are some maintenance photos. The cache in question involves a key/lock, and a recent finder alerted me to some water damage starting to rust the key, so I retrieved it for repair. There is a stick component to the camo that went missing a few months ago (I searched for it in a prior maintenance check), and I was surprised when I picked everything up to find that same stick laying near the container. Guilty conscious, someone? 😇

Anyway, this is what came back to the shop – a Lock&Lock log container, a Hide-A-Key that, well, hid the key, and the stick that the key was originally attached to.

 

 

SPOILER ALERT! I have not done this one of yours yet! (But the ones I have would all have fave points if I ever had enough!!!! I especially LOVE the knight...)

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12 hours ago, Lostboy1966 said:

I am archiving this hide. If anyone is interested in the container to re-use it, message me and I'll send it to you for the cost of shipping.

Well that kind of puts the bosh on my prior comment... LOL! :-) 

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On 3/14/2022 at 10:32 PM, CCFwasG said:

I especially LOVE the knight...

My half of the hides in that series have been transferred to The Ax, so Sir Sagramore will carry on. Thanks for your logs!