SunCrush Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I was wondering if you can take something from your home that would fit perfectly in the wild to hide your cache in... like for instance i have a turtle rock cave my turtle doesnt use... it would be a great little rock to place in an area and hide a cache in the little opening. Is this stuff kinda allowd??? Was just checking... and just curious if anyone has. Thx Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 cool, any thing different is a plus Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+civilwarranger Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Go for it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Salvo Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 We have a number of turtle bayou's around here where I'm sure the turtles would really appreciate a ready-made faricated home like that! I'd specify in the cache text though that the cache IS creatively camoflaged, and specify the pick 'other' when specifying the cache type/size. Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 There have been various fake tree stumps around here, and even a couple of real stumps with the center hollowed out and dropped in the middle of the forest. Virually plunder-proof and tough to find initially. Very cool! I've been thinking of how to do a fake-rock. Something large. Has anyone done something along these lines? Quote Link to comment
C-Troop Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Ok heres one, buy a sprinkler valve box ($2.75) and seal the bottom, bury it with the lid exposed...but the good part...you can attach whatever you like to the lid, A big rock, a tree log, something unique. The container is about 9" tall and 6" around big enough to fit a bunch of goodies in! Have fun with it. C-Troop Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 ----------------------------------------------- bury it with the lid exposed...but... ----------------------------------------------- Burying caches is not a good idea. I don't believe the website will approve buried caches anyway. "Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing" - Helen Keller Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Salvo knows a little bit about non-standard cache containers. I just got back from his "Armageddon" cache, and it is definitely not your average box in the woods... Now I have to come up with something interesting. Doh! - "This river don?t go to Aintry. You done taken a wrong turn." - Quote Link to comment
+jhwf44 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Yeah...alot of people use odd containers, which makes geocaching more exciting. Just make sure it's water tight, so nothing inside will get wrecked. Also, no you're not supposed to bury caches. This rock cave for your pet I see you want to put items in the opening...this is fine as long as the opening can close and seal to keep the water out. jhwf4 Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I love finding unique containers. The turtle rock and the sprinkler containers could be neat but it doesnt seem that they would be too water resistant. Keeping dampness out would be a big concern for me. Quote Link to comment
+misguided one Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 BrianSnat said: quote:Burying caches is not a good idea. I don't believe the website will approve buried caches anyway. Guess again, they will and they have, check out this one, that was recently approved. _________________________________________________ Lost? I'm not lost. At least I don't think I'm lost, well............OK, maybe just a little. Quote Link to comment
+mrp Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:I don't believe the website will approve buried caches anyway. Buried caches are a no-no, but only if you have to dig to retreive them. If the container is in a small hole flush with the ground, then that is okay provided you got permission from the lang manager. -- Mitch Quote Link to comment
C-Troop Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat: Burying caches is not a good idea. I don't believe the website will approve buried caches anyway. "Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing" - Helen Keller Apparently you didnt read my post very well, you bury the thing but the majority of it is exposed and no digging required to open the cache. I agree with Pneumatic: quote:Originally posted by Pneumatic:Buried caches are a no-no, but only if you have to dig to retreive them. If the container is in a small hole flush with the ground, then that is okay provided you got permission from the lang manager. -- Mitch Around our part of the country it is rather tough to find a suitable cache location due to the flatness and the lack of unique terrain so we have to find different ways to hide things to keep the game interesting and fun...thats what Geocaching is all about (to me). Maybe you take this game too serious..thats ok its your right...but like I said Im glad you dont live in Ks.! C-Troop Mitch Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Hey all, just thought I'd drop the proverbial two cents here. With due regard to the situation where you have fewer places to place caches without having to bury them, to bury any cache is becoming a bad idea. Let me explain. Here in Texas the Parks & Wildlife department that runs all the state parks is still in the process of determining how they feel about our little activity, and it Texas that is no small thing. There are a potload of parks in Texas that could be ruled out of bounds to us if we don't act responsibly. Let me tell you this, Park Managers and the words "buried cache" are like mixing liquid oxygen and nitroglycerin... and then throwing in a match... not a good idea. So you say, "How in the world does that affect us up here????" Let me explain: Guess where the Park Managers are getting all their information about Geocaching at the same time we are trying to put our best foot forward and get them to have a positive impression of us? You guessed it, from this web site... they look at the pages, they look at the logs, they look at the caches and they look at these discussions. Trust me, I know this for a fact. When they see people discussing burying anything their "OH NO" meter pegs out! They have already removed several caches in state parks due to individuals not getting permission prior to placing them, and that's another battle we are fighting. Our "guidelines" to date are pretty simple, and we are hoping to get the Geocaching community to come up with some similiar ones: don't bury ANYTHING, get PERMISSION, and don't vandalize or put stickers on the facilities (that's how one of the park managers found out there were three caches in "his" park without permission). We are still in the infancy of this sport/activity/hobby and we still have every opportunity to shoot ourselves in the foot if we try hard enough...lol. So, If you burying a cache where you live keeps the National Park Service or the Texas Parks & Wildlife from letting us place caches in some of the best parks in existence, then I'd say, let's not bury caches. Like I said, just my two cents worth. Mac McKinney aks "Breaktrack" "Aren't you guys ready for bed yet???" Quote Link to comment
+niskibum Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Well it is buried up to the top anyway, and it is in a park too! Now before you go postal, I got permission from the park manager before I placed it. It is the third cache that I have asked him to place. Proof that if you take the time to ask permission it can pay off later. I even took it in to show him and he thought it was cool. I am not going to show a picture of it here though because I think that it is better to find them. When you post the picture here it ruins it for everyone that sees it that hasn't got to hunt for it yet, and what's the point of making a creative cache if you are going to tell everyone the secret. Quote Link to comment
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 I used a large Pumice stone for one of my container hiding spots. Hollowed it out just enough to put a small quart size can inside, flipped it over and set it down. Works great. Quote Link to comment
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