shrekTBA Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I am thinking of placing a cache with a combination lock on it. You would find the clues for the combination from other sites on the net and in person to get the numbers. The idea behind this is to make it VERY easy to get to for handicapped access and locked so it won't be plundered. It's not a sport unless there is something dead in the back of the truck when you get home. Quote Link to comment
+Kevin & Susan Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Here's a cache that has been well received by local cachers and was set up in a similar manner to what you are thinking: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=41350 Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 But that's no reason not to look for more of them! Quote Link to comment
+ChinCache Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Maybe not clues on the web but in the park or area aruond the cache checkout the official sweetwater cache ih georgia. you get the numbers from signs or manmade structures. Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I placed one with a combination lock on it. It was a multiple stage where at each stage you found one of the numbers to the combination. I put a little twist in it however...the numbers were in French, German and Italian. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. Quote Link to comment
+hoovman Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 markwell - nobody there seemed to think it was a bad idea. I think it's fine, as long as you make it hard for muggles to discover. I could see somebody calling authorities if they found a locked box out in the woods. Quote Link to comment
+Mad_Hatter Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I like the idea. The Whitecliff Cache Course sounds like a good example. It's nice to see officials endorsing geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Darkmoon Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 This is the one I just planted this week but using two keys floating around in a 30 mile radius! Thought it would make it a little harder!Hey, Where's The Key ? Variety is the spice of life! Darkmoon All you have to do to fly is throw yourself at the ground and miss! Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 My only concern is it being easily accessed by anyone. Would that mean that people would be passing by a very visable box chained to a tree? ---Real men cache in shorts. Quote Link to comment
+Rusty O Junk Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I have a cache where the finder is led to where they can discover a very obvious number but don't know what its for until they go on to find the cache and it's locked. I give no hint or indication the box is locked. What I did and I'd suggest to anyone locking a cache is to laminate a note explaining what the box is and what geocaching is. Then attach the note to the outside of the container. Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by ChinCache:Maybe not clues on the web but in the park or area aruond the cache checkout the official sweetwater cache ih georgia. you get the numbers from signs or manmade structures. Thanks ChinCache. That was my baby! Authorized Sweetwater Park Cache Quote Link to comment
shrekTBA Posted March 16, 2003 Author Share Posted March 16, 2003 The area I have in mind would almost be a locked box chained to a tree, but I am exploring ways to make it less obvious. Using the web to get clues is to enhance the accessability to all, not to all who can hike. All clues would be able to be found with very little exploring, and what there would be, is going to be easy enough for a wheelchair to get too. My target finders are those that can't hike of road, due to physical limitations. The main purpose is to get my grandpa out of his chair where he has been rotting away for years due to health and vision problems. The ideal location may be a specially designed handicapped accesssable fishing pond put in by the county, I believe that they will allow it and encourage it here. It's not a sport unless there is something dead in the back of the truck when you get home. Quote Link to comment
+fairplay Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Just for information, our cache needs two secret codes , the first one unlocks a gate to our scout ground, which protects the cache from intruders, and the second codes opens the box, WHICH PROTECTS THE CACHE FROM SCOUTS !! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=54392 hello Quote Link to comment
+ErSamin Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 For your first 'stage', are you considering using perhaps a puzzle of sorts that can be completed using the web? One thought I had was to do some sort of word puzzle (crossword?) where the answers were found on the geocaching website, which would then lead to a 'key' to convert certain letters into numbers. this would familiarize the seeker with the geocaching website, perhaps have them learn a thing or two about the sport, and make it both a mental and physical exercise. This idea is inspired by a great cache in the Sacramento area. "Could be worse...could be raining" Quote Link to comment
Micqn Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 If some one finds this and they can't open they might do other things to it, like steal it or smash it open. I had a car that was broken into. The doors were locked. They jimmied the lock, got in, the alarm went off, they got scared and when I got to my car all the windows were busted out of it. Hide it well and you won't have to worry about people vandalizing it. I don't seek. I find. -Pablo Picasso Quote Link to comment
+Eric K Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I would suggest if you do it make sure it is WELL hidden. In these times if someone comes across what appears to be an abandoned locked box I'm sure someone would think it's a bomb or chemical weapon. That's probably going to be true for ALL caches for a while. Get your trackable USA geocoins at http://www.usageocoins.com Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Note to self: Don't stencil "www.geocaching.com" on locked ammo boxes in Arabic until further notice. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Eric K:I agree with Markwell I would suggest if you do it make sure it is WELL hidden. I think I'm misquoted here. I don't remember saying that. In fact, the one I have with a combination lock is right out on the trail, but it is done so because the forest preserve district rangers wanted it that way. If the cache is placed with permission and the rangers know where it is (well hidden or not), when someone reports to the rangers an ammo box in the woods - they can say, "Oh, yea. That's our local geocache. Nothing to worry about." Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
smashsquatch Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:Note to self: Don't stencil "www.geocaching.com" on locked ammo boxes in Arabic until further notice. **wipes eyes** that was funny... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey... what's that smell? Quote Link to comment
+Chazman007 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I voted cool Idea. I have found two caches which were locked, and I had to backtrack because I didn't believe them when they said, you have to find all the cache points. Quote Link to comment
+Ramness Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I have a similar cache. It drives people nuts! Its been out for almost a year now so I guess I can share the evil idea now. First the given cords are along a walking trail under a bridge. The given cords are a guesstimate to the middle of the bridge. It is a mystery cache so folks really don’t know what they are looking for under there, however there is a tag with 2 coordinates on it with arrows pointing right and left next to them. One set of cords leads you to a birdhouse with the combination for a lock attached. The second set leads you to the locked cache. But the Cacher has to choose which one to go to first! It’s only about a ¼ mile from the bridge to each cord so choosing the wrong one to go to first only adds maybe a 1 mile walk. That cache has more no finds than any of my others just for the difficulty of finding the tag under the bridge, I guess most don’t realize a mystery can be anything and they are hunting for the actual cache! This Isn't rocket science... Quote Link to comment
FOF Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I like the Ideal, we have one by me that has 2 pad locks on it, and yu have to find the keys in other caches. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=39341 Quote Link to comment
+kevin917z Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 i have a dial style combo lockon my cache, only one person couldnt get in, blamed it on lock saying it was bad but they didnt know how to open the lock, maybe a combo lock with the numbers on the bottom would be better since you just have to put the numbers in the right order and then it opens Quote Link to comment
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