Guest web-ling Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 I realize this is an odd question, but I've been wondering... According to what I've read, the world's first geocache was a 5-gallon bucket that contained either some CD's and/or a slingshot, and a can of beans. Does anyone know what kind of beans they were? Green beans? Pinto beans? Jelly beans? Pork and beans? Inquiring minds just gotta know... ------------------ Web-ling www.web-ling.com Quote Link to comment
Guest madphatboy2 Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by web-ling:Inquiring minds just gotta know... Nope, just yours web-ling! ------------------ MPB2 I wander from here to there looking for. . .my mind? And then I find it in the cache. Quote Link to comment
Guest madphatboy2 Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by web-ling:Inquiring minds just gotta know... Nope, just yours web-ling! ------------------ MPB2 I wander from here to there looking for. . .my mind? And then I find it in the cache. Quote Link to comment
Guest george70 Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Is there anyone who found the original cache posting or still active in geocaching? Quote Link to comment
Guest DenaliNW Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Check out the cache in Oregon, named Unoriginal. This was placed by makaio, in memory of the original cache. There is a reference to makaio finding the original container, and the can o' beans. Quote Link to comment
Guest Mike_Teague Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 George70. yeah, I'm still around Here's what I remember about the "first cache": a can of Western Family brand beans -- I think kidney beans or "chili beans".. . I do remember the brand name, not the particular type of bean . Western Family is a local (generic) brand up here in the NW. -- I just spoke to my brother, he thinks they were black-eyed peas, but he is not sure either. a slingshot (just the frame, no rubber tubing) some version of TopoUSA for PC.. Ross Perot's book (i forget the title, it's his well-known book though) in paperback form. I think there was also a burned cdrom of various SW Washington DRG's... $2 cash The only thing missing was the tape recorder which Mr Ulmer had taken out to fix so people could record messages on it.. I never saw that.. If I remember correctly, my brother took the $2 and we left a bunch of cigarettes. (we didn't have any guidelines then Quote Link to comment
Guest Mike_Teague Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 George70. yeah, I'm still around Here's what I remember about the "first cache": a can of Western Family brand beans -- I think kidney beans or "chili beans".. . I do remember the brand name, not the particular type of bean . Western Family is a local (generic) brand up here in the NW. -- I just spoke to my brother, he thinks they were black-eyed peas, but he is not sure either. a slingshot (just the frame, no rubber tubing) some version of TopoUSA for PC.. Ross Perot's book (i forget the title, it's his well-known book though) in paperback form. I think there was also a burned cdrom of various SW Washington DRG's... $2 cash The only thing missing was the tape recorder which Mr Ulmer had taken out to fix so people could record messages on it.. I never saw that.. If I remember correctly, my brother took the $2 and we left a bunch of cigarettes. (we didn't have any guidelines then Quote Link to comment
Guest Markwell Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 Good to hear from Mike. You've got a lot of posting to catch up on You still caching? Or just lurking around? ------------------ Markwell My GPS Activity Page Non omnes vagi perditi sunt Quote Link to comment
Guest Markwell Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 Good to hear from Mike. You've got a lot of posting to catch up on You still caching? Or just lurking around? ------------------ Markwell My GPS Activity Page Non omnes vagi perditi sunt Quote Link to comment
Guest makaio Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 Web-ling sent me email asking bout the beans. Here's my reply... On my old website I had a pic posted of the can. They were black-eyed peas. I checked my disk for the pic, but can't find it. The old webserver system died and if the only pic was on it it's history. I'll look around some more, and if I find it I'll post it to the thread (as I will with this info). Quote Link to comment
Guest TheBeans Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 I can say, without reservation, that it wasn't we Beans! ------------------ Not all who wander are lost! Take me to BeanAcres Quote Link to comment
Syn Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 I found the link that gives the first discussion of geocaching...but is the first geo placer still active in the sport........What is the link to his profile on here? Also the first finder Mike Teague..I could not get the link to work to his profile. Can someone please elaborate on this... I want to think that Makaio was the first placer but he was one of the first but not THE first. waynepdx Quote Link to comment
+seneca Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Waynepdx: Also the first finder Mike Teague..I could not get the link to work to his profile. Can someone please elaborate on this... waynepdx Look here Not much of a profile but maybe you e-mail him. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Here is a link to makaio's un-original stash. It is now archived. EDIT wait - It has now been unarchived! See this thread for more info! How far away is Pennsylvania from this cache??? [This message was edited by MissJenn on April 19, 2002 at 06:08 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Here is a link to makaio's un-original stash. It is now archived. EDIT wait - It has now been unarchived! See this thread for more info! How far away is Pennsylvania from this cache??? [This message was edited by MissJenn on April 19, 2002 at 06:08 PM.] Quote Link to comment
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