+Florafloraflora Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I am (finally!) planning to place my first cache, a multicache. I was thinking of leaving the first set of coordinates in an Altoids tin, but then I realized that as a food container it might attract animals. Anybody with Altoids tin experience care to comment? Quote Link to comment
+David Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I think if you wash it out good, it wouldn't attract animals. Most animals I know can't read. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Altoids tin with crumbs and mints left inside-BAD! Altiods tin rinsed out, cleverly hidden maybe with a magnetic attachment and even a new paint job-priceless. These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes; Nothing remains quite the same. Through all of the islands and all of the highlands, If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Its hardly weatherproof, so make sure it is sheltered from the elements and place the logbook in a suitable sized ziplock bag. Signing a wet log sheet is no fun Kar Quote Link to comment
+Florafloraflora Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Thanks. I've never found an Altoids cache myself so I don't know how they hold up. Re: weatherproofing, since it will be the first leg of a multicache I won't have a log sheet. I was planning on just a laminated card with the coordinates on it. Now that I think of it, animals probably don't have much of a taste for mints. Or do they? Because the minty aroma - curiously strong and all that - could be pretty hard to get out of the tin. Quote Link to comment
+David Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Sugar Kane:Because the minty aroma - curiously strong and all that - could be pretty hard to get out of the tin. If you rinse it out with something like clorox then water, it won't smell minty. You do need to put whatever goes inside into a ziplock to weatherproof. Quote Link to comment
+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Check Curiously Strong out. I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I have both placed and found caches in well-cleaned Altoids tins, and have had no problems with animals. However, they are NOT weather-proof, so make sure the clue inside is laminated well, or else just write the coords on the inside of the tin itself. Quote Link to comment
Team Kender Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 my one and only hidden cache so far is an Altoids tin. I sprayed it with enamle paint for camo and then a clear coat enamle to seal it even better from rust. There's not much of a way to waterproof them though so follow the others advice about laminating or a zip lock. Team Kender - "The Sun is coming up!" "No, the horizon is going down." Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 As others have stated, they leak and rust pretty quickly. Ziplok bags definitely required, even in sheltered locations ... condensation forms in them. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Web-ling: or else just write the coords on the inside of the tin itself. If your location can handle rocks, just paint data on one side of a flat-ish rock ... they're quite weather proof.-- I recognize fun when I see it. Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I've had extremely good luck with altoids tins (especially the newer round ones). I spray the inside with a coating of WD40. Keeps the critters away and helps water proof the tin. I just checked a tin I put out last winter and it's dry as a bone inside. Jolly R. Blackburn http://kenzerco.com "Never declare war on a man who buys his ink by the gallon." Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 As micro containers go, I prefer tins to film cannisters. Especially for urban micros where you can attach a magnet to the container and stick them someplace creative. Out in the woods, I've found them and they're ok, but I think decon containers work better. george Wanna go for a ride? Quote Link to comment
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