Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)

[+Cryptosporidium-623]

Photoshopped to prevent the final sequence from being given away...

 

 

How does this one work then?

 

The long and the short of it is you have to flip the toggle switches on each row to cause an indicator light to power up at the end (supplying power to the next row and so on). When all the rows have been successfully configured, the 7 segment LEDs display an unlock code (or in this case, a code that leads to an unlock code).

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Photoshopped to prevent the final sequence from being given away...

 

 

How does this one work then?

 

The long and the short of it is you have to flip the toggle switches on each row to cause an indicator light to power up at the end (supplying power to the next row and so on). When all the rows have been successfully configured, the 7 segment LEDs display an unlock code (or in this case, a code that leads to an unlock code).

 

I've thought about doing something like this using a 7 segment LED but use one switch for each segment of the LED and then create a puzzle that must be solved to reveal the sequence of settings to use to light the proper segments of LEDs. For example, AbCDeFG would indicate that swithes A,C,D,e,F, and G needed to be on and would display a 5.

[+Stoka]

Here's my first contribution to this thread. It's a commercially available bird nesting box with a few adjustments.

 

It was originally held together with staples so I reinforced the majority with drywall screws & Gorilla Glue, added a hasp + padlock, burned the wood to blend it easier with the natural surroundings and added the two chocks at the top so the hasp can do it's job.

 

I've done a few things since the picture however, covered up the entrance hole from the inside so I don't actually get things nesting in it, sealed all the joints with silicone to keep it nice & dry and tacked a plate of ply to the base as it was originally designed with pretty big drainage holes.

 

 

Edited December 15, 2011 by Stoka

[GOF and Bacall]

Here's my first contribution to this thread. It's a commercially available bird nesting box with a few adjustments.

 

It was originally held together with staples so I reinforced the majority with drywall screws & Gorilla Glue, added a hasp + padlock, burned the wood to blend it easier with the natural surroundings and added the two chocks at the top so the hasp can do it's job.

 

I've done a few things since the picture however, covered up the entrance hole from the inside so I don't actually get things nesting in it, sealed all the joints with silicone to keep it nice & dry and tacked a plate of ply to the base as it was originally designed with pretty big drainage holes.

 

 

 

Looking good. Just a couple thoughts though. Open the drain holes back up and stick a Lock&Lock in it.

[+chillypenguin]

Snap, I spent last weekend in the garage with a plank of wood, and a saw. making a bird box cache. No lock on mine, but that is planned for a later version.

 

I have gone for the Lock'N'Lock method of water proofing.

[+Stoka]

The padlock is because it's the finale of a multi and each one gives you a part of the combination. The coordinates that you pick up along the way lead you to a small lock & lock with a doorbell 'buzzer' inside. You then have to walk around pressing the button until you can hear the bird tweeting from the receiver mounted inside the bird house ;-)

[+Cliff's Notes]

The padlock is because it's the finale of a multi and each one gives you a part of the combination. The coordinates that you pick up along the way lead you to a small lock & lock with a doorbell 'buzzer' inside. You then have to walk around pressing the button until you can hear the bird tweeting from the receiver mounted inside the bird house ;-)

 

That is so cool.

 

Hope to find it someday!

[+qq7]

Hi, this is the owl I have made for new cache I will place. It could be a night cache because his eyes are reflective.

 

[+MtnLioness]

Hi, this is the owl I have made for new cache I will place. It could be a night cache because his eyes are reflective.

 

Oh that's very well done!

[+HHD]

That's gorgeous. I love the work you have done on that owl.

[+jimrob]

Been enjoying this thread, here's my attempt to contribute. Hidden in a guardrail so you have to blindly reach for it. The mouse squeaks with the slightest bump!

 

 

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[+martin&lindabryn]

This is a cache I have just made on a similar theme.

It is made from recycled plastic border so will not rot over time (hopefully)

To open the box you have to remove the perch, then the internal box with the cache drops out

I may add some cord to stop it falling to far

 

 

[+martin&lindabryn]

This is a new cache that I have just finished

I have not decided where to place it yet

The instructions will say you need to take a spanner and if you do not sign the log book you will not be able to claim it

 

 

 

[+ThGoonies]

This is my Southern Black Widow cache with reflective eyes for hunting at night. I made it and my kids painted it. This has started long list of artistic animal caches soon to be released.

 

[+MSwahoo & the Cache Hound Posse]

Are you sure that is not a BOMB?

 

This was a fun night cache!

 

 

This is my Southern Black Widow cache with reflective eyes for hunting at night. I made it and my kids painted it. This has started long list of artistic animal caches soon to be released.

 

[+geoing nuts]

This is my Southern Black Widow cache with reflective eyes for hunting at night. I made it and my kids painted it. This has started long list of artistic animal caches soon to be released.

 

here is an ammoimal I did a few years ago and it has held up well. It's called, This Little Piggy Went...GC2QBFG

 

Edited December 20, 2011 by geoing nuts

[+geoing nuts]

Here is one of my caches that has been up for awhile. GC2RN3B Can You spot it?

 

[+TeamSugarcane]

Here is one of my caches that has been up for awhile. GC2RN3B Can You spot it?

 

 

Is it in the Cannon Ball...maybe the top one...?

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Here is one of my caches that has been up for awhile. GC2RN3B Can You spot it?

 

 

Is it in the Cannon Ball...maybe the top one...?

 

Cannon ball? Those look like coconuts (see the cache listing). I assume one of them has a hole drilled in the bottom and is filled with a container like a bison tube. Either that or that sign is fake.

[+geoing nuts]

Here is one of my caches that has been up for awhile. GC2RN3B Can You spot it?

 

 

Is it in the Cannon Ball...maybe the top one...?

 

Lol. Just cause you found it recently doesn't mean you can spoil the fun... 'bout time a fellow south GA cacher was found on here.

 

 

 

The cannon Balls were made from softball cores that were found in the woods behind some softball fields. They drill and paint well.

Edited December 22, 2011 by geoing nuts

[+GeoBain]

 

Lol. Just cause you found it recently doesn't mean you can spoil the fun... 'bout time a fellow south GA cacher was found on here.

 

 

I'm a south GA cacher.

[+yellowmojo]

One of my favorites that I did was 'Funky Monkey' GC2ZX98, an old piggy bank made from a coconut. I sealed the slot with silicone and made a swing cover for the bottom, filled the piggy bank with some bubble wrap and placed a matchbox container inside. I chained it to a branch of the tree - it ended up getting stolen but I got some great comments while it lasted ... click on the link to see a larger photo

Edited December 23, 2011 by yellowmojo

[+yellowmojo]

This forum has been VERY inspiring to me. Here's my contribution, one I did that I really like, I called Sunk'n GC32YJV (this photo shows the bottom view of this cache) but the cache is mounted on a piece of chain link fence about 4' high so the bottom is not obvious upon approach - I used a piece of central vacuum tube and bought 2 end caps - I drilled holes through the bottom and glued it to the pipe. The top I sanded the inside so it slips off easily. When you lift off the top you can see a piece of #10 gauge copper wire that can be pulled out and a pill bottle that says 'geocache' but it's not possible to get the pill bottle out. You need to use the wire and stick it through a hole on the bottom to push the cache up to get it out. Here's a link to picture enlarged Sunk'n ... I also put a small piece of bubble wrap at the bottom of the tube to cushion the pill bottle when it's dropped back inside

[russnbunny]

Ok so here it is but I'm new the cache is a fake plant bottom a sealed butter container.

[russnbunny]

Ok how do I upload this picture?

[+Dgwphotos]

Ok how do I upload this picture?

You need to upload it to a image hosting site, then link to it. I use Flickr.

[+TheLegoFool&Missus]

Here's another contribution...

The Pieces

Assembled

Painted

Camo

Logbook

Completed

[+bluesky61]

One of my favorites that I did was 'Funky Monkey' GC2ZX98, an old piggy bank made from a coconut. I sealed the slot with silicone and made a swing cover for the bottom, filled the piggy bank with some bubble wrap and placed a matchbox container inside. I chained it to a branch of the tree - it ended up getting stolen but I got some great comments while it lasted ... click on the link to see a larger photo

 

It seems very nice and I would like to borrow the idea.

[Clan Riffster]

What material is that made out of?

Is there a gasket between the two halves?

[russnbunny]

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So here it is my cammo plant

[knowschad]

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Edited December 26, 2011 by knowschad

[russnbunny]

IMAG0341 by russnbunny, on Flickr

[russnbunny]

Bottom of planter is a container next one will be a lock n lock

[+clumzyfly]

 

The name is "Off With Your Head" to give people an idea of how to access the log which is rolled up and inside the extension.

GC34GFD

[+The Ravens]

The name is "Off With Your Head" to give people an idea of how to access the log which is rolled up and inside the extension.

GC34GFD

 

Good one! Might have to barrow it sometime.

[+SwineFlew]

 

The name is "Off With Your Head" to give people an idea of how to access the log which is rolled up and inside the extension.

GC34GFD

 

Ohhh so dirty. HEHEHE... But its safe enough that kids wont get it.

[+SwineFlew]

What material is that made out of?

Is there a gasket between the two halves?

 

My best guess is a material they use for decking. Trex makes them

Edited December 26, 2011 by SwineFlew

[+Dgwphotos]

What material is that made out of?

Is there a gasket between the two halves?

 

My best guess is a material they use for decking. Trex makes them

He did say it wasn't done.

[+martin&lindabryn]

What material is that made out of?

Is there a gasket between the two halves?

 

My best guess is a material they use for decking. Trex makes them

He did say it wasn't done.

 

The material is recycled plastic board

And the bottom is sealed with silicon and the top has a gasket made from the inner bladder of a old rugby ball

The box will be in a large clip lock box when I deploy it

 

supplier link

Edited December 27, 2011 by martinbryn

[+A & J Tooling]

 

The name is "Off With Your Head" to give people an idea of how to access the log which is rolled up and inside the extension.

GC34GFD

 

Ohhh so dirty. HEHEHE... But its safe enough that kids wont get it.

 

Where is your mind at? It didn't seem dirty to me.

[+TheLegoFool&Missus]

Another little cache container idea... not an original, seen it in here somewhere

 

 

[+Bad Duck]

Take one of these.

And some of this

[+Bad Duck]

Sink it in a block of foam half way.

Mix up the Bondo as per the instructions and start to coat the container.

Keep covering till you get the shape that you want.

[+Bad Duck]

Once the body filler has hardened take out and paint.

Paint it brown and let it dry.

Dry brush some of the black on to high light the edges.

Place a log in it and go hide.

Or if you want texture after a wet first coat of brown while still wet squash cotton balls into it and let dry. after dry pick off most of the cotton leaving a moldy white fuzz.

[+SwineFlew]

Bad Duck, knowing you personal, I am not surprise you are coming up with something like that.

[+Bad Duck]

I've had one out since Jan 07 Checked on it today. Paint still looking great still a dry log.

[knowschad]

Once the body filler has hardened take out and paint.

 

Paint it brown and let it dry.

 

Dry brush some of the black on to high light the edges.

Place a log in it and go hide.

 

Or if you want texture after a wet first coat of brown while still wet squash cotton balls into it and let dry. after dry pick off most of the cotton leaving a moldy white fuzz.

You forgot to embed the corn kernals!

[+vds]

Another little cache container idea... not an original, seen it in here somewhere

 

 

 

One of my brothers used to roof as a summer job and his boots would get covered by tar. He used to end the year by taking his boot and letting it get totally tar covered, then using it as a planter for roses. Actually looked pretty cool.

[+martin&lindabryn]

Start point (when nano retrieved from the exit the cacher replaces it through the small hole ready for the next cacher to fined)

 

Internal view (Start point top right exit bottom left)

 

Exit

 

This is a new cache that is nearly ready for deployment

 

It’s made out of the same recycled plastic board that I made the others out of

[+geoing nuts]

Start point (when nano retrieved from the exit the cacher replaces it through the small hole ready for the next cacher to fined)

 

Internal view (Start point top right exit bottom left)

 

Exit

 

This is a new cache that is nearly ready for deployment

 

It’s made out of the same recycled plastic board that I made the others out of

 

Oh that does look fun. Let us know that cache listing when it gets posted. i would love to read the description.