Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)

[+Roland_oso]

No trash! Just Rocks

Edited February 9, 2005 by Roland_oso

[+Roland_oso]

Look Ma No Trash!

[+sbell111]

Wow, you have a thin skin.

[+Roland_oso]

nope not me

[+Rainwater]

jump

 

to the top

[+1NatureMom]

Sorry, you need a federal permit to remove an actual birds nest!  Your's may be  mistaken for one, and then it'll make a cacher a felon   Really, you do need a federal permit. Perhaps just camoflauge the tupperware.

Are you sure about this? Can you point me to the code or reg?

Check your states WILDLIFE REHABILITOR guidlines. Yes, I am sure.

[+sbell111]

I tried, but all I could find was what I had posted. Do you have a link?

[+Tzoid]

bump. Any more interesting pictures?

[TurtleFace]

We've found a cache where magnets were superglued to it and it was stuck under a floodgate. We all thought that was pretty cool.

[+JMBella]

Look Ma No Trash!

So where's the cool cache container?

[bearinthewoods]

That pincone is crazy its would be imposible to find your a guenus

[+Camo-crazed]

That pincone is crazy its would be imposible to find your a guenus

Look out, there's gonna be one near you when my evil multi gets out

Edit: spelling

Edited February 19, 2005 by camo-crazed

[+Anonymous']

That pincone is crazy its would be imposible to find your a guenus

I've found two pinecone caches, they aren't that hard to spot, usually.

[+TheWilkens]

 

Not exactly camo'd (unless you're used to seeing this sort of thing ) But I thought it was a cool looking container for a Roman themed cache. Oh yeah, and also because I made it

[+Teach2Learn]

Look Ma No Trash!

So where's the cool cache container?

I got lucky and guessed the rocks since the first photo. Now, I'd guess the rock near the bottom right, second row. It appears to be of a slightly different shade.

[BCR]

This microcache has been pictured previously in this thread, but here's view of it in the field.

 

 

It's located 0.4mi from parking in a 200+ acre nature preserve, but less than 30ft from a sidewalk. To those who have found, it should stand out in this photo.

[+Roland_oso]

35mm film container with a stone spray paint finish

 

Edited February 21, 2005 by Roland_oso

[+Roland_oso]

Dang! BCR I found that cache and still had a hard time finding it in the photo!

[Shoobie & the Sand Crabs]

You people are just evil

[+n5psp]

 

It sure looks invisible to me. Looks like one finding it is kind of exposed to muggles passing by on that sidewalk.

[+Stuey]

That's not a sidewalk, that must be the deviously hidden camouflaged container

[+Roland_oso]

It sure looks invisible to me. Looks like one finding it is kind of exposed to muggles passing by on that sidewalk.

The sidewalk was not there when the cache was hidden, nor when I found it. It was just a dirt footpath.

[+Team PEZ]

 

It sure looks invisible to me. Looks like one finding it is kind of exposed to muggles passing by on that sidewalk.

im not too sure about the cache and its hidey hole, but i like the camera strap!

[Stony2008]

man these sure do make my caches look weak all I use are jars and stuff but these give me an idea.......

[AJK]

 

Not mine, but one of my favorites. Hidden in the desert, where it's difficult to hide an ammo box without it being obvious (excellent signal, plus lack of natural places to hide). Micros are excellent here. The log is in the hollowed out end of the stick. You have to use the pin in the stopper to get the log out.

[+JMBella]

35mm film container with a stone spray paint finish

 

So where's the cool cache container?

[+Subterranean]

So where's the cool cache container?

Right here, I guess.

[+JMBella]

So where's the cool cache container?

Right here, I guess.

Your point?

[+Subterranean]

Edit: Ah, who cares... my real point was that I felt your post was a little too harsh.

Edited March 7, 2005 by subterranean

[+Rainwater]

back to topic and back to the top...

Edited March 8, 2005 by Rainwater

[+wornout]

This microcache has been pictured previously in this thread, but here's view of it in the field.

 

 

It's located 0.4mi from parking in a 200+ acre nature preserve, but less than 30ft from a sidewalk. To those who have found, it should stand out in this photo.

It doesn't stand out in the phono, how abou taking the photo into Paint and circling the cache then uploading? Just a thought....thanks.

[+amwranes]

Almost every bike rack I see has some old lock attached to it, so I guess, you could really hide one of those ANYWHERE!

The only potential problem with that is that some cities will actually go around and remove the abandoned ones from time to time.

[Orcinus Orca]

On my last visit to our local Container Store I noticed quite a few items that could be used to make unusual containers of all sizes. Just add your own cammo and it's ready to go. They're a national chain [uSA] so there should be a store close to most. Most for a reasonable amount of cache, so you will be able to stock it and not break the bank.

 

The infamous '35 mm film can'. About the same diameter in several height choices from 1/2" high up to 2" high. Bigger and smaller than the 35 mm film one, for the micro cache fans.

 

An abundance of the 'Tuppeware container' in a wide range of sizes and colors, for the average size cache fans.

 

Bulk food storage containers for the oversized cache fans.

 

even this one which might work well on it's own or be used inside something like the pine one.

[+mortaine]

I've enjoyed looking at all these creative caches, and I may "harvest" a few ideas for future caches. I do have a question, however. At what point does a camoflauged container cross the line from "creative" to "unfindable"? It seems to me that if you make the cache too obscure, you won't get any finds. I like challenging, but not impossible.

I bought two sub-micro cache containers on eBay. If you just put them out, they look like the heads of bolts about the size one would use on a park bench. They're well designed for a stage of a multi, but I decided to put in a logbook. The logbook is 1 mm high and needs a toothpick to wrap around so it will fit back into the cache.

 

I haven't placed it yet.

 

I worried about it becoming outright unfindable, so I painted four dots on the cover, corresponding to the four colors used in the geocaching.com logo. I figure this will be sufficient ID for a geocacher, without being too much of an announcement to others.

 

I am sure that, were I to put it out without the paint, people in my area would still find it.

[+goldsnoop-]

I wrote about my acorn cache and if I could figure out how to upload a picture I would.

[bug and snake]

The logbook is 1 mm high and needs a toothpick to wrap around so it will fit back into the cache.

Nah, you must be joking! That's approximately 1/24th of an inch!

Well, I hope you are not serious anyhow 'coz, if'n you are, there will be no logs from us older farts!!!

[+Malarky]

 

It was in the mouth...good stuff.

[+sbell111]

I wrote about my acorn cache and if I could figure out how to upload a picture I would.

I thought about putting a nano-cache inside an acorn, but I figured that Mr. Squirrel would carry it off.

[+kayakanimal]

I wrote about my acorn cache and if I could figure out how to upload a picture I would.

I thought about putting a nano-cache inside an acorn, but I figured that Mr. Squirrel would carry it off.

One word...Bondo...

Make it look like an acorn!

[+sbell111]

Your bondo suggestion just gave me a great idea. Stay tuned...

[+Wreck Diver]

I just placed a cache container in the Doctor's Quarters aboard a former Soviet guided nuclear missle submarine, so it had to be appropriate for the setting:

 

 

I'm proud of it.

 

[+Cleenjeep & Danger Girl]

Wow, great job on the stenciling and paint.

How did you get it so neat looking?

[+Wreck Diver]

Wow, great job on the stenciling and paint.

How did you get it so neat looking?

I TRIED to order Cyrillic vinyl lettering from Staples and they were at a loss so I created an image file of exactly what I wanted and then brought it to Ocean Graphics in Wareham, Massachusetts. They scanned the image file and computer cut all of the graphics so that they were pre-arranged on a sheet. They cut two sheets so that I could label both sides of the cache container.

 

I also laminated the double sided Finder's Note, so the total cost for that aspect of the project was $27.25.

 

The cache container is inside the Soviet Juliett 484 guided nuclear missle submarine, so there's no worry about the elements. Though the expense was slightly more than the traditional labels, the professional appearance helped make this one-of-a-kind cache possible.

 

Industrial as it is, I think it pales in comparison to some of the exceptionally creative hides I've seen depicted so far in the discussion.

 

There's a lot of care and devotion invested in all of these containers, and for what it's worth, they sure beat the hastily labelled off-the-shelf uncamouflaged Tupperware I keep finding stuffed in rock walls.

 

What a perpetual disappointment that is!

[+Star2004]

Do you have to find a key to unlock the cache or is that a fake lock?

 

Star2004

[+ODragon]

Do you have to find a key to unlock the cache or is that a fake lock?

 

Star2004

Think it's probably a combination lock with the code somewhere near the cache.

[+Night_Hawk]

 

Here's one I just put out.

 

When the side panel is on it looks no different then any other birdhouse

[mstandal]

Saw these pics posted in another thread. I love the idea of custom containers. The fav one I found was a log that was split and made into a container. Please post pics or discriptions if you do not have any pics of Cool Custom Cache Containers (ok CCCC's now)

 

That is just plain sadistic.

 

Seriuosly, you have a great imagination.

[gridlox]

When the side panel is on it looks no different then any other birdhouse

Great idea!

 

But...

 

Wouldn't a bird try and build in there?

 

I'd hate to see a new nest get disturbed.

 

Maybe a fake hole on the front would prevent it. Or is there already?

 

D-man

[+GlockGuy]

Less talk more pics! Thios one is the Richfield City Park Challenge in Utah. It even has sweet music that plays while you look at the cache page. I admit it took my Dad and I a few minutes to find it.

 

[+sbell111]

...Maybe a fake hole on the front would prevent it. Or is there already?

That hole looks awfully dark. I think it's already fake.

Edited March 22, 2005 by sbell111