Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)

[+Jeonlyep]

I have a cache that was put out this summer. I didn't want to post any pics online till a bunch of people had a chance to find it and have the WOW factor hit them. Since I have found out that a local is showing pics of it to others, I might as well release my own pics here. Let me know what ya think.

I like this idea very much.

 

I'm willing to bet that a cache somewhat similar shows up in my neck of the woods someday.....

 

Very neat idea....

 

DAryl

[+pghlooking]

Let me know if you want any info on how I did it. Turned out cool, at least i think so. Has gotten some pretty good reviews so far. Riddler's Revenge

[parks103]

There is one problem with this pic, that Pseudo Psuga menziezii (Douglas Fir) cone does not go well with the Thuja Plicata ( Western Red Cedar) foliage. BUSTED!!!!

[+kingsting]

I have a cache that was put out this summer. I didn't want to post any pics online till a bunch of people had a chance to find it and have the WOW factor hit them. Since I have found out that a local is showing pics of it to others, I might as well release my own pics here. Let me know what ya think.

 

Wow! That is really neat. I'll bet some finders had fun with that one!

 

It kind of reminds me of the Christmas present I got in 1983 when I asked for a home computer. I got a gadget from Radio Shack that looked a lot like what you have pictured there.

[+donbadabon]

pghlooking, that is really cool!

[+Kabuthunk]

I've got a few caches that are vaguely interestingly made. Links to how I made them are:

 

http://www.zebeth.com/planetzebeth/stuff/g...ache2build.html <--- built and placed

http://www.zebeth.com/planetzebeth/stuff/g...ing/cache1.html <--- built, but not yet placed

 

Or ...here's the final pics of them.

 

The one that's already been placed:

 

 

And this one didn't fit where I wanted it to go, so I need to find another place for it:

 

 

Yeah... still kinda low-quality compared to many here... but it's my first time cache-making.

[+P]

 

Urban camo.

[+sbell111]

Urban camo.

I give up. Is it a magnetic keyholder stuck to the back of the big yellow sign?

[+murfster]

Urban camo.

I give up. Is it a magnetic keyholder stuck to the back of the big yellow sign?

 

I'll bet the van is a container.. lots of room for trade items of any size!!

 

Murfster

[Clan Riffster]

I'll bet the van is a container.

At least it's not another micro!

Edited December 15, 2006 by Clan Riffster

[+ThePropers]

Urban camo.

 

Nice (assuming the van is the container). What cache is that? I tried going throuh yours, but none were listed as "large" containers.

 

Again, assuming the van is the container, I wonder how people recognize it as a cache container without feeling they're breaking into a car though. Is there a logo on it somewhere?

 

I guess you don't have to worry about muggles so much as you do the tow truck, huh?

Edited December 15, 2006 by ThePropers

[ScottFla]

Kabuthunk, if those are your first hides, you twentieth hide might might as well be invisible

[+NotThePainter]

I'll bet the van is a container.

At least it's not another micro!

 

Man, I so wish I still had my VW micro bus....

 

Paul

[+HomerJFong]

I came across these at Petsmart today while picking up a little Christmas gift for the dog in my life. They are designed to be attached to the dog's collar with a small slip of paper containing contact information of the owner's. This could be a fairly nasty micro. Photographed next to a penny to show off the size.

 

[+P]

Nice (assuming the van is the container). What cache is that? I tried going throuh yours, but none were listed as "large" containers.

 

Again, assuming the van is the container, I wonder how people recognize it as a cache container without feeling they're breaking into a car though. Is there a logo on it somewhere?

I'll bet the van is a container.

At least it's not another micro!

Man, I so wish I still had my VW micro bus....

The red Eurovan is indeed a cache GCKTK0.

But there is another large cache in the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2006 by P

[+GSVNoFixedAbode]

Having been inspired by many of the images in this thread I finally got this one placed:

 

 

..and FTF +3 already so I'll post this now.

 

[Edit] Dang fingers can't spell!

Edited December 18, 2006 by GSVNoFixedAbode

[+Dan-oh]

Long since archived but it was a stumper. I only took a photo of the prototype, not the refined 2.0 version.

Placed on a busy street, city workers took it twice in 18 months. Fun while it lasted!

 

 

[+Sue Gremlin]

Long since archived but it was a stumper. I only took a photo of the prototype, not the refined 2.0 version.

Placed on a busy street, city workers took it twice in 18 months. Fun while it lasted!

 

 

Excellent. Just excellent. We have a similar cache, but I don't wanna post a photo and ruin it.

[+j_czerwin]

 

That is beautiful and could be framed and sold as a piece of art. Exceptional Design!!!

[+IfIOnlyHadABrain]

Brother, if that's what you came up with as a rookie, I'd be scared to hunt your hundredth hide. Great work!

 

Thanks. I have to say, though, the camo job isn't holding up to the weather. I must get some GORILLA GLUE!!

 

And, by the way, it's "sister", not "brother".

[RobRcer]

I got a few tennis balls, and have a 35mm film canister. I cut the film canister so it was about 1/2 inch long (including the lid). I cut a opening in the ball just big enough for the cut canister to slide in a little ways. I then hot glued around where the two meet. The cache is a micro and waterproof. The opening is 35 mm, but the inside is a little bigger than what the normal canister would be. What do yall think? I may post a pic later.

 

Robert

[+Segerguy]

I got a few tennis balls, and have a 35mm film canister. I cut the film canister so it was about 1/2 inch long (including the lid). I cut a opening in the ball just big enough for the cut canister to slide in a little ways. I then hot glued around where the two meet. The cache is a micro and waterproof. The opening is 35 mm, but the inside is a little bigger than what the normal canister would be. What do yall think? I may post a pic later.

 

Robert

 

This tread is about the pic's....post it.

[RobRcer]

Here ya go...

[+pghlooking]

The cache is a micro and waterproof.

Just so you know, film cans are not waterproof. They may seem that way at the start, but you will find plenty of soggy scraps in them all over. Might want to revise your idea or will be visiting alot to dry out and replace the log. Sorry to give you the bad news.

[+sbell111]

The cache is a micro and waterproof.

Just so you know, film cans are not waterproof. They may seem that way at the start, but you will find plenty of soggy scraps in them all over. Might want to revise your idea or will be visiting alot to dry out and replace the log. Sorry to give you the bad news.

Actually, the wight film cans with the lid that snaps into the can is quite water resistant. I've had my 'proof of concept' rock in our garden for a couple of years now and it has not leaked.

 

However, the black film cans with the lids that snap over the container (like in the tennis ball pic) leak horribly.

[surferacf1]

My recently placed Cryptex Colossus is a handmade cryptex inside an ammo box.

 

[+sbell111]

Your cryptex is very cool. I'd be interested to know the specifics of it's construction.

[+geocacher_coza]

I made this micro/small containers from watertight cigarette containers

Edited December 30, 2006 by geocacher_coza

[+Natureboy56]

Does anyone know where I could get one of those tree stub containers? I looked on ebay but can't find anything. Also, Where was the section in this thread that said how to make the fake log?

Thanks

 

Natureboy56

[Digital_Cowboy]

bump

 

Uh, not to sound too dumb, but why are there some posts that only say "bump?"

 

Digital_Cowboy

[+pghlooking]

bump

 

Uh, not to sound too dumb, but why are there some posts that only say "bump?"

 

Digital_Cowboy

It is used to push a thread to the top of the list so it is more easily seen. Alot of the time is is used when a question hasn't been answered but there are several other topics going that are very active, and the person asking a question sees his thread drop down and is afraid it is being overlooked. In the GeoCoins Forum it is uised a lot when someone is selling a coin and they want to maxmize their free advertising in the forums. In the case of threads like this one it is not generally needed as the thread is good enough to keep it alove on it's own. Hope that helps.

[+pghlooking]

bump

 

Uh, not to sound too dumb, but why are there some posts that only say "bump?"

 

Digital_Cowboy

It is used to push a thread to the top of the list so it is more easily seen. Alot of the time is is used when a question hasn't been answered but there are several other topics going that are very active, and the person asking a question sees his thread drop down and is afraid it is being overlooked. In the GeoCoins Forum it is uised a lot when someone is selling a coin and they want to maxmize their free advertising in the forums. In the case of threads like this one it is not generally needed as the thread is good enough to keep it alove on it's own. Hope that helps.

[Digital_Cowboy]

bump

 

Uh, not to sound too dumb, but why are there some posts that only say "bump?"

 

Digital_Cowboy

It is used to push a thread to the top of the list so it is more easily seen. Alot of the time is is used when a question hasn't been answered but there are several other topics going that are very active, and the person asking a question sees his thread drop down and is afraid it is being overlooked. In the GeoCoins Forum it is uised a lot when someone is selling a coin and they want to maxmize their free advertising in the forums. In the case of threads like this one it is not generally needed as the thread is good enough to keep it alove on it's own. Hope that helps.

 

pghlooking,

 

Thanks, it does.

 

Digital_Cowboy

[RobRcer]

Yall know what would be a neat multi?? If someone found a park few muggles went to, and had a body part multi. First cache would be legs, then arms, then torso, then the final would be a big pretzel jar in a mask, what yall think?? Just need to make sure no muggle sees somebody taking out or replacing a body part in some bushes or a tree. LOL

[+sbell111]

Yall know what would be a neat multi?? If someone found a park few muggles went to, and had a fake body part multi. First cache would be fake legs, then fake arms, then fake torso, then the final would be a big pretzel jar in a mask, what yall think?? Just need to make sure no muggle sees somebody taking out or replacing a fake body part in some bushes or a tree. LOL

I fixed it for you (I hope).

 

[RobRcer]

Ohh, thanks alot, LOL.....

[+JohnTee]

Just a little thing to share back with the group . . .

 

 

I had a need for a screw to tie a piece of monofilament to. Didn't want a nice shiny screw head giving things away.

 

Take a stainless steel screw (far left)

Add Gorilla Glue to the screw head (center of picture - use a toothpick to get it down into the screw head slots)

Allow the G.G. to set up (gets foamy, hard and a little shiny)

Shoot with a little flat/camo paint in color of choice

 

JohnTee

[+sbell111]

<snip>

I had a need for a screw to tie a piece of monofilament to. Didn't want a nice shiny screw head giving things away.

 

Take a stainless steel screw (far left)

Add Gorilla Glue to the screw head (center of picture - use a toothpick to get it down into the screw head slots)

Allow the G.G. to set up (gets foamy, hard and a little shiny)

Shoot with a little flat/camo paint in color of choice

How do you screw it in?

[+v-hunter]

<snip>

I had a need for a screw to tie a piece of monofilament to. Didn't want a nice shiny screw head giving things away.

 

Take a stainless steel screw (far left)

Add Gorilla Glue to the screw head (center of picture - use a toothpick to get it down into the screw head slots)

Allow the G.G. to set up (gets foamy, hard and a little shiny)

Shoot with a little flat/camo paint in color of choice

How do you screw it in?

 

You don't. It just became a nail

[+JohnTee]

<snip>

I had a need for a screw to tie a piece of monofilament to. Didn't want a nice shiny screw head giving things away.

 

Take a stainless steel screw (far left)

Add Gorilla Glue to the screw head (center of picture - use a toothpick to get it down into the screw head slots)

Allow the G.G. to set up (gets foamy, hard and a little shiny)

Shoot with a little flat/camo paint in color of choice

How do you screw it in?

 

With an existing (pre-drilled) hole, the slotted head is now basically a knob and it screws in by turning it with your fingers. Just be sure the size of your pre-drilled hole is between the screw shaft and outer thread diamters in size and it's easy!

 

I was using an existing hole, so made several in different sizes. Found the one that fit best and turned it in. I'll see if I can get the picture off my phone and post it.

 

JohnTee

[+JohnTee]

 

With an existing (pre-drilled) hole, the slotted head is now basically a knob and it screws in by turning it with your fingers. Just be sure the size of your pre-drilled hole is between the screw shaft and outer thread diamters in size and it's easy!

 

I was using an existing hole, so made several in different sizes. Found the one that fit best and turned it in. I'll see if I can get the picture off my phone and post it.

 

JohnTee

 

Here's the picture of the screw in place. You see a series of holes that insects have bored in the wood.

 

 

Before anyone gets their shorts in a knot, the piece of wood I put the screw in, besides being dead, is an old fence post that this tree grew AROUND. Pretty neat!

 

JohnTee

[+Shuckymomo]

 

With an existing (pre-drilled) hole, the slotted head is now basically a knob and it screws in by turning it with your fingers. Just be sure the size of your pre-drilled hole is between the screw shaft and outer thread diamters in size and it's easy!

 

I was using an existing hole, so made several in different sizes. Found the one that fit best and turned it in. I'll see if I can get the picture off my phone and post it.

 

JohnTee

 

Here's the picture of the screw in place. You see a series of holes that insects have bored in the wood.

 

 

Before anyone gets their shorts in a knot, the piece of wood I put the screw in, besides being dead, is an old fence post that this tree grew AROUND. Pretty neat!

 

JohnTee

 

Thanks, I needed that!!!

[+Totem Clan]

 

With an existing (pre-drilled) hole, the slotted head is now basically a knob and it screws in by turning it with your fingers. Just be sure the size of your pre-drilled hole is between the screw shaft and outer thread diamters in size and it's easy!

 

I was using an existing hole, so made several in different sizes. Found the one that fit best and turned it in. I'll see if I can get the picture off my phone and post it.

 

JohnTee

 

Here's the picture of the screw in place. You see a series of holes that insects have bored in the wood.

 

 

Before anyone gets their shorts in a knot, the piece of wood I put the screw in, besides being dead, is an old fence post that this tree grew AROUND. Pretty neat!

 

JohnTee

HOW DARE YOU DEFACE THAT POOR DEFENCELESS TREE! I was just about to hug it till I saw your Geo-garbage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was that knotty enough? And I guess it isn't defenceless. After all it is wrap around a fence.

[+tollerdudes]

Wow! Those containers are awesome everybody!

[+tollerdudes]

Bump

[+DrAwKwArD]

Maybe someone can confirm it, but I received this one in my email inbox a few days ago: Do you think it's real?

Edited January 12, 2007 by cache-n-dash

[+krisandmel]

 

This picture is just begging to be the subject of a caption contest!

 

"Now let's see, was that in WGS 84 or NAD 27?"

~K

[+Doc29]

Yes, this is a real cache. I will see if I can my the waypoint.

Edited January 12, 2007 by Doc29

[+mizdeeds]

TOO funny! There is a thread for captions on cool pictures, and I couldn't resist posting that photo over there (post #106)

 

Miz

[+sbell111]

Maybe someone can confirm it, but I received this one in my email inbox a few days ago: Do you think it's real?

Wasn't that container submitted to this thread or the other one a few weeks ago?