knowschad Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) Hello, world. Edited March 16, 2011 by knowschad Quote Link to comment
+shadowmib Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) Cache I made on the cheap for another Cache Owner. His original was a pickel jar that was smashed by muggles. Picked up some rocks at the cache site and hot glued them to the lid, sprayed 3M aerosol spray adhesive on, and threw on a few handfuls of sawdust left from chainsawwing a tree in the back yard. The original cache hint was "under some rocks". I piled more rocks around the uncamo's part of the can. hopefully this will remain unmuggled. Edited March 16, 2011 by shadowmib Quote Link to comment
+Sharks-N-Beans Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I was on this topic awhile back and there was a picture of a cache that someone said they found in Norhtern Cali. They picture was a plastic rat. I came to look for it again and I cant seem to find the thread and I want to ask the poster what cache it was...is there anyone that can help out here??? I looked many pages back and it may have been removed or erased I just cant find the comment...thanks! Different thread Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! Quote Link to comment
+shadowmib Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! It's just a screw top plastic kitchen container. It's probably wouldnt stand up to being totally submerged, but it sits at the top of the bank of a bayou so water will not collect there, so I feel the contents will be fairly safe as long as people screw the lid back on. Contents inside are in a baggie for extra protection anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I was on this topic awhile back and there was a picture of a cache that someone said they found in Norhtern Cali. They picture was a plastic rat. I came to look for it again and I cant seem to find the thread and I want to ask the poster what cache it was...is there anyone that can help out here??? I looked many pages back and it may have been removed or erased I just cant find the comment...thanks! Different thread A friend had one like that called Nacho Cheese. A big old rat with shiny red eyes that hid back inside a hollow log. It was muggled. Quote Link to comment
QuaabHunter Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Ha ! I always wanted to use one of these Greenlee boxes ! they are weather proof maybe a bit of moisture but the cool thing is the lock can not be cut on it! pretty dam expensive too ! make sure to put it on the edge of no where so no one can monkey with it! Quote Link to comment
purpleflipflops Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I've been planning on making my first geocache, and made the lid of the container look like this... It is pretty small, the whole piece is about 12" across... I am worried about the container I plan on attaching it too. If this is flush to the ground, then there is a good chance water will get in if it rains. But I figured it'd be a fun find if you were off-trail somewhere... Quote Link to comment
+BayouBug Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I am worried about the container I plan on attaching it too. If this is flush to the ground, then there is a good chance water will get in if it rains. But I figured it'd be a fun find if you were off-trail somewhere... One of the most frustrating things about geocaching is opening a cache container to find everything wet and nasty. We have found some really cool containers out there, some better than others. Good container choice is key to having a successful cache with positive feedback. Find a good container then build off of it. Another good idea is to place the container in your backyard just like you want to hide it and allow it to stand against the elements, especially if it is a questionable container. If it stays dry and holds up then it should do well in the wild. Just remember this. If you spent all that time to construct a cache that you wanted to be an amazing find for someone else, wouldn't you want to build it to last the elements? Think about the cachers that will come look for the cache too. I would be disappointed if I found a cool container only to open it and find a water soaked logged. It may look good on the outside but the inside is well...... you get the idea. We should be creative but not at the expense of poor container choice. Make your first cache special and creative, but make it to last the elements too. You will have less headaches and maintenance issues as well. Just wanted to encourage you to rethink your container idea before it melts. I hope this is received as it was intended... to be helpful. Oh yeah... they idea looks great for a cache. Please post a picture of the finished cache. Quote Link to comment
+snapshot7 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! It's just a screw top plastic kitchen container. It's probably wouldnt stand up to being totally submerged, but it sits at the top of the bank of a bayou so water will not collect there, so I feel the contents will be fairly safe as long as people screw the lid back on. Contents inside are in a baggie for extra protection anyway. Very nice camo on this one! I dig your work:) Quote Link to comment
+shadowmib Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! It's just a screw top plastic kitchen container. It's probably wouldnt stand up to being totally submerged, but it sits at the top of the bank of a bayou so water will not collect there, so I feel the contents will be fairly safe as long as people screw the lid back on. Contents inside are in a baggie for extra protection anyway. Very nice camo on this one! I dig your work:) You should see when i camo myself... .but... well NO ONE sees me then. Edited March 20, 2011 by shadowmib Quote Link to comment
+snapshot7 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! It's just a screw top plastic kitchen container. It's probably wouldnt stand up to being totally submerged, but it sits at the top of the bank of a bayou so water will not collect there, so I feel the contents will be fairly safe as long as people screw the lid back on. Contents inside are in a baggie for extra protection anyway. Very nice camo on this one! I dig your work:) You should see when i camo myself... .but... well NO ONE sees me then. LOL! you should camo, hide and publish yourself as a cache and when someone comes to claim the FTF you pop out and scare the living sh** out of them!!! Quote Link to comment
hoops_and_yoyo Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Someone should make a partrige and put it in a pear tree, that would be great. Quote Link to comment
hoops_and_yoyo Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 (edited) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1de8db60-2105-4aae-ae93-8a2ad763317a this one was cool, didnt have a sharpie so i could not sign Edited March 21, 2011 by hoops_and_yoyo Quote Link to comment
purpleflipflops Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 there is a good chance water will get in if it rains One of the most frustrating things about geocaching is opening a cache container to find everything wet and nasty. We have found some really cool containers out there, some better than others. Good container choice is key to having a successful cache with positive feedback. Find a good container then build off of it. Another good idea is to place the container in your backyard just like you want to hide it and allow it to stand against the elements, especially if it is a questionable container. If it stays dry and holds up then it should do well in the wild. Just remember this. If you spent all that time to construct a cache that you wanted to be an amazing find for someone else, wouldn't you want to build it to last the elements? Think about the cachers that will come look for the cache too. I would be disappointed if I found a cool container only to open it and find a water soaked logged. It may look good on the outside but the inside is well...... you get the idea. We should be creative but not at the expense of poor container choice. Make your first cache special and creative, but make it to last the elements too. You will have less headaches and maintenance issues as well. Just wanted to encourage you to rethink your container idea before it melts. I hope this is received as it was intended... to be helpful. Oh yeah... they idea looks great for a cache. Please post a picture of the finished cache. Thank you, This was reaffirming my worries. I decided not to place it after I put my container underwater.... It was not as waterproof as I hoped. I will have to hide it this summer, once I return home and have a better container. Thanks for the help, I will totally post pictures!!! Quote Link to comment
+GeoReapers Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 This is a favorite right now. I won't say where it is, but if you look, there is an ammo can disguised as a bird house. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 This is a favorite right now. I won't say where it is, but if you look, there is an ammo can disguised as a bird house. Brilliant. I know that cache! The CO has a series of creative ammo can hides. Quote Link to comment
+GeoReapers Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) This is a favorite right now. I won't say where it is, but if you look, there is an ammo can disguised as a bird house. Brilliant. I know that cache! The CO has a series of creative ammo can hides. I wish we were in the area more often, I would love to find the rest. It was funny, after we loaded this one up, my girlfriend was reading the description and looks at me and says "honey, I think you are really going to like this guy". Honestly, if the rest are this interesting, I might just come up to the area to find those. Edited March 22, 2011 by GeoReapers Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 This is a favorite right now. I won't say where it is, but if you look, there is an ammo can disguised as a bird house. Brilliant. I know that cache! The CO has a series of creative ammo can hides. I wish we were in the area more often, I would love to find the rest. It was funny, after we loaded this one up, my girlfriend was reading the description and looks at me and says "honey, I think you are really going to like this guy". Honestly, if the rest are this interesting, I might just come up to the area to find those. I've found three, #1, #4 (this one), and #6. I liked #4 and #6, but #1 is in a dumpy location and I don't think it's worth it. Quote Link to comment
doug550 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) A 9 volt battery i converted Edited March 23, 2011 by doug550 Quote Link to comment
doug550 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196752_1848852790877_1527439626_31912380_4094346_s.jpg Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 A 9 volt battery i converted http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196752_1848852790877_1527439626_31912380_4094346_s.jpg Converted to what? The pic is too small to see anything. Quote Link to comment
+Ecylram Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 A 9 volt battery i converted http://photos-g.ak.f...0_4094346_s.jpg Converted to what? The pic is too small to see anything. As best as I can tell he made a 9-volt battery into a micro container. Quote Link to comment
+gelfling6 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've seen this type done before on a smaller scale, but mine holds a peanut butter jar. My 'World Of Stone, Forgotten Park' cache, before it got muggled, was a clear plastic jar with a plastic screw-on cap, set into a cast piece of concrete. Very similar in design, But this looks like you did some serious drilling! Quote Link to comment
NeecesandNephews Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I need to check this thread more often!!! I like your rock! Quote Link to comment
+Scooby-Doo Crew Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nice thread! Quote Link to comment
+KBfamily Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Did you see the cache? Quote Link to comment
+silly_one_75 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I was on this topic awhile back and there was a picture of a cache that someone said they found in Norhtern Cali. They picture was a plastic rat. I came to look for it again and I cant seem to find the thread and I want to ask the poster what cache it was...is there anyone that can help out here??? I looked many pages back and it may have been removed or erased I just cant find the comment...thanks! Different thread actually no it was on this one and there were pics of it...the other thread just talked about the idea of it but not secifically about the one I wanted but thanks! Quote Link to comment
+Ligum Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Maybe not a cool container but different. It is an oval duct access door mounted on plywood and cammoed. It will be secured to a dead tree or log. Quote Link to comment
vpatech Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Has anyone ever seen a light bulb cache? Quote Link to comment
+JJnTJ Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Has anyone ever seen a light bulb cache? No, but I bet they like the puzzles (since they're so bright)! Wakka wakka wakka! Quote Link to comment
vpatech Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Well at the moment I'm waiting for my plastic cast of a light bulb to harden, pictures will be online tomorrow probably. Its the exact replica of a light bulb, it even looks like glass, but when you unscrew it from a socket, it contains a bison tube on the bottom. Quote Link to comment
+Bergie Bunch Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Has anyone ever seen a light bulb cache? One of our first finds when we started 2 years ago. Our second day caching, we are with a group of 12 people, we pull up to the cache site, a country store, about 80' long, everyone else has been here before looking on MANY occasions. My then 14 y/o son gets out of the car walk over to the building, looks at the lights on either side of the door, 1 is on the other is not, reaches up, unscrews the bulb and replaced it before anyone else saw. He proudly declared the cache found, then waited about 20 mins for everyone else to give up before grabbing it again and showing his signature. He looked at the obvious, the light was out, the bulbs didn't match. Quote Link to comment
+Ecylram Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Yep, found a light bulb cache. It was hanging in a tree. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Has anyone ever seen a light bulb cache? Yep. It was in a small town park that had a large pine tree adorned with Christmas lights. The fake Christmas light was a bit larger and within easy reach of the ground (terrain 1.5) so it wasn't that difficult. Quote Link to comment
vpatech Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Very cool! Im going to put mine up in the Sarasota, Florida area. Im thinking use it as some really nice camo at a urban location or put it in the woods hanging down in the middle of nowhere. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What kind of container was that? I loved that you put rocks on the lid, playing on the hint. Well done! It's just a screw top plastic kitchen container. It's probably wouldnt stand up to being totally submerged, but it sits at the top of the bank of a bayou so water will not collect there, so I feel the contents will be fairly safe as long as people screw the lid back on. Contents inside are in a baggie for extra protection anyway. Very nice camo on this one! I dig your work:) You should see when i camo myself... .but... well NO ONE sees me then. The thought ran through my mind as to where you insert the cache container Quote Link to comment
mtbikernate Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I did one similar to this in Arkansas in December. clever. that one was not physically attached to anything, though, which made it easier to spot. Quote Link to comment
+Is_907 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 ... I did one similar to this in Arkansas in December. clever. that one was not physically attached to anything, though, which made it easier to spot. I would not have found that one if it weren't for trag_cachers, who was "mentoring" me in the way of Geocaching. Was an awesome find. Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I was inspired by a few of the large "matchtubes" earlier in the thread. Welding Rod Holder - $5.99 at Harbor Freight Giant novelty pen - 6 for $6 on Amazon Giant log scroll - Printed at work Also thinking of making a few giant matches from dowels but haven't decided yet. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I was inspired by a few of the large "matchtubes" earlier in the thread. Welding Rod Holder - $5.99 at Harbor Freight Giant novelty pen - 6 for $6 on Amazon Giant log scroll - Printed at work Also thinking of making a few giant matches from dowels but haven't decided yet. One of the many things I have thought about but never actually got around to doing. Thanks for sharing. You could make a pen out of one of the giant matches if you went that rout. Quote Link to comment
Skirtman Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hi, A real large Cachebox "hidden" in Germany: Relaxed logging... ;-) Regards Skirtman Quote Link to comment
+The Ravens Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Can someone direct me to the thread with pictures of trees eating things? I would much appreciate it. Thank. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I was inspired by a few of the large "matchtubes" earlier in the thread. Welding Rod Holder - $5.99 at Harbor Freight Giant novelty pen - 6 for $6 on Amazon Giant log scroll - Printed at work Also thinking of making a few giant matches from dowels but haven't decided yet. You could make the giant matches out of pencils (there may even be certain ink pens that could be used). But prepare for cachers to trade for them. Quote Link to comment
+Nived87 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hi, A real large Cachebox "hidden" in Germany: Relaxed logging... ;-) Regards Skirtman Check out the World Largest Travel Bug Hotel(GC1R6A7) Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Can someone direct me to the thread with pictures of trees eating things? I would much appreciate it. Thank. Hungry Trees Quote Link to comment
+TreasureFerret Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Wow, as someone who hasn't yet started caching these are very intimidating o.o Quote Link to comment
+CP Columbus Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I liked the hide at Stoney Lonesome, GCG4P5. It was painted with that speckled stone paint, and had rocks glued to it. It was invisible unless you were right on it... Ian5281 SWEET! Very Creative.. Quote Link to comment
coachgrinnan Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Here is one I made for my PEZ series. Quote Link to comment
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