Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)

June 9, 2011

This thread is great I will be working on some ideas for my first few caches thanks to these ideas and my local thrift stores. I have found that a lot of one caches in my town arn't as creative as these so I will be stepping up and changing the way they view the caches. My town needs more creativity in their cache desighn. Thanks so much for all the photos they will help me to see my posiblities around there.

P.S. why does it say Tadpole under my photo?

Edited June 9, 2011 by fdlseeker

8.3k · June 9, 2011

This thread is great I will be working on some ideas for my first few caches thanks to these ideas and my local thrift stores. I have found that a lot of one caches in my town arn't as creative as these so I will be stepping up and changing the way they view the caches. My town needs more creativity in their cache desighn. Thanks so much for all the photos they will help me to see my posiblities around there.

P.S. why does it say Tadpole under my photo?

It has to do with your forum posts. I think 10 posts and your no longer a tadpole. You can also change your forum title in your account settings? or is it in your profile? I forget.

Edited June 9, 2011 by jholly

9.3k · June 9, 2011

...thanks to these ideas and my local thrift stores.

Hi Seeker! It's good to see folks who are willing to enhance the game, rather than just plopping another hide-a-key on yet another guardrail. Kudos, Sir! One bit of advice I would offer is, be wary of the containers that are sold in thrift shops. Many are substandard, (hence being sold in a thrift store), and a crappy container almost always leads to a leaky container.

June 15, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. Just your everyday lock right. Nothing wierd here.....wait a second. That's how you get it open! Hey look a bison tube. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

June 15, 2011

I'm having problems with hot glue. It discolors, gets stretchy and breaks. Maybe it depends on the type, but I used it to glue objects in my backyard, and was suprised at how soon it was a separate blob (not holding the object anymore). I've had some luck using hot glue to build up a container, or to hold a part in place, in addition to Goop or Liquid Nails. Maybe other people will get better results in other regions.

I have tried hot glue in the past, the problem is that eventually it will break free. The constant heating and cooling of the outdoors fatigues the glue bond, and no more stickum. I use 3M structural adhesive 8101. Its fairly cheap, cures quickly, is pretty much indestructible, mildly flexible, and hasn't let me down yet.

Edited June 15, 2011 by pplusminusk

19k · June 15, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. Just your everyday lock right. Nothing wierd here.....wait a second. That's how you get it open! Hey look a bison tube. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

Amazing!! I know of a chain link fence near a high school that already has a plethora of locks locked to it. How I would love to add this one to it!!

June 15, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. Just your everyday lock right. Nothing wierd here.....wait a second. That's how you get it open! Hey look a bison tube. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

Amazing!! I know of a chain link fence near a high school that already has a plethora of locks locked to it. How I would love to add this one to it!!

That lock is Awesome! You could sell those on Flee Bay!

2.4k · June 15, 2011

I'd love one of those...and those.... You folks are so talented! Thanks for showing us your work.

1.9k · June 15, 2011

This thread is great I will be working on some ideas for my first few caches thanks to these ideas and my local thrift stores. I have found that a lot of one caches in my town arn't as creative as these so I will be stepping up and changing the way they view the caches. My town needs more creativity in their cache desighn. Thanks so much for all the photos they will help me to see my posiblities around there.

P.S. why does it say Tadpole under my photo?

It has to do with your forum posts. I think 10 posts and your no longer a tadpole. You can also change your forum title in your account settings? or is it in your profile? I forget.

Only if you're a premium member. Otherwise, once you pass the 10 post threshold, it just says geocacher.

19k · June 15, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. Just your everyday lock right. Nothing wierd here.....wait a second. That's how you get it open! Hey look a bison tube. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

Amazing!! I know of a chain link fence near a high school that already has a plethora of locks locked to it. How I would love to add this one to it!!

That lock is Awesome! You could sell those on Flee Bay!

Then they would instantly become un-awesome.

June 16, 2011

We have a group of "cowboys" out here who put out the most ingenious caches.

Of the 14 I found yesterday, several were by these guys. One entails bringing a 15-foot (preferably, although we used a 12') ladder.

The funniest one was a huge blue barrel out in the scrub brush. Inside the barrel was a five-gallon water bottle. Inside the water bottle were more than 60 35mm film canisters.

Only one film canister would come out the neck of the bottle at a time and you had to get the one that had the log book in it in order to be able to sign the log.

It took us 58 tries . . .

Another one was an atypical Altoids mint container.

There were 62 Altoids mint containers, and only one held the log . . .

After doing the caches by these guys, finding Tupperware along side a trail is just, well, it's still fun . . .

This cache is SO devious that I am going to have to use this idea....

PLEASE DO NOT USE ALTOIDS CONTAINERS AS CACHE CONTAINERS!!! THEY RUST... SHUT!

The Steaks

June 16, 2011

Um, that was from 6 years ago!

9.3k · June 16, 2011

Um, that was from 6 years ago!

They still rust... Just sayin'... :lol:

19k · June 16, 2011

Um, that was from 6 years ago!

They still rust... Just sayin'...

By now, they probably are already well aware of the fact that they rust.

14k · June 16, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. Just your everyday lock right. Nothing wierd here.....wait a second. That's how you get it open! Hey look a bison tube. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

Amazing!! I know of a chain link fence near a high school that already has a plethora of locks locked to it. How I would love to add this one to it!!

Or, if they really wanted to be evil they could...

Get an ammo can bolt a U-bolt to one of the sides.

Get some heavy chain.

Take the ammo can out into the woods, and using the chain, "lock" it to a tree.

Fill the ammo can with expandable foam and a laminated sheet of paper which reads. "This is not the cache. You must sign the log to get credit for a find."

June 17, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

So the shackle still works?

June 17, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling. The cache disassembled. Haven't placed it yet, but want to put it on a bike rack or a fence with a chain.

So the shackle still works?

Yes and no. I can lock it to objects, and move it if I please, but it is not designed to be unlocked by fellow cachers. I didn't show in my photos how I am able to secure the lock. Sorry, my little secret.

1.9k · June 17, 2011

Been working on this project for a while now, here and there. Finally got some free time, and a machine open at work to do some milling.

I have one out like this that's well liked.

June 17, 2011

As do I. The pictures are buried somewhere deep within this thread...

June 17, 2011

A cache I put out around the end of Dec. the channel for the canister was cut in with a chainsaw.

Hahahahaha, now that's just evil! :lol:

June 17, 2011

A cache I put out around the end of Dec. the channel for the canister was cut in with a chainsaw.

Hahahahaha, now that's just evil!

We have one here that is better then that. The log has bark on it too. You can't see the cut like.

14k · June 17, 2011

A cache I put out around the end of Dec. the channel for the canister was cut in with a chainsaw.

Hahahahaha, now that's just evil!

I found one that used an inner container about the same size and the wood was about the same diameter as that but only about 2" high. It was located about 3/4 of a mile up a steep and seldom used trail. The cache was located in a area where there had been a tree fall. I found it in 2008 and it's only been found once (by two people caching together) since.

1.2k · June 18, 2011

As do I. The pictures are buried somewhere deep within this thread...

post #3534

5.2k · June 18, 2011

As do I. The pictures are buried somewhere deep within this thread...

post #3534

Well that was a pain. Next time please post a linky.

June 18, 2011

my cache containers..

http://kaikellaista.kuvat.fi/kuvat/jemmat/

Edited June 18, 2011 by juhata

June 19, 2011

I've finished reading this thread. Do I get a Souvenir?

June 19, 2011

my cache containers..

http://kaikellaista.kuvat.fi/kuvat/jemmat/

That pile of crap one, I'd never find. I steer around those when out looking. The birdhouses are nice.

Just an FYI, for those of you out hiding birdhouses, it looks a lot more realistic when you 'weather' them. Make them look used and old.

1.5k · June 21, 2011

I found this clever cache out in a grass area near a freeway. The cache is inside a sign...but not like any sign I've seen before. It was a puzzle inside the sign. You have to tip and lean the sign in order to figure out how to get the cache to fall out.

It looked quite real from just a few feet away...until the geocaching emblem became obvious.

Now it looks like you are there...however it still isn't clear where the geocache is.

Now it's tip and lean to figure out how to get that clattering thing out. Once you get the cache out, sign it, and put it back.

June 28, 2011

BUMP! Thanks for all the awesome ideas everyone!

1.7k · June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

I don't get it...

1.9k · June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

Was that buried? :anitongue:

June 29, 2011

No, if you closely look at about second 05 it is wedged behind a part for the rest of the equipment, at least as far as I can tell. :anicute:

June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

<_<

I'm friends with a few gay men and have worked with many more... can't think of any with a lisp. Only thing that comes to mind are characters on TV?

Edited June 29, 2011 by d+n.s

9.4k · June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

It would help to hold the camera still for more than a 1/2 second at a time.

Well, that wouldn't help with the lisp, but it would do something about the seizures.

Not your seizures, of course, but for the people viewing the video.

1.9k · June 29, 2011

It pains me to hear my own voice. In my head I don't sound like that. I hate having a wisp, I sound gay. Whatever, enjoy the creative cache.

It would help to hold the camera still for more than a 1/2 second at a time.

Well, that wouldn't help with the lisp, but it would do something about the seizures.

Not your seizures, of course, but for the people viewing the video.

Yes, and it would be nice to see just what exactly was the cache... :unsure:

June 29, 2011

Here's mine, sorry the pics are so big and bad quality. What i did was just drill a hole into the bottom of a pine cone, squirted some superglue into the hole, and put a small plastic tube into the hole. then I painted the lid of the tube brown.

1.7k · June 29, 2011

Does that help? <_<

June 29, 2011

Does that help?

Speaking as a lineman for a utility, yeah.... that helps. I have so much to say about that picture and cache..... But, nevermind, because I don't have the time or the energy to point out the errors of your ways and nobody appointed me the "cache police". Happy caching.

Edited June 29, 2011 by SeaScout

June 29, 2011

Here's mine, sorry the pics are so big and bad quality. What i did was just drill a hole into the bottom of a pine cone, squirted some superglue into the hole, and put a small plastic tube into the hole. then I painted the lid of the tube brown.

Is that a fake pinecone?

1.7k · June 29, 2011

Does that help?

Speaking as a lineman for a utility, yeah.... that helps. I have so much to say about that picture and cache..... But, nevermind, because I don't have the time or the energy to point out the errors of your ways and nobody appointed me the "cache police". Happy caching.

I didn't hide the cache, I found it. I don't hide urban caches because I don't want to deal with having security issues. I just thought it was creative... If it was my cache I would've gotten permission for an urban hide.

June 30, 2011

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Edited June 30, 2011 by Fuzzywhip

July 1, 2011

Here's mine, sorry the pics are so big and bad quality. What i did was just drill a hole into the bottom of a pine cone, squirted some superglue into the hole, and put a small plastic tube into the hole. then I painted the lid of the tube brown.

Is that a fake pinecone?

Nope, its real

July 4, 2011

I just need some help. I have a thermometer geocache container. I just cannot find the appropriate place to put it. it is backed by magnets. so that is not the problem. the problem is where to put it outdoors where people would not give it a second glance and it is not exposed to harsh weather elements. the only place I could find so far was a bus stop shelter. but it is somewhat far from my home...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2.4k · July 4, 2011

There's one near us that is on a local community hall. I don't know if permission was sought and granted, but it is still there. I'm tempted to do something on our municipal hall - for which I would definitely seek permission - or our pioneer museum, same thing applies.

9.3k · July 5, 2011

...and it is not exposed to harsh weather elements.

But it's a thermometer...?

I thought they were mostly built to survive harsh weather.

Sure, a hurricane or tornado could take one out, but rain? Freezing temps?

July 10, 2011

Hi! This is my first post on the forum. I did this as my first geocache and im looking for suggestions on where/how to hide it. It's a, i guess you guys would call it a "spruce cone", i peeled the "bits" (in lack of a better term) off a real cone and glued them, one by one, to a small plastic container.

I know it looks a bit sloppy but i think it will blend in fine depending on where i place it.

Edited July 10, 2011 by andreidoo

7.3k · July 10, 2011

This is not a cache of my own, nor is it a cache that I have found. I read about it here in the forums a number of years ago, and until today, had forgotten about it. But I think that it is too unique to let it get lost in the archives!

The now archived cache was a multi-cache called Baby Talk (GC41E2). From what I think I remember reading, the first stage was a bell on or near a fence. When you rang the bell, a pair of llamas came wandering on over to see if there was any yummy treats to be had.

Around the neck of one of the llamas was the next stage:

I hope the information I've given is reasonably accurate, but, of course, I'd welcome any corrections or additional information.

Hey, that's my picture!

I'm posting this late, but I'll answer the question. The first stage took you to a can (maybe an old metal coffee can?) full of llama food (who knows what that was, pellets? oats? I can't remember anymore). You were supposed to shake it, to get Baby to come over. Baby and the other llama were on the other side of the pasture when we went, and came over to accept our offering. Very calm and sweet. The coords took us nearby on the same road, I think.

From what I can remember, the cache was archived because Baby was getting tired of always coming over for cachers.

Still one of my all time favorite caches. My log.

7.3k · July 10, 2011

This one made me laugh when I found it:

dead chicken by Ambrosia_apples, on Flickr

July 11, 2011

This is our newest cache. Its our first try at doing a "custom" container, so go easy on us... we think it's pretty cool.

Ground zero:

The Hide:

The container:

The container is a Witz Sport Case and the hide was inspired by these two Head Hard Hat videos:

&

We made a mold out of styrofoam, and put Bondo in it, before adding a small container. I collected dirt from around GZ before painting the cache, and after putting some textured paint over my primer, I coated it with the dirt before it could dry. It looks better in person than these pics suggest.

Its exciting to have something out there to match how lovely the location is...

Edited July 11, 2011 by d+n.s

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