Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)

[+Don_J]

I once read a post where someone said there was no container that could be made from PVC pipes and fittings that couldn't be mistaken for a bomb. That's been some time ago, but I remembered it and chuckled a bit when I finished building this......

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*****SPOILER ALERT****** Kansas City area cachers should navigate away now.

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This is my vintage fire hydrant geocache. Hid this in a park called Firehouse Park behind a fire station and FTF got a gift card to Firehouse Subs. Now I ask, does this look like a bomb?

 

 

Made almost entirely from PVC pipe and fittings. Used specialty paint for plastics.

 

 

Top comes off to reveal cache.

 

 

Built in coin vault so geocoins don't get lost in the main cache. The back of the coin vault is sealed from the main cache area. Side caps are welded in place and not removable.

 

Wow! VERY nice. You have a lot of time and money invested in that thing, but I'm sure the logs that you get make it more than worthwhile.

 

It figures that the dog would like it.

[+Mushroom finder]

Thanks. Cost wasn't too bad. Probably spent more time staring at parts and pieces figuring out what would work best than I did building. That LPC you posted is pretty cool too. I do see the ammo can, though I suspect many are overlooking the obvious. Clever!

[+L0ne.R]

If you know this cache, please keep quiet. I am posting these pictures with the blessing of the cache owner, who took the photos. I must also add that the cache owner was very humble about this, hesitating to send me the pictures after taking them (at my request) because they felt the cache was too simple.

 

Imagine lifting a lamp skirt to find something like this!! I haven't found this cache, myself, but I have been told that there is an ammo can there somewhere. Seriously.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for posting the photos! I LOVE this!

 

Nice....where'd s/he put the logbook?

 

In the ammo can. Can you spot it?

 

Seriously? I can't spot it and I'm assuming it would be one of those miniature ammo cans.

[knowschad]

If you know this cache, please keep quiet. I am posting these pictures with the blessing of the cache owner, who took the photos. I must also add that the cache owner was very humble about this, hesitating to send me the pictures after taking them (at my request) because they felt the cache was too simple.

 

Imagine lifting a lamp skirt to find something like this!! I haven't found this cache, myself, but I have been told that there is an ammo can there somewhere. Seriously.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for posting the photos! I LOVE this!

 

Nice....where'd s/he put the logbook?

 

In the ammo can. Can you spot it?

 

Seriously? I can't spot it and I'm assuming it would be one of those miniature ammo cans.

 

I think its to the right of the birch, partially covered by the spruce.

[+Mushroom finder]

If you know this cache, please keep quiet. I am posting these pictures with the blessing of the cache owner, who took the photos. I must also add that the cache owner was very humble about this, hesitating to send me the pictures after taking them (at my request) because they felt the cache was too simple.

 

Imagine lifting a lamp skirt to find something like this!! I haven't found this cache, myself, but I have been told that there is an ammo can there somewhere. Seriously.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for posting the photos! I LOVE this!

 

Nice....where'd s/he put the logbook?

 

In the ammo can. Can you spot it?

 

Seriously? I can't spot it and I'm assuming it would be one of those miniature ammo cans.

 

I think its to the right of the birch, partially covered by the spruce.

 

At first I was looking for a mini ammo can too and was eyeballing that same spot. I think that's just a glob of hot glue. I believe there is a full size ammo can in those pics, you just have to think outside the box, or on top of the box as the case may be here.

[+lazydawg]

I think it's behind the boulder by the bear.

[+jicknarson]

I think it's behind the boulder by the bear.

 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

But... last log states this whole thing may have been removed by construction workers, so moot point.

 

Edited to add: no hot glue sticks lost their life in the construction of this cache. What resembles glue blobs is just... well... other stuff.

Edited August 29, 2011 by jicknarson

[+BStheTech]

I think it's behind the boulder by the bear.

 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

But... last log states this whole thing may have been removed by construction workers, so moot point.

 

Edited to add: no hot glue sticks lost their life in the construction of this cache. What resembles glue blobs is just... well... other stuff.

 

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

[+Mushroom finder]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

[+jicknarson]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

 

No ammo cans lost their lives in construction of this cache!

That would be a total abuse of my ideal cache container!

[+jicknarson]

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..."

 

Um... no.

Nothing ewwwwwwwwww about the "other stuff".

More like moss and rock and bark and other stuff like that.

Trick of the camera that it looks ewwww-worthy.

Edited August 29, 2011 by jicknarson

[+Fianccetto]

 

 

 

That's just beautiful!

[+EscapeFromFlatland]

I love catching up on this thread every couple of weeks. Can't wait to move at the end of the year and then spend the Iowa winter working on a few cache hides to place next summer. Until then, I'm jealous of the creativity on here.

[+Don_J]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

 

No ammo cans lost their lives in construction of this cache!

That would be a total abuse of my ideal cache container!

 

Is this your creation? If so, kudos. I've seen some amazing products of peoples imagination while geocaching, but this is off the scale. I can't imagine lifting a lamp skirt in the city and finding this amazing little micro-forest.

[+Coldgears]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

 

No ammo cans lost their lives in construction of this cache!

That would be a total abuse of my ideal cache container!

Okay. I've been dying to know... Did you rip-off the ones that were in the Latitude 47 blog?

[+jicknarson]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

 

No ammo cans lost their lives in construction of this cache!

That would be a total abuse of my ideal cache container!

Okay. I've been dying to know... Did you rip-off the ones that were in the Latitude 47 blog?

 

That's kind of insulting, Coldgears. I didn't "rip off" anything. I'm sure you read Knowschad's response in the LPC thread. I had not seen that series until you posted it. As I said, all ideas came from my imagination. The intent of the series that this cache is part of was to create a LPC that was interesting, unusual and different, and that is what I tried to do.

Thanks to all who had positive comments.

[+Coldgears]

So the bases aren't a cut up ammo can then?

 

No ammo cans lost their lives in construction of this cache!

That would be a total abuse of my ideal cache container!

Okay. I've been dying to know... Did you rip-off the ones that were in the Latitude 47 blog?

 

That's kind of insulting, Coldgears. I didn't "rip off" anything. I'm sure you read Knowschad's response in the LPC thread. I had not seen that series until you posted it. As I said, all ideas came from my imagination. The intent of the series that this cache is part of was to create a LPC that was interesting, unusual and different, and that is what I tried to do.

Thanks to all who had positive comments.

My apologies, I had pulled an all-nighter and had been awake for 30 hours at the time of that post. I could not think clearly.

 

I meant to ask if that was your inspiration, not if it was a rip-off.

[+pplusminusk]

My newest project. Started out as a lip balm container. A bit of time at work on the lathe, and we have a geocache.

Sorry for the blurry pictures

Edited September 2, 2011 by pplusminusk

[knowschad]

My newest project. Started out as a lip balm container. A bit of time at work on the lathe, and we have a geocache.

 

Sorry for the blurry pictures

Sweet! Was the lip balm container already in the form of a golf ball, or was that part of your lathe work?

[Vestlandsfanden]

Added some laser engraving on one of mine.

 

And on the side

 

Its in Norwegian, so i dont expect you to understand it..

The box. I think ive shown you before..

[+AmphibianTrackers]

Added some laser engraving on one of mine.

 

And on the side

 

Its in Norwegian, so i dont expect you to understand it..

The box. I think ive shown you before..

 

That is a beautiful container! Do you have some way to keep it secure so that someone doesn't steal it?

[+pplusminusk]

Sweet! Was the lip balm container already in the form of a golf ball, or was that part of your lathe work?

No lathe work done to the golf ball. It was a lip balm from big 5 I think. I got it as a stocking stuffer, from my mother-in-law two years ago. I hate lip balm, but figured if it stayed moist, it should keep the water at bay. The top had a key ring on a chain through a hole in the golf ball. I removed it. Did the lathe work on the tee. Made a washer and attached. I'm going to use some epoxy to glue everything together, as well as waterproof it. Then locktite the screw in place permanently.

[knowschad]

Sweet! Was the lip balm container already in the form of a golf ball, or was that part of your lathe work?

No lathe work done to the golf ball. It was a lip balm from big 5 I think. I got it as a stocking stuffer, from my mother-in-law two years ago. I hate lip balm, but figured if it stayed moist, it should keep the water at bay. The top had a key ring on a chain through a hole in the golf ball. I removed it. Did the lathe work on the tee. Made a washer and attached. I'm going to use some epoxy to glue everything together, as well as waterproof it. Then locktite the screw in place permanently.

 

I can almost guarantee you that it won't stay dry. If you can get an o-ring on it somehow, I'd sure recommend that.

[Vestlandsfanden]

Not so worried about it being stolen. Not many people around in the area where it sits

[+pplusminusk]

I can almost guarantee you that it won't stay dry. If you can get an o-ring on it somehow, I'd sure recommend that.

I think it could stay dry if people were very careful to re-tighten the container. Unfortunately as a cache builder I have to plan for the worst case scenarios. A small bison will fit inside perfectly. Was already planning on doing that when I placed it. Plus, here in SoCal, It stays pretty dry, but stuff still gets wet.

[+jaxonlee]

Three days, 96 pages, hundreds of ideas. This has been an enlightening adventure!

[+A & J Tooling]

One I'm just about done with.

 

 

Two more are located somewhere in this picture.

 

 

and finally, my most time consuming build. It is located in this picture somewhere...

 

[+Dgwphotos]

One I'm just about done with.

 

Two more are located somewhere in this picture.

 

 

Is is the kids? They are so lifelike!

[+bflentje]

Took me a while to find a cache - drove me crazy.

 

I enjoyed the challenge so much I made a few of my own.

 

Rail-road spike; never thought that some might be loose on

that old rail line, and then never thought there'd be anything

attached.

 

 

 

@ Knowschad: cough cough

[+Bografan]

I like the railroad tie idea... I might borrow that! Here's a few of mine, I don't know if they're considered cool, evil, whatever--You be the judge:

 

Same cache in the wild:

 

Here's a tribute cache for a local cacher making it to the comma club (the log is in a cork we hollowed out)

 

 

Here's one at a local beer brewery that I did-- It fools muggles, but not cachers... (No, the box is not `live')

 

 

A small `creepy' bison:

 

 

More in a minute!

[+Bografan]

Here's my `standard' camo on soda tubes nowadays... I like the way the Liquid Nails breaks up the outline and adds shadows:

 

[+Bografan]

Another one I haven't put out in the wild yet:

 

 

Some of my SID series:

 

[z0mbieCache]

i like the SID series... pretty kewl

[+Coldgears]

This thread depresses me. I love lame micro's. But I want at least one or two of these near me. How about a 500:1 lame micro to good cache ration. I'd be happ.y

[+slukster]

 

Here's one at a local beer brewery that I did-- It fools muggles, but not cachers... (No, the box is not `live')

 

Is that barbed wire near that cache? Yikes! Up the terrain rating.

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

Rail-road spike; never thought that some might be loose on

that old rail line, and then never thought there'd be anything

attached.

 

I used shrink tubing to attach the bison tube to my cut off spike. People tend to enjoy the hide quite a bit.

[+awopcxet]

Added some laser engraving on one of mine.

 

And on the side

 

Its in Norwegian, so i dont expect you to understand it..

The box. I think ive shown you before..

Atleast i can read that

[+SmallsKC]

There is so much unbelievable creativity here. Keep them coming!!! We have a few creative containers around here but certainly not enough. I wish more people around here would put out stuff like this. Well….I guess I will have to take the bull by the horns and do some myself. Hope nobody cares if I borrow some of these ideas.

[Vestlandsfanden]

Made this one from an idea i stole in here i think.. or was it on Youtube..?

 

Its a aluminiumpipe that i welded a bottom to and drilled 5 holes in, then i powdercoated it and put it up on a old pumphouse out in the woods.. Its close to a lake, and i,ve put a 1,5 liter bottle close by under some rubbel.

 

The container is placed in the pipe and you need to put 5 fingers over the hole in the bottom and fill the pipe to get the container to float up so you can grab it..

The container is made from some plastic pipefittings i glued together with some Sikaflex.

the out of use pumphouse..

Edited September 13, 2011 by Vestlandsfanden

[+power69]

Made this one from an idea i stole in here i think.. or was it on Youtube..?

 

Its a aluminiumpipe that i welded a bottom to and drilled 5 holes in, then i powdercoated it and put it up on a old pumphouse out in the woods.. Its close to a lake, and i,ve put a 1,5 liter bottle close by under some rubbel.

 

The container is placed in the pipe and you need to put 5 fingers over the hole in the bottom and fill the pipe to get the container to float up so you can grab it..

The container is made from some plastic pipefittings i glued together with some Sikaflex.

the out of use pumphouse..

I have a waterfiller cache but its nowhere near as nice as that one!

[+MtnLioness]

My newest and best creation yet.

It has taken me many weeks to make this too.

I am hoping my fellow cachers in my area don't watch this thread and won't see it before I can get it placed.

This is in SA, Australia.

 

I stumbled across a large square rose garden in the middle of an industrial area with an old rotting flagpole and a covered well (from what I can gather) and it inspired me, it made me think of gardens such as these with memorial plaques in them. I found a place to make the sandstone thing for me and he surprisingly made it better than what I asked for! My Brother then made the base for me and the rest I ordered. The whole construction has cost me $65 Au.

 

The Base unpadded.

The container in the base.

The Memorial Stone & Plaque

The Stone, container & Base

The finished product

 

I have yet to place this and the base will be buried and the stone will hopefully sit halfway in the dirt. It is simply lifted up for retrieval.

[knowschad]

My newest and best creation yet.

It has taken me many weeks to make this too.

I am hoping my fellow cachers in my area don't watch this thread and won't see it before I can get it placed.

This is in SA, Australia.

 

I stumbled across a large square rose garden in the middle of an industrial area with an old rotting flagpole and a covered well (from what I can gather) and it inspired me, it made me think of gardens such as these with memorial plaques in them. I found a place to make the sandstone thing for me and he surprisingly made it better than what I asked for! My Brother then made the base for me and the rest I ordered. The whole construction has cost me $65 Au.

 

The Base unpadded.

 

The container in the base.

 

The Memorial Stone & Plaque

 

The Stone, container & Base

The finished product

 

I have yet to place this and the base will be buried and the stone will hopefully sit halfway in the dirt. It is simply lifted up for retrieval.

 

Wow! I have never seen a cache that was anything like that! I think, however, that you need to rethink the "the base will be buried" part unless its on your own land.

 

How much did it cost to get the engraved plaque?

[+lazydawg]

Great cache, I'm sure the idea is going to be borrowed by others

[+Ike 13]

Wow! I have never seen a cache that was anything like that! I think, however, that you need to rethink the "the base will be buried" part unless its on your own land.

 

How much did it cost to get the engraved plaque?

I agree 100% AWESEOME idea. I thought how would anyone know to pick it up, but the plaque is a good clue.

 

You may already have thought of this and done it. But if you want to bury the base then you need to find the owners of the garden and get their full explicit permission to dig (you probably should get permission anyways so when they come to do pruning they don't find your stone and dispose of it).

[+bflentje]

My newest and best creation yet.

It has taken me many weeks to make this too.

I am hoping my fellow cachers in my area don't watch this thread and won't see it before I can get it placed.

This is in SA, Australia.

 

I stumbled across a large square rose garden in the middle of an industrial area with an old rotting flagpole and a covered well (from what I can gather) and it inspired me, it made me think of gardens such as these with memorial plaques in them. I found a place to make the sandstone thing for me and he surprisingly made it better than what I asked for! My Brother then made the base for me and the rest I ordered. The whole construction has cost me $65 Au.

 

The Base unpadded.

The container in the base.

The Memorial Stone & Plaque

The Stone, container & Base

The finished product

 

I have yet to place this and the base will be buried and the stone will hopefully sit halfway in the dirt. It is simply lifted up for retrieval.

 

I absoltuely love this. Over the years I've created a couple of similar but different cache containers.

 

- An engraved tombstone cache made of concrete. Tough to get in and out of the woods.

 

- I built a 6' obelisk out of extruded polystyrene on a base made of plywood. A very fun cache that got great logs.

 

Unfortunately, neither cache is in play anymore.

[+seldon]

What is the purpose of the yellow padding? I think I'm missing something here...

[+MtnLioness]

The purpose of the padding it so the sandstone doesn't get smashed when people drop it back in place as that is bound to happen. Not everyone will have the smarts to figure out that dropping it back into place will likely damage the less dense sandstone against the concrete.

 

I have no idea how I am going to get permission to bury it, I may just move it to under the nearby pine trees where it is less obvious.

Thank you for all the compliments

 

I found the plaque on ebay, customizable and it only cost $12

Done by these guys - http://myworld.ebay.com.au/glassdisplaycases.com/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

[knowschad]

What is the purpose of the yellow padding? I think I'm missing something here...

 

Don'tcha be getting any bright ideas, now, Seldon.

[+seldon]

Don't worry, only dim-bulb ideas here.

[+MtnLioness]

Don't worry, only dim-bulb ideas here.

Heehee... Honestly, I would never have come up with the idea had the location not inspired me!