Hogarth Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Curious.. Just read a thread where the stasher takes along fake ferns and ivys to conceal their caches. Wondering, who is the master of disquse out there? I want to know who has the most Frownies logged to a cache they have hid, or of a cache they know about. We're not talking some cache on the top of a mountain peak rated a 5 / 5. I'm talking local caches that are so very well concealed, the owner dares you to try and find it, and they are virtually impossible to find. My nomination would have to be a local cacher called the 1/2 Whit. He is truely a master of disquise... Who's yours?? Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 The sneakiest hider I know is Bufford from Klamath Falls. He has laid caches right out in plain view for all to see, but you don't see them. Once I actually touched a cache by accident before seeing it. In fact I would not have ever found it if I didn't touch it. Word has it that a future cache may resemble trail droppings but you didn't hear it here. It's jut a rumor ya know. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 People had a lot of difficulty finding this one... Quote Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 The other day I was at Mr. Brown's Challenge and actually picked up the cache and didn't know it. It was a comedy of errors. The Jester and I were going for his #300 and at the same time looking to place the Puget Sound Hot Potato. There are two caches in the same park and I had decrypted the clue to the other one and we both thought we were looking for an ammo box under some ferns. This was definitely not that. We had both put down our GPSr's right next to the cache while looking. Never dawned on us. Don't have a picture, sorry. Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 In Michigan, it has to be Victorymike. He has a few that really had us "stumped" until we sat on them to reread the hints! Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 A local cacher took a piece of burlap, sprayed it with glue, then dumped pine needles all over it. He then put a cache in the middle of the ground in a pine forest and put the burlap on top. People would literally be standing on top of the cache and not be able to find it... Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I would have to say Team GWho. He has skunked several players with this cache. I'm sure there are more DNFs then are logged too. There were 3 of us looking the day I went. Took us about an hour and we almost gave up on it. Quote Link to comment
+WaldenRun Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Wondering, who is the master of disquse out there? In our area, the container master is CacheNCarryMA. His hides are generally normal sized containers, and they are pieces of art. They don't generate a lot of frowns, because his reputation precedes him. Fool us twice, shame on us! -WR Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Don't know about that, but I've always been the best at baiting. Don't know that I'd call myself a "master" though... Quote Link to comment
Hogarth Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Wondering if we should have Stash Ratings based on Frownies.. The more of them logged to one of your caches, the higher you Master of Disquise rating goes up. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 would that be my fake ivy and ferns you're referring to? Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 In the Dallas - Fort Worth area Akulakat is Camo Man. Quote Link to comment
+W7WT Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 In the Bremerton Washington area, Fledermaus and Real Deal are masters at rehiding caches. They motto used to be lets hide it so Old Man W7WT can't find it. They were usually successful. That's why I have so many first finds. If I was going to find it, I had to beat them to it. If you ever read any of Fledermaus remarks on the cache page, he always says "left it hidden better, than I found it." Dick, W7WT Quote Link to comment
+Akulakat Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 In the Dallas - Fort Worth area Akulakat is Camo Man. Here are a few for ya. FLOUNDER and here is Thumbkin and maybe a Cow Pie. All right in the open you might be touching it and not know it. For fun you can throw in a LURKER Quote Link to comment
+Fritz_Monroe Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Take a look at the log entries for Little Nasty Lots of VERY experienced cachers had DNF on this one. I'm not ready for this one yet, but some day I'll try. F_M Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) This little beauty has a 44% frownie factor. In its original configuration it was so natural in appearance that finding it required complete mental focus and extremely keen powers of observation - not to mention a lot of uninterupted time. It's been found and replaced several times since my FTF log so that today, even though it is still difficult to spot, it's a bit easier than it was in its original condition. The owner of this cache has a gift for designing "evil"cahes and all geocachers in this region look forward to the work it takes to find one of his creations. Rating caches by "frownie" symbols wouldn't really identify the best creations however. Many in our sport don't bother to log a failure to find at all. Some only log a failure once, after many attempts to locate the cache. For those reasons, the "frownie" wouldn't provide an accurate rating tool. (edit for typo) Edited February 7, 2004 by gallahad Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Team 360 has some pretty devious hides. Try the Northern Edge of Insanity if you like wandering around in circles. Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 There's one in the SF Bay area (don't know which one) that looks like a cow pattie. Someone took a real one and made a mold of it. I heard it moos if you pick it up! Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 would that be my fake ivy and ferns you're referring to? It might be; or it might have been this slightly tongue in cheek comment I made in the 'Vandalism or Helpful?' thread: <snip> I usually carry some high quality plastic fern and ivy leaves along with some 2 part epoxy so I can better camoflage all the ammo boxes I come across <snip> Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Today I found a cache that looks like it came from a Great Dane! Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Today I found a cache that looks like it came from a Great Dane! EEEWWWWW!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Try Team360's "Cache from Hell" cache. I forgot about that one! Quote Link to comment
mufasa1023 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 (edited) i'm going to mention this one after every question like this....look at WGS84 "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure 2" stage 4 is what legends are made of....took me 3 trys on #4 alone it was a birdhouse suspended over a river that you had to visually follow the wire it was suspended from through thick foilage up the side of a hill and then at the top it richocheted to maybe 5 switch backs before you got to the release point Edited February 8, 2004 by mufasa1023 Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 (edited) Today I found a cache that looks like it came from a Great Dane! EEEWWWWW!!!!!! It was ~3/4 inch wide and about 5 inches long. A plastic dog poop with a film canister glued underneath it. I had visited the place several times and didn't notice it even though the cache's title and hint led you to belive that it might be the cache. Edited February 8, 2004 by Wacka Quote Link to comment
Hogarth Posted February 8, 2004 Author Share Posted February 8, 2004 Now I have seen Plastic Dog droppings used as waypoints but never as the actual cache. Very interresting... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Try Team360's "Cache from Hell" cache. I forgot about that one! Alright! Another Team 360 fan! Not only does he Geocide well, he has good hides, too! Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 No more Geo-cides for me, I am down to my last geocaching life, and I am trying to walk the path of good. Thanks for the thumbs-up on the caches! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I would nominate Monkeybrad, but I can't find his caches. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 i'm going to mention this one after every question like this....look at WGS84 "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure 2" stage 4 is what legends are made of....took me 3 trys on #4 alone That's the best cache I've seen, though it wasn't exactly well-concealed. It was maddeningly visible! I believe PDWADS were the first in the Detroit area to make 10-gallon bucket tree stumps. umc once made a very evil container-in-a-stick as part of a multi. Then there are Doc Ott's logs that are split in half, hollowed out to hide a container, then held together with dowels. Quote Link to comment
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