+The Weasel Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I had a TB thought/idea that I thought would be a good idea. What I was thinking is having 2 TB's. 1 of the the TB's would be a key to a padlock. The second TB would be a box that is locked with the padlock that the key goes to. The big thing would that inside the locked box is the coords to a cache that I would have placed. So basically, you would have to find both TB's in order to get the coords to the "secret cache". I would start the TB's on opposite sides of the country so it would take awhile for the 2 to meet up. I wouldn't list the cache on the website until it had been found by way of the 2 TB's coming together to reveal the coords. What does everybody think? Cool, stupid, etc.... Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 The main problem is not getting the two tbs together but the fact that when they finally meet the chances of them being anywhere NEAR the cache is close to nil. Now if you release both TBs locally and request that finders redhide them separately, you may get some finds before one or the other bug becomes lost. (which, by the way, means you ought to try and get multiple locks that all work with the same key and a couple of keys so that you can replace tbs that go missing, get muggled, or otherwise disappear off the radar.) A common variation of the last one is to make the cache a mystery cache and to put the lat on one key and the lon on another and once someone has found both, they can go looking. The advantage to that method is that they can release the one before or when they find the other. Quote Link to comment
WH Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) Thats similiar to what I do with this cache. I have 4 TB's released with instructions that they remain within a certain geographical area.. Finding each one gets you a portion of the coordinates to the main cache. Only by finding all 4 can you locate the main cache. Edited March 18, 2004 by WH Quote Link to comment
+brad.32 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I like WH's 4-TBs plan. The lock and key plan that Weasel outlined originally has the logistical problems bons went into. He mentioned the need for the finders to rehide them separately again after a matched find. That part would be the biggest hassle for the finders. What D/T for the parts? How far apart is the min/max? How far from the final cache? Etc. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) I thought of having a travel bug be the key and the lock would be on the cache. Thus, you would need to find the key, take the key to unlock the cache, then hide the key in another cache. Another variation to this one might be to have a bug be a combination, that would open the lock on a cache. That way, the bug could be hidden again more quickly and more people could find the cache because the combination bug would be in circulation more quickly. Edited March 18, 2004 by Webfoot Quote Link to comment
+McCaughan Family Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 (edited) Wasn't there a cache in Washington state that did the lock and key tb? Found it A Lock On The Buzz Edited March 19, 2004 by McCaughan Family Quote Link to comment
+brad.32 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Here's one with two TB keys in NE: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...18-833cd2448f52 Quote Link to comment
+º Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Here's one close to Berlin with just one TB key: Schlüsselerlebnis / Keystone Quote Link to comment
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