Cache Containers

[+MREAGLEWO1]

Hello,

Just to let you fellow Geocachers know, Ammo Boxes are not the best container to be used. I used the Ammo box for a while and I found out today that people called the BOMB SQUAD and AUTHORITIES about it. The bomb squad team searched it since it was a ammo box. I believe another type of container that is "see-through" such as tupperware containers.

 

MREAGLEWO1

[+Corp Of Discovery]

You don't say......

[+Sparky-Watts]

Awww, get outta here....surely you jest!

[CoyoteRed]

From reading the logs it wasn't the fact it was in an ammo can, but possibly too close to homes. Maybe? Whatcha think?

 

Oh, and ammo cans are only metal boxes. Unless you left the lettering on it, it shouldn't have been any more sinster than a shoebox.

[+Team GPSaxophone]

It also helps not to attach something that looks like a tripwire

[+Cache Viking]

Did it have a big green geocaching sticker on it? I won't place an ammo can without one since reading the different bomb post of late.

Edited April 6, 2004 by Cache Viking

[+TFTC]

I was thinking of a hollowed out black bowling ball with a foot of thick frayed rope coming out of it. Guess I'd better rethink that now.

[+Sparky-Watts]

I was thinking of a hollowed out black bowling ball with a foot of thick frayed rope coming out of it. Guess I'd better rethink that now.

Don't forget to erase the big red letters on the side that say:

 

T-N-T

 

[uperdooper]

I was thinking of a hollowed out black bowling ball with a foot of thick frayed rope coming out of it. Guess I'd better rethink that now.

just put the word ACME on it in big letters. it should be okay then.

[+New England n00b]

 

[+Mopar]

Well, here's a fresh new topic that hasn't been discussed!

 

pssst! Theres like 5 other threads posted in the last week discussing this....

 

I guess we should also shouldn't use clear tupperware containers, because they have triggered bomb scares too. Oh, and don't use wooden boxes, the ATF will come investigate. BTW, they might evacuate the area if your cache looks like a cell phone too.

 

Better stick to virtuals.... uhm....skip that thought.

 

Lets just stop geocaching.

[uperdooper]

i tell ya. the word ACME on the side will solve any problems.

[+New England n00b]

I agree uper. What could possibly go wrong?

 

 

[uperdooper]

I agree uper. What could possibly go wrong?

 

 

not a thing.

[+Torry]

I've come across a few ammo boxes that have been re-painted. It makes them look a bit less frightening.

 

... and as long as they aren't camo'ed they can be easier to spot, especially at night.

 

I guess anything with Arabic writing would be a bad idea...

[uperdooper]

I've come across a few ammo boxes that have been re-painted. It makes them look a bit less frightening.

 

... and as long as they aren't camo'ed they can be easier to spot, especially at night.

 

I guess anything with Arabic writing would be a bad idea...

i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic?

[+Mopar]

i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic?

ترجمة فورية

[+Cache Viking]

I guess using this for a micro is now out of the question.

 

 

Just kidding before the flame throwers light up.

Edited April 6, 2004 by Cache Viking

[+KoosKoos]

i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic?

It'd look like - القمّة

Edited April 6, 2004 by KoosKoos

[uperdooper]

i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic?

ترجمة فورية

cool! thanks. i'll put that on my next cache.

[+New England n00b]

Oh dear...

[+Torry]

... I'm sorry I got that started.

[+Sparky-Watts]

Hello,

Just to let you fellow Geocachers know, Ammo Boxes are not the best container to be used. I used the Ammo box for a while and I found out today that people called the BOMB SQUAD and AUTHORITIES about it. The bomb squad team searched it since it was a ammo box. I believe another type of container that is "see-through" such as tupperware containers.

 

MREAGLEWO1

In my opinion, from my experience, ammo boxes are the very best cache containers that you can use! Never found one yet that was even the slightest bit damp on the inside, and that includes one that had been under 3 feet of water for a couple of weeks!

[+cache_us_if_you_can]

I guess using this for a micro is now out of the question.

 

 

Just kidding before the flame throwers light up.

But that was going to be my next micro.

[Swagger]

I was thinking of a hollowed out black bowling ball with a foot of thick frayed rope coming out of it.

That reminds me of a non-geocaching story...

 

I used to have this friend. He was known amongst his peers as being the "mad scientist" type. Hands down, he was the smartest person I ever knew. Good with electronics, he built a tesla coil (largest in the U.S. at the time) for Knotts Scary Farm when he was 18. He was also very good with chemistry - so much so that he once had his house raided when a teacher found out he was (successfully) making nitroglycerin in his mother's kitchen. He was also arrested on the set of the Arsenio Hall show for "acts of terrorism" (tossing nitrogen triiodide crystals on the stage).

 

Anyhow, this friend showed up at a party once. About half the people there knew him; some better than others. He walked in with a bowling ball that had the finger holes filled in and had been painted flat black. Sticking out of a small black cap on the top was about 8 inches of cannon fuse. You know the stuff - thick, green and very steady burning. He set the "bomb" down in the middle of the living room, took out a lighter, lit the fuse and RAN LIKE HECK out into the driveway. Everyone that only sort-of knew him followed him right out, genuinely terrified. Those that knew him better played along. The rest stood around looking like deer caught in headlights, wondering whether or not they should believe that the "bomb" was real.

 

Of course, it was fake, but boy was that a great moment.

 

I really miss Mike. He was one of the greats.

[+Sparky-Watts]

I really miss Mike. He was one of the greats.

 

Lemme guess...his last words were, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

[+Torry]

I really miss Mike. He was one of the greats.

 

Lemme guess...his last words were, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

Nope, it was "Red to red. Black to, um, er..."

[+DiscGolfer]

I found this cache and I remember thinking that it was hidden too close to houses. A very noisey dog barks when you are in the cache area. It only seemed like a matter of time before the neighbors would investigate. The park was nice and so was the hide, just to close to muggleville.

[+Renegade Knight]

They all get blown up. Might as well use the container that's best for the job. When you face prosecution your sentence will not be stiffer because you used a metal tin than tupperware.

[+SeventhSon]

It's interesting all the threads about bomb squads and caches lately. I'm seeing several mention GC stickers and painting phone numbers or email addresses or contact info on the sides of caches.

 

None of these stories mention anyone getting close enough to read the box, and if you can read an email addy or phone number or "Official Geocache Game Piece - Do Not Remove" from a distance, it's not hidden!

 

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[Swagger]

I really miss Mike. He was one of the greats.

 

Lemme guess...his last words were, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

Nope, it was "Red to red. Black to, um, er..."

Nah, he'd never have gotten those mixed up.

 

Along with having been wired exceptionally well upstairs, some of those wires were also crossed. He took his own life about 10 years ago.

[+Monkeybrad]

Weren't the bombs that they found on the tracks in Spain in clear tupperware type containers?

[+wimseyguy]

Hmmm how do you say Tupperware in Spanish?

Just use common sense in choosing your cache container and its location. Nothing new being said here.

 

message edited to not be a worthless sarcastic comment

Edited April 6, 2004 by wimseyguy

[+Stunod]

Any container could be mistaken for a bomb.

So stop using containers...just scatter the stuff around on the ground.

Edited April 6, 2004 by Stunod

[+ADKcachers]

Baa Haa Haa, I just couldn't resist this

[polar69]

From a brits point of view , tupperware "lunchbox" containers were the container of choice for improvised devices of an exploding variety back in the 90's for a particular "political" group

 

IMHO and experiance any investigator worth his salt will try to verify if its a bomb ( dadgum said it ) or someones sock collection

[+JMBella]

Do you guys think this cache would be a problem?

 

[+hikemeister]

Hello,

    Just to let you fellow Geocachers know, Ammo Boxes are not the best container to be used. I used the Ammo box for a while and I found out today that people called the BOMB SQUAD and AUTHORITIES about it. The bomb squad team searched it since it was a ammo box. I believe another type of container that is "see-through" such as tupperware containers.

 

                            MREAGLEWO1

In my opinion, from my experience, ammo boxes are the very best cache containers that you can use! Never found one yet that was even the slightest bit damp on the inside, and that includes one that had been under 3 feet of water for a couple of weeks!

I thought so too -- but last week I opened a large ammo can and found condensation on the inside of the lid -- how odd! Have you ever experienced that before?

[+bigredmed]

Enough bomb squad posts!

 

They will blow it up if they are suspicious.

 

Geocaching stickers can be bought by anyone, even bombers.

 

Geocaching stickers can be GIMP'd or Photoshop'd to the heart's desire of a a mad bomber.

 

No sticker you put on there is going to stop a bomb squad who is suspicious

 

No label either, except (possibly) your phone or email address and that is even EXTREMELY doubtful.

 

As anything you put a cache in can look like a bomb, and nothing you can do to modify the container will make it look any less like a bomb, you just have to take your chances and play the game according to the rules. If some muggle finds it, and freaks, chances are your cache is going to die at the hands of the police. If your cache was legally placed, you are going to be out 10 bucks. Let this topic go.

[+briansnat]

Just to let you fellow Geocachers know, Ammo Boxes are not the best container to be used. I used the Ammo box for a while and I found out today that people called the BOMB SQUAD and AUTHORITIES about it. The bomb squad team searched it since it was a ammo box. I believe another type of container that is "see-through" such as tupperware containers.

 

I haven't read all the posts so I'll respond directly to this. I have 60 some caches active and about 50 are in ammo boxes. The bomb squad hasn't been called out for any of them and I doubt they will ever be, because they are well hidden in places people won't venture unless they are looking for them.

 

Besides, the "bomb squad" has been called out for Tupperware, tackle boxes and numerous other containers, so why single out ammo boxes? How about instead, using common sense when hiding a cache?

[+MREAGLEWO1]

I cant believe how hard it is to get in touch with them to get my cache back! It is only taken almost 2 weeks, and still cant get in touch with them.

[+bons]

You're expecting it back?

[+briansnat]

I cant believe how hard it is to get in touch with them to get my cache back! It is only taken almost 2 weeks, and still cant get in touch with them.

 

Do you know who has it? Perhaps one of the nearby homeowner got sick of geocachers making their dogs bark and snatched it...or called the cops regarding suspicious activity near their homes.

[+SnowLeopard]

When doing a camo paint job on my ammo can, I used a star-pattern. I figured that no one would think that something covered with girly stars would be a bomb, and it fits with my cache's theme.

[Black Mage]

Here's an example from the Utah Association of Geocachers (UTAG) forum.

geocache bomb scare

[+JeepCachr]

Wow if ever there was a push to add a rule to require more finds before you get a hide approved this cache will be used as a example.

[+MREAGLEWO1]

Wow if ever there was a push to add a rule to require more finds before you get a hide approved this cache will be used as a example.

So jeep, are you trying to say that I should not be in the hiding a cache side of the sport ?

[uperdooper]

Here's an example from the Utah Association of Geocachers (UTAG) forum.

geocache bomb scare

so now we play with global positioning satellites, and leave homing beacons in caches?

[+Wacka]

Here's an example from the Utah Association of Geocachers (UTAG) forum.

geocache bomb scare

so now we play with global positioning satellites, and leave homing beacons in caches?

It's to contact the mothership when it comes!

[+wimseyguy]

I just finished my tin foil hat-I'm ready and waiting.