+MREAGLEWO1 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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 Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 You don't say...... Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Awww, get outta here....surely you jest! Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 It also helps not to attach something that looks like a tripwire Quote Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+TFTC Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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 Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 i tell ya. the word ACME on the side will solve any problems. Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I agree uper. What could possibly go wrong? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I agree uper. What could possibly go wrong? not a thing. Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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... Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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? Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic? ترجمة فورية Quote Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+KoosKoos Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic? It'd look like - القمّة Edited April 6, 2004 by KoosKoos Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 i wonder what ACME looks like in arabic? ترجمة فورية cool! thanks. i'll put that on my next cache. Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 ... I'm sorry I got that started. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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! Quote Link to comment
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I really miss Mike. He was one of the greats. Lemme guess...his last words were, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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..." Quote Link to comment
+DiscGolfer Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+SeventhSon Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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! 7 Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Weren't the bombs that they found on the tracks in Spain in clear tupperware type containers? Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+ADKcachers Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Baa Haa Haa, I just couldn't resist this Quote Link to comment
polar69 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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 Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Do you guys think this cache would be a problem? Quote Link to comment
+hikemeister Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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? Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 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? Quote Link to comment
+MREAGLEWO1 Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 You're expecting it back? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+SnowLeopard Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
Black Mage Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Here's an example from the Utah Association of Geocachers (UTAG) forum. geocache bomb scare Quote Link to comment
+JeepCachr Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment
+MREAGLEWO1 Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 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 ? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 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? Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 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! Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I just finished my tin foil hat-I'm ready and waiting. Quote Link to comment
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