+OCBTracker Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 I'm soliciting opinions on a cache I'm planning. I have been facinated by a cache in Australia for a long time, called The Fifth Element which utilizes four travel bugs to decode the location of the cache. I'm planning this cache for the San Gabriel/Pomona Valley region near Los Angeles. I'm sort of concerned about a number of things, and I'd like to have opinions from others. First and foremost, since it requires finding all four travel bugs to complete the cache, how likely is it that the bugs will stay in the general area? A lot of times, it seems that bugs come and go very quickly in the area. Even with instructions printed on the bug, would the average cacher in the area keep to the rules (which is to keep it within five miles of Glendora.) The bug itself I plan to construct using a laminated photo keychain attached to the travel bug dog tag. Thanks to the miracles of technology, most drug stores now have the ability to print photos off of a digital card (so I don't have to worry about fading or running colors if the tag gets wet.) On one side, there will be a picture of one of the element stones along with the clue, and on the back side are the rules for the tb. Think this might work? And finally, the mystery cache will contain at least the Fifth Element on DVD for the first to find. I'm also considering several other Bruce Willis DVDs in the cache as well, plus quite a few memoribilia that I've located online from both the Fifth Element and other Willis movies (pins, posters, etc.) The actual box is a wonderful antique military crate which will have the four element locks on it. My concerns are, well, of course the normal geotrash that even I'm guilty of leaving in cache boxes, and the possibility that someone might go to all that trouble and nab all the videos. Any thoughts on this, or am I being particularly paranoid for no good reason? By the way, I've contacted the creator of the cache I'm emulating to make sure there is no offense in duplicating their thoughts. Quote Link to comment
+Bear_Left Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 I'm soliciting opinions on a cache I'm planning. I have been facinated by a cache in Australia for a long time, called The Fifth Element which utilizes four travel bugs to decode the location of the cache. Wow! What are the odds of this: I'm reading this forum because I'm heading to Arizona in a couple of days, and I'm also half of the team that were FTF this very cache! It was quite intense and there was a bit of skullduggery going on (most of it ours, actually!) and many late-night dashes to nab a coveted Element. Some thoughts: modern inkjet inks are usually spirit-based and water-resistant, and the laminating should protect them anyway. When did you last see a water-damaged laminated card? Make the requirement to stay in the area LARGE PRINT and prominent. If someone goes to all the effort of finding each of the TBs and then steals all the contents, you'll know who it is if they've been logging their TB finds. It seems unlikely that anyone would go to that much effort... Bear in mind that the pace of finding slackened off sharply once the 'serious competitors' found the Elements and the cache, so don't overload the cache with goodies as they might be out there awhile. Ask Leek to show you the Winners Page! This was one of our favourite caches, and it won a local award for the setter (the wrong one, really, as he says right in the description that it was inspired by another cache!) If your locals have as much fun with it as we did, it'll have been worth the setup! Quote Link to comment
+Cow Spots Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 (edited) The same idea was started in Arizona a couple of years ago with the cache Catch That Coyote!. For the most part, the bugs did stay in the area, but at present one of the four necessary is in Pennsylvania! Edited July 15, 2004 by The Cow Spots Quote Link to comment
+The Dillon Gang Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Here is another cache like it in San Diego. Only problem down here is that someone has been stealing all the travel bugs and locks so it is very rare to find one. they did stay around san diego until this guy started stealing them. Ideal Boat Sink Quote Link to comment
+BWidget Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Jetskijim is doing something similar to this. Check out his website at http://hometown.aol.com/CacheEX/CacheEx.html Quote Link to comment
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