Cache On A String?

[+CompuCash]

I have been thinking of placing a cache that would have to be retrieved by pulling it up and/or out of some kind of depression, hole, bank, etc., with a cord.

 

Has anyone ever done this? Is it common? OK? Frowned upon?

 

[Dukie 'n' Dad]

You mean like this:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ac-b09d1053d2e5

 

I tried to get a boat while I was down there, but no go.....

[BassoonPilot]

Yes, many versions. Many of the more popular versions use "invisible" fishing line to pull the cache out of/down from a tree, over a ledge, from a crevice, etc., etc..

[+Kit Fox]

I found four within a ten mile radius of my house. Two used fishing line to suspend the cache in a conduit tube. One was a two-step multi where you retrieve a ten foot length of masonry line that has a metal nut tied to one end. You drop the nut into a piece of ABS pipe and it "attaches" itself to a match holder that has a magnet glued to the top. When your done, you drop the match holder back in the tube, and replace the string/nut in it's hiding place.

 

I also found one where you have to "fish" the cache out of a piece of conduit using a length of rope with the "hook" on the end.

 

 

This is my personal favorite use of rope: Hold the Line

 

Bill,

[lowracer]

I've been known to hang 5 gallon buckets, old sneakers, and other cache containers from a tree using wire. If you're using string, will it survive months out in the sun and weather? Consider using fishing line or wire. You can get insulated single conductor stranded copper wire in a variety of colors at Home Depot in 500 foot spools. That's enough for quite a few hanging caches.

[+bigredmed]

One experience from my past hides. If you hide the cache in a hole or on the ground where flooding could occur, be sure to mark your trail into the cache so you can still find it after a flood. Even a mild spring thaw can back up enough water to mess up trails and landmarks. Your cache could be lost in debris. With good trail markers that are known to you only, you could at least get a good start on retrieval.

[+KiltCacher]

Several of my caches require retrieval via a string or other unusual tactics. Be creative!

[+O Crew]

I haven't tried this one yet, but I hope to soon. Apparently you have to float the cache up.

[FisherBear]

We've done a couple that we had to use string to get down from a tree. The ones that we did weren't great because the string broke on one, and the string was stuck on a branch on the other, therefor we had to use really long sticks to poke the cache down.

[+CompuCash]

Yes, many versions.  Many of the more popular versions use "invisible" fishing line to pull the cache out of/down from a tree, over a ledge, from a crevice, etc., etc..

that's exactly what I had in mind!

Edited September 8, 2004 by CompuCash

[+CompuCash]

Several of my caches require retrieval via a string or other unusual tactics. Be creative!

Care to share some of your ideas - feel free to write a note from my profile page - thanks

[+rusty_tlc]

There was a cache here that was suspended from a tree branch. Our inside cacher with the local parks dept. told us this cache would never be approved under their new guidelines. Something about suspending a 10 pound ammo can on a piece of clothes line 20' in the air made them nervous.

 

The point: stick to small/light caches if you hang them overhead, we wouldn't want any conked noggins.

[+Renegade Knight]

Yes, many versions.  Many of the more popular versions use "invisible" fishing line to pull the cache out of/down from a tree, over a ledge, from a crevice, etc., etc..

Exactly.

 

One I did was an ammo can up a tree. My daughter climbed up. Untied it and dropped it down. We did our logs and then realized that 'duh' if we just untied the bottom of the rope we could of let it slide down right into our hands. Of course my daughter would rather of climbed the tree so it worked out fine.

Edited September 8, 2004 by Renegade Knight

[+knitter]

One warning with caches on strings - check our logs for July 9/04 for GC655D. All-thumbs people can be hazardous to these caches.

[+Robespierre]

I have a cache in an onion net bag, hanging by 15# test fishing line, inside a hollow log.

[+Chillibusher]

I have done this using fishing line in a tree with pulleys. Instead of using a monofilament fishing line I use a braided fishing line that is 80 lbs. test but only has the diametre of 10 lbs. line. I have had good response from my cache. People seem to really like it.

[+planetrobert]

I haven't tried this one yet, but I hope to soon. Apparently you have to float the cache up.

sounds like one of mine...

[+AtoZ]

Remember in coming up with your ingenious way to get the cache down or up or where ever it needs to be EASY to replace the container back in it's orgional spot or your just end up with a cache at the base of a tree or whatever. If it takes more the a minute or two and more effort then throwing a baseball then your lose you cache.

cheers

[+patrick808]

Take a look at this one listed as a 2/1

 

Easy as Pie

 

The cache turned out to be hung from a string tied to a ladder rung down a storm drain in the middle of a neighborhood park. This is the type of drain that is covered by a large and heavy steel grating that I could not remove by hand.

 

I had to return later with a device to reach the string to pull up the cahce. (I believe needing equipment is an automatic rating of 5 for difficulty. But, many active cachers here in Hawaii use their own rating system.) I got a comment from the owner about being prepared. And, he would not allow for any hints in my find log.

 

I feel sorry for those that may not be able to return later, like tourists expecting an easy find.

[+art begotti]

i once went with a friend to a cache he already found, in exchange for going with him to a cache i already found. he actually stood right next to the cache, which was a film canister with fishing line attached, stuck inside a fencepost corner... we looked everywhere within 5 feet away from it... but when i put my hand on the post after near-giving up, my hand got tangled in the thread...

 

obvious caches. just so obvious that this is hidden here.

[+Will+Bill]

We have a cache that is attached to a loose rock in a wall by fishing line. When you lift up the rock, the cache comes with it.

[+CompuCash]

i once went with a friend to a cache he already found, in exchange for going with him to a cache i already found. he actually stood right next to the cache, which was a film canister with fishing line attached, stuck inside a fencepost corner... we looked everywhere within 5 feet away from it... but when i put my hand on the post after near-giving up, my hand got tangled in the thread...

 

obvious caches. just so obvious that this is hidden here.

I hid a waypoint card (mulit) like that - got a lot of comments on it.