+KraftyCacher Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'm wondering does any one go to their new cache site, once its been listed to see who shows up, or do you just watch it online? Thanks Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I've got a multi that puts the cachers within view of my front door. It's been fun (in a peeping tom sorta way) to see them looking for the waypoint. Quote Link to comment
+kingsting Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I've been thinking about buying one of those camouflaged motion sensing cameras that hunters use to photograph game. I've seen these in sporting goods stores. Strap it to a tree near your cache and point it in the direction of ground zero. You may get some entertaining pictures, maybe some shots of some neat animals, and it would also be a way to see who visits the spot and doesn't log it. (I have one nasty hide out there that I know is getting DNFs but they're not being logged.) Like this: Stealth camera These go on sale from time to time...I may have to buy one. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I've been thinking about buying one of those camouflaged motion sensing cameras that hunters use to photograph game. I've seen these in sporting goods stores. Strap it to a tree near your cache and point it in the direction of ground zero. You may get some entertaining pictures, maybe some shots of some neat animals, and it would also be a way to see who visits the spot and doesn't log it. (I have one nasty hide out there that I know is getting DNFs but they're not being logged.) Like this: Stealth camera These go on sale from time to time...I may have to buy one. You'ld use up a whole roll of film on just me. I tend to walk past the actual cache dozens of times in a futile attempt to find it Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 If you live in an area where FTFs get logged within a couple of hours, it's not unknown. If like me you are the only GCer for 30 miles, it can be a long wait... Quote Link to comment
+kingsting Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 You'ld use up a whole roll of film on just me. I tend to walk past the actual cache dozens of times in a futile attempt to find it Actually, I thought about that. It looks like you can set the number of pictures these things take. (something like 1 to 6) It takes the set number of pictures and goes into "hibernation" for 120 minutes. If a cacher is STILL there after 120 minutes when the cam wakes up then I would get some more pictures. (probably real funny ones after a 2 hour search.) Now, keeping this topic on track... Most of my urban caches are close to my home or work coordinates. When I'm out, I'll usually go a little out of my way to see if anybody is looking for them. I've never "caught" anybody but a co-worker saw someone near one with a hand-held device of some type... Quote Link to comment
+KraftyCacher Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 If you live in an area where FTFs get logged within a couple of hours, it's not unknown. If like me you are the only GCer for 30 miles, it can be a long wait... the FTF competion here seems to be fairly high, many cachers will go out at 1am if thats when the cache goes up. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Like this: Stealth camera These go on sale from time to time...I may have to buy one. Just make sure to turn the flash option off. Deer can't remove them from trees but geocachers sure can Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Just make sure to turn the flash option off. Deer can't remove them from trees but geocachers sure can I have seen those new "looks like a game tracker camera caches" out there. I'd think it was a cache! Only after I'd pried it open and broken it would I realize! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'm wondering does any one go to their new cache site, once its been listed to see who shows up, or do you just watch it online? Thanks Since most of my caches go several days between the time its listed and the first find, I'd get pretty lonely out there waiting. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I do look when we drive by our urban caches, but I've never caught anyone searching. Quote Link to comment
+jeff35080 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Since many of my caches are hidden in areas where I work I have often watched many of my caches... it's kinda funny to see the look on geocachers faces when I pull-up in a patrol car and start quizzing them about what they are doing Quote Link to comment
+VegasCacheHounds Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Ah, now we see how patrolmen spend their time! So, I've gotta ask, are any of your caches near donut shops? Okay, Okay, I'll stop harrassing the LEO, but only if he stops harrassing cachers Shannon VegasCacheHounds Quote Link to comment
+nickelcachers Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I checked out the price on motion sensing cameras for these auto-voyeur type caches. They're extremely expensive! CamTrakker digital costs as much as $750 US for a digital camera inside the camo box. Too expensive for my blood. I think I'll just hide out by a cache and take pictures from up in a tree! Quote Link to comment
+Wheelygood Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I have a few caches that are either in very public locations downtown near where I work or are on a route I travel regularly. The caches downtown are usually found while I’m inside working or after hours so I have not seen anybody at them but I do look when going by. There are 2 caches, GC953C & GCAD25, I have stopped at to watch and meet cachers when I was in the area. I don’t dare stop at my newest hide, GCMC58, because it is too high of an area to get thrown off! Quote Link to comment
+justybug Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 i would love to see the look on a cachers face, after the LEO questioning, when you fess up that you're just razzin' em.. er, you do eventually get to that part, right??? Quote Link to comment
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