+Honest John & Suzies Jule Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Still new to Geocaching, I think we have it down now. 50 finds, 7 Hides. Doesn't mean I know it all, still much more to go, as long as it's fun, I'm not stopping. I also started a post about placing caches can be as much fun as finding them, and maybe more, a while back. The response was great. I do not believe in drive up and toss placement, I want great logs. If it looks to easy, I will try to make up for it in the cache description, just with the clue, you can add more fun. As we are always on the hunt for more locations to hide, I find myself with 5 containers, fully loaded, ready to be placed when that elusive hiding spot is found. The containers are from ammo boxes to a micro. Fully loaded I mean, with log books, pen, trade goodies, ID labels, and the "if found by accident cards". It was funny when we found this neat spot the other day, and we did not have a ready container that would fit this hole. I'm working on that one now. Do you hold ready to go caches? What do you have? What are your plans? Quote Link to comment
+mrking Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 (edited) I have 3 regular, 1 small and 1 micro ready to be placed. I am concentrating on the micro as it requires a very specific location as it needs to "blend" into the elements. I.E. It will be very tough. As for the others, I am waiting until the perfect spot presents itself. Edited February 13, 2005 by mrking Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I've got one I was given at an event, for traveling the longest distance to get to the event. I really need to get around to finding somewhere to hide that...... Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I have half a dozen ready to go....in my mind. Quote Link to comment
+Anonymous' Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I was going to go buy a few ammo cans yesterday but I never got to it. There is a new park close to completion near my house and I want to hide a cache there when it's done. Quote Link to comment
+c88m Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Have a few containers ready and been working on a cache setup since 1/1/05 which will be ready in a couple of days now . Have several areas picked out for new caches and always looking for more (of course) . Need more containers though only have 6 or 7 . Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I have three ready to go. All three are in camoed ammo boxes. One is filled with miscellaneous stickers and the other cds & dvds. Everytime I come across something that fits with the theme, I toss it in the appropriate ammo can. The third cache was actually a christmas gift. My wife's aunt and uncle put it together and gave it to me. It was originally in a cheap plastic bin, so I upgraded it. I'm not sure where to place them. I've been thinking about a puzzle/multi that I can tie the cd/dvd one into, but I haven't taken the time to work it out. I also have a bunch of bison tubes, keyholders, and more evil micros that can go, but I haven't really thought about where to place them. I am thinking of one at one of the four airports in Nashville, however. Quote Link to comment
+cudlecub Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 It seems that I have carried these caches along with me forever. I don't want to place one for the sake of placing it. I've had a couple of ammo boxes, cammoed hide a keys, cammoed lock & lock canisters as well as various micro containers. When I finally find an appropriate area, they will have a new home. Until then, they will keep rattling around in my trunk. My plans are to place some caches on some trails that currently require a 3+ mile hike to just pick up a find. There's not much activity on those caches around here and I'd like to see that change. Quote Link to comment
Yo Yo Maxx Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We have had a brief break in the weather, with hints (in my mind) of spring, and that has gotten me in the caching mood. I now have one cache ready to go with a place in mind. And have an ammo can and a camo can just waiting. I guess it didn't occur to me to get them ready and then I will find a place to put it. Sort of like, "build it, they will come?" I think I have been of the mindset that the place needed to present itself and then I would decide what to put there. Maybe it is sort of like a yard sale, if I don't buy now, it won't be there when I come back. I could lose a good spot just because I'm not ready to go. So, thanks for the idea. I will get the others ready. We are due for more bad weather yet so that should keep me busy and help me feel like I am still in the game. I have ordered more TB tags because that is one of the easiest way I have found to enjoy the game. Wait for the email to notify me that someone else is out there having fun. Thanks for the idea. Yo Yo Maxx Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Do you hold ready to go caches? What do you have? What are your plans? Sometimes. I have a fully stocked ammo box in my car right now waiting to place. I also had a Nalgene straight jar cache sitting on my seat for a few weeks, but placed it last Thursday. Quote Link to comment
+Team Tecmage Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We have two fully-stocked Ammo cans and their cache pages ready to go. The coordinates are set for one of the two. We also have another two cache pages built for the caches, but our local supplier of ammo cans has been ordered to close due to "improper" firearms sales. We need a new supplier. Quote Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have a traditional ammo box cache ready to hide when the weather gets better and TinyDiny has a large book exchange cache ready to go. Quote Link to comment
+Team Bear-Cat Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We always keep a couple of ammo-cans, a handful of assorted micros and smalls and a couple of plastic containers, plus the usual geo-stuff bag: ziploc baggies, camo-tape, electric tape of various colors, spare log-sheets, etc. Key-finders, magnetic and otherwise are always handy too... you just never know when you will be driving or hiking somewhere and a spot simply begs for a cache! Artificial rocks and the real thing 'altered' to be a cache-container are fun to assemble and have ready for action too! We try to avoid letting too many of ours be released and found using the same kind of container or strategy for the hide. It is supposed to be "Fun" -- not necessarily 'Easy'!! Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have two in the cache proofer just waiting for the snows to clear up then they will go in. Due to the complexity and terrain of some of my caches it takes about 2 months to get them in and ready to go. Now that I have found a real neat small container that is easy to carry I may just hang them someplace in the back country when ever I do a hike. Quote Link to comment
+BilboB Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I had (past tense) one ready to go for warmer weather, but I am getting deployed to warmer weather far from home, so I put it to rest. I will place it as soon as i get back though. Quote Link to comment
+Durango! Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 i have a couple micros ready and a couple nice ammo cans. There are so many quality items in the ammo cans that I can't think of a good place to put them. I'm actually afraid they might get stolen after buying so many items. These aren't your average McCaches. I think I'm going to take a long hike into the bush and list as members only . Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I keep several caches ready to go. Right now I have two cache locations picked out once they are open, one is a new wild life viewing area and the other one looks like it may be a new park. Quote Link to comment
+C&C+COMPANY Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have 15 just looking for good places to hide them Quote Link to comment
+ibycus Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I've got one placed, but not enabled yet (so not in the approval queue). I've got one fully stocked cache looking for a spot, and one partial cache with minimal contents to replace a possibly missing cache. Quote Link to comment
+The Commissar! Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I have about 10 ready to go but only 7 in my truck. 13 are slated to be part of an upcoming series I'm doing. They span the size range but favor smaller ammo boxes. Then there are the ones that are not yet ready to deploy...another 8-10. Quote Link to comment
+Konnarock Kid & Marge Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We have three camo painted ammo cans and one micro ready to go. Not overly fond of mircos but sometimes there is a really good spot but not the right place for a larger cache. Usually when out caching, hiking, etc., we are on the lookout for a good cache spot. We try to use good containers and find spots that are beautiful or interesting. Quality, not quanity is our goal. Quote Link to comment
+Camo-crazed Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 How Many Have Caches Ready To Go? 3472 , I may be off by one or two I personally carry 35mm film canisters fully stocked as part of my everyday gear, and occasionaly a baby food jar or a tupperware container. Quote Link to comment
+TheHawksNest Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I have two ammo cans painted and ready to go, fully stocked. They have been sitting on the floor of the den for about a year now. I wanted to set them out this spring, had a couple of ideas where, but we will be moving soon. So I suppose when i get my new den set up, they will sit for another year.... Quote Link to comment
+Cache us Clay Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 (edited) I've had one in the living room for about a week. I haven't gotten the OK from the IDNR to place it yet. Sigh. Edited for grammar Edited February 15, 2005 by Cache us Clay Quote Link to comment
Mvillian Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I am always in the cache planning mode looking for new locations,containers and ideas.. I have about 6 ready to go but they are prizes for an upcoming event. I can have a cache ready to go in a moments notice. Quote Link to comment
+Boot Group Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 With all the snow around here for over a month, I've been getting some caches ready to go. I have one multi ready, with 3 perscription bottles and a nice sized container ready to be hidden. I also have two other containers ready for regular caches. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The back of the Jeep usually has 1 50 Cal ammo can ready to go, 2 med sized rubbermaid, 1 sandwich sized rubbermaid. I also carry a pck of mechanical pencils, 2 spare log books, 2 stickers, 4-5 cache explanation sheets. All are fully stocked, labeled and ready for placement. Last time I found a great location, however, I was in my wife's Jeep and had not even a GPSr. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I've got at least 3 in each vehicle and several in my house all ready to go in all shapes and sizes. At one point I had so many ready to go I decided to sell a couple on ebay. Got about 12 bucks for 'em. I actually enjoy the process of preparing the cache, Playing around with different camo and such. My new thing is hot gluing fake moss to the lid of lock & locks. Someone help. I have no life. Quote Link to comment
LoriDarlin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 ...this thread makes me laugh...and makes me feel better...thanks I am obsessed with planting it seems...coming up on 100 soon and no plans to quit soon either Let's just suffice it to say that when I go to the grocery store and the bag boy follows me out to the car to put my groceries in the back of the mini van...well...I have to lead him around to the side of the mini van....its crazy What's even funnier is that while my mother was out Valentine's Day shopping for her grandchildren, she saw a heart tin and thought of me so that I could use it for a cache!!! ISN'T SHE A SWEETIE!!!! Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I have none assembled (ready to go), but I can have one ready in about 5 minutes if you know a good place to put it! Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I have the following ready to go: DC's first cache - full sized AG hits the big 2K - micro Fat Tuesday - micro Papa's got Balls - full sized Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place - small And the following in the works: Riddle Me This #1 Plus a bag full of containers just sitting around in case I need one. Quote Link to comment
+ChicagoCanineCrew Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I have a small container I want to TURN into a cache but I can't decide whether or not to cover it, and can't find enough small items to fit in it... Plus I am waiting until I've found a few more. But not many, because I want to complete certain requirements for this geocaching badge for my dog and one is to actually place a cache Quote Link to comment
+archeangelsk2002 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 between myself and lost fool we have: 2 film container sized micros 10 pill bottle sized traditionals 4 30 calibre ammo can sized traditionals 2 50 calibre ammo can sized traditionals i have the pill bottle sized ones camoflaged and ready for placement im in the process of camoflaging the ammo cans the ammo cans will contain trade items ranging from tee shirts to special ftf trade items. regards archie (archeangelsk2002) Quote Link to comment
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