Posted: 5/30/2013 7:25:16 AM EDT
| I am looking to get into it and I joined geocaching .com but it looks like the people in my area are no fun. I am looking for ideas on what to leave in a small ammo can that I am going to paint so it blends in. so far I have a bottle opener, a hand painted Montana quarter |
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I am looking to get into it and I joined geocaching .com but it looks like the people in my area are no fun. I am looking for ideas on what to leave in a small ammo can that I am going to paint so it blends in. so far I have a bottle opener, a hand painted Montana quarter Plastic snakes that look real and a rattle noise when they open the can...lol Ammo? Hehe No those things aren't allowed, but pretty much think of anything kids might think is cool to have. Lots of families do it together. I take my kids and let them find the "pirate treasure". I have them bring small toys like matchbox cars or figures and such then they trade for equal value or leave greater value than what you take for the next person. |
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It used to be fun, like back in 2001 to about 2003. Then the ninnies took over and seriously wussified the game.
Another problem you'll find is that very soon after people start finding it, all the good stuff you primed it with will have been replaced with dirty and broken McDonald's toys and other useless crap. |
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It used to be fun, like back in 2001 to about 2003. Then the ninnies took over and seriously wussified the game. Another problem you'll find is that very soon after people start finding it, all the good stuff you primed it with will have been replaced with dirty and broken McDonald's toys and other useless crap. This. A buddy of mine has over 2,000 finds. The game was fun at the start but to many wussies got involved. We had a really good and scary one out in the country. It was a mailbox.... but when you pulled the lid open he had fashioned a monster's hand that would reach out of the mailbox Scared the shit out of a lot of people i'm sure. |
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It has changed a lot since it started.
It can still be fun. A couple things happened.. for one, anytime any thing gets popular, SOMEONE feels the need to make rules and be in charge. Second, they figured out how to make money off the game. As far as trinkets.. you only leave one if you want, but the norm is to "trade".. lots of really good caches are a log only. I maintain two caches, neither is "premium", both have been in place for more than a decade. twice a year I clean them out of any accumulated junk trades, and restock with dollar store flashlights, whistles etc.. stuff kids like. The above mentioned nannies don't want you to use ammo cans anymore as they are scary.. but I can tell you they work. They also get stolen. So far I have had to replace only one, with about a thousand logs between the two caches. But I read on the forums a few years ago that many people had lost them.. about the time .50 cans went over the $3 price. I have several dozen I paid nothing for, so I don't let it bother me to much. |
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There's quite a few around here most in ammo cans, some in lock n locks, I've found a few, and I know where about a few more are. It's something fun to do while in the area, but I'm not driving a ways just to find one. Like said above, all that's in them is little toys or some stuff. Once in a while they'll be cool things, but normally the good stuff is in the hard to find ones, where no one looks.
I did find a couple condoms in one one time though  Coolest thing i have got out of one was a Smokey Bear keychain!
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**ETA** a local church put a few geos out. what is funny about the situation though is that there is a bank through about 500 yards of woods from the church. Which cache do they choose to put near the bank? (50 yards or so from the edge of the woods) The ammo can. I could just see it playing out. Some old lady is going in the bank and sees a group of people in the woods behind the bank messing with an ammo can "ZOMG THEY ARE GOING TO ROB YOU!!!!!!" |
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The fun is in the hunt. The toys are for the kids.
I like to find peoples cards and coins. I also enjoy a cleverly hidden and camoed container. Foriegn money is kind of neat. I found a few forgein bills my uncle got in wwII that I'm going to place the next time. I also like to put a p-38 and a little printout of the history in a little bag. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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The above mentioned nannies don't want you to use ammo cans anymore as they are scary. You're shittin' me. I shit you not. Go to Geocaching.com forums and read up about "how to place you first cache".. ammo cans are scary. I went to those forums and the one video I saw from one of the FAQ threads specifically showed an ammo can as one of the medium sized caches. 
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Hey, there IS a geocaching thread here! 
Been geocaching for about 5 years. I just got the Geocaching app on my iPhone. So far it has worked great in the suburbs. I found that wrapping camo duct tape around ammo cans and film canisters is a quick and easy way to make them blend in. Never leave food. AA batteries are good. Trading with pre-made micro or small cache containers can help spread more caches in your area. |
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Has anyone had luck with using a Droid app instead of a dedicated GPSr? I want to get back into it and would like to use my phone. Grandson and I went geocaching while on vacation recently. He used an iPhone app and we found 3 caches, worked well. Not sure what the app was. I just installed a geocache app on my Droid but haven't used it yet. |