Geocaching with sox06

Posted By Shirley on April 11, 2009

There are loads of great hides out there, also lots of typical hides and many typical caches.  But what about the ‘great caches’?  I’m talking about those cache containers that have something of the ‘wow’ factor – those that are just a little different.  They took some creative thinking and some effort on the part of the cache owner.  They make us say ‘look at this’, we remember them long after leaving GZ.

Last weekend we found a great example courtesy of a Cape Cod cacher.  I don’t want to give the slightest hint about its location because it’s definitely worth the search.  The cache looked like a typical nut and bolt combo.  The bolt itself was drilled out and had a small roll of paper inside for the log.  Nice work! 

There’s other great caches out there that we’ve found over the last 2-plus years of caching:  an actual piece of log or sometimes a small rock that has been hollowed on the bottom side so a cache can be placed in the hollow and the hiding container placed back in it’s original/natural spot;  the cylinder shaped cache rolled in a piece of birch bark and lying there innocently among other actual birch logs;  the piece of a real log that had been hollowed out with the cache placed inside and another piece of the same log serving as a cover;  the pinecone hanging in a tree that had been hollowed in order to place the sign-in log inside.  That one wasn’t really waterproof but what a great idea!  Another great cache brought us back 4 times to the same site and begging for a clue from the owner:   a small cluster of ‘grass’ that blended perfectly with the surroundings and had a small capsule at the bottom end to hold the log and tuck into a perfect ‘hiding’ spot.    We’ve found three or four switch box plate covers with a magnet holding them to a metal surface, the log underneath.  They’re camo’d so well they really seem to belong at their hiding spot. 

A great thing about these hides is that most of them are actually right out in the open but blend so well with their surroundings that your eye goes past them as you look for ‘something that doesn’t belong’.  They’re fun to find.  We like the challenge and always appreciate the effort taken by the cache owner. 

Another reason to love geo-caching!

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