If you have done any amount of geo caching at all, you are familiar with finding cache in film canisters, prescription bottles, snap top or screw lid containers, and disguised with tan, black or camo duct tape. They’re in the hole at the base of the tree, dangling off the limb, stuffed behind the post, or under the lamp post cover.
Occasionally though, you come across a really tough one. A couple of examples are one that was hidden in the pine straw in a pine forest with no clues. Another was one I found just yesterday, very cleverly disguised as the lock on a metal door. Brilliant! Don’t get me wrong, any find is a fun find, but those you have to search harder for are the ones you remember. Right?
I challenge you to take it up a notch when you go to place your cache. Look around on the web for ideas. There are cache stores as well as some only found on ebay. One such site, I had a fun time on today, was the Caching Containers store. I started off looking at a bid they had on ebay and from there, I spent an hour browsing their selections. They have your traditional stock as well as several natural looking containers that will make even the most experienced seekers scratch their head.
I think geocaching can be a neat activity, but do we really want kids opening up electrical conduit on the side of a building looking for a cache? (See picture above)
I agree. The kiddos shouldn’t open them without being able to confirm ahead of time that it isn’t real. When working with our scouts, we teach them safety first. The reality is, with or without leaders with them, they may run across one of these while caching. On a gadget like shown above, I’d actually be tempted to buy one to take out and show them the difference, specifically so they know not to touch the real thing.