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"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling) 04/10/2018 at 11:24 • Filed to: Quandaries, DOTS Seattle

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...participates in a certain activity, or is this a mobile one?

Ash78, voting early and often > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 11:27

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Or as I like to call it, Nerd Littering.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 11:28

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I think the second option counts towards the first.

HammerheadFistpunch > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 11:35

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GeoCage? Finding where Nick Cage is on a map? Fighting in a Geodesic cage?! WHAT IS IT!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 04/10/2018 at 11:44

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Maintained (and well hidden) ones are far better. The problem is that people abandon them or place and don’t maintain them. You really shouldn’t place any in a spot where you can’t visit it at least annually, but preferably every few months.

I also hate most types:

Ammo can under a bush? How creative.

Plastic container full of water and slugs shoved in the roots of a tree? You’re really making this a fun activity.

Tiny tube hanging in random tree/bush/etc that happens to be just over the minimum distance from the last one? You’re just an asshole.

Then you find that one that someone put some serious effort into and it is all worth it.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 04/10/2018 at 11:44

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“GEOCACH”

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 12:03

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I mean not everyone can be an expert level of creativity. And for beginners, an ammo can or a plastic container under a stick pile are a good way to get them going.

Also is your problem with tiny tubes the difficulty of finding one or that it was just over .1 of a mile from the last one?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 04/10/2018 at 13:12

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More the lack of creativity, but they’re less satisfying to find for the level of difficulty and after the 3rd or 4th one in a row around a park or neighborhood, it gets pretty repetitive/boring.

I also forgot to mention the ever-present rusty Altoids tin under the base cover of a parking lot lamp. The only reason I don’t entirely hate these is that some people are creative enough to stick/glue magnets to the bottoms so they will stick to the inside of the cover so if some muggle just lifts it they won’t find it.

I’ve seen custom pipe containers that fit perfectly in other objects, containers that are hidden in plain sight, one at the bottom of a lake, one of those old fake rocks with a film canister embedded in it (which got boring/repetitive until someone brilliantly placed one next to a river among a bunch of rocks!), etc.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 14:56

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Gotcha. the hardest cache I ever hid was a complete accident. It was a chrome tube hooked on a branch in plain view about 15-20 feet off the trail. Turns out it accidentally was reflecting all of the woods off the chrome and no one can ever find it. I cranked up the difficulty rating. And it’s in a park with 4 other caches of various sizes that are custom camo painted plastic containers so at least if they fail on that one they find the others. I like that series because you can’t drive to them. You have to park and walk through the trails. All the Park and Grabs are the boring ones just for numbers, not a huge fan of those.

There are some seriously cool ones around metro detroit that I’ve found. I’ve done a rock in a pile of rocks, even a single fake blade of grass once! Not sure where you’re located I don’t want to give away all the cool ones.

victor > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/10/2018 at 15:55

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I prefer to play GeoCage, thankyouverymuch.