Why So Many Ammo Cans?

9.4k · June 27, 2005

Does anyone have the figures on the ratio of regular caches to micros? It seems that when we go out hunting so many great sites which could have supported a micro cache or a small-sized container only have ammo cans. Is it because too many cachers are in too much of a hurry to find the cache and move on?

Let's face it, there are so many more places to hide a micro that the seekers would have to spend more time at the cache site. If they find an easy ammo can at the site and move on, they haven't spent enough time there to enjoy it. We need more micros!

1.4k · June 27, 2005

I'm filling my shotgun with film can shot. Start runnin' boy!

18.9k · June 27, 2005

:anicute:

(General disapproval)

3.8k · June 27, 2005

...We need more micros!

Sax, I'm so glad to see you coming around to your senses;

when do you expect to be there (sensibility-land)? :blink: :anicute:

Edited June 27, 2005 by sept1c_tank

June 27, 2005

:anicute: :blink: :blink: :mad: :mad:

I say; only allow 5 gallon buckets!

June 27, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can :anicute:

June 27, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

An ammo can designed to hold a single bullet :blink:

June 27, 2005

i'm so glad this topic came up! i just had to DNF at a recent walmart parking lot because i was so focused on looking for a cart-corral magnetic micro that i missed the cache entirely. when i got home, the hider generously provided me with the clue that it was in fact a well-stocked ammo box in the middle of the parking lot. silly me, with egg on my face! i'd been meaning to check out the beautiful scenery of that parking lot for years, i just never took the time to stop and smell the roses there. i thought a fabulous micro would be a great reason to step out of the truck and enjoy all that, and here i missed it entirely. i really hate parking lot ammo cans!! :anicute:

June 27, 2005

I can imagine someone making a cache out of a giant dumpster. No one would ever find it, thinking the cache was under it, or near it. :anicute:

June 27, 2005

yep, a micro ammo can made to hold only 1 bullet.

or even better, make it only big enough for the shell. the bullet would come in a second micro ammo can. and the powder in a third. now thatd be small! :anicute:

and denali, im jealous. i wish there were ammo cans hidden in the lcoal wally world parking lots.

9.4k · June 27, 2005

i'm so glad this topic came up! i just had to DNF at a recent walmart parking lot because i was so focused on looking for a cart-corral magnetic micro that i missed the cache entirely. when i got home, the hider generously provided me with the clue that it was in fact a well-stocked ammo box in the middle of the parking lot. silly me, with egg on my face! i'd been meaning to check out the beautiful scenery of that parking lot for years, i just never took the time to stop and smell the roses there. i thought a fabulous micro would be a great reason to step out of the truck and enjoy all that, and here i missed it entirely. i really hate parking lot ammo cans!!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! :blink:

June 27, 2005

yes, tgps, sometimes i really do get it!!

(what's that old saying? even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut!) :anicute:

p.s. goldens rule!!

Edited June 27, 2005 by denali7

24.7k · June 27, 2005

I think it has a lot to do with virtuals not being approved. There are so many locations a virtual would fit in that when they are banned cachers are forced to use containers.

June 27, 2005

I think it has a lot to do with virtuals not being approved. There are so many locations a virtual would fit in that when they are banned cachers are forced to use containers.

Why would the virtuals be banned? I would think they would be the easiest to get approved oweing to the fact they have very little impact and can't be tampered with.

But, I'm new.

June 27, 2005

while i often agree with RK's posts, i'm not with you on this one, at least not in my area. i haven't been caching very long, but almost every micro i've seen fits into either one of two categories:

a ) lamppost/cart-corral/transformer box micro's that show me no more scenery than some dude changing his oil in a walmart lot, or some lady with a gaggle of kids trying to unload her groceries into a minivan, or...

b ) an annoying micro in a billion acres of wilderness that could hide a real jeep as a cache container

these are all caches that have been around a lot longer than the no-virt fuss. honestly, i would be happy to sign a micro log at a wonderful, scenic area that could have been a great virtual, but i'm trying to avoid :anicute: the grocery store when i'm caching!!

Edited June 27, 2005 by denali7

June 27, 2005

while i often agree with RK's posts, i'm not with you on this one, at least not in my area. i haven't been caching very long, but almost every micro i've seen fits into either one of two categories:

a) lamppost/cart-corral/transformer box micro's that show me no more scenery than some dude changing his oil in a walmart lot, or some lady with a gaggle of kids trying to unload her groceries into a minivan

an annoying micro in a billion acres of wilderness that could hide a real jeep as a cache container

these are all caches that have been around a lot longer than the no-virt fuss. honestly, i would be happy to sign a micro log at a wonderful, scenic area that could have been a great virtual, but i'm trying to avoid the grocery store when i'm caching!!

Clearly you have a lacking appreciation for watching people change oil in a parking lot. It can be very exciting. :blink:

1.8k · June 27, 2005

I think it has a lot to do with virtuals not being approved. There are so many locations a virtual would fit in that when they are banned cachers are forced to use containers.

Are you kidding? I'm sick and tired of finding unique points of historical interest when clearly you could place a breath strip container there instead. Yecch! :anicute:

June 27, 2005

I think it has a lot to do with virtuals not being approved. There are so many locations a virtual would fit in that when they are banned cachers are forced to use containers.

Are you kidding? I'm sick and tired of finding unique points of historical interest when clearly you could place a breath strip container there instead. Yecch!

:blink: :blink:

HAHAHA....A breathstrip container! I would be grateful if I found one that still had breathstrips in it. Sometimes I can be pretty offensive :mad:

June 27, 2005

"Clearly you have a lacking appreciation for watching people change oil in a parking lot. It can be very exciting."

i guess it all depends what the rest looks like under the hood, but i usually run from the big crack!! :anicute:

24.7k · June 27, 2005

...Are you kidding?...

Of course I was kidding! Sax's entire post was tongue in cheek so I coudln't resist pointing out that if he would relax his stand on virtuals he might see less of those annoying ammo cans!

Maybe I should of stuck a smilie in that first post. :anicute:

June 27, 2005

Emily Litella Called:

What's all this fuss I keep hearing about ‘Microbe Catchers’ and those that want to ban them? I say if people want to go around catching microbes they should be free to do so. Why it’s outrageous that some people would try to take away anyone’s right to catch microbes! We live in America don’t we? We should do something about this! I would rather have people running around catching microbes then committing crimes, that brings me to another topic, what’s all this I keep hearing about ‘Saxon violence’ on T.V.? Why I’ve been watching and watching and I haven’t seen it once……

Edited June 27, 2005 by teamjack&birdie

6.5k · June 27, 2005

Does anyone have the figures on the ratio of regular caches to micros? It seems that when we go out hunting so many great sites which could have supported a micro cache or a small-sized container only have ammo cans. Is it because too many cachers are in too much of a hurry to find the cache and move on?
Let's face it, there are so many more places to hide a micro that the seekers would have to spend more time at the cache site. If they find an easy ammo can at the site and move on, they haven't spent enough time there to enjoy it. We need more micros!

Ammo cans should be banned!

June 27, 2005

"jane, you ignorant..."

:anicute:

7.3k · June 27, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

They have, and I have one. We even have a cache in our area with one. :anicute: It's about two inches long. :blink:

7.3k · June 28, 2005

Oh, I soooo agree with the OP, I mean, every time I find myself schlepping down some woodland trail seeing spot after spot after spot where a micro could have been placed, and then finally I arrived and it's some big dumb ammo can under a couple of dead palmetto fronds. Rats. And you open the thing up and there's liable to be a travel bug - staring at you - accusing you of neglect if you ignore it, but if you pick it up you have to go find ANOTHER ammo can to move it......... the torture never stops. Oh yeah, and I've broken finger nails on the ammo can latches. I've never broken a nail on a film can. Never. Manicure safety concerns alone should be sufficient for an ammo can bann. Clearly.

1.8k · June 28, 2005

...Are you kidding?...

Of course I was kidding! Sax's entire post was tongue in cheek so I coudln't resist pointing out that if he would relax his stand on virtuals he might see less of those annoying ammo cans!

Maybe I should of stuck a smilie in that first post.

I know...I know. My post was a tongue-in-cheek response to your tongue-in-cheek response response to Sax's tongue-in-cheek post. Wow, that's a lot of tongue... :blink:

2.3k · June 28, 2005

...Are you kidding?...

Of course I was kidding! Sax's entire post was tongue in cheek so I coudln't resist pointing out that if he would relax his stand on virtuals he might see less of those annoying ammo cans!

Maybe I should of stuck a smilie in that first post.

I know...I know. My post was a tongue-in-cheek response to your tongue-in-cheek response response to Sax's tongue-in-cheek post. Wow, that's a lot of tongue...

Quite a bit of cheek too...... :rolleyes:

9.4k · June 28, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

They have, and I have one. We even have a cache in our area with one. It's about two inches long.

Does your husband really want you to tell everyone about that? :rolleyes:

6.7k · June 28, 2005

Y'all just ain't right - but funny!

June 28, 2005

If we were right, we wouldn't behere. Don't worry folks. I'm doing my part to rectify the shortage of micros. :rolleyes:

1.5k · June 28, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

You mean like this one?

5.7k · June 28, 2005

86.3/1

5.6k · June 28, 2005

I know...I know. My post was a tongue-in-cheek response to your tongue-in-cheek response response to Sax's tongue-in-cheek post. Wow, that's a lot of tongue...

Share the love, baby! :rolleyes:

3.8k · June 28, 2005

So what does this really have to do with geocaching? :lol: :rolleyes:

6.7k · June 28, 2005

I want me suma them ittybitty boxes what that wacko feller pitured. I kin thow em out a da winder and shoot me sum cords, not even slow down none. Now that thar is geocachin!

7.3k · June 28, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

They have, and I have one. We even have a cache in our area with one. It's about two inches long.

Does your husband really want you to tell everyone about that?

Hey, now!

June 28, 2005

Have you ever read in the forums how bad people hate micros could you imagine walking 2 miles into the woods to find a nano cache container instead of an Ammo Can?

June 28, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

You mean like this one?

Okay, so has anyone done a macro film canister??? Let's see a pic.

Love the micro ammo can!

June 28, 2005

Have you ever read in the forums how bad people hate micros could you imagine walking 2 miles into the woods to find a nano cache container instead of an Ammo Can?

Bad people don't hate micros. ALL people hate micros. Well, okay, except for those that love micros, because you either love them or hate them. Unless, of course, you are indifferent. And if you don't care, then why should we? But, who cares that ...... oh, sorry. What was the topic again?

11.3k · June 28, 2005

i think the solution to the problem is to invent a micro ammo can

You mean like this one?

. . . snip . . .

Okay, so has anyone done a macro film canister??? Let's see a pic.

Love the micro ammo can!

Yup. The Sandy Creek Cowboys in East San Diego county create some of the most fantastic, inventive caches around.

Here is their Macro Micro.

Inside the barrel is a 5-gallon water bottle with more than 60 film canisters inside.

You have to shake them out one by one to find the one canister that has the log inside of it . . . :rolleyes:

It took us 58 tries to finally get the one with the log . . . but we had LOTS of fun.

3.8k · June 28, 2005

That's funny! :blink: :blink:

Why So Many Ammo Cans?

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