Night time hunts

[+carloadof8balls]

Hi. Bit new to GC and forums.

Is there a way to search for caches on the map that are best found at nigh?t I.e using torches to find the glow in the dark reflectors to direct you to the cache.

Any help or guidance much appreciated

Carloadof8balls

[+niraD]

Once you find one night cache, there's a good chance that it is on a bookmark list for night caches. You can use that bookmark list to find other night caches.

 

But to find that first night cache, your best bet is to use pocket queries to find caches with one or more of certain attributes, specifically:

Night Cache

Recommended at Night

Flashlight Required

UV Light Required

[+carloadof8balls]

Many thanks neraD

[+carloadof8balls]

Hi neraD

I'm new to pocket queries by the way.

I'm in Brighton south UK

could you somehow generate a sample query to send me?

I'm looking for these types of caches in my close vicinity. Just not sure exactly which boxes to tick and info to enter

Many thanks in advance

[+niraD]

Here's a good FAQ for pocket queries:

http://www.markwell.us/pq.htm

 

I'd create a PQ and leave everything at the default except:

• the From Origin field would be GC Code, with the GC Code of a nearby cache you've found
  
• the Attributes to Include field would specify only the Night Cache attribute

 

Then, instead of running the PQ, I'd preview it to see what caches appeared. Hopefully that would give me a bookmark list.

[+BAMBOOZLE]

Geocaching during the day appears suspicious.....at night it appears evil.

Be prepared to meet police.......a lot.

[+carloadof8balls]

Ahh!! I see now. The gc code is one close to you.. Got ya!!

Thanks niraD

And thanks bamboozle for the warning. It's pretty quiet in the south UK so hopefully not too many police around..

[+niraD]

FWIW, I've never had any encounter with LEOs while night caching. Of course, it helps that the night caches I've done have been in locations that were open to the public at night, and were relatively remote.