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My First Cache "Log in a Log"

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I placed my first cache the other day. I have been working on this "Cache box" for about a week. I hollowed out a log and added a swivel top to it. Then I added a dog stake to the bottom in case some decides to collect some firewood they won't be able to carry the cache off to their stove! Looking forward to doing two underwater caches in the future. One will be in our local lake and the other in a local Dam that dries up in the winter.

 

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niraD

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Found one once, the attributes included campfires-no.gif

 

Handy hint, but didn't notice, until I was logging the find at home! :rolleyes::laughing:

I had a fake-log geocache for a while. It never occurred to me to add the No Campfires attribute, but that would have been appropriate, both as a far-too-subtle hint, and because the location (a community garden) was not appropriate for campfires.
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kunarion

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No fires would be clever. Heard from the reviewer and he said I needed to remove the anchor. Why is that an issue?

In most cases it's no good to poke stuff into the ground. If you had to remove the cache, the place should be as it was before a cache was there. If it was fine to screw it into the trees or ground, I'd have done several of my caches like that. :anicute:

 

In order to "secure" a container, yet to avoid "digging" or "burying" or "damage, deface or destroy", you often must get real creative. The screwed-in leash holder would be tough to get approved. You could secure the log to a heavy flat base and cover the base with leaves. Bolt it to a heavy log or large rock from home. Secure it with gardening wire (or bungee cord) against a tree trunk. Get real lucky and find a place where an old rod or pipe exists already. Things like that.

 

Be sure you know the guidelines, so you have no trouble getting a cache approved:

https://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx

 

3. Geocaches are never buried, neither partially nor completely.

If one has to dig or create a hole in the ground when placing or finding a geocache, it is not allowed.

 

4. Geocache placements do not damage, deface or destroy public or private property.

Caches are placed so that the surrounding environment, whether natural or human-made, is safe from intentional or unintentional harm. Property must not be damaged or altered to provide a hiding place, clue, or means of logging a find.

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kunarion

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Alright, so basically nothing in the cache is allowed to puncture the ground. I was mainly concerned because there was a pile of cut logs there and I didn't want my cache confused with them. But since that location is already taken it might not be an issue.

If you bring in your own "pile of logs" (all secured together), it might be unlikely that someone would take that heavy mass as firewood. :P

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Bear and Ragged

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That is a good idea. I will have to try that sometime. Maybe make them all hollow but one has a cache. That would be interesting.

 

Not worth the effort.

Someone will find the first empty one and leave a 'throwdown' in it.

 

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=427

Throwdowns are strongly discouraged

 

A “throwdown” is a container placed by a geocacher who cannot find the original cache.

 

Some geocachers place throwdowns so that they can log a find on a cache that they suspect is missing. Geocaches should never be replaced without the permission of the cache owner. This can lead to multiple containers, geocacher confusion, and disputes about whether someone is entitled to log a find or not.

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DragonsWest

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Nicely done bit of handiwork and cachineering there. One recommendation I'd add, when hiding wood out in the woods, make sure its a type that doesn't decay quickly. Possibly give it a dab of stain to help preserve the surfaces where water is likely to be in regular contact.

 

Thanks for hiding a good cache! :)

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The A-Team

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Logging an Attended on one's own Event or CITO is fine.

 

Claiming a find on one's own cache is not usually done.

...and doing it as the first log is done even less.

 

This may have actually deterred some potential finders from going to look for the cache right away, because it no longer appears as an unfound cache that the FTF hounds may otherwise go for.

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noncentric

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I think I managed to delete it. I logged it to see what happens when someone finds it. Will it go back to being unfound?

Your log is still there. The steps to follow are detailed here: 4.7. Delete logs from geocache and trackable pages

 

To delete a geocache log, follow these steps: First, go to the log entry.

1. Select View Log or View / Edit Log / Images.

2. On the log page, select the Delete Log trashcan.

3. Select Yes to confirm.

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GeoTrekker26

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JUST GOT FOUND!!!!! WHOOHOO!!!!

 

Not only that, but the finder gave your cache a favorite point! Nicely done. Also note that the finder was pleased to claim a FTF, something that would have been prevented if you left your original found log in place. Keep up the good work on your future caches, the effort is always appreciated by the experienced finder.

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Cascade Reviewer

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Congrats on your cache placement! B)

 

I wanted to comment on the discussion earlier in this thread about using the weathered pieces of wood that were already at the cache site to make the cache container. Kunarion already posted some of the guidelines, and I'd like to point out number four:

 

4. Geocache placements do not damage, deface or destroy public or private property.

Caches are placed so that the surrounding environment, whether natural or human-made, is safe from intentional or unintentional harm. Property must not be damaged or altered to provide a hiding place, clue, or means of logging a find.

 

It's fine to bring a piece of wood that you own that has been altered, but it's not alright to take a piece of wood from the site and then alter it.

 

Just pointing this out for future reference for anyone reading this thread! :)

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J Grouchy

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Congrats on your cache placement! B)

 

I wanted to comment on the discussion earlier in this thread about using the weathered pieces of wood that were already at the cache site to make the cache container. Kunarion already posted some of the guidelines, and I'd like to point out number four:

 

4. Geocache placements do not damage, deface or destroy public or private property.

Caches are placed so that the surrounding environment, whether natural or human-made, is safe from intentional or unintentional harm. Property must not be damaged or altered to provide a hiding place, clue, or means of logging a find.

 

It's fine to bring a piece of wood that you own that has been altered, but it's not alright to take a piece of wood from the site and then alter it.

 

Just pointing this out for future reference for anyone reading this thread! :)

 

But of course, such a policy does not extend to what a person might consider "trash". I mean, there's a whole event cache type devoted to removal of trash...it's the "T" in CITO. And thus, there is an interesting question: where would the line be drawn between "leave it be" and "throw it away"?

Bottles and cans, of course, are trash. Tires, too. Scrap lumber? Probably. What about pruned limbs? Fallen limbs?

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Cascade Reviewer

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Congrats on your cache placement! B)

 

I wanted to comment on the discussion earlier in this thread about using the weathered pieces of wood that were already at the cache site to make the cache container. Kunarion already posted some of the guidelines, and I'd like to point out number four:

 

4. Geocache placements do not damage, deface or destroy public or private property.

Caches are placed so that the surrounding environment, whether natural or human-made, is safe from intentional or unintentional harm. Property must not be damaged or altered to provide a hiding place, clue, or means of logging a find.

 

It's fine to bring a piece of wood that you own that has been altered, but it's not alright to take a piece of wood from the site and then alter it.

 

Just pointing this out for future reference for anyone reading this thread! :)

 

But of course, such a policy does not extend to what a person might consider "trash". I mean, there's a whole event cache type devoted to removal of trash...it's the "T" in CITO. And thus, there is an interesting question: where would the line be drawn between "leave it be" and "throw it away"?

Bottles and cans, of course, are trash. Tires, too. Scrap lumber? Probably. What about pruned limbs? Fallen limbs?

 

It all depends on what the land owner/manager thinks is ok.

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