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A NANO made of REBAR?!
Here’s a cache I found a few years ago and mentioned in my first “cool caches” compilation post way back when. It’s still there and in reasonable shape too! This is a clever and fairly rare hide type – I have only ever found two of these. It’s a short length of rebar with a…
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Yet another new icon: Locationless
Some time ago Groundspeak published and locked the first Locationless (Reverse) cache in a very long time. GC9FAVE “Discovered while geocaching – Locationless Cache” was unlocked this morning, and will remain available until the end of 2024. Unless Groundspeak gets into the habit of publishing more, this icon in my stats will likely forever have…
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Cool caches: Sticking Out Like A Sore Thumb
Here’s a really cool hide, which sadly is no more – it was against guidelines about fastening caches to trees and also somehow got muggled often (I suspect a nosy neighbour). This was GC36N4B Sticking Out Like A Sore Thumb – a cache that basically was a bark-covered film canister with a magnet that attached…
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Got a bone to pick
Today we found a cache with a bit different camo. I’m not going to say which cache this is (there are no spoilers in this blog!) but the hint was “your dog might be better at finding this than you”. Here’s Lili me0w with what we found:
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Some interesting cache containers and camouflages
Here are a few of the more interesting hides I have found recently. In order to avoid creating any spoilers, I have not identified any of them. The only thing they have in common is that they are all located in Greater Victoria! Cache owners, leave a comment if you recognize your caches here! EDIT…
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Skirt Lifters
I think I have a favourite kind of urban hide: The Lamp Post Cache (LPC), aka the Skirt-lifter. Aside from the obvious smirk you get from the nickname, they really are a great urban camouflage. LPCs are hides located under the skirt of a lamp-post or other similar device. Typically, the skirt conceals the bolts…
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