A Few Tips On Caching

Hiding your stuff what ever it may be, can be more of a problem than some might think. One you never know when some person or persons might feel you have something of worth that they could use. I know professional cache hunters.. and you be may be   surprised at how fast they can make a find.. given just a tiny lead..

Lets look at a few things to trip them up..
In a few past articles I talked about placement.. and how to key off of landmarks.. Never key off a real obvious point.. use as a guide to the left or right.. then pick a less obvious feature .. try to lean to the left.. almost 100% of folks will key to the right of any object . Dont be that guy .. key to the left. In doing this use the clock.. do not do a hard straight left.. use the clock as in 10 or 11 o’clock or 8 or 7 o’clock.. use a series of features. each one less obvious than the last one..

Plan ahead on how you will recover your neato stuff. Did you bury it? All caches are not dug into the ground. If it is in the ground, how are going to get it out?.. What if you dont have a shovel.. Hard to dig with your hands.. .. I would hide a shovel nearby.. in a tree perhaps behind a hard to get to pile of rock. boulders etc.. Each location presents its own set conditions.  Know that you have options. Common sense plays into  the situation. I would not hide any tool for digging  in the same area.

I know of a few caches that were dug and then a plant was grown over the top.. Not a bad way to go.. if you are able to ID the plant at a later time ..and it lives.

Do not bury in low ground, where water will settle.  In areas where the water table is high , the pressure  can pop your cache right to the surface. In that type of a location dig only on high ground ..  or look for an alternative. The crotch  of a large tree can be used.. easy to camo as well. more on that in another article

If you are going  to dig.. always have a ground cloth to put the dirt on. then bury that right at the top of you cache so that when you recover the cache you place the dirt on the same cloth.,. leave no trace that you were ever there.

Suppress  any thoughts of going to check out your neato hide, and digging it up to see how it looks.. I have covered those basics at Dirttime classes and in past articles on the web site.. Next keep your mouth shut.. it is a family secret.

A few thoughts on  the art of the  cache. Simple but very important..

Dude McLean
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