This is the theory behind letterboxing, which is a treasure hunt that you do based on clues. I've heard rumours of a few small geocaches that have nothing more than clues to the real geocache also. I think you can find info on letterboxing at this site:
http://www.letterboxing.org
Jason
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Jones [mailto:bill@wizard-labbs.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:43 PM To: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [gpsstash] Re: Micro Stash
A local radio station has an annual "treasure hunt" every spring. They literally hide a very small object somewhere within the county , usually in one of the local sate, county, or a city park. The object is usually just a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet which is folded and folded and folded as small as possible and wrapped in plastic wrap. This makes it smaller than a 35mm film canister. They don't use gps but give out clues each weekday until the "treasure" is found. The finder's reward from the radio station is $1000 when the item is brought in to the station. I have participated in the search each year for 25 years and have found the treasure 5 times. It is really a lot of fun trying to figure out the clues and can be very difficult to actually locate the exact hiding place even when you are in the correct local.
I think micro caches with clues included to actually locate the cache would be just as fun even though there would be no chance for any monetary reward.
----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: [gpsstash] Re: Micro Stash
> There was some discussion about micro caches on the Groundspeak forum > a few weeks ago. Current 'normal sized' caches range from 5 gallon > buckets down to sandwich size ziplock baggies. A micro-cache, imo, > would be something the size of a 35mm film tin. These would make > great caches for urban placement, however, clues to their location > would be paramount along with the GPS coords. Logbooks might consist > of rolled up paper. Hunters can bring their own writing utensils. > Items could be coins, pins, rings, etc. Personally, I think the > satisfaction of locating something this small on a planet this large > would be a blast. > > Matt > > > 2 Liters? Wow! That is BIG! > > > > > The gpsstash page > http://www.geocaching.com > The GPS Stash Hunt page. > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html > > GeoCache HQ > http://www.braveheart.com.au > GPS Stash Hunt FAQ : > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/stashfaq.txt > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >
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