Re: [GPSstash] Re: Found geocache box in apartment
Lost and found history!!!
2010/12/7 Seth! Leary
> > > Interesting. It's hard to say how it got to Colorado. I don't think that > putting potentially dangerous materials inside will help anyone. It can be > said with a high degree of certainty that it was not placed by a Chinese > national but probably an American or possibly someone from Europe. We'll > help you find someone in your area who can put it to good use. Thank you > for > telling us about it. > > > Seth! > > From: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > gpsstash@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf > Of warriorscheyenne > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:24 AM > To: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [GPSstash] Re: Found geocache box in apartment > > > We're in Fort Collins, Colorado. The cache box was found in an apartment at > Brookview apartments. It is an ammo box with www.geocaching.com and don't > remove written on the outside. Well, if it is from China, I'll be sure to > fill it with cadmium, arsenic and lead and send it right back to them! I'd > really like to get it to someone in our area, someone that does geocachine. > > --- In gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > gpsstash%40yahoogroups.com > , Ray > > Roney wrote: > > > > Maybe this wasn't a Geocache... maybe it was something to remember a > Vacation or > > something. > > > > Is there a date on it....? Geocaching has only been around for ten > years... and > > someone may have had the coordinates before that if they'd had any GPS > prior to > > the existance of Geocaching and just turned it into a Present for > someone. > > > > -- Ray - Michigan -- > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Seth! Leary > > To: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > gpsstash%40yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Mon, December 6, 2010 6:38:15 PM > > Subject: RE: [GPSstash] Found geocache box in apartment > > > > > > Brenda, > > > > Wacky. This geocache was apparently from China, in an unknown hiding spot > > just west of the Sanya airport in Hainan-an island province off the > southern > > coast. There is not a geocache listed there, probably because it was > > relocated to the closet in the apartment! Do you live close to China? Can > > you put it back? Heh heh. But seriously, can you divulge the name of the > > city or state where this apartment is located, just out of curiosity? > > > > The folks at Geocaching.com may be able to look up archived geocaches in > > that area. It would appear that someone either removed the geocache (e.g. > > "stole" it) or else the cache owner lived in that apartment and either > > changed his/her mind about placing it or was otherwise inclined to > retrieve > > it. > > > > An interesting find. Please don't throw it out. I'm sure that some > geocacher > > near you can put it to good use as a resurrected geocache. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Seth! > > > > From: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > gpsstash%40yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > gpsstash%40yahoogroups.com > ] On > > Behalf > > Of warriorscheyenne > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:16 AM > > To: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com > gpsstash%40yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [GPSstash] Found geocache box in apartment > > > > Greetings! I need information, please. My DH found a geocache box in an > > apartment move out. In the box was a sea shell with this inscribed on the > > inside: Sanya > > 18 degrees 17.409N > > 109 degrees 22.984E > > > > along with some other items. We're not geocachers, but this box needs to > get > > back to someone. Please help. Thanks, in advance. > > Sincerely, > > Brenda > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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