The Employee Song

A coworker sent this to me today and I thought it was such a great stress reliever that I should share.

T Bone

This is my favorite geocache container that I have made. I got the idea from my brother who has had several interesting hides along the same lines. The hole was drilled using a typical spade bit then I set the pill container down inside. It fit pretty loose and I didn’t want it falling out so I just wrapped some duct tape around it. Once I had the fit the way I wanted, covered the hole with thin plastic wrap then put the pill container in. Then I used a five minute epoxy and poured over the top. The plastic wrap kept the epoxy from adhering to the wood but was thin enough to allow it to conform to the contours of the hole. Then I used some of the wood shavings to blend the look of the epoxy so it would blend in. Once dry, I just pealed away the plastic and everything fit perfectly. Since this was a micro out in the desert, I didn’t want to make it to difficult so I placed it in a clearing where there were other twigs and such. It still proved to be too difficult for some. This cache for some reason just screamed out to people to move. It was reported missing once and I found it a good 20 feet away from where I had placed it. Another time I stopped by for a normal check since no one had logged anything in a while and it was about 40 feet away and on the other side of the road. It was finally reported missing and I couldn’t find it when I checked on it so I archived the cache. It kept nagging at me though, so about a month later I went back out and spent more time and finally located it. I have it in the shed for a future cache placement, so when you least expect it you may find this one on one of your hunts.

The cache was called “T Bone” (GC1A3TX) and lasted from March of 2008 until the last find in November of 2009. It had 52 finds and 6 reported DNFs. There were other DNFs because I was told of them. One person stated in their log and others told me in person that they had actually picked up the cache, put it down and continued searching. Lots of people get irritated at micros in the desert and woods, but what kind of a challenge is a regular every time you are out of the city. I did have a clear warning on the cache page that this was not one to hunt if that sort of thing bothered you.  Click on the blog title to take you to the cache page.

A picture of the cache in its hiding spot.