Seems like you guys are inventing a new field of research - geocache
archeology. I'm sure there's thousands of interesting stories about caches
and how they've met their demise and how perhaps some of them are still out
there despite being pillaged or burned in a fire or whatever caused their
archival. I know when one of my caches are lost, there is only a certain
amount of hunting around that one can do to be sure it isn't still in the
area someplace - maybe tossed into a tree across the wash or moved somewhat
from the original hiding spot so that the owner can't even find it (that
happened to one of my micros - it moved a good 50 feet and I almost gave up
on it before seeing it off in the distance!) or whatever.
Jim.
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Roping The Wind wrote:
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>> From: Bob Renner <>
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>> The cache was plundered only a short time after it was
>> initally created. It was in plain sight and had a
>> combination lock on the box with the combination in
>> the web page. Someone riped the lid off and emptied
>> the contents. The empty shell was on the tree for a
>> long time after that.
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>> Finally, about a year ago, the tree was cut down and
>> the field plowed. I assume the box was removed with
>> the tree, but since the lid was ripped off and
>> discarded earlier, it was in the field for you to
>> find.
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> Wow. That is some cool little history right there! I was wondering if the
> rest of the box might be in the ground there. Now I know it isnt. So
> everything fits together nicely and the mystery is solved! :) Looks like we
> did find the lid from that cache then. It is interesting that we found the
> lid almost precisely at the coordinates... not more than a few feet off...
> considering it was plowed into the ground. Fun stuff!
>
> Team Ropingthewind
> Scott
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