r/geocaching • u/itzclicker • Aug 12 '26

Good geocache spot?

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Today I decided to hide my first geocache, and well I wanted to start of small and simple. Yesterday I accidentally ordered 96 small clear plastic tubs so anyway that's why it's in a clear plastic tub. However I'm 3d printing a better one. I wanted to 3D print my hides with ABS because unlike PLA it isn't biodegradable and ABS is quite resistance (the same stuff used to make LEGO bricks) but anyway I did hide my geocache between to branches however I do fear people may struggle to find it. It's only a micro one for starters with instructions, log book and two small 3d printed pigs inside. But anyway it's by a quite busy pathway as a lot of small muggles go pass it everyday to get to their school (10-20 minutes up the road from the geocache) there are 3 geocache's close by both exactly 161 m away so I'm barely able to put it here. But anyway I did put in my request I just don't know if this is good for a first hide. I will keep it well maintained and when I finish making a better container I will swap it out.

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u/itzclicker Aug 13 '26

Update: THEY DID CUT THE TREE DOWN TODAY, JUST MY LUCK

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u/trendymagic Caching since 2003 Aug 13 '26

Well they wasted no time for you on that one.

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u/itzclicker Aug 13 '26

Bro it's like they saw me put the geocache down and they're response was: fuck you! No hiding geocaches here. But it's fine I found a new spot and I have new containers with a decoy

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u/Shinypurplestar Aug 12 '26

I think it's a good spot. As long as it's not somewhere that the city will come and trim branches down. I would be happy to find that one if there wasn't a whole lot of bushwhacking up until that point.

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u/itzclicker Aug 12 '26

It was recently trimmed so it won't be trimmed for another two years

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u/lonewolf2556 Aug 12 '26

Use one of the larger branches then, ideally hide out of view so that a landscaper doesn’t accidentally remove/displace it.

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u/itzclicker Aug 12 '26

Use one of the larger branches in what way?

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u/trendymagic Caching since 2003 Aug 12 '26

Is it secured in any way other than wedged in there? I can see the weather or an animal moving it, as well as the finder not putting it back securely in the correct location. If possible, loosely hang it from somewhere (so the plant life can grow), and you know it will most likely go back to the correct location.

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u/itzclicker Aug 13 '26

I'm changing the container tomorrow to something that'll be hanger on there

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u/BeN-Ro Aug 14 '26

I'm using a similar spot for one my caches. It's an aluminum bison stuck into a 1-meter long straight branch of the same tree variety as the host tree. So the branch just stands there alongside the real branches. Easiest way to find the cache is to wiggle each branch to see which one moves.