How cool is that… a cache owner “being the muggle” to fend off potential finds and make it more challenging. genius i tell ya… knowing this is the case, other cachers in that area could make a game out of logging this one. Perhaps showing up in strange costumes would be fun…. Of particular interest might be Surveyor, Detective, Construction, Super hero, chicken, maybe a gorilla.

We took this photo at GCH2X1 ground zero Saturday in Lincoln, IL ❓http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=0d4225de-0f95-42de-add9-b972b734ec83

nonono….when you pull up to a playground cache when you are alone, just remember…. your “daughter lost her bike lock key around here” and you are trying to find it….. 😛

@CacheARRRS wrote:

nonono….when you pull up to a playground cache when you are alone, just remember…. your “daughter lost her bike lock key around here” and you are trying to find it….. 😛

Oh, that is just CLASSIC gotta love that line CacheARRRS!
We will be using that now – OK a slight variant – our Granddaughter lost her bike lock key…….but hey more TOT (time over target) for us and no longer will playgrounds be our bane.

Neat-o-torpedo. Thanks!

SGH & BB

@kbraband wrote:

If the police do get involved, it doesn’t help when it comes out that you lied. Better yet, continue to avoid playground geocaches.

Absolutely! Unless I have “the fam” along, I will NOT hunt a playground cache. Particularly when caches are hidden in/on the playground structures, I don’t want to be the creepy guy looking under the teeter totter. And if the cops would show up, having a “cover story”…well, that’s just not a good idea.

Not every cache is huntable at all times!!!

I had originally mentioned that I avoid parks when solo-caching just as an aside, since it’s not really OT. I for one think it’s perfectly reasonable for someone to wonder what a guy is doing at a playground, with no children with him, wandering in circles and crawling under playground equipment, with an electronic device in his hand. It’s not paranoia, it’s justifable concern.

So, I wasn’t intending to keep this digression going, but I had to respond to this.

Geocaches are (supposed to be) placed with permission. Cachers may need to be stealthy, but should always be honest when questioned and PARTICULARLY if questioned by law enforcement. The point is that this is an “above board” game.

Few people can lie convincingly, especially to a trained observer, and when the truth finally comes out it’s all the more likely to cause the “geocaching=something bad” implication. And even if you can do it well, what possible motive is there for telling a cover story when asked what you are doing? You’re not doing something illegal when you look for a cache. “I am playing a scavenger hunt game called geocaching. Are you familiar with it?”

As we tell our children, you might get in trouble when you tell the truth, but you will always get in trouble when you lie.

@CacheARRRS wrote:

nonono….when you pull up to a playground cache when you are alone, just remember…. your “daughter lost her bike lock key around here” and you are trying to find it….. 😛

when at a playground, we use the old “Just doing a safety check on the equipment” That works real well when searching on those marry-go-rounds. LOL

Other than that, while caching with BQ, Digital Dan and benny7210, in the appleton area, we had a cop pull up in the P&R where we were searching. He rolls down the window and BQ tosses out the charm. She says, “We’re geocaching. Have you heard about it?” He says “Sure have, but didn’t know there was one here…where is it at?” We showed him then stood around and shot the bull for a bit. We wanted an official pic of us being cuffed or something, but he said “Oh yeah… THAT would look good on the web. A pic with the caption‘Sheriff Deputy harasses Geocacher!’lol”