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03/20/2007 at 12:47 pm #172449503/20/2007 at 12:51 pm #1871835
Yes, they do.
03/20/2007 at 2:01 pm #1871836You will probably want to post a “disable” note, explaining about the high water. If the ammo box is under the water, there is a chance that it is still dry inside. It depends on how good the seal is.
If you want to move it to higher ground, send me an e-mail and I can help you get the co-ords changed on the website.
e-mail: wga2 admin {at} wi geocaching [dot] com
03/20/2007 at 4:32 pm #1871837If it is still there, just increase the difficulty and terrain levels as needed.
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03/20/2007 at 5:01 pm #1871838@Cathunter wrote:
If it is still there, just increase the difficulty and terrain levels as needed.
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LOL….sounds like a boat may be in order to this one (that’s a 5-star!).
03/21/2007 at 4:44 am #1871839You don’t need a boat for this one, just guts and gumption. I think the water is about 3.5′ deep there on the edge of Vernon Marsh.
03/21/2007 at 6:26 am #1871840Just tie an anchor to it or tie it to the base of a tree and about 4′ of rope. When the water is high it can float on the surface and still be at the coordinates. When the water is gone then it is resting on the ground.
03/21/2007 at 12:09 pm #1871841In any event it will be interesting to see if the cache is still in the same place. If the can floats, it might be downstream in the Fox River by now. Hopefully the bush that was surrounding the can kept it from moving along.
I guess I will bring both the boat and the scuba gear to look for the cache. Till then, I have disabled it but hope to get it up and running as soon as possible.
03/21/2007 at 12:43 pm #1871842@NeverLost Mark wrote:
In any event it will be interesting to see if the cache is still in the same place. If the can floats, it might be downstream in the Fox River by now. Hopefully the bush that was surrounding the can kept it from moving along.
I guess I will bring both the boat and the scuba gear to look for the cache. Till then, I have disabled it but hope to get it up and running as soon as possible.
If I find it during my Not SO Superfund Fox River Clean Up Cito Event GC1180N can I claim the smiley?
03/21/2007 at 12:51 pm #1871843If I find it during my Not SO Superfund Fox River Clean Up Cito Event GC1180N can I claim the smiley?
…..Certainly!
And as previously mentioned if I keep the cache in the same place I will tie a rope to it; the alternative is to put a beacon transmitter inside for an easier locate next spring…..
03/21/2007 at 1:21 pm #1871844@NeverLost Mark wrote:
In any event it will be interesting to see if the cache is still in the same place. If the can floats, it might be downstream in the Fox River by now. Hopefully the bush that was surrounding the can kept it from moving along.
I guess I will bring both the boat and the scuba gear to look for the cache. Till then, I have disabled it but hope to get it up and running as soon as possible.
Well, the good news is that there is not much current in a marsh. The bad news is that this cache was not really entangled in the bushes, at least when I found it. It was a good 6 feet from the nearest tree trunk. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was gone.
And, Jim, you are talking about the wrong Fox River.
03/21/2007 at 1:33 pm #1871845@Team Deejay wrote:
And, Jim, you are talking about the wrong Fox River.
Dang I was hoping that could be a milestone.
03/22/2007 at 1:16 pm #187184603/24/2007 at 8:27 pm #1871847@Buy_The_Tie wrote:
If you want to move it to higher ground, send me an e-mail and I can help you get the co-ords changed on the website.
e-mail: wga2 admin {at} wi geocaching [dot] com
I will take you up on that. I found higher ground about 100 feet north. I took one set of coords when I found my cache (floating nearby). I will take a second reading when I replace the cache soon.
So, I can confirm, ammo cans do float! And as someone else said, thank goodness there isn’t much of any current in a marsh. Between that and the small bush it was by, it only rose with the water level and did not travel too far away.
03/25/2007 at 7:05 pm #1871848The ammo box we put out for the Northwoods Event…. “Downtown Rhinelander” cache had floated under the boardwalk and then froze into place. There was someting put there to temporarily replace it.
2_stand was able to finally get to it this weekend and everything in it was dry and safe… either going to have to tie it to the boardwalk or move it some where else.
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