Least Favorite Type of Cache

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

My least favorite is also not on the list, which would be the pill bottle in a tree crotch that can be seen from 50 feet away. I like a little challenge, even when I’m hunting easier caches.

If I have to pick from your list I’d go with multi-caches, only because most every time we hunt one, there is a stage missing, or unreadable coordinates.

[zuma]

I guess I hunt em all, because it is hard to tell what will be a great cache or a not so great cache until you hunt for it.

Mostly, I like caches that take me somewhere, and to me, that should be the whole point of any cache: to show you something that you might not have found by just passing thru. For example, yesterday, I found a cache that required you to walk past the lock and dam near Hastings, MN, and along a dike, with great views of the Mississippi on one side and an estuary on the other. I enjoyed seeing a huge nest in the trees (maybe 30 feet in diameter) and wondered if it was an eagle nest or a communal osprey nest. To me that is a great cache. The hide was nothing, just a plastic box under some sticks, buried in the snow.

So, I guess I like virts, multis, puzzles and earthcaches, as well as regular caches, as long as they show me something interesting.

City parks are pretty much the same everywhere, so it is hard to get thrilled by another micro in a pine tree or a magnet under the bench in just another generic city park. But I do them, and occasionally ya find one that was worth the gas to get there.

I agree with those who noted they dont like poorly maintained caches, but thankfully that is getting to be less of an issue due to the Lonely Cache game, and the hard work of the approvers in getting caches archived if they are no longer there.

I also agree with those who dont like stealth caches. I want to be outdoors and enjoy a little peace and serenity. I do not want to look like a perv or a weirdo looking for a cleverly hidden micro where a lot of folks are going to be walking by, especially in a playground. My ignore list is populated mostly with these type of caches. I will generally give them a quick look until I get uncomfortable, and if I dont find em, they go on the ignore list.

But to each their own. I respect everyone’s right to place and hunt the type of caches they like. There is room enough for all of us to have the type of cahces that we like best.

zuma

[Trekkin and Birdin]

jenhen and zuma hit it for me, too. I will seek out a cache in a really neat place far from the madding crowd, and give it “tarpaper,” as my Yooper husband would say, and if I don’t find that one….so be it. I enjoyed a nice trek to a new place out in nature. I spent a loooooong time carving ice near Black Earth the other day with no luck, but it didn’t bother me a bit, because I enjoyed a nice hike along a trout stream on a day that finally hinted at spring. Singing birds and all! 😉

We’ll hunt them all, because as Ralph said, sometimes you don’t know that one that looks boring will actually be clever. But if I spend time looking for those and don’t find them, it makes me grumpy. Also, we really get a bit nervous in parks trying to look stealthy. Trekkin’ did a bunch in Rochester when I was at a storytelling thing last fall. One took him to some playground, and required him to crawl under the play structure. Some middle school girls came over to see what was up, he got into a conversation with them about geocaching, along with sports (he coaches kids this age and they played the same sports) and they ended up crawling under to help him retrieve it. (“Sweet! Can we sign it, too?”)

That’s a cute story, but I shudder to think how it could have played out very differently. Adult male, all alone, crawling underneath slatted play surfaces, chatting up 12 year old girls. It could have ended up very differently and that scares me a bit.

Yep. For some of us, such caches should perhaps be on an ignore list for our own safety!

[labrat_wr]

I guess for me it would be Earthcaches. Not that I don’t enjoy the learning about the planet or visiting an interesting formation. I just don’t like some of the assumptions made regarding how and when. I will leave it at that.

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Cachelovskys]

I don’t have real strong feelings on this one…I hunt everything…I enjoy everything. Some days I am up for a great hike in the woods, walking through knee deep snow, other times I am happy for the easy 1/1s. Sometimes I like mind-bending puzzles, or days I feel like I never want to see another puzzle again. I would just have to be thankful that there is a VARIETY!! I wouldn’t want every cache to be a 2 mile hike…or I wouldn’t want every cache to be a micro in a tree.

There have been many comments regarding…not liking stealth caches.

I also agree with those who don’t like stealth caches.

I would have to say that stealth caches were part of the draw I have toward geocaching: knowing that thousand of people walk/drive by something everyday, and never know that something is there. It amazes me! ….that’s all…that’s my two cents 😀

[Team Deejay]

I like em all as far as types go. To me, I would prefer either a nice place to visit or a clever hide, rather than one more guardrail along the side of a nondescript section of road or dead end.

As far as stealth caches go, I used to not like them much, but then I figured out the correct approach to these….NO STEALTH! I figure if the owner is dumb enough to hide a cache in a place that is very likely to be muggled, its not my role to prevent the muggling. I pretty much invite ANYONE who happens by to help me with the search. Kids, dog walkers, police, maintenance men, little old ladies with walkers, you name it, I will ask them to help search if they show any interest in what I am doing. So far, I don’t think any cache has disappeared immediately after I found it. Sometimes you just need to trust people.

[Lostby7]

Interesting results…not quite what I would have expected….or for the reasons I would have thought.

[ecorangers]

Any cache where the coords are over 50 feet off!

Tami

[OuttaHand]

If I was forced to choose from your list it would be Puzzle Caches.

But the reality is that my least favorite is not in your list.

I hate micros

I like regular caches. Traditionals. I like a nice walk in the woods with the reward of an ammo box or tupperware with little goodies and a log book.

A big bonus is to have som beautiful photo ops along the way.

[benny7210]

Thanks to all who voted in my poll. I was very pleased to see that 45 people took the time to make themselves heard. My purpose of this survey was to get cachers talking about what they like to hunt. And it did just that.
I guess that, what you think is nonsense is in the eye of the beholder.

@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

Abtaining from voting. Let’s see something more positive posted and stop the nonsense.

This poll of mine even spawned another poll by Tyedyeskyguy. And it also had a great turn out. And thanks to him for taking the next step in this survey.

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