Please stop taking my caches!

[PCFrog]

@uws22 wrote:

this topic inspired me today… ace hardware 3/16 steel cable around a tree and my ammo boxes in higher traffic parks are now secure.

I did a cache a few years back in Minneapolis that was bolted to a tree from the inside and the cache also had a combo lock on it.

[-cheeto-]

@PCFrog wrote:

@uws22 wrote:

this topic inspired me today… ace hardware 3/16 steel cable around a tree and my ammo boxes in higher traffic parks are now secure.

I did a cache a few years back in Minneapolis that was bolted to a tree from the inside and the cache also had a combo lock on it.

Was there gold in it? 😉

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

@Team Deejay wrote:

Now, if they left the trash and took the light bulb…

BINGO! Nash park, more trash than grass.

NEMESIS caches MIA:

Big VW Bug
Liken (however it’s spelled) middle of the woods
cannon bolt
Mushroom in the middle of a forest
Reflector in a sign post
Knot in a tree in the middle of the woods X2
Light bulb
Magnetic micro
Rebar in parking block

Then there’s the three Riddlers gone missing. Ammo boxes, swag and all other contents remained, but the puzzles were all taken. Strangely even one of the stolen Riddlers contained one of my hand built wooden/brass safes and that wasn’t taken from the cache.

Strange how none of my other ammo boxes go missing. even the ones right off high traffic trails.

[Northern Lightz]

We’re so sorry for this happening to you. We can only imagine how frustrating this is for you. 👿

After the last forum we realized how much time and heart you put into your hides. Even though it may not mean much we’re frustrated for you…and it seems many others are as well.

Well, even though we haven’t had the pleasure to hunt one of your caches (they sound like they would be right up Tim’s alley, he loves the ones no one else can find) It sounds like it would be a cacher and a very good one too, if they are able to find all of these. Our thoughts is even though it makes sense to blame a “newbie” do you really think they could find your difficult caches?

O’well food for thought…..Good luck finding the clepto. Keep us updated if you do find who it is.

[hogrod]

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

Sorry to hear about the trouble, and I realize that you’re probably just venting, but I think it’s unlikely that the culprit reads these forums. I could be wrong…

Actually since more than one of his caches has been hit, I would suspect it would be a person that he has had contact with, maybe even on this forum. This topic won’t find any real solutions & if the person does read any of this, it will only fuel their cache stealing frenzy.

@nohandsgps wrote:

Place another one, but this time hide “Trail Cam” in the vicinity to catch the thief. Day or night the trail cam will catch the person.

I’ve seen numerous trail cams while out in the woods, and they really don’t blend in all that well. I would suspect you would end up being out the cache & the trail cam, so probably not worth it. It doesn’t matter what kind of security you use (cables, chains, locks, cameras) If someone wants the cache bad enough they will find a way to steal it anyway.

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

…another one bites the dust. Where’s Freddie Mercury when you need him?

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