Ojamon Helmi / The Pearl Of Ojamo — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC4Q81K
by famsten
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Finland
N 60° 14.222′ E 024° 02.194′

Any abandoned mine sounds like an interesting place for a geocache, but the Ojamo mine in southern Finland is more than just that. The mine is completely submerged in water and still contains tracks, elevators, tools, test samples, and drilling equipment systems from when it was fully operational.

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Geocache of the Week - La trappe à géocacheur

La trappe à géocacheur (Bilingual) — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC4KAMF
by OusKonNé & Cétyla and Jackwest 
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
2
Location:
Québec City, Québec, Canada
N 46° 47.080 W 071° 20.037

We don’t mean to be cheesy but this geocache is truly a mouse-terpiece!

Geocache of the Week - La trappe à géocacheur

More than 500 geocachers have been lured by this cache, nestled in a park near Québec City, Canada. Cache owners Jackwest and OusKonNé & Cétyla designed the cache for the the Rendez-vous Québec 2013 Mega Event.

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Y2EL’s Bugs, Bugs, Octopus – ‘Much Ado’ — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC6FQ4K
by Y2EL and Pipesy
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2
Location:
East Midlands, United Kingdom
N 53° 08.308 W 000° 47.426
We like big caches and we can not lie

We like big caches and we can not lie

Y2EL’s Bugs, Bugs, Octopus – ‘Much Ado’ is a big cache. How big? Well, big enough to fit most of your body inside. In fact, this may be one of the larger caches in the United Kingdom. The journey to the cache may be challenging due to the nettles and thistles in the area, but the reward is worth it.

The cache can be found after a decent hike alongside the River Trent in the East Midlands region of the Uk. The container forces you to climb inside all the way to the very back in order to log the cache.

This cache will make you feel silly. This cache will make you laugh. This cache will give your friends and families plenty of embarrassing photos to share with the world.

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The Sword In The Stone — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC27N0W
by Diehard50248
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Minnesota, United States
N 44° 56.058′ W 092° 58.861′

According to legend, cache owner Diehard50248 used his magical powers to place the sword in the stone and boldly stated, “Who so pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise ‘born to cache.’

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Masca – Los Gigantes – Masca – a real adventure — Geocache of the Week

Multi-Cache
GC10A3T
by lacruz18
Difficulty:
4
Terrain:
5
Location:
Islas Canarias, Spain
N 28° 18.089′ W 016° 50.411′
The Masca Gorge is a Nature Conservation Zone

Some Multi-Caches are quick grabs that you can find during your lunch break, while others are much more labor intensive, taking you through multiple neighborhoods, around winding forests, or even requiring a drive to a different city. This T5 Multi-Cache, located in Spain’s Canary Islands, will send you on a three-hour long trek through a basaltic ravine to an isolated beach.

The journey begins in Masca, a small mountain village on the island of Tenerife. Home to only 90 inhabitants, the village is situated 650 meters (2130 feet) above sea level in the Macizo de Teno mountains.

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