Geocaching 101: Bison Tube Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

LavaLizard: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If the cache owner wishes to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 5/26/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is the Bison Tube. It can be camo or it can be clean. The goal here is to hide it where muggles can’t see it but where we geocachers know to look. A bison tube is a small, metal, water-tight cylindrical container that can be used for micro-caches. These containers are usually small enough to fit on a keychain, and were originally designed to hold pills. The name is derived from the company which manufactures most of these types of tubes, Bison Designs

The cache I originally had at this park has been muggled several times so I archieved it and deveolped this cache.

While we are talking about Urban Caches, let’s talk about stealth.

Because a geocache has very little in the way of physical security, we hide it. If someone doesn't know it is there, there is no reason to look for it. If they don't look for it then they most likely will not find it. Thus the cache remains secure.

Hiding the geocache is not enough, though. Our actions can give away the location of the geocache. Try to not be observed when hunting, locating, retrieving, and replacing the geocache. If it is impossible to not be observed, then the next best thing is act like you are doing something ordinary so no one will think twice. If it will be obvious that you will compromise the geocache location, many hunters will opt to leave the area and try at another time instead of risking the cache location. Also, a good tip for not giving away the location of the cache is once you find it move away from the hiding place. This way if a person comes upon you while trading trinkets and signing the log, and becomes curious, they can't return later and easily find the hiding spot.
Obscure the location of the cache. Obscure your actions whilst hunting the cache.

10/13/12 - the cache was hidden in a pole that has since been removed, so cache now at same coords but higher up :-)

congratulations to Tiek00n for being FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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