kdcypress: I recently discovered some changes to the Groundspeak guidelines regarding the hiding of geocaches,in April 2012 Groundspeak changed the guidelines and the pertinent line in the guidelines now is "If one has to dig or [b]break ground[/b] to hide or to find the cache, then the cache is not permitted."
I recently submitted 2 caches for review in which the caches were above ground but some props were used that broke the ground. In one a short peg was put into the ground with the cache container hidden on top of the peg, another a fake stand pipe was put into the ground to stop it from falling over. To my way of thinking if anyone hides a cache in,on,near or next to props that break the ground (tree`s,posts,fences or signs etc) they are in contravention of the above mentioned guideline. As I like to play by the rules I have archived this cache to be on the safe side, thanks. kdcypress.