Geocaching

Geocaching is one of the most popular games of treasure hunting amongst the online gaming community. There are more than 480,000 geocaches placed all over the world by the geocachers. The geocaches are present across more than 100 countries in all seven continents including Antarctica.

A geaocacher places a log book along with a pen or a pencil inside a waterproof geocache container. He may also place a small toy or trinkets of small values along with the log book. He then places the geocache and makes note of the coordinates along with the location of the geocache. This information is then submitted to the geocaching website for other geocachers to locate the new geocache.

A geocache container is ideally a waterproof container that is usually a Tupperware plastic or old Army ammunition box. Some people also make geocaches out of the 35mm film cans as multi-geocaches which make them very difficult to find. Some geocachers are quite innovative and you may come across some really cool handmade geocaches. One such geocache is a foot long PVC pipe with caps. It is big enough to carry a sheet of paper to make a log of the finding and yet is tamper proof.

Some people resort to the old-fashioned ways and you may find an actual wooden treasure chest as a geocache. Many a times the geocachers use the glass jars that can be easily tampered or may break as a result of mishandling or natural reasons. Thus, most of the geocaches are sealed in jars made of tin or PVC pipes.

There are other types of geocaches like micro-stone geocache that actually look like a stone but are hollow from inside and contain a small log book and a pencil for making entries. There are other geocaches that look like real life objects of daily use. Geocaches may look like fire extinguishing cylinders, adhesive tapes, very small capsules with a ring or even a small keychain. Geocachers can be quite innovative while placing their containers at the coordinates.

Ultimately, all geocaches have certain things in common. They all are strong and tamperproof. They are also waterproof and resistant to any leakage, etc. Their covering is robust enough to wither the harsh weather conditions and they may look like actual real life objects to confuse the geocacher.