Subj : geocatching
To   : Cougar428
From : Moondog
Date : Thu Jan 26 2023 11:48 am

  Re: geocatching
  By: Cougar428 to MOONDOG on Thu Jan 26 2023 06:24 am

 > -=> Quoting Moondog to Cougar428 <=-
 > 
 >  Mo> Re: geocatching
 >  Mo> By: Cougar428 to MOONDOG on Mon Jan 23 2023 09:10 am
 > 
 >  > -=> Quoting Moondog to Cougar428 <=-
 >  >
 >  Mo> My co-worker would use the capsules mostly, but got into these cching
 >  Mo> tubes that looked like a threaded end of a bolt, with a not on them.
 >  Mo> It was  magnetic, and were easy to camoflge anywhere with structural
 >  Mo> iron.  Up the roa d from my house  he found a rubber bat cable tied to
 >  Mo> a tree branch with a cache capsule glued to the body.
 > 
 > I have found those before!  I looked and looked but couldn't find
 > the 'micro' cache until I noticed an asymetry to the bolt patterns
 > on a sign post. Lo and behold, when I touched it, it moved.
 > 
 > The strange thing was that the log was so small as it was rolled up
 > inside the bolt, there was barely enough space to put my initials on
 > the log...
 > 
 > It was a fun find though.  Not trying to be thick, but what is a
 > 'bat cable'?
 > 
 > Cougar
 > 
 > 
 > ... Go straight to the docs.  Do not pass GO.  Do not collect $200!
 > 
 > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
 > 

A rubber bat (the flying mammal) fastened with a wire cable or zip tie to the
tree branch.  It's leg had the capsule attached, like one would tie a note on
the leg of a homing pigeon

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