The TB that lived

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The TB that lived

Post by Yurt » 04 November 14 12:32 pm

Saw this story in the Groundspeak email today:

The Travel Bug that Survived a Wildfire

Shows that ammo cans aren't fireproof! I found an ammo can that had endured a grass fire in NQ. Contents were okay but the ammo can had gone rusty and I think it had lost its waterproofness.

That's why I almost always hide in rocky situations.

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Re: The TB that lived

Post by Zalgariath » 04 November 14 10:39 pm

The rubber seals melt... think that kills the rain proofing ;)

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Re: The TB that lived

Post by Happy Chappies » 06 November 14 10:39 am

Don't underestimate a Sistema though.... It's hard to believe, but here's one that we discovered (and re-discovered) that survived the hellish heat of Black Saturday right in the middle of Marysville

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx ... f419077fdf

Couldn't believe it when, out of sheer curiosity, reached under to its old hiding place and found it there, intact, and still working perfectly.

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Re: The TB that lived

Post by Laighside Legends » 07 November 14 8:24 pm

I found an ammo can once that had exploded due to been hidden in a tree stump that got burnt by a fire...

Freddo might tell us the story involving the melted Tardis...

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