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.
The TB that lived
- Zalgariath
- 5500 or more caches found
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Re: The TB that lived
The rubber seals melt... think that kills the rain proofing
- Happy Chappies
- 2000 or more caches found
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Re: The TB that lived
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.
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
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...
Freddo might tell us the story involving the melted Tardis...