One of the big questions I have had over the past few years of hunting caches is “Why?”. I am sure you know what I mean. You see a new listing and rush out to find the cache. Only to get there and discover it is a film canister tucked inside a drain pipe on the lower level of the parking garage at the local mall, and you ask “Why?”. Or you see a series of caches all published at once, you quickly look at them and discover they are 10 micros hidden one every 528 feet along a popular jogging trail, and you ask “Why?”.
The biggest common thread I have found in these instances is that the hiders have very few finds. Now don’t get me wrong, I believe that anyone should be allowed to hide a cache regardless of their number of finds. I just think that the fewer the finds, the harder it is to understand what makes a good hide. Following this thought pattern I got to thinking what if there was a place that had some great suggestions on location, hide techniques, containers, etc… Well guess what, I found one. Back in August this post was made on Jestcaching. If you are ready to make your first hide, or even if you have made a few but not gotten the response you hoped, I would suggest looking at this post and asking yourself the questions posed.
Remember, the hides you make are how you will be remembered by others in the game…