Will you be my valentine? (Waikato) Hamilton East, North Island, New Zealand
By geocooley on 14-Feb-08. Waypoint GC19BT3

It seems this spot has become too popular with wayward muggles.

Looks like this cache has been muggled, need to decide if we replace or archive this one

After a long search, I stumbled across a plastic bag containing the log. No sign of the ammo canister... The log has been graffitied with a few obscene comments. Logged name, and placed the bag back where I found it.

I don't think that the cache has had much luck with muggles... Have explained why in the Needs Maintenance log. Thanks for (what was left of) the cache

Visited today.
Cache was missing, the ground cover had all died away and looks like the cache was muggled.
Cache has now been replaced

Can the owner check this one out??
Posibly before Friday?
Heading out to Hamilton that day.
Thanks

Had a good search fo this one, but couldnt track it down...will keep an eye on it, and try again in the future.

Solved at home, searched for while, had a look at the previous logs and saw that there where 2 DNF's and the last find was more than 6 months ago.
Might need to be checked.

been down twice now and i just cant find it.

Had a real good look for this one but no luck

Easy find with earthie after solving the puzzle quite a while ago. TNLN TFTC

Popped in today to add a geocoin and picked up the Travel Bugs

Nicely placed cached. took out a soccer pen and put in a "man" to join the others in there!. TFTC

Second find on the way back from matamata TFTC.

Second find on the way to Paeroa. Left Puzzle TB and Sarah Vowell's Vacation TB. TFTC

Was really determined to find this one on it's special day. But oh no, it just didn't happen.

Solved this a while back but for some reason didn't find it and ran out of time. Today all was good. TFTC

good puzzle.

Knocked this one off the radar today with Geo-Goober and SchickFX, was on the list of caches for the day
NINO SL TFTC

Found today with Skweak and SchickFX
TFTC

Great puzzle and nice hide. TFTC

Took a bit of looking, was worried it had been muggled as there were a couple of McDonald's toys scattered about the place. All was well but hid GC a bit better.
Took geocoin

Easy find. Left Ramble On Geocoin Took Nothing. TFTC

cool easy find
TFTC

I decided I should head out on a cache run,,,, I was Driving, My Ultra Ego riding shotgun.... solved this, nice puzzle.

Way cool, I love music puzzles.... thanks.

Cool.

#170

Solved puzzle a while ago, co-ords were pretty much bang on, took a little while to find in the dark, even when just about looking straight at it we couldnt see it..........

Took blue snake
left pretty stone

Nice and easy find. Did in the dark so made a bit more challenging.
TFTC TNLN

Had a bit of a hunt, but got there in the end. Nice puzzle. One of many we had solved before leaving the South Island. TFTC.

I ended up well above the cache site on private property, searching in the bamboo forest. Turns out I had the wrong approach and when I rethought my situation I found the cache very quickly.

I am surprised this cache hasn't been muggled as it is in a very exposed location.

Added TB - Fox the Fish

good cache, weird location

TFTC
Nil in
Nil out

Our 14th find today, new record!
"Let's do one last one on our way south" said K. "Should be a nice easy Park'in grab"
Hmmmm... maybe not so quick but found at last in failing light. TFTC.

Found it with my Dad. Signed log as GuanoGerbil. OmaGosh, over and out...

Found it with my Dad. Signed log as GuanoGerbil. Thanks for the fun!

Bit of an odd place for a cache - I was expecting something a little more romantic, and was beginning to doubt if I'd answered the quizz correctly. Very patchy coverage thanks to the heavily overcast weather and trees which had us bamboo bashing down the road for a while. Eventually closed in on the intended area as it was getting darker (but on the wrong side!). Tried the other side and finally found by torchlight. This took us a lot longer than it should have done once we'd realised where it actually was! Nice container.

Took a couple goes to find it.
Gardeners have cut alot of bamboo around this area.
Surprise they didn't find it.

Went to the wrong side first... but soon found after correcting this

TFTC

OK, so that was a lot easier in daylight! Cheers Gav [2126]

Opps put the wrong date in the log (26/4/08)12:16

TFTC

Far easier to find in the day.
TFTC. Great to see a 'real' cache container.

Didn't find it, but we were searching in the dark with torches... silly us Cheers Gav

Took a bit of a hunt but found quickly enough that the mozzies didn't quite get to me in time.

TFTC

Parked on the other side and walked through. Quick find after widening our search a bit.
TFTC.

Quick find - must've come in on the right spot. Lots of room for goodies. TNLNSL TFTC

The Freezer Mice strike again!!!
Solved the puzzle a while ago, and was supposed to go for a look for it en-route to the glow-worm paradise cache... but simply ran out of time.
Actually spent a wee while looking for this one, but only because we counted in from the wrong side.
Nice to see a big container.
+ Bugs life ant figure
- mini carabina
SL TFTC.

(1219)
Solved the puzzle easily enough, but spent a lot more time searching for the cache. Manage to find it in the allotted time before heading off to the glow worm paradise cache.
In NZ Child Cancer Support Bead TB
Out Jackal the Assassin TB
SL, TFTC

Went with Lost Pukeko. Nice spot undercover for afternoon showers. ntnl TFTC

#57. Took us a bit of hunting around, a nice hide.
+ Jackal TB
+ big marble
+ snake
- key ring
- mini tennis ball
- Family Cruisers coin
- dog TB
TFTH

Quick to decipher clues, but geo coverage was a bit off under cover. Dropped of geocoin, took torch.

Definately a spot to look dodgey with a Valentine! Bit of a mission this one depending on the entrances. Found with return2nai more by random looking after a reasonable search. Slighty damp in the bottom but contents dry. TNLN

Followed the footsteps of pyschrn.. but in the pouring rain TNLNSL TFTC

Found today, just following the trampled path of a geocacher.
Left the TB Dalmata, a cutie TB for a sweet cache. Enjoyed the hunt. What a lot of greenery here.
Thanks Geocooley for a fun cache.

The new clue eliminated a lot of possibilities thanks Geocooley - still a bit of a hunt though.
The cache had quite a lot of free water inside the lid when we found it. Looked to me like the lid had been left open in the rain? Had an old shirt on this time so took it off and used it to dry everything before returning the contents. Realised later that it would have looked rather dodgy if anyone had seen me crouching in the bushes without a shirt on; especially with my daughter with me
In: Carabiners, Out: puzzle
Many thanks

I don't like puzzle caches but found this one quick enough
Nil in or out

I did the puzzle part at home-quite easy.
Got to GZ to find 2 other local caches dressed up to the nines in their work clothes.
Not mentioning any names but a certain Zor.... looked a bit worse for wear. In cohoots with a certain R...N
They had no luck and I stayed for another 30 minutes at least. Tried both sides of the large clump of the of this horrible plant material.
This hunt is very frustrating.
The area is already looking quite messy after our search!!
May need a better clue !!

RN announced that a new cache had just been published when I arrived at work so I quickly found the required info then off we went. It had been raining on and off overnight so everything was very wet and my nice clean white work shirt didn't cope very well. After a half hearted hunt we were just about to give up when Psychrn turned up. Had a chat then left him to it but it looks like he missed it too. Will have another go sometime when dressed more like a geocacher.

Well did it this time.
To be fair game the owner gave us the same clue as Zorgon and co got.
Sure I had an advantage that it was my day off so I was able to go back again.
Still it could be a bit of a mission if you dont get the right area !!
I got it quickly with a better clue.
The clue should be helpful now !!
I can claim FTF.
A nicely stocked container too!!

Due to 3 experienced local caches having difficulty in locating the cache we have updated the clue.

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