What a coal veiw (Waikato) Huntly, North Island, New Zealand
By madeinsane on 09-Jan-10. Waypoint GC22X00

Found with my Mum, NewlynFam. Have now created my own account so am logging all finds I was present at and helped with.
This one was found on a trip to Hamilton with our caching buddies.

Decided to head to Hamilton from Auckland today with a few caching buddies, with the intention being to find a few caches in Hamilton, and stop for a few on the way down and/or back. Most logs were signed as SEAC- an acronym for South East Auckland Cachers- a name that we came up with for our group, as we regularly cache together!

Stopped by to find this on our way through as one of our group had found it before and had said it was a cool hide. We noted the archived status, but the cacher who had found it said they betted it was still there- it's just that it was a clever hide. And, sure enough, it was!!!! Very cleverly hid.... Hopefully it gets un-archived, since we found it, so have proved that it's sill there. Definitely a cool little cache, would be a shame to let it go!!!

Out in Hamilton for the day with a group of friends. All logs signed as team “SEAC” (South East Auckland Crew)

Stopped back here on the way back to Dorkland. We went with the last people who found it MONTHS ago. Took a few minutes of searching and then..BAM...found it.

Thanks for taking me to this spot

Was down this way today for two events in Taupiri and Hamilton. After these finished we met up with some other cachers from home to continue caching with them.

As we were passing this way with the last finders we decided to pull in and take a quick look. Sure enough the cache is still there and waiting to be found. The log is nice and dry and has lots of space for signatures. We will email Growly Bear to request it is unarchived.

Thanks for the cache and for bringing us here. Signed SEAC

Found whilst out with a group of friends this afternoon.

Thanks for the cache

A group of us decided to blow out the cobwebs after a rather dull Saturday and a spectacular thunderstorm overnight and take a drive down to Hamilton for a day of caching.
We reconvened the South East Auckland Crew and signed today’s logs as SEAC to save time and log space
The Hemaludy's were a part of SEAC today and had previously found this cache so although we saw it was archived, we decided we would just check to see if it was still there - and yes it was!!

Hoping that this can be reinstated as the cache is definitely there! TFTC!

Found with some friends this afternoon.

Thanks for the cache.

As this cache has been out of action for too long, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Regards,
Growly Bear
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer.

No find

When was it last found

My five year old and I had an unsuccessful attempt at this cache today. We had a pretty good look but came up empty.

had to let this one go today to many young muggles around. be back for this one another day.

Found with HeMaLuDy and Purply. Purply first found this and I got it out. A tricky find.

After collecting the kiwi puzzle series we stopped in Huntly for fish and chips for dinner. While waiting for dinner to cook, we noticed this cache had been found recently so thought we would give it a go. After a bit of searching which resulted in both Mrs HeMaLuDy and Mr HeMaLuDy lying on the ground looking and reaching, we decided it looked more than a little suspicious (especially with teen muggles nearby) so we left it to the minicachers. Purply was the first to spot this, and Darthcacher1 retrieved it for us to sign the log. Probably the most difficult nano find we have had, really glad we had the mini-cachers with us. TFTC.

Found with HeMaLuDy and Darthcacher1. I found this one. Fine weather today.

Enabling cache.

Have been informed the original cache is still there.

Just to let you know, it is still there. I found it, but want to log my 'Found' in the order I found them in on the day- this may take awhile with the number of caches I found while down this way.

This cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give you, the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

Couldn't find this one.

Have crawled around on hands and knees and no luck. There are a lot of consecutive dnfs so it might pay to check the cache. Cheers.

Being almost 6pm I had a good chance to look for this cache as there were no muggles. Crawled around on hand and knees looking like I was interested in construction of coal wagon to no avail. Checked all likely places but no luck. Judging by the heap of dnfs I think. This has gone. Will also log a maintenance log.

Thought we would try this after all the DNF but no luck either... Better check it

No sign of it here today

I did this search on a Sunday, the main street was busyish but no one was anywhere near the coal buckets at GZ, so was able to have a good search, but nothing to be found alas!

No luck for us either....tricky, tricky!

No luck for us today...

Had a quick look but was aware of muggles around so decided to pull pin and attempt it another time.

We decided it would be hard to be inconspicuous crawling around in the main street in front of the multitudes, so we only had a cursory glance and failed to locate it. Maybe lunch time was not a good time to visit.

Third time unlucky here. Considering it's a 2-star for difficulty I'm assuming I'm
Completely inept...

miss DP found this one her first find on her own she asked being only 3 just about 4years old holding it up is this it mum if not they need new one lol little sweety tftc

Searched for three caches here in Huntly, but found unfortunately nothing. But never the less , TFTC

A quick look wasnt enough today

On the way to Auckland Mega 2013...

Only allowed to do one cache on the drive up... this was it. I'd heard a few comments about the difficulty of this cache from other visitors. Arrived in Huntly at 6PM. Rounded the corner and found a young lady seated and eating a burger... s l o w l y... I tried to conjure up my most intimidating vibe, but she was immune to it... Just sat there eating.

We saw the immediate difficulty with this hide... You have to get low and in present circumstances, that wasn't going to happen easily. Luckily, the niece joined in and being small, was able to do some inspecting. The young lady was joined by friends and they moved off to the river. It still took ages thereafter, before the niece found the cache. This was a very cunning hide and not what I expected. Yes, I can see how a lot of cachers could come to grief on this one. Glad we found it and TFTC.

No luck for us even with the kids crawling about. Became a bit too obvious so we had to leave it.

Still here.

Not any muggles here but a DNF for me. Was passing thru this lovely wee place just recently so stopped in for a snack near by.

No luck for us today. Will try again another day.

I arrived in New Zealand for the first time two days ago for a crazy 3 days of caching.
A friend and I found a few on the first day on our way south as we had a particular cache in mind for this week-end's adventure.
We achieved the goal (Santa's Surprise) yesterday and now heading north to fly back to Brissy tonight.
Love the countryside.
We did not have too much time here so moved on quickly.

FINALLY! I don't know how many times I have attempted this cache, but it all pays off in the end.

Quick find in Huntly heading north.TFTC

Quick find. Easy for little hands to reach

Nice quiet day so could have a good look. TFTC.

Nice quiet day, although i dont see a sunday in huntly ever been busy, so could have a good look for this one. Spent some time watching river and the kids trying to build up the courage to jump off the rail bridge.

Stopped for a leg stretch before continuing north. Nice tidy up / enhancement of this square. T4TC!

tftc

Still there in place.

GPS had me by a rubbish bin, but from previous logs I guess I was supposed to be rolling around on the ground looking at the coal trailers. Waiting for family to finish their iceblocks so I could have a good look. Wasn't long until a couple come along and sat down. Will try again another day - but also noticed it's been a while since it's been found. Stuck on my watch list.

Found with biohazard_freak and madeinsane on a northbound trip. Wouldnt have known it was there.

Found while on a stroll with Geco72. Nice easy find today, unlike the last time this one was attempted. TFTC.

A quick stop in Huntly heading south after a day caching with davycrockpot. A quick find this time after an unsuccesful previous visit. tftc

No luck, gave it a good look.

Lay in all the puddles, still no luck

Yep, this was a tough find. I think it really helped it was raining and miserable because there was no one around to see two people lying flat on the ground appearing to be doing mechanical repairs to a coal scuttle in the middle of Huntly. Full marks to "Team Leader" for find of the day.... !

This also marked our 500th find for 2012! A great cache to mark this milestone. Bring on our 600th!

TFTC
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This entry was edited by KiwifruitsNZ on Sunday, 09 September 2012 at 06:19:27 UTC.

Thought this would be an easy find but after crawling around for 10 mins and feeling around I just could not find it. Never mind I will have another go next time I'm passing through. Always fun though.

Second attempt on this cache, first try had to many muggles hanging about to have a decent look. A little bit of searching needed but got there in the end.

TFTC

Nice easy cache with Z-masterNZ, sore knees though. #7 tonight.
TFTC

This was the forth find for the day with Cats & Dragons. Planning on collecting all the caches in Huntly today between the to of us. TFTC

Out today collecting caches in and around Huntly with Novalightning hoping to work our way through most of the town, decieded to collect this one early in the day before to many came hanging around the bread shop across the road, TFTC

Found this one while on a 14 hour caching raid around Huntly and Hamilton with Friwinz! Really enjoyable day. No luck for us today

First geocaching endurance adventure for Geomatt123 and I, we loved it . Find the coal but not the cache, it was getting a bot hard with the bakery opened...

Used the hint - perfect! Nice hide. TFTC

Had a decent look but no joy.

Weren't any muggles around initially, so I was able to get down and look around. No joy though, and I couldn't take a second look as I realised muggles were watching me from the adjacent upper-storey windows... Will have to mount another search sometime.

found this one with insanekids4 tftc

Main Road CBD. Sprung by the owners and a truckload of kids, which proved very advantageous given that they kindly clambered all over GZ to find the cache on our behalf. Enjoyed the chat as we signed the log. TFTC

58 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
(http://cacheatron.blogspot.com)

A Timed grab was appropiate here, With a group of young muggles watching... TFTC

Found on our 24hr cache-a-tron mission from Auckland to the Waikato. Few muggles around but managed to locate cache.. sticker log.. replace.. then we were back on our way! TFTC

58 of 164 finds in the 24hr Cache-A-Tron Waikato Cache Raid
(http://cacheatron.blogspot.com)

had to go for a mix of overly obvious and discreet to combat the kids who were paying us a little too much attention. Grabbed the cache and retired towards the river to sign.

tick tock tick tock...

these urban hides can really churn your time though when you can't get them back in place due to muggle activity.

Luckily, the kids decided there was something important to do elsewhere and we could replace the cache and keep on trucking...

This entry was edited by PhantasmNZ on Friday, 02 March 2012 at 09:56:42 UTC.

Found on our 24hr caching mission, Cache-A-Tron - Auckland to Hamilton and back again. Coal little spot Only a few kids looking at us strangely lying on the ground, Furbies army roll probably didn't help...

This entry was edited by Loz47 on Sunday, 04 March 2012 at 02:10:31 UTC.

This entry was edited by Loz47 on Sunday, 04 March 2012 at 02:47:10 UTC.

River view is nice!! So many ppl around make it hard.

Lots of muggles about. Tftc

Still here, hiding well.

Not a good hit rate for the 7 caches we looked for in Huntly, our 3rd DNF. We didn't get the chance to have a decent look - just too muggly and it's hard to look inconspicuous when you are grovelling on the ground.

Came back to this after deciding GZ was too busy earlier. A muggle approached as asked if we were looking for the cache! Confessed and received plenty of local info - history of the area, mines, lakes, plus the location of the best fish'n'chips in town.

Our second attempt at finding this one as we tried earlier on in the day and it was far too busy in and around GZ to even try looking for this cache. No problems finding after business hours. Took a short while to locate this one as it was very well hidden. On attempting to grab the cache from its hiding spot, a muggle asked if we had found the cache. A local geocacher had spotted us. We had a quick chat about the local history of the town and he told us where the best fish and chip shop was. After signing the log and replacing, we headed off to grab some dinner. TFTC!

I, along with Kai_Gotti, were on our way down to the event in Hamilton when we stopped off in Huntly for a cuppa. The only cafe open just happened to be opposite a cache that I wasn't able to do last Wednesday. Today there were no muggles about. Yippee.

So it was a quick dash across to sign it off while the coffees were being made.

Cheers for the cache.

Did even try this afternoon as there were too many muggles about. Especially in a shop that looks directly at the items.

Nice little nod to the history of the area here. Snakelion, ishoot and myself were on a geo tiki tour on our way to the Huntly card trail and with it being all quiet in the square decided it was worth a look. With the three of us having a look we were able to retrieve the tricky little guy without too much effort. TFTC

Heading South for a days caching with SnakeLion and Evilno9, as we headed South we knocked off a few random caches, this being one of them. I chose the wrong one to look over....but thats the benefit of team caching, so the log was soon signed and returned. Thanks for this one, good to see a bit of money has been spent to make the shopping centre a pleasant spot to stop.

Out with evilno9 and ishoot for Huntley trail and doing little stop overs to sign off some caches on the way.

This little guy had us on out fours and then pretty much lying on the ground. Luckly the shops were closed. Eventually the find was made and the little guy back in place

TFTC madeinsane

This one was way too good for us. Spent another 15 - 20 minutes on this one. We admit defeat. TFTH

This was our second attempt. And still no luck We searched high and low, were on our hands and knees and on our bellies but no luck. TFTH

Too many muggles to have a good look at this one.

have driven alone here and never noticed these

A quick find while exploring in the area today. Signed log, TFTC!

This is the first time, that I will pass the search cause of too many muggles where shelter from the rain on 1 meter of the GZ.

Very tricky to get. Lucky it was a public holiday. TFTC

yep still there.

Hardly any muggles around today but still had one or two close by. Found cache and replaced without being noticed. TFTC

Not so many muggles about today, still it only takes one sitting nearby to make things difficult. Found the cache after a strategic search. TFTC

Im back where i should be yippy just a little smaller

Sorry I have been muggled

Nice leg stretcher on way south

TFTC

So enjoy having the kids with us when we go caching. They are made for these ones. TFTC

pretty little spot TFTC

Nice bit of history, TFTC

DID THIS ON THE WAY THOUGH TOWN AT 1am AS THE LAST TWO TIMES THERE WERE TO MANY PEOPLE AROUND .THANKS

An easy and quick find without any muggles around - I love caches like this one
SL TFTC

Got on way to Waikato event. Thanks. Loved the carriages.