Hanging Numbers (Auckland) Avondale, North Island, New Zealand
By snakelion on 23-Feb-11. Waypoint GC2NHR9

As this cache has been out of action for too long and the cache owner has not responded or performed any maintenance, 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 un-archive it.
 
Regards,
Status Quo
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer.

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 http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance

Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

Pretty sure we have the right spot as the puzzle wasn't too taxing but the cache is nowhere to be seen.

Could the CO please check if this cache still exists or consider archiving it?

Nope, it's not here, neither is the replacement.......

Solved this the other day with Ric , and thought we would pick up the cache easily .....both looked for some time , but couldn't find it ....

Had another quick look for this one today on a flying visit to NZ but couldn't find it. Please could the owner check to see if this one has gone missing again?

Searched with el_tonto but gave up.

Found originally as part of rebel98 team, now created own account, re-logging as rustynz

See log below, clever puzzle, assisted with replacing. When back in area will try to revisit. Thanks again for the hide.

I had solved this last year, but did not want to come and visit until a find had been made. I forgot all about it. I was in the area today and have put a replacement cache at GZ. On arrival I could see a hide would be difficult as the tree canopy is very open. I have attached an eclipse tin to a branch with leaves, above head height. It is covered in black tape. Its in a tree next to the hint given. Please leave attached when retrieving log, hopefully this works.

Looked high and low and all around in and under and could not for the life of us find this Cache.

Hi. Has this one been checked by the CO yet. Would like to go, but don't want to waste petrol with seeing all the DNF's there.

Failed here as well!

Second time searching for this cache - first at night and second today during the day. I met sharkiefan here and neither of us could find it.

Can CO please check out the cache and see if it is there

I came across another cacher and neither of us could find anything.

Solved easily enough but couldn't find this searching about the "right" GZ. Will have to return in the daytime for a look sometime.

Solved easily enough or so I thought. My coordinates led me to the right general area but due to a careless mistake I was off. Ended up searching round the correct GZ area thanks to the hint but it wasn't a concerted effort as I didn't have the precise coordinates. Solved correctly at home and I'll be back another day!

Solved this one a long, long time ago. As the cacheowner was replacing the cache at that stage. hahaha
There was one tennis player, so needed to use some stealth.
Thanks for replacing as I liked the puzzle.

Solved this one ages ago, and never had the time to go and find it, that was till today. A quick find while on my way out west.

Cheers Dabsta for the update

I solved this one about 5 months ago and never got around to collecting it. However as it was such a lovely day today, I decided that I needed another break from the office and decided to collect some caches. This turned out to be a relatively easy find made easier with absolutely no muggles being around. The good news is that this cache is definitely there and in good shape, so there's no need for any maintenance. TFTC!

Will run a check and update here soon...

No luck today.

Decided to walk home tonight and try a few puzzle finds along the route. Never been to Fiji but solved using some newly gained puzzle skills. Not hard to see why this had gone missing a few times. Well hidden although some level of stealth still needed!
Thx for the challenge and hide!

Thankfully this was one of the easier solves for up in auckland. Having had a bit to do with this country the solve was relatively easy.

Was up in Auckland collecting a whole lot of puzzle caches with a trio of Hamilton cachers. This one was grabbed after attending the skills event and on the way home.

A fun puzzle and easy find. TFTC

After a great afternoon at the Auckland puzzle skills event, took the opportunity to grab a few recently solved AKL puzzles before heading home. Searching with fellow cachers made for a quick find. Nice puzzle & nice to sign this one off, TFTPC.

Following the Puzzle Day and in keeping with the theme of Puzzles we continued collecting solved puzzles. Solved a while ago, but today with fellow cacheres it was quickly at hand
TFTPC

I solved the puzzle during the dreary winter months and only just now got out to find it. Found the spot alright, but no sign of the cache at first at the hint object. Then a spotted it on the ground, wasn't sure if it was rubbish at first, but upon examination it was the cache. I wasn't sure how to return it so I hid it in the hint object. CO might want to check it to return it to the correct spot.

Found orginally as part of phasevisitor team, now created own account, re-logging as yorkshirekiwi83.

Solved this puzzle recently and dropped by today to pick up the cache - no one around so an easy find! Nice puzzle, solved with a lot of google's assistance, thanks for the cache!

Solved this puzzle recently and dropped by today to pick up the cache - no one around so an easy find! Nice puzzle, solved with a lot of google's assistance, thanks for the cache!

Quick solve and an equally quick find. Tftc

Quick find with stretch.kerr after the skills day event. Solved this one some time ago and finally in the area to close this one off. Had to duck down behind the fence from the nearby muggles to sign the log. Thanks snakelion for an enjoyable puzzle and cache!

I've looked for this one off and on for a while. Every time I dropped by it seemed like it had disappeared. Tonight I was on my way near this area so I thought I would stop by for another look. I'm glad I did because within minutes off getting there I was signing off on the log. Nice to finally grab this one. TFTC!

Solved this a while ago, but was waiting for it to be reenabled. Was in the area today, so good to finally collect this. TFTC

Cache back in place.

Cheers MarMis!

Happy Hunting

Do you think this one will be replaced? soon?

Found an empty container that looked suspiciously like a muggled cache. Owner since confirmed this.

Muggled again! Will be replaced soon...

Great little puzzle and hide. ROS went to claim the find but couldn't see the wood for the trees. MAR came to assist and spotted the cache on arrival at GZ, good hide. Noted that someone logged a find dated 30th Feb but they may have trouble logging it online! TFTC.

My knowlege of Maori made this puzzle a snip, but after solving I realised no language skills were necessary . A bit of a rummage on a wet Sunday morning (totally muggle-free) and soon came up with the goods. Puzzled by the new log sheet (which only contained an essay by a neighbour about how they don't play this game, but this is the second one they've found right outside their gate), until reading right to the end of the previous log.

Out to collect a few caches to set me up for my 1000th cache run next week and wanted to collect one that belongs to a guy that's helped me get most of them so far. Had solved and lost the coordinates many times but finally locked some in to the GPS and headed out with angeshirl in tow.

Two sets of eyes couldn't locate anything other than a suspiciously empty plastic bag at GZ and after a few stares from across the fence decided to call it quits. After letting snakelion know that I'd failed miserably he checked it out and confirmed it had gone. Logging with permission - new cache is now back in business too. TFTC bud.

I had solved the puzzle a month ago but this is the first opportunity to be in the area. Great little tucked-away park.

Cheers for the cache.

Solved this cache a while ago, but lost the solution. Solved it again. Drove out to the site, then realised that I hadn't put the solved coordinates in the GPSr.
Fortunately I had looked at Google Earth satellite and could remember the basic location. A bit of a quick search in likely spots and found the cache.

Thanks for the cache!

Found this cache with hinemoana and sonia26642

Very good cache.
I find with tunfisk.

cool spot, I imagine it being quite busy during daylight hours though - very quite when we came, increasing the difficulty oif finding it just a wee bit - TFTC!

I had solved this one ages and ages ago. But never actually had headed out this ways, so had no chance to grab it.
I decided then to make use of the fact mum was up here with a car.
Got her to drive out this ways, and get the cache.
Cache took a bit of looking for, but I saw a hint on this page, that kind of told me what to look for. But the dark still made it hard, so we searched with torches.
Cache was then soon found.
TFTC!!

Solved the puzzle this morning before coming up to AKL. Had some time to do a few caches and decided to go for this one. Signed a nice fresh log too - noticed that it hasn't been found for a while but it must have been disabled. TFTC, Biggles.

forgotten to enable

Reinstated and ready to go.

DNF for us today, could owner please check?

Had a very quick look for this one but took off before I found it because of tornado concerns (never thought I'd be saying that in NZ).

A tricky find on the way to work as it was still dark, but at least the park was quiet.

TFTC

I recognise some of those places . Glad to find with the GPSr showing no battery bars. T4TC - M@

Out and about signing off some solved puzzles. Thanks.

Many thanks for a puzzle that doesn't require hours of internet searching. Nice place for the cache, thanks.

After a FTF and a hike in the ranges I thought I would grab some drivebys on the way home. This one was a little out of the way, but since I had solved it, I felt compelled to make the find. A very straight foward puzzle to solve. This is by far the quickest I have solved a puzzle. At GZ I ducked into a likly spot, one glance, two glance, spot the cache. Managed to sign the log and leave without disturbing the neighbour. Cheers for the puzzle and hide!

4th to find after all the usual suapects. t4tc

We were in the Waikato when this cache was published. Solved it on the journey, and stopped by to pick it up on the way home. Nice easy puzzle, and we surprised ourselves by solving it without having to do any research. A fitting hide which thankfully didn't take too long to find. TFTC and the puzzle.

# 2930

6422 Nice puzzle... quick solve and grab before heading south on a day trip to Tauranga, many thanks snakelion.

Nice wee puzzle, We do like the easy to solve ones every now and then too, how similar they are to the local indigenous folk's numbers.....

Thanks Snakelion.

Nice easy one to wake up to on a Saturday morning. Had this one solved before the GPS had acquired satellites so quickly off for the FTF . The lady next door asked me if I was looking for something but I quickly explained it and she was sweet. TFTC!!!

Published