The Worlds first ever'' real'' money tree $$$$$$ Levin, North Island, New Zealand
By card7ff*boy on 23-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2TQQ8

due to bank robber it has closed and cach move to new place close by by not a bank now as withdraws made the bank broke

bank robbery AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seagnoid was standing in the heart of the tree and still missed the camo container. The cows came over to the visit and ate the bark i emptied from the tree.

Found that the tree was dropping feijoas all over the place, interesting in that the money tree is definately not a feijoa tree. Found the cache, but log was missing as was its entire contents. Left an emergency log. Moved the location slightly (still same tree) just in case the muggles are keeping an eye on the bank.

Thanks for bringing us to this lovely reserve. Quick find.

Looks like we're the first to find the new cache, lovely spot and concept. TFTC.

all fixed now

up and runnig again but not as it was same place but better hidden

Back and ready for bissnes's # it beenhad a deposit to re start the intrest
SAD the old bank had been robbed ( found the key after the theft )
now a new cach ( extra hint it's ''Bark'' is worse than it bite ) (wish the muggle was aware of this )

will look in to this problem might take time sorry

Saw the steel eyes in the branch but no sign of the cache

Saw something that might be part of the cache system, but alas no cache.

Found 2 eyes in a branch but no line or cache, maybe looking in wrong place but coords were right.

tftc

Very well done as You have gone to a bit of trouble here, it need more weight in it to help ............ back into place as it was very windy but we got it there many thanks for another good one. found with Poms away

Very clever hide TFTC

Wish we could grow a money tree! Didn't take long to spot the key and cash up today, thanks,

# 4858

What a great cache?

Was with my mum on the afternoon of the "Gathering in Levin" so we only did a few. I loved the hide but there was no money to find. TFTC

Found with bkj97 on the way to the Levin event T4TCSL

Very nice. Fishing line a little frayed but retrieved without too much hassle. TFTCSL

Nice cache. Well done. T4TCSL

A quick find whilst attending the Event Cache here today. NINO TFTC

10:20 - 3rd find of the day on way to the Levin event. Kids pulled too hard and everything jammed up. Left it working though. A nice cache. TFTC

Hard to retrieve and even harder to return by oneself. Fantastic fun tftc

took 20cents fiji

Found during Etherlord family's summer caching roadtrip to Levin.
My GPSr led me ~20m into the reserve where I encountered plenty of cacher's tracks in the Wandering Jew lewading in the direction that my GPSr was leading me. Looks like I wasn't the only one to be lead astray.
After ~20min I gave up and was walking back to the car when I saw GZ and used the Key to quickly have it in hand
all the coins within were NZ, so I added 1x Aussie and 2x Fijiian.
T4TC! [#94]

Excellent hide a favoutite for us, some nice trees in the bush TFTC.

Thanks Carla6

Carla6

a christmas presant a new log book

Really liked This one. Easy find TFTC

Key found unlocked the cache to reveal its treasure. left NZ 5cent locked up again returning key to rightful place.

A quick easy find on a Sunday morning prior to attending a wedding in the afternoon. The cache looked like a spaceship launcing from it's hiding place so dropped of Marvin. TFTC

15:04 150 The money tree wasn't printing the notes I wanted never mind. TFTC

good hiding place and great info sheet if found by non geocacher-great idea

Found key . cache would not go back down with out a hand.

With the aid of a nearby stick we got unknotted and got the cache. We added 50cents and a small stone to weigh it down a bit. Nice hide. TFTC

very clever hide. tftc

Very clever, TFTC

Soon spotted the key, & cache was retrieved. Took a little jiggling to get it down though - might need a few more coins! Sorry, we didn't have any, so left a pet rock instead - a bear cub. TFTC

Nice one! Dropped off an American Quarter in the safe. SL TFTC

Came here after dark by torchlight, the last of a day's caching in the region. Cache was quickly spotted, nicely executed hide! Signed log, TFTC.

I was a bit slow of the mark, and StreetWalker had already found the cache by the time I got to GZ. Good hide.
TFTC.

Good idea, worked perfectly for us today. TFTC.

#2555. Nicely executed cache, which was quickly spotted. TFTC.

This was a neat surprise. Great work. I added a British coin to the collection.

Good idea for a cache, but a bit of a mission to retrieve. An adaptation to the system would probably improve the situation......!! TFTC

Found with Tramper Ted and geodatum. A great idea, but it did take some time, teamwork and climbing to retrieve and return - but all good fun.

What an intriguing hide. It took teamwork ( with edvern and Tramper Ted) and stickability! All good fun. TNLN TFTC

Cool idea and enjoyed the bushwalk tftc

so a new TB need to move on was new in hawks bay
but did not get lost coming to Levin

haha i just about gave up on this one to. nice hide, sneaky

Nice quick find TFTC

threw in a few fiji coins that I had with me TFTC

Had a small chuckle when I found this. Nicely constructed. Signed log. T4TC

Quick find but didn't walk away feeling any richer. TFTC

Took a moment to find - and that was just the cache. Someone else has obviously already taken the money. TFTC

A very clever one. TFTC

No problems here. Things were in a bit of a tangle but soon got it straightened out. SL TFTC

Quick find thanks. SL TFTC.

Cool. T4TC. SL

Quick find thanks. SL T4TC

Very cool cache this one. As usual we trooped off into the bush straight away. Then had to march most of the way back when we realised we had passed GZ. TFTC.

Find #698, as we finished up in Levin now - only these two caches in Prouse Bush to go, and then a few more at various other spots, so this turned out to be our 27th find for the day... the list of caches we had done was getting longer, the number of finds was increasing - the only thing that was getting shorter was the time left in the day!

Like Tumeke Taonga mentions, we also walked on past the cache before noticing the GPS compass swing around and bring us back a bit. A clever idea, have seen only one other cache like it in the time we have been caching. SL TFTC.

We were looking for the entry point for the Prowse Bush cache when I noticed that this was right by were we were parked. A quick find. TFTC

#762. A quick find out today with the kids. We had the area to ourselves making for an easy retrieval and replacement. TNLNSL, TFTC.

Crafty little hide TFTC

Nice find today by the junior cachers.
Signed log and left a dime.
TFTC

LOL could spot this from miles away (well OK maybe not miles). Cheers Gav [9349]

A nice hide in a nice wee bush reserve.

A fantastic sunny and still Sunday afternoon offering the best of conditions for caching. We've been here before, but ventured further into the dark woods on that occasion. Hahahaha, what a funny cache this is. Very good. We wonder where the lock is that this key will work with!

Cache find was a grab and tug affair but otherwise quite straightforward, cache in order, signed the log and rehidden safely, as found.
TFTC found with team cacher Sweet P too
The Turtle strikes again!

Very ingenious, log a little damp TFTC

I like this one. cool concept TFTC

TFTC. Very clever. Thanks for something diffrent

Found this cache on 8 May - forgot to log the entry. Easy find, but very imaginative.

Was almost ready to give this one up, as the coordinates had me around 10 metres off...but 8 yr old Emily spotted it...nice bit of hiding.

i re did the container of this cach what ever i did it was wet (now ) a new safe as a bank vault ) container made for the use at the beach so no more wet log books ( new 1 added as last 2 sodden and ) and any paper $$ notes will stay very dry ( i remover the bullet as this is a cash exchange )

16:24
Picked this one up as I returned to the car after finding "Prouse Bush Reserve" and completing the circuit of the loop track. I see I was the first to make an entry in the new log. A cunning hide that may have been difficult to find withoout the hint and other cache notes. TNLN SL TFTC.

now it will be water tight ( i hope ) tidy up string and cach/swag loot in a cash $$$ snap close bag and silicon the top to keep tube water tight and on a better pully set up ( note to cachers i saw a electric zapper fence close to area it's far enough away but aways look i heard it when i pushed a stick that was close to cach tree )

A nice easy one

TFTC

NZ11. After the walk into the other cache I had a go at this one. A very neat setup, but there was no money for me today, just a smiley. Thanks.

5075.273 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Postcard A#41

Albida

nice to meet up with the cache owner at this location. had a chat about caches and ideas for others to come. no problem in finding this cache.one of five to do to clean up in levin.TFTC
- 2 x coins
+ 1 x coin
+ empty bullet shell
- geo coin

Clever clever! although I felt very exposed to the muggles ' on this side of the moneytree. dropped off Geocoin OCVEEF

correcting the placement of the geocoin

A quick find, interesting hide.
Didn't have anything better to swap into the cash - er - cache so didn't deposit or withdraw anything, just signed the ID form.
Things a wee bit damp, particularly the log form and muggle sheet, the present system for containing items is not waterproof enough, would benefit from some resealable bags, unfortunately as I thought I probably wouldn't have a chance to cache today (but did have some time as it turns out) I didn't have any with me.
TFTC.

Nice quick find on the way to Auckland today. SL TFTC

A quick find, and an unusual cache. TFTC

Was in Levin for work and decided to go and grab some money from the money machine, opps, money tree. The weather in Levin was not the best today, but it was good as it was enough of a damper to keep the muggles away from GZ. Arriving at GZ I managed to spot a perfect spot for the cache, and due to the updated co-ordinates the day before it made it so much easier to find the location of the cache. Arriving at GZ I had to wait a few minutes for a truck across the road to move on before heading for the cache, arriving at GZ I noticed an interesting feature that was required to access the bank, managed to retrieve the cache without too much trouble after getting my way pass the security system. What a cool spot and clever cache, "well done" wasnt quite expecting to find what I did, but managed to negotiate my way, thanks for bringing me here, TFTTC TNLNSL (3185)

Cool easy find. Swapped a old 20c piece for a dime. Almost got container stuck up in the tree while putting it back!

Cool quick find. Swapped a old NZ 20c piece for a dime! TFTC.

Stopped by for this cache towards the end of our loop around Levin this afternoon. Just as we were puzzling over where the GPS was pointing (seemingly over a barbed wire fence into a paddock), we spied a cyclist ride up and start messing about nearby at the entrance to the reserve. Ah ha! Good to muggle the owner at GZ and come up just as he had cache in hand for some maintenance and checking coords - how easy was that! Great to meet you card7ff*boy and have a chat. We enjoyed the way the cache has been constructed - well done for an innovative hide.
TFTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 40° 38.044 E 175° 16.669

Coordinates changed to:
S 40° 38.046 E 175° 16.695

Distance from original: 120.5 feet or 36.7 meters.

this is closer i hope

taken home to record but want to re place as a cool coin in a coin box back tommorow after a photo

FTF yay. Spotted it and added a coin tb. Double the money! Tftc.

Enjoyed this one, a nice fun one to find. A familiar area for me, not too far to one of my one, good to see another cache in the reserve.
TFTC

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