Money Box Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
By Kiwi-Nomad on 28-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5CCJF

Found with MummyPenny. A clever contraption that gets a fave. Thanks kiwi-nomad.

We soon found this one but opening?Baktrak worked it out with a TOTT.Really good invention kiwi-nomad, thanks for the cache.A fav from me

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the ditch to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.It took a few minutes to work out what we were supposed to do. Very sturdy construction.Thanks kiwi-nomad and happy caching

Came back cos I was determined to find this one my favorite hide yet smelly tho#found#glassladybug

Thank you. Fun to find my fav again with friends

bunadoorian and I were staying in the area and thought we would come and find this one. Realising what we needed I went back to the car and when I arrived back with TOTT in hand - bunadoorian had already got the cache open. Another great cache. TFTC and for bringing us here kiwi-nomad.

What a great construction. It took a little force to operate it through. Still a favourite point from me. Thanks for the entertainment and TFTC.

With StaceyM2002. Very clever cache. Tftc

Found with Mrsmw26! Fun find

Too dark so didn't get to check properly haha! Will try again another time!

Thanks for the cache. Awesome.

Clever construction, so it's a shame it's in a restricted area.Thank you kiwi-nomad

Yes stinky, but very clever, enjoyed the finds. Thanks

Our kids were visiting us yesterday and told us they had found a cache called money box. We hadn't done . They said it was pretty cool so we thought it was a must do. Grandkids in tow we soon had it spotted. Getting the log was another challenge but we got there. All signed off fav from us. Cheers

Thankyou for the awesome cache took awhile but we there, 10c coin didn't cut it had to use keys bit stiff favorite point earnt!

Very ingenious. Loved it tftc

With our Son's help we saw what needed to be done and it will get a favorite from us for a very clever Cache.TFTH

Found many times. one of my favourite caches

Ok, now we understand the hint very nice one!

Held my nose. Took a few minutes before figuring out how to get the log book. Well constructed.

Wow. Figured out quickly the cache. Just struggled to get it open. Very cool.

Cycling around and glad we stopped for this one. All I can say is wow. Favorite. TFTC

14944.

Came back for a second go and found this time!! Thankyou!

We found it. Took some thinking. Smelt bad.

Visiting from Timaru and re-discovering geocaching. Fun (although not so fragrant) find with Crusaderwoman.

dropped off TB

This took us longer than it should have. Once we had spotted the cache we were determined to open it. It took a while and once we figured it out, the rest came quickly. This reminded me of the Roy Merc series of caches in Denmark Western Australia. TFTC the favourite is well deserved.

Avec autant de PF, difficile de ne pas aller voir de quoi il sagit. Incrdule initialement sur le contenant, cest mon fils qui trouve la subtilit pour accder la bote! Tftc +1PF

Trouvaille effectue durant notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zlande. Nous avons sjourn dans les villes suivantes: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown et Lake Tekapo. Nous avons crois des gens sympathiques et trs serviables. La nature est formidable. Nous avons observ des paysages magnifiques. Nous en garderons un merveilleux souvenir.La trouvaille de cette cache a agrment notre parcours. Merci d'avoir plac cette cache.Salutations de la Ville de Qubec, Qubec, Canada.=====================Find made during our trip to New Zealand. We stayed in the following cities: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown and Lake Tekapo. We met friendly and very helpful people. Nature is wonderful. We observed magnificent landscapes. We will keep wonderful memories of it.The find of this cache enhanced our journey. Thank you for placing this cache.Greetings from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Awesome as always! No pen today sadly

What a great cache.

What an awesome cache. We located this 2 days ago but could not work out how to open it. After reviewing a couple of photos and a bit of thinking the kids and I biked back down this morning and managed to access it. TFTC

Awesome cache

What a amazing little contraption I can see why this has so many favourites now. TFTC definitely my favourite now too

Flipping awesome cache, very well made and a lot of thought gone into it. Favourite point issued

Wow, amazing construction! Well done on making this great cache! Bit weird and smelly area but that at least means no muggles I guess
Had to look twice, three times, then spottted the trick, tftc & favo!

We were visiting the nearby pub and thought we would stop for a quick cache. Brains weren't working to well so after a bite to eat and a read of the previous logs we went back and soon had the money box issued solved, unfortunately it doesn't take credit cards. thanks for the tricky cache. TB put in

Staying the night in the camper at The Honest Lawyer.
This is a great cache. The owner needs to be congratulated for the effort put into it. Had my hand on it before I realized what it was. Then took a bit to work out how to open. Gets a favorite from me

A lot of skill went into this hide. Didn't want to take the obvious route as that was labelled as off limits but made my way to GZ eventually and saw what i was sure was the hide but still took a wee while to ensure it was. Finally the penny dropped (pun intended) and I had access to the log. A lot of effort went into this cache hide and I am adding another FP as it is well deserving. Haven't seen anything like it. Thank you so much Kiwi-Nomad! It turns out this was the last find I could make in the area becasue GAR had finished for the day with his dog trial and we had other things organised, and, as the weather conditions worsened overnight and affecting ferry crossings, we ended up cutting our road trip short. Upset that my caching plans had to go out the window.

Missed a vital piece for ages but once found everything came I to place. Another great cache . Thanks for the cache.

Had to phone a friend for a little help but soon found what we had missed at first simple after that another devious mechanism - log signed thanks for the cache

Trouvée rapidement mais un peu long plus long pour l'ouvrir.
MPLC

Over the hill today to pick up some highly favourited hides. And, despite the recent couple of days of heavy rain, it was a pleasant drive over and not a drop of rain as I geo-cycle-m-version 2-ed the 24km loop. This was the third one. Easy find but took way too long to click onto how to open it. Very well put together.

Okay, wow, they just keep getting better! Bad to do all the touchy feely to get this one! (I do wish it didn't smell so bad around here though lol) Marvelous work!!! You must have a great shop!

Left a coin behind for the next cacher!!

Yay! TFTC! I came all the way from Vancouver BC Canada to find this cache Thanks for being part of the adventure!

Thanks!

Got to the cache on a second attempt (worker muggles there first time round) and after a careful inspection, we managed to access the cache. Very very cool hide, tftc!

Vistra and I struck it lucky when the only construction worker left giving us the opportunity to nip down and grab this cache. Very clever design. FP given

AliGle and I were traveling around the middle and upper South Island, with the main focus being the completion of the PWGT3 and PWGT4 GeoTours, but we found a few other caches along the way. Took a look for this one on our way out of Nelson. Arrived at GZ to find access blocked off from below, but realised we could easily access from above through the bush. Quickly spotted the housing of the cache and worked out how to get the cache... very cool indeed! TFTC, fav point added!

Tftc awesome cache! There is works happening in the area but we came after hours and you can access it from the footpath easy enough!

Blocked off due to works october 2022

Easily the coolest cache I've found. TFTF!

Wow! Now this really is something special! The best one I’ve ever found. I was out with the kids these school holidays & it was cool for them to see how much effort a fellow geocacher went, in terms of creating something amazing for other people to find!! We examined it closely, and with the hint in mind noticed something a bit different. We fidgeted around, gave it a pull & did a happy dance. SL & placed back as found. Kiwi-nomad, you are the McGyver of geocache hides. If I ever get to meet you, I will buy you a beer. Here, have another FP! TFTC

Found with nzchaser123 tftc

found with kjj162. well, the barriers have been up here for ages I've been waiting to get back here to have another go at this one as having been here before with no luck. after seeing a couple of logged finds here in the recent few weeks I decided I'm not going to wait anymore and went for it today and had it open within 60 seconds i don't know how i missed it before. a well crafted cache. tftc

Let’s play real life uncharted to look for collectables in unauthorised locations hah! This has a barrier currently so enter with caution. What an amazing piece of engineering. First visit, didn’t have a tool. Second trip, forgot pen. Third times a charm! Tftc, on a Mish to find some others from this cache hero!

Took awhile to find. Tftc

Found with dakotacats, one of the best finds on our visit to Nelson. TFTC

Found with madcow2. Took a while but got there in the end. tftc

Took a bit of working out but great once we got there

What a great cache, we really enjoyed this one and also enjoyed the drive around the area. There's a house that has been built to replicate a castle...so cool. Well deserving of another favourite point. Tftc

Last one for the day. I felt uncomfortable in this area waiting for Nosynel to figure it out.

We found this geocache on a bike ride around the from Tahuna to Richmond using our EBikes. This was our last find. A very clever concept in a rather smelly place. There wasn't a geocaching sticker on the contraption so I was unsure if I was at the right place. It looks like it is part of the plant. After reassurance from a friend via fbpm I continued to explore how to open it. JD was loosing patience but I persevered. I thought it was very clever.

Thanks for hiding this cache Kiwi-Nomad I appreciate it.

Best cache I have found yet

Nice quick find, thanks for the effort.

Saw all the favourites and on first inspection had absolutely no idea. A message to the engineer in the family didn't help but did send me back to have another look & discovered something I'd initially missed. Pleased I managed to sort it out myself. Favourite added. TFTC

Took me far too long to figure that one out. Great work

Best cache we've discovered so far! I thought, "don't mind if I do" once the container presented itself. Quite space age in a way. Very cool. Deserves a favourite. TFTC.

Very cool. Great cache.

I think it was the best ever love it️️

The last time I was here there was a van parked so close I could almost touch it, so I looked for a few seconds, then left.
Today was Sunday, so I came by to find a much quieter GZ. After a quick search, I figured it out and had the cache in my hand. TFTC.

Fun cache. Very cleverly engineered. Thank goodness for tott. TFTC

Cooooooool

Awesome cache..easy solve as I am on your wave length love your engineering skills...you must have way too much time 0n your hands..thanks kiwi-nomad..this is built like the proverbial brick outhouse and should stand the test of time ..

What a clever well engineered cache. It was quite clear we were at the correct spot. After careful checking it became clear what was required to open this. The mossies kept me on my toes as well as the rapidly deteriorating weather. Thanks for another great hide kiwi-nomad

Found it thanks!

Found at 26 January 2021 8:38 am on a short holiday to Marlborough-Nelson-Tasman, logging my finds as I go (where possible). Will expand when I get home. TFTC

Great hide. Picked up a TB too. Thanks for the great caches Nelson.
TFTC!
#960

TB swap

What a great one! Broke my own in the opening but hey it was worth it. Thanks for the awesome cache. Took me a little bit but the clue was bang on!

While visiting family we decided to go to the founders museum and as I have been itching to ride a bike around here, suddenly the family thought I should bike home from there to Wakefield. I thought why not, and jumped on the borrowed ebike and off I was.
Was having so much fun, I'd forgot about finding caches until I got to the airport, so I checked the map.
The first one I come to was this one and what do you know, its got plenty of fav points so the perfect one to start with.
Didn't take me too long to work it out. Luckily I had a tool kit on the bike.
What an amazing contraption. Fav from me too.
Tftc

This is very cool. Kids loved the way they had to open it. Thanks

More than one favori point! This cache is good and very good! Thank you Kiwi Nomad for your caches and take care of them! Thanks you, my boyfriend and I have really good time! TFTC

Another beaut Kiwi-Nomad cache.
Thanks for continuing to place brilliant caches. We’ll come back and have a go at this one with the kids too!

Very cool cache!

This one was a brilliant design and as an added bonus we found a lost trackable inside so we are moving it on. Left some swaps love your cache thanks

Out with Missnboyz for a Sunday Stroll of what wasn't planned but turned out to be Kiwi-Nomad caches. Well we had a fantastic day! A geocacher here who takes pride in his hides... such a delight to find and complete. Excellent container here. Found a TB inside which wasnt logged. Have now logged it to move on. TFTC FP awarded.

Clever set up - good fun. Together with KiwiLeon & Alpenmilch80. T4TC

Great one. TFTC

Great cache, took a little bit of trying.
TFTC

nice spot well hiden

Great hiding spot

Having a weekend away in Nelson after a long lockdown Drove up to St Arnaud to enjoy some beautiful scenery and walks. A very cold start but we soon warmed up. Thanks to the COs - We can’t wait to come back Last one for the day and we weren’t disappointed. The number of FP attracted us. And lucky Richard had a required took in his pocket Well done a great cache TFTC

I would need a head nut for the key point. What a fine box. Would donate 2 blue favorites Taler. Someone has to do it. TFTC

TB drop off

Ingenious and large geocache!

I have a 3 month sabbatical mostly traveling around the planet. My goal is to find and log 1000 caches. New Zealand is my 4th station traveling from south Christchurch to north Auckland, my first visit here, its far away. This is my sabbatical-cache #663, wow, one of the best ever .

On a trip to Nelson this weekend and staying close by so decided to take a walk in the evening sunshine and collect a few caches.When we arrived at gz we were slightly worried about the no entry signs but proceeded with caution.Found the item quickly enough but took us a while before we figured out what to do.Was very pleased we managed to crack it.Very very well made.Thanks for all the effort.A favourite point from us.

We are continuing our caching journey with AF-Bee, GeoWench78 and 6ftzp&1/2zip. We had left our Hokitika and are on our way to Picton. This cache was a lot of fun, we had the right idea, but it took us a little while to unlock the code. Thanks Kiwi-Nomad for the fun cache. This one gets a heart from us and I will be making one to place in the states.

Fav! Found with AF BEE, 6ftzpr&1/2zip, and ondago while on a geocaching vacation. Thanks for placing this cache.