ArtilleryForce Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia
By ValoForce on 06-Sep-17. Waypoint GC7C0EH

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, ValoForce, requesting additional time.

An ample opportunity has been provided for the Cache Owner to respond, but since this opportunity has been ignored, I can only conclude that the cache has been abandoned.

Caches archived under these circumstances are unable to be Unarchived, and this location is now available for the placement of a new cache, by somebody else.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

###Cache Owner Action Needed###
This cache has been brought to my attention as likely to be missing.
After a string of successful Finds, it has now had a string of DNFs. I agree that this certainly suggests that something has happened at the cache location which requires investigation by the CO, ValoForce.

The cache will be disabled and I'll check back in 30 days to see if either

- the CO has checked or rectified the apparent problem
- the CO has communicated in a Note log here, when action will be taken

**If the CO has not taken either of these actions, then we can only assume that the cache has been abandoned and, regrettably, it will be archived.**

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is out there to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

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Found the small pipe but nothing inside

Nice area but unfortunately I think the cache is gone. I know exactly where it should be but the cache was gone.

Okay, so we found exactly where the replica bullet shell lives but unfortunately it has been removed.

Well, well, well ... I came back for a third attempt armed with friends who had done this when it first came out. Turns out I had been doing the right thing all along I just wasnt firm enough This is an excellent cache in a very beautiful memorial. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. A big fav point from me and a yippee for finally turning this frown upside down!

Thought this would be an easy one...maybe next time️

Yup, and that is your best cache I have found ValoForce! Awesome!

TFTC

Finally! We are SO impressed. Our favourite so far! Clever clever...what sort of brain to thinks these up! Devious!!!

Found with SPIKE after acquiring the right tool for the job, very well constructed cache TFTC

Just adding that I couldn't find the provided special tool so I brought my own magnet

What an awesome cache!! Found with the utmost respect to the men and women who put their lives on the line for their country... TFTC

Brilliant! Couldn't find the tool, think it may be gone, but luckily had something in my trusty geobag! Took quite a while to find the sweet spot but finally got there. Fave point from me. This was awesome!

Having fun out and about today grabbing caches with geo daughter coliver95
Signed log and returned
Tftc

out and about adventuring with geomother (coliver66) found, signed log and returned.

tftc ️
fave point from me.

I think I located the pipe but there was nothing inside. I couldn't see where the cache was meant to be either...

Enjoyed spend time at Rockingham for Adeventure Lab and caches as well.
My god so excellent - neat job - signed the log and thanks ValoForce for the cache and hunt. Fav from me

Found a very promising small square pipe but nothing inside unfortunately...

Had a good look walked away scratching my head - I will be back for this one!

Put my arms in all the holes to find no magnetic peices also found the square pipe that consists of nothing either....

Might want to check as been muggled b4 for the the shell thanks

Ingenious! Helps if you have someone who knows artillery. SL TFTC

A brilliant design. Took many reads of the instructions to figure this one out. Well done and TFTC.

Amazing find and sign while in the area for work. Thanks for the effort and brains here!!

Came back with a friend still had me a little stumped

What a clever hide. Not many people around. Found the key easily. Trouble getting it out and then it took a little while to find the sweet spot and open the cache. Fav point from us.

Came back to this to do it properly. Very well done. Me did like that one

Found during my half lap advanture from Adelaide. Container and log book in good condition. What a clever hide. Was about to give up when I spotted something that didn't seem quite right. Waiting for traffic noise to die down, I finally heard that sound. A favorite point from me. TFTC.

Just popped a favourite point on as I didn't have any left when I logged the find. Really love this cache and I'll be on the lookout for more of yours in the future.

Z Poolman

Thanks ValoForce. That was indeed brilliant. So worth coming back for. zPoolman & I, along with all of our geo kids loved this one.
Cheers again

Oh WOW! love this cache. First i thought it was going to be a tiny pain in the but nano... but not this one!! Thank you for maintaining this one. Unfortunately I'm out of favourite points. Loved it!

Up and running!

Down for a little bit whilst we do some maintenance- back soon!

This was awesome!!!!!

Bloody good find! Thankyou

The first part of this find was easy, the second not so much! Someone had been a bit of pain and put the base of the bullet/the magnet bit somewhere else which kind of turned this into a 3 part find for me but I sure wouldn’t have got there with ValoForces help! Thanks so much for being so available to reply to the help pleas, I wouldn’t have got there on my own. What a bloody clever hide!!
All is returned as it should be. Side one of log is full now but the back side is still completely empty you’ll get our first favourite point when we eventually get one to give!

TFTC really loved this one.

After many attempts located and signed log. Thanks to Team Parkin for assisting. TFTH

We had five kids and two adults all over this one. Loved every minute of it. Well done for all the workmanship. Our first cache in Oz. A great start.

Couldn’t unscrew to sign but it was a real surprise. A favourite point for an excellent hide TFTC

Excellent cache

Wow awsome cach

Found with dad, Flasharry

Nice hint otherwise it would have taken ages, if not weeks.
Favvo off course.
TFTC

Now it’s the best cache that I found in Rockingham, thanks owner for great work. Amazing. Sure - Favorite point! ️

This was amazing! Geohubby really enjoyed it!!
Geohubby found the lock, geowife figures out how to open! We have wanted to do this one for a while, A great 2 step and well thought out GC!
Definitely gets a fav from us

Awesome hide. Thanks!

This is a tricky one

After having a great time at the WAGB weekend it was time to head north with maccamob as they headed home and I headed towards Geraldton.
There were so many caches to choose to look for as we made our way to Perth that we decided on mysteries we had solved and caches with a lot of favourite points.

This was another cache that maccamob had found on a previous visit but wanted to bring me to as they were so impressed with the hide and I'm really glad that I did. It took me a while to locate the clever cache and add our name to the log. Mr Crackers would certainly enjoy this one.

Thanks Valoforce for a great cache, I'm leaving behind another favourite point to add to the growing list.

Nice cache

TFTC. Good spot. Easy find from description. Little fella was happy. No log?

Out for a night run of caches. This one is amazing. Hopefully I find plenty more with this type of creativity.
TFTC =)

Brilliant. Found with the help of my trusty companion. TFTC

Best cache ever. Love the work you have put into this. A fav from us. TFTH.

Oh boy, what a sensational cache. I was pleased to find the hint as I had exhausted the areas I would typically look for a container. I nipped over and took a seat as I was planning on going back through the logs, then I spotted the very useful information and moved back in for a look around. [^]

1st bit was sorted quickly, then I took to securing the find on the container, which took a little longer. Even when I got the "click", I wondered what was next and couldn't work out the critical piece, until.... tada... the sneaky little container was revealed. That was the point where I stood, stared and marvelled at the work and effort put into this constrution. Bravo.

I added my name to the log, tucked everything back in place and headed off.

By far one of the most creative caches I have found, certainly in my top 5 so a firm favourite from me.

Cheers ValoForce.

Nicely done

I'm on holiday in Australia together with KirstinNL. We are on our way back to Perth and did a detour especially for this cache. As mentioned by the previous finder, this cache indeed resembles the craftsmanship of cacher Roymerc. We actually found a few of his caches earlier this week.

Around 14:58 we found the cache.
ValoForce, thank you for creating, placing and maintaining this cache!

FlensNL
#2745

Seriously one of the best caches we have done.. Roymerc would be proud of this one.
Great engineering and great fun to do.
Wish we could give more than one favourite.
How come we have not heard of this one before...
Thanks for the fabulous cache..

TFTC

Very clever cache. The best I've seen so far.

Back in business
Please please show stealth here returning the Bullet - they are really pricey.

Think it's missing

Apologies to previous teams. Artillery Shell has been muggled and Cache cannot be unlocked without it. New one has been ordered.

Had a go but could not bite the bullet as bullet does not appear to be there.

This is so cool feel like an explorer

We found this on 24 January. It is still there but we are doing this so we can mark it a favourite. This is so fun this cache.

We love this one and if we knew how to we would mark it as a favourite

Perfect cache to work out for our 300th one. Enjoyed the 2 step approach to it. Took us a little while but the 17yr old son got it figured. Thanks!

Found today after dropping the geomobile into the stealership for a service. Long walk into town. Ended up walking around in the rain and got completely drenched. Not a good day for caching! Clever hide this one. Found after second attempt as there were muggles around. Thanks for the cache ValoForce - very well done.

Tftc

Wow so awesome. Well done to the makers

After a nice dinner at a beachfront park with the family, we journeyed off to do a few caches. Amazing that we have lived in this area for so long and haven't taken the time to wander through beautiful Rockingham in ages.

Arrived at GZ and quickly had the first part of the cache in hand. After that, everyone took a turn at searching for the almighty "click" before Dad was able to get it to work. After that there were a few failed attempts to find the cache, but we had it in hand pretty quickly.

An absolutely brilliant cache, definitely worthy of a favourite point. Easily one of the best caches that we have done.

Been holding onto this log for a lot longer then planned. We found this amazing cache at the wa goes big event but I wanted to save it for our 1000 find!!! Such an honour to find valoforce caches as they are masters and always a huge hit with our family. As soon as I mention it's a valoforce cache the kids race to the car... yes the ftf $5 prize may have something to do with it but each hunt never disappoints. This cache geo son still to this day gives the story of what's required to get the find and he rates this as one of the best. Our family friends and fav caching buddies you guys are tops tftc our 1000th find.

Found the magnet but not the log try again later

We are geniuses!

Awesome, clever, sneaky, ingenious... great spot and great cache, you must have had fun thinking up that one. A bit tricky today as workers we using an electric saw to cut up pavers over the road, but still heard the click!!
Many TFTC

From und with a little help from friends

Omg this is the best cache i have ever seen. My 147th cache. Reaallllyyy hard but worth the time

Not sure why we missed looking for this one at WAGB 2017 but back today to rectify that. ValoForce is one of our favourite hider's and again they have not let us down. No one around to day so I could take my time, well that is my excuse anyway.

located the shell and proceeded to load the 25 Pounder. Loading the shell did prove difficult but persistence paid off eventually. Yet another amazing job by the ValoForce team. Keep it up guys.

Thanks ValoForce for the cache.

**Find #: 5420**
**Time: 2:51 pm**
**Date: Sun 29 Oct 2017**
Visiting Perth and parts south during a week here for family reasons.
An amazing cache, I would like to hear the story of its invention one day.
A definite fav point.
**Thanks for placing this cache ValoForce**

Second attempt at finding this one, after a very helpful hint from CO. We all loved this one! TFTC

Out for a morning of geocaching around Rockingham to get some more smileys on my map.

Wow, what a fantastic cache!!! found the tool without any issues and got to work finding how to get to the cache. As i was signing the log a lady and a young boy came over and he decided to play on the gun. I then explained to them both what i was doing and showed them how it worked, they were very impressed!! A definite fav for me!

TFTC

We headed down to Rocko today to do a little bit of cleaning up of the geomap. We were around at WA GOES BIG as this cache was being found but didnt pay much attention as wanted a chance to enjoy it free of others. We wanted to make sure we found it and opened it ourselves. Well, bullet was found quickly and without the step by step instructions, that would have been the end of our smiles for today. Thought i knew what had to happen but getting the ‘ click’ was another thing. After a good ten minutes thought we heard something and muggle mate grabbed and pulled and suddenly the cache was there. Just starting to get a bit worried. Anyway, signed log, returned all bits as found and walked away with a satisfied smile. Tftc, veloforce. Amazing and gob-smackingly good. A favourite , so well deserved.

$2 milk-shakes around the corner and an awesome cache like this! What more could you want? TFTC.

Very cool
SL
Geokids loved it!

Sl tftc great find loved it xxxxx

Wow! What's a cool cache! Very clever

TFTC!!!

A very clever hide, had lots of fun with this while out and about with parkacruz, smileyjims, bushchooks and team_j_dawg TFTC

Clever hide! Found with @bushchooks @piknik15 and @teamj-dawg TFTC

I usually come up to Perth at least once a year; to assist duckrunner collect and return the Runner Farm ducks from the Royal Show. (Can't resist a brag — 13 Firsts, 3 Champions, 2 Best of Breed, and one 3rd which we don't mention!) And a bit of City shopping in the Big Smoke. Which generally leaves Saturday afternoon for a pleasure outing. And what better than to go to Rockingham in rare sunny weather and do the one geocache that I really want to see. And we weren't disappointed!

This is seriously good. The engineering is impressive and the concept very clever. A great example of mimesis camouflage very well executed. "Is that it? No, surely not... but that doesn't look quite right... no, that definitely isn't right, where is that key? If I put it just here... Whacko! Look at that!" And I'm sure that we couldn't have done it without the extensive hint!

I don't want to say we are rivals; rather we share a common desire to make geocaching better and more enjoyable. Finding the cache is just the beginning of the fun! So Valoforce, I salute a fellow 'Engineer of Enjoyment'.

One comment from duckrunner who found the 'key,' was that it was made easier because the shiny end was showing. If it had been the other way around there would be very little chance of an inquisitive muggle ever seeing it. Maybe a touch of matt black paint?

cheers, roy
PS Favourite Point of course!

Great tricky one!! We found it thanks to the clues. Thank you

Tftc

We have been itching to get this but always too many ppl about during the event. Now it's monday and the event is over, everyone has gone home. Not us... finally got the chance to do this awesome cache. Love your work.

Tftc valoforce was out with a group undertaking this excellent cache. Log was signed by all.

Tftc great hide at a very moving place lest we forget

Whilst attending the WAGB event we chose a quiet time to go hunt for this one... Jase actually found it first & was so blown away that he told me I had to go find it too He was giving no spoilers, so I headed over & started to search but before too long I was surrounded by some enthusiastic kids who just had to find it again

Nevertheless, the work that is has gone into this is amazing & Im not sure I would have worked it out on my own Thanks ValoForce for putting this one out for us to find!

Prior to setting up for day two at WAGB17 I put this one on the to-do list. I had seen how it worked yesterday but hadn't actually played with it myself and wanted to have a go on my own without the hustle and bustle of the crowd so that I might actually here the "click"

Approached GZ from the south and saw AlliedOz walking in from the north with one of the Jokers in tow. He had purposely not visited the gun yesterday so that he could try it how it was intended. I stood back and only offered some subtle hints until eventually the cache was revealed.

Another truly superb creation that is worthy of global recognition in my book. Congratulations ValoForce and thank you for your continuing efforts to enhance the geocaching landscape in WA. Needless to say I'm plonking a big fat favourite here.

ValoForce I found your cache at 7:43am, this was the 1st of 3 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 4129. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC