Goldfields at Thames (Coromandel) Thames, North Island, New Zealand
By The Doctor & Co on 01-Sep-06. Waypoint GCY2RR

Needs Archived

As there's been no cache to find for some time, 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.

Have temporarily disable this listing until I can replace the cache.

Nope, couldnt find it.

Bzzzt. Couldn't find it.

of course no find - as the cache seems to be gone for quite a while now and no maintenance done......
maybe time to archive it?

As I was passing by early in the morning I just had too look for this one. Sadly I have to agree with the latest oggers - It must be gone.

Had a quick look. I agree on the very likely location. Am sure its gone. Suggest a maintainence check.

I suspect it is missing, had a good hunt with boges.

Searched and hunted; went back to the car, read the clue, hunted some more... went back to the car, read the rest of the logs.

Perhaps you should temporarily disable the listing, until a replacement is placed?

Oh dear, the timing was all kinds of wrong with this one.
Was the only DNF for the day... bugger!
Being school holidays there were plenty of people out and about today, and even though TFM managed to park right next to GZ, and wait patiently to 'have a quick couple of looks', no find was able to be made.
There was a very obvious 'space' at the bottom of the exit sign as per the listing, so maybe (just maybe) it has gone walkies and a cache check is in order.
Have attached a photo of the 'likely looking' spot, and if this is where the cache was... it is now gone.
Never fear, we will be back.

Oh Dear looks like we were last to find... We watchlist this a one of our favorite finds.But was such a large container,we were surprised when we found.. were parked as to grab from car. X marks the spot on photo though TFM ... I'd Say shes gone pity really enjoyed the find.

[This is about our fourth visit to this cache, encouraged by the ease of the other finders, we went back once more for another look. I think, reading through the logs again, we are hunting in the wrong spot.] The hint could be a bit misleading?[Will give it another shot, next time we are in Thames.]

Thought we were heading for the obvious structure,but, NO, GPSr showed the way. Pulled up alongside GZ, Quick find.
Surprised by size of container!! This was a lot of fun to do and enjoyed very much. This is real urban geocaching at its finest...
OUT- Keyring
IN - R2D2.
TFTC

God! Could just about lean out the car door for this one! We were lucky..
TNLNSL TFTC.

Found with Imgettingannoyed during our 3 n half week NZ mega cache mission!!

quick find after stopping for supplies

Found it together with schuhhirsch.

Found this one easy during a walk through Thames.
No trade, TFTC
Greetings from N46° 55 E15° 28 / Austria
#637

Quick, and rather surprising find. Bit larger than expected. Luckily fairly muggle free today.
TFTC

A quick find with Old Boots! on our way through Thames TFTC

What a convenient location, as we were to meet up with friends @ the Pak'nsave before heading on to to Colville...
A bit tricky as absolutely crawling with muggles!
no TB to be seen...
Thanks for the cache.

#632

Had to use the old "sit and tie the shoelace" trick for this one as the place was a crawling with muggles.

No sign of the little slug TB?

TNLN TFTC!!

Well that was a quick easy find! Surprised it hasn't been muggled yet. Cheers Gav [3502]

A very quick find. TFTC.

quick cache and dash to round up the day. TFTC

The only problem are all the muggles! Hope that nobody saw us.

Found it together with Koorbresi on our NZ-Tour.

One of 102 on our 4 week holiday in NZ.

A quick stop after grabbing some tea. TFTC. -tb

Nice easy cache. Heaps of muggles so used advanced stealth techniques again TFTC. Nothing out, Dropped off WP TB.

We didn't find any gold here but a well maintained cache. TFTC.
In: Kangaroo
Out: Dog

Hi, a quicke cache on our Coromandel trip. TFTC

nice easy find on the way up the coast. TFTC

Finally managed to find carpark a little empty to attempt this one. Got a park right by it.
Out: Coffee Satchet (Darby enjoyed the contents)
In: Ammaroni Key Ring and Calling Card.
SL. TFTC.

found on a road trip with my friend and a retired couple from pukekohe!

TFTC!

Parked right next to it and spotted it easily. SL. TFTC.

It is an easy cache and the box now new
but many muggles here...

Gruessle joacaro

The Cache was broken when we found it. I have replaced it with a cylindrical container.

[This entry was edited by Le Motellier on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 12:52:57 AM.]

Ditto everyone has said about the log being full, pen being unusaeable and container needing repair. Interesting hide. Dropped off Night TB. T4TC

Easy find while in the area. TFTC

Easy find but lid is totally knackered! TFTC.

After getting some supplies from a shop close by, this cache was located.

It needs a new logbook and a new container. The lid is not attached to the container.

Cheers for the cache.

Instant find in almost plain view. Surprising that this one is still here after all this time and with the whole area so mugglesque. A pretty random area to hide a cache though?

The Cache lid is broken, needs to be repaired or replaced, Thanks


[This entry was edited by Mellee on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 12:47:29 AM.]

Nice and easy find. TNLN TFTC

No one seemed interested in people fossicking around an exit sign.

Easy find on the way back from Coromandel after some KFC, TNLNSL TFTC.

An interesting spot to hide a cache with so many muggles arround. Putting our stealth to use we retrieved the cache with no one the wiser. However we found the cache lid broken. We used a rubberband as a temporary fix. TFTC. SL

Gold stamper looks good, just hope it doesn't start or one could loose some fingers.

T: Lunenburg geocoin from Canada!

The log book is totally full.


Thanks!
Wandrr and Mrs Wandrr, Ottawa, Canada

At least you aren't rummaging around for a micro, so you don't look suspicious for long. Logbook is nearly full and the lid doesn't stay on the container. TFTC.

Sorry Im a little late with logging. My cache buddy with the log-notes disappeared for a while. Beautiful spot. Thanks from Germany. Die Ritter der Gerechtigkeit

TFTC!
Found 29SEP2008,10:52 together with my siamese twin from DIE RITTER DER GERECHTIGKEIT on a fu... nice travel around the world...

Hard location with all these muggels around...
Greeetz...
Bjorni from Germany

TRADE: left TB "The Wonders".

Perfect spot to drop a couple of coins. Lot of muggles roaming the area, had to use a few tricks to log it. TFTC!

Stopped here to buy some lunch and ended up buying more than lunch.. Quick and easy find.. Thanks for the cache.

two steps from car and it was mine!!
TFTC TNLNSL

Bit of a Motorhome event going on in the carpark but some distance away. The kids jumped in to find this one.
TNLNSL - T4TC

Had a fair wait for a clear park! Surprising the gardener hasnt picked this one up! Sneeky hide, Cheers Muzy Man!

Wow this was definitely muggle haven! It was hard to wait in the car for a quiet moment especially when we were pretty sure of where the cache was going to be. Finally, Hopeful #3 was sent in for a "toilet break" (it looked more natural seeing as she was the only one of us who wasn't human) and successfully retrieved the cache for us! Her 2nd independent find so far! Unfortunately, we hadn't taught her to replace the cache so Hopeful #1 had to wait for a lull before doing it for her.

The bags were badly ripped so we replaced them. Also, the container needs replacing as the little flap that holds the top down has come off. We put a rubberband around it to hold it together but it would probably be best to replace it all together.

could not find it.

found a spot where it could have been, but no cache.

Nice easy find in quite a sneaky location!

+ Dinosaur
- Butterfly

TFTC!

FUNNY HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE BEEN PASS THIS SIGN THEN TODAY I FOUND OUT WHAT ITS HIDING LOL TNLN

Enroute to friends' place further north. Thanks for the stop.

Need to revisit this one as well and see what we come up with next time. Must be looking in the wrong place.

Cache Bash # Nice spot. TFTC.

Found with JK180 while on a weekend cache bash.

TFTC

#928. Last for the day. Parked next to sign and quickly retrieved by Mrs. St. O. TFTC.

A nice easy find. My once muggle now geacacher made the find. Had to teach him about Muggles here though.
Now swaps, but took the smiley GC.
TFTC
Cheers

Loads of muggles around today but slipped it back when no-one was about. Left a GC. TFTC

Nice easy find to start my Thames caches. Thanks.

Quick find on a multi-Thames-cache-mission. TFTC

Interesting place for a cache thats for sure!
Thanks

Hard to be discrete with all the people about...but they all appear to be preoccipied with their shopping & not aware of their surroundings. TFTC

Got the perfect car park, then just had to wait for the opertune moment.

TFTC

While A. was getting fuel at a nearby fuel station E. was successfully looking for the cache. Thanks for this quick find!

Even at 7:00 am there are still muggles around! Otherwise a straightforward find.
Thanks for the cache.

Our second of six today on our way up the coast. We had to stop here anyway so it was a good quick find. TNLNSL, TFTC

[Easy Find. Few problems with muggles as a car need a jump start at the] exit sign

Easily found. Thanks
TNLN

Rather late in logging this cache but we have only just returned to the UK after a great holiday. TNLN TFTC Dan'gle

Great hide, waypoint spot on!
Noticed the SAR vehicle nearby so bowled up to ask if Boges was with them. Not today, but discovered later that they were enroute to "Trams" for a weekend exercise.
Uplifted the Magnetic geocoin (my own!) for another adventure.

Our first for the day while in the area, visiting from Australia. Found with our very genteel hosts from up the hill at Chartre Manor. An easy find thanks!

Had to wait as there were 6 campervans next to or near GZ. 1/2 hour later after they had departed we made a quick find. Nice container!
Left Magnetic geocoin
TFTC

On holiday from UK. Stayed overnight in Thames on way back from Coromandel. Nice easy find.
TNLN TFTC
Rumbletums of Cheshire UK

Nice Place, back to Hamilton
TFTC
Tom

Quick find TFTC

Good spot, not to many muggles about at this time of morning, we went to PNS to stock up on camping supplies, and then I got some maccas.

Good stuff

TFTC

31.01.2008 10:10
There is a lot of risk for the cache, because You can find a big number of muggels.
We had a save logging, because we could park beside the sign directly.
In : Soccer-Baer
Out : Kiwi
Thanks and greatings to The Doctor & Co for a nice cache
from the german Team Fahnder

There seemed to be a hundred pairs of eyes watching us,so we were in and out super quick.
TFTH.

Thanks for the easy find. Beward of muggles!
- tape measure
+ All Blacks Kiwi
Early Rizers

Quick and easily found after lunch at Mc' Donalds.
It was funny because when we arrived we don't know that there is a cache. After turning on our GPS we wondered that we have parked our car a few meters away

TFTC kairu

Thanx for the cache!!! TNLN
teamKollMont from Germany xx

First thing sunday morning, no one about

TFTC
TNLN

This was my first Chache and i enjoyed the fact that it was easy enough for a begginer like me to find, But hard enough that I had to look.
I lernt something about using my GPS that will come in extreamly helpful in days to come
Cheers
Tryntje

Found easily, parked right along side, cache is in good condition, TNSLLNTFTCACHE!

Found on New Yars day...

Easy find - though tricky to do without attracting too uch attention (even though the mall was actually mainly closed apart from PNS and WH)

Signed log (didn't see entry by netties though who logged visit for bay before)

-magnetic clip
+fridge magnet
Happy New Year!

Found today - in this heat, off to the gold mine tour now to get away from this sun !!!!

3rd today 6:25pm

Was a very easy find from the clue. So many people around was quite a mission trying not to look suspicious!.

Well disguised as general 'rubbish' you might expect to find in the area.

- Yellow smiley magnet
+ Golf ball

Kathy & Andy ,

#835
Quick drive-by cache, was able to park right next to GZ.
TNLNSL, TFTC