Hiding Your Own Caches

After you have become more familiar with geocaching, you can hide your own. First you are going to think of good places to hide a cache. Most people hide there caches in a place that is interest of them. Before you pick a place, make sure it follows geocaching guidelines. You are also going to think of a cache name.

Now you are going to create the cache. To create a regular sized cache, buy a lock and lock container and spray paint it green or brown. This will help camoflauge the cache. Next you are going to take a zip-lock bag and put inside it a small notebook and pen. This will help keep items dry incase of a water leak. On the first page of the notebook, write the name of the cache. Put the ziplock bag in the container along with swag. Swag is anything small enough to fit in the container to use as trade items. You can use small toys, coins, etc.

Once you have the location picked and cache made, you are ready to hide your cache. Make sure you have your GPS ready. When you get to the location, put the GPS in the exact spot where the cache will be. Find the coordinates and write them down. Place the cache where the GPS was and you are finished.

When you get home, you can publish and submit your cache. Go to http://www.geocaching.com/ and follow the link (on left hand side) that says "Hide & Seek A Cache." The blue box on the right is where you hide a cache. Follow the easy intructions and your cache will be made public to all other geocachers.