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Post by oleruns on Dec 28, 2006 17:03:11 GMT -9
I went for Abominable Snowbox today DNF! I have a path cut to the cache now and that is a good thing. The snow had many drifts and the last drift was up to my chest. It was always above the knees with a good crust. Park at the next lot above where the GPS points dead right. Walk down to the brown "No Weapons" sign (.40) and you'll see my trail. It's about .15 to the cache from the road. I hope the trail doesn't fill in, that was a lot of work. Just give me the assist if you find it I have a lot of snow moved at the site as well so you can see down to the roots. I think the best thing to use is some probe like a ski pole to locate the cache. Good Luck!
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Post by Forum Admin on Dec 28, 2006 17:30:17 GMT -9
I went for Abominable Snowbox today DNF! I have a path cut to the cache now and that is a good thing. The snow had many drifts and the last drift was up to my chest. It was always above the knees with a good crust. Park at the next lot above where the GPS points dead right. Walk down to the brown "No Weapons" sign (.40) and you'll see my trail. It's about .15 to the cache from the road. I hope the trail doesn't fill in, that was a lot of work. Just give me the assist if you find it I have a lot of snow moved at the site as well so you can see down to the roots. I think the best thing to use is some probe like a ski pole to locate the cache. Good Luck! A snowshoe trail?
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Post by oleruns on Dec 28, 2006 17:42:43 GMT -9
Nope, foot trail. I left my darn snowshoes at home. - Good place for them
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Post by omgcrew on Dec 28, 2006 17:55:47 GMT -9
I spent the day around town in waist/thigh deep snow. Maybe I run out there tomorrow and get some caches along the way.
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Post by ladybugkids on Dec 28, 2006 18:11:23 GMT -9
With that much snow and being that far out of town, I recommend taking a metal detector to increase the chances of success. Up here in Fairbanks, anyway, one can rent a metal detector from an equipment rental store for about $12/day.
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Post by oleruns on Dec 28, 2006 18:28:44 GMT -9
I had my Gold Bug 2 in the Jeep. I didn't want to lug it up there but now that there is a path, it would not be as bad. You still have to get the coil maybe 18" from the ammo can to get a clear signal and being that big it should make you deaf.
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powmia
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Post by powmia on Dec 28, 2006 18:54:38 GMT -9
I went for Abominable Snowbox today DNF! I have a path cut to the cache now and that is a good thing. The snow had many drifts and the last drift was up to my chest. It was always above the knees with a good crust. Park at the next lot above where the GPS points dead right. Walk down to the brown "No Weapons" sign (.40) and you'll see my trail. It's about .15 to the cache from the road. I hope the trail doesn't fill in, that was a lot of work. Just give me the assist if you find it I have a lot of snow moved at the site as well so you can see down to the roots. I think the best thing to use is some probe like a ski pole to locate the cache. Good Luck! You need someone like me to help out. Last May 12, 2006 I found Eagles Panoramic View along the Parks highway in waist deep snow, using a ski pole and a prayer blanket.
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Post by New Yorker on Dec 28, 2006 19:33:28 GMT -9
With that much snow and being that far out of town, I recommend taking a metal detector to increase the chances of success. Up here in Fairbanks, anyway, one can rent a metal detector from an equipment rental store for about $12/day. I know a cacher that uses it even in the summer.
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Post by New Yorker on Dec 28, 2006 19:36:18 GMT -9
I had my Gold Bug 2 in the Jeep. I didn't want to lug it up there but now that there is a path, it would not be as bad. You still have to get the coil maybe 18" from the ammo can to get a clear signal and being that big it should make you deaf. We were once thinking of trying out one of those hand held airport security jobbers.... but the price chased us away....
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Post by powmia on Dec 28, 2006 20:50:55 GMT -9
I had my Gold Bug 2 in the Jeep. I didn't want to lug it up there but now that there is a path, it would not be as bad. You still have to get the coil maybe 18" from the ammo can to get a clear signal and being that big it should make you deaf. We were once thinking of trying out one of those hand held airport security jobbers.... but the price chased us away.... See my comment in "The Lounge" Dec 15, 2006 "Design and Patent". With a GPSr like that you will have no problems.
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Post by Malcore on Dec 28, 2006 21:07:42 GMT -9
I have made a probe out of an inexpencive stud finder for pinpointing coins and such. But the length of the probe is only about 10 inches. Although with a little modification it could be lenghtened to 6 feet so you could probe threw snow. The only disaventage is the sencitivity is only about 2 inches from the tip. That would help in finding that type of cache. Just a thought.
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Post by Forum Admin on Dec 29, 2006 9:36:29 GMT -9
Nope, foot trail. I left my darn snowshoes at home. - Good place for them You might be Ranger material and not know it. But if you were you'd know Roger's Rangers maxim "Don't forget nothing" :-P
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Post by NorthWes on Jan 7, 2007 21:51:56 GMT -9
I went for Abominable Snowbox today DNF! ... Walk down to the brown "No Weapons" sign (.40) and you'll see my trail. ... Good Luck! Uh Oh... you've stumbled into the testing range for the new Mark IX-A forty-caliber "Alaska Park Sign - Armed". Whatever you do, don't shoot at the sign! It's loaded, ready to shoot back... and deadly accurate. Our signmaker's union is trying to get 'em outlawed, on account of their hazard to public safety and all... with no human at the helm you can't be sure the sign knows who to shoot at. I mean, isn't plinkin' at helpless signs staked out to the ground a big part of the wilderness experience you came to Alaska for? (And don't forget all them grandbabies that won't get new shoes if you don't shoot up them signs!) Maybe instead of shooting at signs, we should be shooting at the ground - trying to 'echo-locate' that ammocan under the snow. Who needs a heavy ole' battery-powered metal detector when you're carrying that newfangled 50 caliber Smith & Wesson? Postscript: This post is a sorry attempt at humor, sanctioned by no one but Dr Bleh himself (El Presidente 2008!)
DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FIREARM ECHO-LOCATION METHOD (FELM)!
Only original members of Rogers Rangers are allowed this method; all other must use the pokey stick stab (PSS) or stubbed-toe technique (STT). Failure to use PSS or STT in favor of the FELM will result in at best a DNF or at worst a DOA...
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