Tim Horton
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 9, 2020 9:54:47 GMT 10
!@#$%& Technology... I got pictures on my phone, but can't get them to my computer, let alone an e mail or post.... Piss and moan grumble..  2020-10-08..... So today I put together and set in place the cache, stash "test run".... here in the far north... Like said.. This is a test.. So there are going to be a great many things that can and should be improved for real time use.. The container... I started with a 100 round, linked 50 cal ammo can.. The only 2 things I did to it were to paint over the lettering on the can as that would be very noticeable.. I also put a thin layer of petroleum jelly on the rubber seal.. They can stick like no tomorrow.. The contents... Just a bunch of random stuff I could round up around the house.. An old Russian bayonet and scabbard.. A folding pocket knife that takes replaceable utility blades.. A plastic pill bottle with 5 extra blades.. A flashlight with the batteries separate. Batteries wrapped in a sheet of paper and taped.. 4 kinds of ammo. Some loose #7.5 shot shells as I'm low on buckshot.. Steel case copper wash, and steel case lacquer coated ammo. Some brass case ammo.. All centerfire.. A package of 10 individually wrapped snack size Snicker candy bars.. 2 packages of toaster pastries (Pop Tarts) A box of 4 kinds of individually wrapped granola or fruit and nut bars. An unopened plastic jar of instant coffee.. Remember.. In the far north, nothing that will freeze and break.. A ball cap, cotton gloves, heavy socks, cotton bandana, a roll of toilet paper.. These items all stored in a plastic bread bag, turned inside out as you don't want bread crumbs in "uncomfortable" places... Seeing as this is a test more than an actual hidden stash, I put a big nail in a tree in the yard. Hung the box from the nail, upright, with a short chain.. Strapped the box to the tree with an old ratchet strap.. It is in view of the house, but still only protected by the trees around it, and subject to full on winter... Will see how everything fairs by next May or so.. I may or may not have this damn camera management figured out by then.. |
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sonic
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Post by sonic on Oct 9, 2020 17:56:32 GMT 10
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Re photos: The easiest way is to send yourself the pictures as an attachment in an email. You will need two email addresses, obviously. Send from your phone then open on your computer, simples!
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Post by tomatoes on Oct 9, 2020 18:41:16 GMT 10
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Re photos: The easiest way is to send yourself the pictures as an attachment in an email. You will need two email addresses, obviously. Send from your phone then open on your computer, simples! I send using the same address as I receive it. I can check the email address from both my phone and computer, so it ends up in sent box and inbox on both. |
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Post by Joey on Oct 9, 2020 18:42:03 GMT 10
Will be interesting to see the results.
I would coat the knife blades in Vaseline as well to stop any corrosion from happening during long periods of storage especially when in a sheath.
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Post by ygidorp on Oct 9, 2020 18:49:40 GMT 10
Wouldn't the outcome be drastically different buried? ie exposure of the metal to salts and liquids, but lower and regulated temperature for the interior?
I am assuming you would bury a real cache?
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 10, 2020 3:02:04 GMT 10
I am assuming you would bury a real cache?
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION...... No.. Here in the far north I would not bury anything, other than the bodies.... Too much winter and frost depth near 2 meters.. You can see how that would be a problem when the cache is needed..
Again.. This is a "test" quick and dirty as it were, but a test to see how things come out.. On other forums I have had people threaten the Snickers candy bars already...
In my "Good Ideas" note book I'm already listing things to change, new things to try..
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ygidorp
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Post by ygidorp on Oct 10, 2020 18:23:21 GMT 10
Ah fair enough. I didn't notice you're in Canada!
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Post by Joey on Oct 11, 2020 19:21:23 GMT 10
If you were here in Aus, you could keep your snickers bars, all of ours are currently made in china lol
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 13, 2020 16:09:38 GMT 10
If you were here in Aus, you could keep your snickers bars, all of ours are currently made in china lol +++ Crykey.... I never thought to check that.. Snickers has been a North American thing since forever.. At least I thought.. OK.... Got a young guy to show me how to manage this a bit... Problem is he just goes click, click and it is done, and I'm no smarter about how to do it.. But anyway, here it is..... 10-2020...   |
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 29, 2020 14:51:13 GMT 10
BRILLIANT.... Idea.... Well, if not brilliant, good enough to think about..
In a post where someone showed pictures of the land they were clearing, they showed an old metal 2 door cabinet secured to a tree.. They used it to keep fuel cans, bar oil, some hand tools and such used in this project.. It was secure enough as this was all quite a distance from town, other neighbors and all to be not likely to be bothered.. That way they didn't have to haul all these items back and forth on the tractor with the wood trailer and such..
Got me to thinking...... (dangerous at times) We keep an old chest freezer in the chicken house for feed, also an old up right freezer to keep other things rodent proof and such..
Why wouldn't an old upright freezer, refrigerator, camo painted make a good woods stash container ?? ?? Secured upright, secured shut with a ratchet strap, it would hold much more than ammo cans and the like... As well as being more accessible than a buried cache with snow and a 2 meter deep frost line... Depending on what is in it, how the contents are packaged, no odors leaking out, there should be no big problems keeping it bear proof..
Secure it to a pallet or frame of some kind so it could be moved with the pallet forks on the tractor.... This deserves to be a page or more in my "Good Idea" note book, of how to do this.. What to put in it.. The possibilities here are endless...
I know a lot of the thinking in this will be different for you, on account of location, location, location...
however I'm still curious to get ideas, thoughts, suggestions, experiences from another prospective..
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Post by Joey on Oct 29, 2020 16:31:42 GMT 10
If you have a good size property, that would be good as a secondary stash space for backup stuff away from the house.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 24, 2021 7:03:13 GMT 10
Found it.... More by accident and or luck than skill...
Shameless bump so I can find it more easily when I get my a$$ in gear to post about the opening..
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 24, 2021 13:25:24 GMT 10
This is the before picture on 2020-10-08......   == == == Here is the after picture on 2021-07-23.......  The container was totally dry.. In the center, the camo cap, socks, gloves, TP and purple bandana that were wrapped in the plastic bread wrapper were fine.. The old bayonet, pocket knife, and container of spare sheet rock blades for the pocket knife were fine.. Behind the ammo on the right and in front of the yellow flash light, there is a pair of used "D" cell batteries.. They tested the same as when they came out of the torch.. The 3 kinds of granola bars were all OK.. Next to them the instant coffee was OK... The mini Snickers bars were OK, but did start to show a bit of white "age" on the milk chocolate... The 2 silver packs of Pop Tart toaster pastries didn't do that well.. Still edible, but they don't last that long under the best of conditions.. On the American forums the ones that are licensed to conceal carry all rave about this "every day carry" gun is better than that gun... You can see my "everyday carry" here on the farm in the shape of my old 1917 BSA Enfield.. God only knows who or when it was sporterized, but is a classic bush gun of the far north.. It goes with me in the UTV and on the tractor, especially this year with the sighting of the brown, possible grizzly bear near the yard... It still shoots spot on, better than I'm likely capable of anymore... And it seems heavier now than I remember... This couldn't just be me ?? ?? I kind of wish I knew the history of this rifle... It may have many tails to tell of time in the bush, on the trap line, in the bush cabin or camp, you name the adventures it could have seen, or "issues" it may have resolved.. Anyway... I'm going to call this a success... So now to move on to another above ground ammo can cache with a more comprehensive and better thought out list of contents.. Also start a list of contents and ideas of how to build a cache out of an old upright freezer... Time to get out my "good idea" notebook and start thinking.... |
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Post by spinifex on Jul 24, 2021 18:40:06 GMT 10
I have a great appreciation for well kept old rifles. As you say ... they have a lot of character. And "experience". It gives them an aura that can't be found in new arms.
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