Aladar123 plays geocaching

When you hide a geocache you run into the question of what to put into your cache. Amongst many items there is one which is a must, a logbook. You can find ones online, order, pay, place in your cache. Yeah... that's easy... but if you want your cache to be more unique you can create your own logbook. It is always more fun for me to find a cache where the logbook also has something to remember. Another reason that could lead you to create your own logbooks is to keep your cost low on your hide;especially if you have many to maintain. Let me show you some of my logbook, how I made them and for some of them you can also download the template you can customize and print for yourself. Let's start with the smallest and go towards biggers. Nano cache logrolls: The nano caches you can buy starts with the small magnetic containers that has lots of potentials, they fit anywhere. The size of the logbook - let's call it a logroll - is 7mm wide and as it needs to be rolled u...

Pill capsules come in all different shape, size and color. They are originally designed to hold pills and be on your keyring. As they are designed for pills they are waterproof, so ideal to convert to geocaches. I use them all over the places, they can be hanging on a fishing line into a trafic sign's pipe. They can be camouflaged to be in a tree, or between rocks, or anything. Just be creative with them. Due to their sizes the most common is to have log rolls in them, if you plan to put a small pen/pencil in the log will be a lot shorter, so you'll need to maintain more often. Some more ideas on how to camouflage them: The one in the middle is just covered in camouflaging tape, which is available in different colors for different areas, mostly used by hunters and hiker. I also used stone paint to cover some of them just as an experiment, no need to worry about the twistline and the rubber, over time they will loose some paint anyways. Not to mention muggles ...

In many countries PET preforms; also called petlings are a really popular hiding material. They are strong, waterproof, durable. Small enough to easily hide at almost any place, and big enough to have an easy to handle log book or log roll. Unfortunately many don't take the time to properly camouflage their cache. On this page I'll share some of my own way of hiding a petling. With or as a plant or flower: As you can see on the above picture this is two simple one and a non camouflaged petling. The middle is just some artificial grass piece glued on the cap of the petling, one of my early caches, not the most beautiful, but better then simply sticking a petling into a hole. The one on the right is a small plastic plant I found in one of the local cheap stores for a few cents, it was originally in a small cube shaped container, which I also converted into another cache (see below). With or as an animal: See the one in the middle? I foudn that sticky blac...

Some say these should not be used, others find them evil... I just say if you don't like them just skip any where they set the size to smallest possible or check the description and logs that suggest it is a nano when size set to others. The most important for beginners to remember to have a pen with you when you search for one of these, they for sure cannot hold a pen. Magnetic nanos These are really common containers. Available in many different colors, and if not in the one you like, just get the cheapest and paint it the color you wanted. Before anyone asks why did I put them on the picture so apart, their magnets kept on pulling them togehter :). There are two different version available on the market, one where the magnet is outside on the bottom, and one where the magnet is inside. I prefer the later one, I met many out on the playground where the magnet just dissappeared and the nano was not at the place any longer. Plastic nanos Some nanos ar...