Geocache: Magnetic PET preforms

While caching and you are going to improve your statistics, or just want to go for a new record on a day, it is a good idea to go for a power trail. You can find many caches in a short time, but to be more efficient you should know most of the popular lower difficulty hiding technics. On this page I'll show you some of the magnetic PET preform hides out there.

Some magnetic petlings on one picture

In general it is simple, you take a PET preform (petling) and attach one or more magnets. I prefer using the Neodymium magnets, they are a lot stronger. you can just tape them on the petling or glue them or what I started to do lately is I use the heat shrinking tubes, after that shrinks on the magnet and the petling it is hard to remove. I often see petlings where one or more of the magnets are gone as the glue or the tape used wears over time.

Here are the images in full size:

Vertical attaching

Horizontal attaching

Another horizontal

When you place them (or place them back after you signed), try to take a look at it from different angles, to see if they are visible for muggles, like in the above examples they all have green caps, that is more like shouting: "I'm here, can't you see me?", however the area they were placed in many hours we did not meet a single pedestrian or anyone on a bike, a few cars and a bus or so. If you plan to place them in a busier area, consider using a grey/silver petling with similar colored cap.

As you see in these examples the hiding place is the rails alongside the road, try to avoid putting them on rails where there is heavy traffic or where the road curves, as that could be dangerous, or make sure you mention that be very careful.