It’s kind of funny… there are so many folks who after they find their first cache decide to go home and put a cache out… not the best idea.  There are so many different ways of hiding a cache that I have always recommended to find at least 100.  Cecil has a general rule that he should have at least one cache for every 100 finds.  The Dr. Who series kind of made that a bit strange since he really didn’t hide them, but if he hadn’t sent them out they wouldn’t have been placed…

So you know of a great place, you have an idea for the perfect hide… make sure that if someone stumbles upon it by accident they can easily figure out what it is.  Many communities are now asking cachers to use clear containers.  I had the chance to attend an event put on by the Louisville Bomb Squad, their advice- make sure every side has something that denotes it is a geocache.  If not, they will not pick it up to check the side facing the tree, they will blow it up.  They will x-ray it first, and if it looks suspicious they will blow it up.  Non-geocacher (also known as a “Muggle”) get a little nervous when they see someone in camo placing a metal box in a parking lot… they tend to call the police… go figure!  So if you placing your first cache, be careful and make sure to follow all the rules, and a little common sense.