If You Hide It, Will They Come?

If you hide it, will they come?

     Finding Geocaches can be loads of fun, but have you ever put one out there for others to find? Often I wonder if the area I chose for a hide is a spot that will attract other Geocachers. When Geocaching first started in 2000 hiding a cache and hoping for another Geocacher to find it would have been something more challenging then it is today. Many would wonder if whether anyone would even bother looking for there Geocache.When the hobby first bloomed Geocachers getting involved noticed that there were barely any geocaches hidden in their surroundings. 

Slashdot, a very popular magazine designed for tech-savvy people reported an article in their paper September 20th of 2000 introducing the activity to a larger group of technology professionals to the activity. The New York time then released a segment about Geocaching in their papers shortly after introducing this hobby yet again to another group of people interesting in finding treasure. This created a "domino" effect getting other large media companies to talk about the hobby such as CNN, this allowed more and more people to get involved which created a huge amount of Geocaches to be hiding in a small period of time. Now, it's almost impossible to travel anywhere in the world and not be able to find a Geocache nearby making the game so much more fun and interesting. 

As the Geocaching Community got larger and more people got involved they even started a geocaching chant that the community would sing " If you hide it, they will come" to attract new players in hiding Geocaches and expanding the game. 

After some reassurance new and existing Geocachers started adventuring around the world hiding geocaches all over the place to see if the theory was correct and if people would actually take the time out of their day to play the game and seek for treasure. The theory did work and it works better then I believe they imagined it would. People all over the world jumped onto this and wanted to take part in hiding and finding treasure. 

GeoFacts! March 3rd, 2001, South Dakota was the last state in the United States to get a hidden geocache. The eighth finder discovered it in January 2002. After that discovery, the geocache went missing and its cache owner retired it; however, it can still be founded on Geocaching.com

Through word of mouth, magazine articles along with accidental cache discoveries, like how we found our very first cache, more and more people have been getting involved in playing Geocaching. First people getting involved in this game were GPS enthusiast, now you have couples, families, and groups from all walks of life interesting in searching for treasure. It's a great way to get everyone outside walking and enjoying the world around them. There truly is a Geocache out for everyone to enjoy. The excitement of finding a cache is thrilling for both the inner and outer child. Everyone will have fun and enjoy the hunt. With the amount of Geocaches that are hidden in the world today, you can simply do a small search from anywhere in the world and be able to walk, bike or drive to a nearby cache, which makes the game so much more fun you literally can cache from just about anywhere. 

Since the existence of Geocaching.com the participants to the game double in number each year bringing more and more new players to the game. With the numbers rising the caches you will need to find are going up in numbers also with everyone getting into the game and wanting to start hiding their own treasure. 

Bison Geocache Container We found Autumn 2017
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I wonder if when the game was launched if the owners of the site geocaching.com imagined the game spiking such a large interest worldwide. This is the best game and hobby I have ever played and I am so thankful it's something I can do with my family, hubby and it brings so much fun for everyone. 

With all of that being said I can assure you that today if you are to hide a Geocache the chances of it not being found are slim to none. You can be sure that you will attract another Geocacher in no time wanting to be the first to sign the FTF log, FTF meaning First To Find. Make sure to scope out the location as the location of where you hide your Geocache is very important. Make sure it's an area easy enough for other Geocachers to get to and you should be good to go 😊 

Happy Caching, and don't forget to share your pictures and stories! 😊 

We were lucky to experience a walk in this beautiful trail that hides a series of Geocaches. The places Geocaching will take you are truly amazing.
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