Deluxe Reverse Geocache is reusable, really awesome
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted July 9th 2010 4:04PM
posted July 9th 2010 4:04PM
You're familiar with geocaching, right? One person hides a "cache" somewhere in the world and hands out the coordinates; the first person to locate it via GPS wins. How about the "reverse geocache"? This one is a little more difficult to get together: you have to design a box of some sort that contains the necessary hardware to enable it to be opened only at a certain GPS coordinate. You hand the dude your box, and they traipse around the woods until they get to the right spot and the box opens. Well, the operator of the imakeprojects.com website has developed a little something called the "Deluxe Reverse Geocache," a locked, electronically enhanced Pelican case that unlike other reverse geocaches, is designed to be reprogrammed and reused after completing its journey. But that's not all! It also gives the user hints regarding the desired location, along with a limited number of attempts to solve the puzzle -- after which the player is downgraded to one attempt per hour. Want to play? Hit the source link for all the details. Happy hunting!
well, whenever I geocache it's not really about winning, but more about sharing the journey. This toy looks pretty interesting, though I only have one other geocaching friend so we might get a bit low on ideas for walks...
@forx ya i've never heard of "the first one to find it wins" that's not how geocaching works
@b3nj4m1n well theres first to find, but thats really not where the fun ends.
@forx What's the camera on this for?
@mistacarter12 well i've heard the "first to find" but i've never heard of it described as "winning"
Note to self: Load one of these boxes with a nice bottle of wine and the coordinates of my house, and send this box to Megan Fox.
@nicklar
or to piss somebody off REAL badly - fill it with a bag of turd and a $10 circuit city store voucher :P
@nicklar
This thing looks like a bomb, lol...
@Wiggy Fuzz
I'd rather not relive that X-mas morning again.
@nicklar
Unfortunately for everybody, she's married now...
@nicklar
I give that two thumbs up.
@buffalosolja42
I think you mean two toes up.
@nicklar : She could give me her box, and we could traipse around the woods until we get to the right spot.
...and the box opens. :)
Wicked.
Ps- if u haven't tried geocaching yet, do! It's pretty fun and amazing how many caches there are around your home - right under your nose!
Yes, this doesn't look like a bomb at all. This can only end well.
I'm a little confused. Assuming the GPS has perfect accuracy and precision (I know, not reality, but go with me here), wouldn't it always only take a person 4 tries to find the correct location (3 to set triangulation points and 1 at the right spot)? Still sounds like fun, though...
Hopefully, there's a girl inside. I'm thinking that's what's missing from those into reverse geocaching.
@Luke
Looks a bit too small for either River or Melfina.
What's the camera lens for? To catch the grinning face of the seeker when they finally get there?
Actually I've always wanted to do mobile geocaching. Where a cache goes onto something that moves around and a continuous GPS location is streamed to the net. You need to keep up with the cache to find it. So say a bus, train, boat, taxi, roller coaster. Of course hiding such things on a public transit.....Welcome to charges of being a terrorist.
Yah know...this would have been a great Simon says activity in Die Hard 3.
I've tried geocaching but not reverse geocaching. Sounds interesting. The only thing that bothers me is how much this looks like a bomb.
a bunch of things like this have been posted on hackaday if anyone is interested in finding out more of these
This (same project) was created about a year (or more) ago by someone who gave it to his friend as a wedding present. It's practically a bit for bit copy.
@sygyzy
Well the first line in the Source Link does state that, even gives a Link to the original project.
The box is more valueable than the contents... So instead of finding the cache, you have to carry it with you...
None of this makes sense...
This doesn't fun at all. It's like sucking all the fun out of Geocaching.
@Prevacator
Yeah, what happened to the good old days when you had a chart and a compass?
This thing does need a bomb in it and a hand cuff chained to it. This would make geocacheing entertaining. "Attached to your wrist a case, in the case a bomb... set to detonate in 15 minutes. Get to these coordinates. Now go go go!"
@dim6 Lmao
@dim6
...and it must be transported at no less than 55mph or else the bomb goes off...
@dim6
Perfect for Die Hard 5.
That's not how GPS works. It triangulates you exact position based on the satellites, you don't have to move
Perfect for Soviet Russia
But can you find the National Treasure with it?
geocaching is so much fun! i love it!
geocaching is lame, stop polluting beautiful places with your trinkets and knick-knacks. if you want to geocache anything, tag a cool tree or rock but don't leave your crap there. any and all geocaches i find in any sort of wilderness setting will be promptly removed and recycled if i come across it (I do not geocache nor do I endorse it).
@illegalsmile I found a geocache once while walking around the Apache trail in Arizona on vacation. At the time I didn't know what it was so I took the crap and threw it away. A friend later told me what it probably was and I found the geocache listing online. I'm content with what I did.
@wodin
+
that deserves an 'atta boy.
@illegalsmile
eco-dork. The minor number of doo-dads isn't going to do diddly compared to the amount of trash (beer bottles, cans, etc) that is thrown all over by people all the time. It's fun and the idea is to find it and get it anyway, not leave it there.
Just don't try boarding a plane with this though, checked baggage or not.
@johnwait
[TSA]Sir, please open the box.
[You]I can't!
[TSA]We need you to open the box.
[You]It won't open unless you go to 34.076597,-118.429707!
[TSA]Sir, please step over here.....
Nice unconventional thinking. Mr. De Bono will be proud!
"You're familiar with geocaching, right? One person hides a "cache" somewhere in the world and hands out the coordinates; the first person to locate it via GPS wins"
Apparently you don't understand geocaching.