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A few years ago I placed this temporary cache in an area I drive through regularly. The idea with this being something I could grab quickly if need be.
Temporary caches aren't designed for decades under ground like PVC caches with glued on caps. I've posted some results from long term caches like this on the forums at Survivalandpreparedness.com
Temporary caches are more designed for a few years and usually for more of a quick grab than a half hour or hour of digging.
Containers for temporary caches that I've used include ammo cans of various sizes (treated) and Pelican cases. The ammo cans you should treat via a spray undercoating or a spray on bedliner type material, both of which you can find at Walmart. This will help protect the metal longer. I've never seen a complete failure of one of these, but again they are more of a shorter term storage item (1-5 years)
Obviously temporary caches should be placed for quick retrieval and due to the short term nature of them, try to place them in drier areas.
This one was placed on one of my normal drive routes. Placement is important on stuff like this because since it isn't buried a foot underground, it has a higher possibility of some stumbling upon it.
One could in theory just place a container like this on top of the ground in a dense area, put some leaf cover on it and hope for the best. That's obviously not the best route. This particular one was placed in a hole just the size of the Pelican case. Then a very small amount of dirt was placed over it, then leaf cover.
Seeing a timber company working in that area recently, I decided it was time to pull it, or else Bubba might have gotten a new pistol for free. :)
Here's some pics of how everything fared. I would say the Pelican case was lacking a bit as items that went in without rust have a fair amount of rust on them now. Everything was oiled up well and wrapped in an oily towel. The idea was QUICK RETRIEVAL and perhaps being able to get it into usage IMMEDIATELY- hence why the pistol wasn't sealed in a little mylar bag or something similar. I may repack with a 1 gallon mylar inside the Pelican case.
Temporary caches aren't designed for decades under ground like PVC caches with glued on caps. I've posted some results from long term caches like this on the forums at Survivalandpreparedness.com
Temporary caches are more designed for a few years and usually for more of a quick grab than a half hour or hour of digging.
Containers for temporary caches that I've used include ammo cans of various sizes (treated) and Pelican cases. The ammo cans you should treat via a spray undercoating or a spray on bedliner type material, both of which you can find at Walmart. This will help protect the metal longer. I've never seen a complete failure of one of these, but again they are more of a shorter term storage item (1-5 years)
Obviously temporary caches should be placed for quick retrieval and due to the short term nature of them, try to place them in drier areas.
This one was placed on one of my normal drive routes. Placement is important on stuff like this because since it isn't buried a foot underground, it has a higher possibility of some stumbling upon it.
One could in theory just place a container like this on top of the ground in a dense area, put some leaf cover on it and hope for the best. That's obviously not the best route. This particular one was placed in a hole just the size of the Pelican case. Then a very small amount of dirt was placed over it, then leaf cover.
Seeing a timber company working in that area recently, I decided it was time to pull it, or else Bubba might have gotten a new pistol for free. :)
Here's some pics of how everything fared. I would say the Pelican case was lacking a bit as items that went in without rust have a fair amount of rust on them now. Everything was oiled up well and wrapped in an oily towel. The idea was QUICK RETRIEVAL and perhaps being able to get it into usage IMMEDIATELY- hence why the pistol wasn't sealed in a little mylar bag or something similar. I may repack with a 1 gallon mylar inside the Pelican case.
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