GCW34K Traditional Cache Panning for Gold
Type: Traditional | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: headdoc @ | Hide Date: 04/14/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 43.270 W106° 10.942 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 15
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Bicycles  Needs maintenance 
Unfortunately this cache was stolen, apparently unwittingly by a teen, who attempted to take it on his plane back to Chicago. It was confiscted and subsequently detonated by the FBI--honest, true story. It will be replaced with a new cache on Thursday 6-18-09---sorry. Look for it after that date. This is right off of the Colorado Trail. It is not the type of container you would normally expect to find. It may take some looking around.
This cache is a take only cache. There is no room to leave anything behind. There is a jar inside that has "gold nuggets." Please help yourself to one nugget, or one nugget per child. Be sure to close the lid on the cache snuggly, but not too tight, as it may be hard to open for the next finder. Please place the cache back in the exact same spot and place the lid that opens on top. There are two lids, yet only one will open, when replacing the cache, please make sure the lid that opens is on top and then place it back in it's resting place.
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When panning for gold, you are near a river. In this case, a bridge is not too far. You do not have to cross the bridge to find the cache. A metal detector might prove helpful.

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11 Logs: Found it 10  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 08/25/2018 By dorkymurphy
Thanks 4 this one really put a smile on the kids face

Found it 06/21/2018 By djbtex
Taking a drive north from Salida for an afternoon of caching. This one took a little while to spot but I finally got my gold! Cool container and location. Giving this one a favorite.

Found it 06/11/2018 By mfbrunk
Easy find, clever.

Found it 06/11/2018 By mkbrunk
Creek is low right now. Pretty area.

Didn't find it 03/25/2018 By StoneSense
What a pretty place. The clue and coords. were easy to find, but no cache. I wonder if it might have been washed away in the springs run-off?

Found it 10/08/2017 By EntropyNH
Beautiful place for an interesting cache. Love the sparkles! The horses watched me search for this one. Perhaps you can pick them out in the picture. Favorite point.
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Found it 09/09/2017 By Travelling Jewells
Exploring area with friend from Ill. JeroSkis found it!
Took the gold, TFTC

Found it 08/29/2017 By jake92
No Gold today. Pretty area

Found it 08/29/2017 By sjclimber
What a wonderful spot to stop. Someone has a great piece of property. TFTC..

Found it 06/11/2017 By Dean & Chris
The cache was close to being covered by water. The creek was running very high. We enjoyed the container and content. Tftc.

Found it 05/27/2017 By Tres Exploradores
One of our new favorites