Motion Detector Gadget Cache

[@joshbenedon1164]

Thank you for always being so transparent with your creativity and selflessly allowing people to copy your ideas to help make the game better! We appreciate ya Tim :)

[@shanaynay5550]

So excited to see a new video from you!! I knew I turned those notifications on for a reason!

[@gadgetcaches]

Thank YOU!

[@GeoRick]

Wonderful cache. Thanks for showing it to us in such detail.

[@ComepiedrasGeocaching]

Awesome! Such a neat idea 😍 Thanks for sharing!!

[@cachetheline]

Nice way of creating a cache based on an existing product!

[@gadgetcaches]

Many of mine do that, I've used an Etch a Sketch, xylophone, legos, marbles, easy button and I could go on and on.

[@williamgrae5519]

Wish I’d found your video before I started working on my gadget-cache birdhouse . . . I’m like your ideas and designs a lot more than the gimmicks I tried. I guess I’ll just have to (finally) paint, finish, and hide this one . . . And start the next one! Different meaning than usual, but . . . THANKS FOR THE CACHES! - GeoCrunchyBill

[@ronbeatty516]

I like using PVC board outside instead of pine. PVC is more expensive, yes, but it will never rot, never leak. Pieces with also fuse together well with a PVC rated expoxy. The material is also paintable. It makes cache maintenance low to not needed at all. Thanks for sharing, Tim. :)

[@knarf4812]

Oh yes, we remember that geocache very well. We have found it October 2016. And that Inn was also a good place to stay. We would like to come back one day. Best wishes and thx from Germany.🤙

[@AndrewCBell]

Thanks for the new video!!! So excited. You are the inspiration for my birdhouse gadgetcaches. I have built 5 of the seven gadgetcaches in my area. I am halfway through building 5 more for a gadgetcache power trail. Thanks again.

[@gadgetcaches]

Good for you, glad I can give you some ideas. Good luck on your build.

[@heatherchou7134]

Love a video that combines the Maker movement with geocaching.

[@GC.Rogier]

Yesssss 🎉🎉 he’s back!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@gadgetcaches]

MY FRIEND from across the ocean. Good seeing hearing from you. Get that county of yours in Covid control so we can come in April!!!

[@GC.Rogier]

@@gadgetcaches 🙏🏻🙏🏻 let’s hope so!

[@venturinaround]

Thanks for the new video and awesome ideas. Glad to see you back. I hope to run across one of your caches soon.

[@harryanderton857]

Thanks for the new video!

[@CacheCanada]

Great idea for a cache and the construction looks pretty simple. Love the paint job. Hoping we can get down your way again to find this and more of your great hides.

[@gadgetcaches]

Love to have you visit. We've had lots of visitors from Canada.

[@teresarogers9522]

So glad you posted this one up. We always draw inspiration from your gadget caches. My husband, Jonathan, did a series where he put the gadget inside ammo cans so we didn’t have to make the bird houses. Have you ever thought of doing it that way?

[@gadgetcaches]

I've done a few but they have to be hidden of course and the few I have done have been stolen. I still prefer hiding in public places where business take "ownership" of the cache. They keep and eye on it for me.

[@knkincabotkent9486]

WHAT!!!! No signature WVTim sign off, 'raising the geocaching bar one cache at a time!' :) I really like the idea and concept. Down here in the south, I am like Derek, wasp! Might put a removal flap or something like that over the opening. I will come up with something, but thank you for sure for getting me thinking about building one! Nice video and thanks for sharing the idea... Nice build.

[@gadgetcaches]

Great idea, wish I would have thought of that. If I end up with a wasp problem, I can always add one.

[@BrentSmithsimrebel]

another great cache tim :)

[@geocatsrule]

Oh come one, your geocats actually built this gadget cache. Admit it! Lol.

[@gadgetcaches]

I think "Hunter" makes all my videos. She is not a house cat but a BARN cat and that Barn shop is HER house. She getting pretty old, hope she makes it to a couple more videos.

[@Knasterman]

welcome back Tim.... Welcome back...

[@rjtuhuh1]

So how does the two lights get the lock open ? Thanks.

[@knightjocke]

It's a 4 digit combination lock. When the light is on it will give you the combination as seen in the video

[@rjtuhuh1]

OK ! Thanks Tim I love your videos' !!

[@gadgetcaches]

yes, but that is a secret!

[@rjtuhuh1]

@@gadgetcaches Absolutely !! No worries.....

[@jimd6162]

I watched the video a couple times, very cool cache,luv the idea,,,,Only question I have is, have you had any trouble with wasps and hornets building their nests in the slot you stick your hand up in to activate the motion detector?

[@gadgetcaches]

I could see that could happen but no, no nest have ever been built there. I guess all the activity keeps them away.

[@BehindtheCache]

WVTim have you had any problems with wasps flying up inside and making a nest? On some of mine that I did is South Carolina that was a problem with many caches. Just curious.

[@gadgetcaches]

That's a perfect spot for wasp on this cache, but in 7 years never a problem. Might be I get soooo many people finding my caches that the activity prevents them from getting started. Not sure why, but no problems on this one.

[@sterlingmoose9335]

@@gadgetcaches Here in Ontario we put dryer sheets in areas where wasps may try to make nests, apparently they can detect the smell and don't like it.

[@arlingtontrains7]

What if dangerous insects make a nest in the big hand cavity?

[@nealgreen8188]

This is a great idea for a cache. Do you have a link for the lights and PIR? I'm trying to find one on EBay and Amazon UK but they all seem to be one piece rather than ones you can separate.

[@nealgreen8188]

Found one. For anyone in the UK this looks similar to the one used www.screwfix.com/p/saxby-laryn-led-floodlight-pir-black-1-x-2w-daylight/5278j

[@gadgetcaches]

Video at 4:25 points out that I separated, I just cut off one light entirely and the other I cut the plastic and then the wires and I explain that I added a piece of wire in.

[@brucewayne2091]

Which of your designs would you say hold up the best in harsh winters?

[@gadgetcaches]

Birdhouse like this one should last for years and years. One way to extend the life of any birdhouse is to put a tin roof on it.

[@stevenevans1332]

Hi there wvtim I’m curious to as how you are putting the 4x4 posts into the ground

[@gadgetcaches]

I just use a post hole digger, I try to bury them 18-24 inches. Use a tamping bar to tamp them in well, makes them rock solid.

[@loratracy4894]

What type of fiberglass paint do you use?

[@gadgetcaches]

Check out the video at about 7 minutes, its not a paint but and epoxy... I use West System for outdoor applications.

[@donnamcnamara2092]

I’ve watched this twice and never saw how you solve it.

[@vvet7625]

The two lit holes have numbers. They are the 4 digits for the combination lock