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    Dust-Offs

    What are "dust-offs", you ask? They are simply active caches that haven't been found in a long time. Most times this is due to a high terrain rating or to a particularly remote location. Suprisingly, Arkansas doesn't have any really old dust-offs (none are older than one year, at least until January).

    Here is a list of the top ten dust-off caches for Arkansas as of today, according to my research:

    1) The Blue Hole Last found: 1/10/2004
    2) Falling Water Falls Last Found: 1/14/2004
    3) Brock Creek Trails Last found 1/31/2004
    4) Night Eyes Last Found: 1/31/2004
    5) Lost in the Dark Last Found 2/4/2004
    6) Over the Edge Last Found 2/15/2004
    7) The Battle of Marks Mill Last Found 2/26/2004
    8 ) Artististic Matters Last Found: 3/26/2004
    9) Swinging on the Mulberry Last Found: 3/28/2004
    10) Just Add Water Last Found: 3/28/2004

    Anyone up for the challenge of dusting off some of these?
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    TeamMGGPS Guest
    Well it looks like my caches have made the top 3 list.
    Coming in at first place my cache "The Blue Hole" is in a pretty remote location. It's about a 1.9 mile trek in, one way, and I used an ATV although some have hiked in and others have attempted to drive 4WD vehicles in(ask SANCHO about that). The Blue Hole is listed by the Ozark National Forest as a special interest area and most of the finds have been in the fall and winter due to the foilage and summer critter factor(snakes). Coming in at number three is my "Brock Creek Trails" cache. It's about a half a mile hike in and again best done in the fall and winter. Maybe after deer season someone will Dust Off these two caches and check them out. I recommend the Brock Creek Trails cache for hikers simply because its a much shorter walk in.
    Good Hunting,
    Team MGGPS

  3. #3
    nonnipoppy Guest

    Re: Dust-Offs

    Quote Originally Posted by Gaddiel
    What are "dust-offs", you ask? They are simply active caches that haven't been found in a long time. Most times this is due to a high terrain rating or to a particularly remote location...... Here is a list of the top ten dust-off caches for Arkansas as of today, according to my research:

    1) The Blue Hole Last found: 1/10/2004
    2) Falling Water Falls Last Found: 1/14/2004
    3) Brock Creek Trails Last found 1/31/2004
    4) Night Eyes Last Found: 1/31/2004
    5) Lost in the Dark Last Found 2/4/2004
    6) Over the Edge Last Found 2/15/2004
    7) The Battle of Marks Mill Last Found 2/26/2004
    8 ) Artististic Matters Last Found: 3/26/2004
    9) Swinging on the Mulberry Last Found: 3/28/2004
    10) Just Add Water Last Found: 3/28/2004
    ........
    As I read this post I wondered how many of these caches we had found. I checked and we have found 4 of these 9. We still need to find

    Nignt Eyes
    Lost in The Dark
    Over The Edge
    The Battle of Mark's Mill

    Has anyone found them all?

    How many have you found?

    ....poppy

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    RuffRidr Guest
    1) The Blue Hole Last found: 1/10/2004
    2) Falling Water Falls Last Found: 1/14/2004
    3) Brock Creek Trails Last found 1/31/2004
    4) Night Eyes Last Found: 1/31/2004
    5) Lost in the Dark Last Found 2/4/2004
    6) Over the Edge Last Found 2/15/2004
    7) The Battle of Marks Mill Last Found 2/26/2004
    8 ) Artististic Matters Last Found: 3/26/2004
    9) Swinging on the Mulberry Last Found: 3/28/2004
    10) Just Add Water Last Found: 3/28/2004
    All but "Lost in the Dark" has been found since this message was originally created. Most within the last two months. Does anyone know what the current Top 10 "dust-offs" are?

    --RuffRidr

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    southdeltan Guest
    Looks like it's time to run 2 PQ's to get the ARkansas caches then sort by "last found" date.



    I need to update the MS dust-offs. We even have several that have been active for months and never found.

    southdeltan

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    RuffRidr Guest
    OK, I just ran some mega-pocketquery(s). This is what I think I'm getting as the Top 10 dust-offs:

    1. Lost in the Dark Last Found: 2/4/2004
    2. R-1 West-T21North-Reference Last Found: 3/6/2004
    3. Tri-Falls on Richland Creek Trail Last Found: 4/3/2004
    4. Pack Rat Falls Last Found: 4/4/2004
    5. Pam's Grotto Falls Last Found: 4/10/2004
    6. Blow Out Bluff Last Found: 4/16/2004
    7. OHT # 2 - Railroad Bed Last Found: 4/2/0/2004
    8. Infamous Travel Bug Prison (I.T.B.P.) Last Found: 4/24/2004
    9. Forever Falls Cache Last Found: 5/2/2004
    10. Moccasin Gap Last Found: 5/2/2004

    Disclaimer: I didn't include caches that are currently disabled.

    Looking at this list, it appears that most of the dust-offs are in scenic locations located out in the forest. There are quite a few of them that are waterfall caches. You know, this is getting to be the best time of year for these type of caches. I think we should make an effort to visit some of these caches that haven't been visited in almost a year, while the weather is nice and the water is flowing. Who's with me?

    --RuffRidr

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    I'm game just say when and where.
    If your not living life on the edge your taking up too much space!!!!!!


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    We were the last finders of Pack Rat Falls. Looks like the cache may be MIA, but I'd highly recommend it, even if the cache is not there.
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    demonicangel Guest
    Out of those:
    Lost in the Dark
    Tri-Falls on Richland Creek Trail
    Pack Rat Falls
    Pam's Grotto Falls
    OHT # 2 - Railroad Bed
    Infamous Travel Bug Prison (I.T.B.P.)
    Forever Falls Cache
    Are all on my list of must-do caches. So if anyone is interested in going together just let me know!
    Moccasin Gap is no longer active. This is what the cache page says:
    OUTOE
    I picked up the cache this morning. Not much activity lately. The local trend of micro caches that the family sedan can drive to and 'Easter Egg hunt' has killed the sport in my opinion. Hiking and scenery has been replaced with adults searching for a film canister in a parking lot. How sad.
    Hiking in the forest is no longer an option.
    Saw two deer on the way to the cache.

  10. #10
    demonicangel Guest

    cont...

    Man, I can't even spell tonight...
    I was also going to say that it's really bad cause Moccasin Gap was another of my must-do caches. Those are the ones I have been planning on hitting this spring. I didn't want to do them in the winter... just too cold. And at the same time I didn't want to do them in the heat of the summer either.
    Maybe solohiker will reactivate it if there is enough interest.

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