Military Association of GeoCachers

joshuaSR · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Nellis AFB NV

Ok so I spent the morning caching with Sir Charles and had a great time until the temp was around 109 so we called it quits after a mile walk to a DNF. So we go to his house and I get my car, get some In n Out animal style, and drive home. Eat and get the notion I need to do more so I went to my local one to find it. The small cache is in a bush and says to bring gloves so I do that and I bring my machette jr from Gerber( no endorcement at all). So I'm at it for about 10 minutes in the hot sun and I circle the bush a few times and still no dice. I was using the JR to push back different parts of the bush but it didn't help. It was always in it's sheath so I wouldn't be wielding a weapon in public openly. So after getting hot and sweaty with no cache, I start walking back to my blazer. As I do, a police car pulls up and stops me. One officer was very cool and the other was a pisshead. So I follow all their orders, I drop the JR in the dirt, stand in the sun and answer their questions. The pisshead was saying I was concealing a weapon in a public park and I didn't know it was a public park but thought it was a normal community park. So we get into a heated discussion and I applied my brakes to the suttle yes sir no sir answers because he wouldn't listen to me. When you ask a question, give a few seconds to respond please. One question at a time too. So the cooler cop pulls me aside and starts talking to me which calms me down. They place the JR in the trunk and they run all my info with the local police and of course I have a clean record aka model average human with nothing on his record. The cool one says it could go 2 ways, I would either go to jail, or they can take the machette and destroy it. So I suggested that I take the JR and take it home and not to use it in the city to do caching and they agreed. They placed it in the rear of my blazer and let me go with a warning. The nerve of the angry cop to say he's going to end my career by taking me to the base and turning me into the first shirt. I didn't argue with him but what gives him the right to say he's going to take away my life by doing this small act? People get DUI's and they stay in....oh well.

Lesson learned, don't go caching in North Las Vegas with a Gerber machette JR in hand. Talk about a sour note to end the geocaching day.
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Joshua T

Asgoroth · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 74 Location: Warner Robins, GA

We just have to deal with Heat, Humidity and SPIDERS.
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joshuaSR · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Nellis AFB NV

Maybe I should have sold you my JR before I left. I blame it all on you Bryan. Boy do I feel better now that you've accepted the blame.
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Moofia Mob 7383 · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:58 pm Post subject:

NLV police are something to deal with while you are caching. They are questioning everything and they assume that you are up to no good. I am always a bit more cautious in NLV.

joshuaSR · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Nellis AFB NV

At least I can feel safe because they are out doing something verses the fatties sitting at Krispy Kremes doing nothing.
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Moofia Mob 7383 · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject:

They are more annoying that anything. Try caching in downtown NLV.

Falcon Loader · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: did you get a name and badge?

out of curiosity, did you get a name? My cousin Paul has cached with me in the past and works Vice out in LV. As to threatening your career... doubt he'd do it as your shirt would have probably laughed at the idiot. He was just trying to show he knew best.
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joshuaSR · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Nellis AFB NV

Nah no name required. I took it as a suck it up. Since I didn't know the law that I was violating then I was ignorant so I will be caching with my multi-tool shovel. It's longer but weighs more. Oh well, time for some arm strength.
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Moofia Mob 7383 · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:21 pm Post subject:

I went back to go get this cache and turned up nothing.

joshuaSR · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Nellis AFB NV

I wonder if it's even there anymore.
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bramasoleiowa · Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 87 Location: Portland

When did a knife become a concealed weapon?
Glad I got my 1 cache to take Nevada off my caching list.
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hzoi · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:00 pm Post subject:

Moofia Mob 7383 · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject:

NLV police are just paranoid. I try to be extra cautious when caching in NLV.