Giant Mutant Ninja...

[KnottedYet]

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c'mon, it's great fun!

[madscot13]

Do they bury them? Or is it hidden above ground?

[Popoki_Nui]

Do they bury them? Or is it hidden above ground?

Not usually buried, per se. They can be hidden in/under bushes, in fallen logs, in knotholes in trees, under rocks, on beaches (around here, some are hidden just offshore on small motus [small islets] necessitating careful planning at low tide to get to), some are hidden under bridges or other steel structures attached with magnets. Some are very cleverly hidden in plain sight, others take several attempts to find.
Many cache containers are cleverly painted in camo colours to match their surroundings. Some are tiny: 35mm film cannisters containing only a log sheet to sign to prove you found it, others are as big as ice cream pails containing the logbook, and all sorts of goodies to trade. Some are "virtual caches" meaning there is no physical cache to find. You are led on a multi-stage hunt ending with, say, the date on a heritage building, the name on a plaque in a local park, or some other unique object you must correctly identify by sight. You email the cache owner with the info, and if you're correct, you get credit for the 'find' just as with a physical cache.
Some caches are quick and easy to find. Others require long hikes in the woods, up mountains, down city alleys. Yet others require solving a puzzle of some kind first to get the GPS coordinates, before you even leave home to find it.
We started only in January, and we're absolutely addicted.