Watch this video for the ‘how to’ on grid coordinates:

If you learn how to use a topographical map, you’ll be all set for manually determining grid coordinates. Remember that, depending on the nature of the catastrophe, familiar landmarks may be destroyed, leaving you disorientated. If you use the highway as a landmark, make sure your cache site is well off the beaten track and nowhere close to areas with dense traffic. When SHTF, masses of survivors will be making their way along major roads and highways and are bound to either discover the hiding place, or spot you in the process of digging up your cache. If you decide to bury your cache along a planned evacuation route, be sure to avoid highways. Burying underground offers the ultimate protection from both human and most natural disturbances. They’re expensive and banks will shut down during an economic collapse, leaving you without access. Even safety deposit boxes are not immune. Safes are far from indestructible and can be compromised by an intruder. In the event of flooding the basement may be submerged making it inaccessible. Simply put, hiding your precious supplies under a mattress or in your socks will not protect them from tornadoes, fires, hurricanes or burglars.ĭon’t hide them in a basement because in the event of an earthquake or tornado the house may be reduced to rubble and then access is going to be very difficult, if not impossible.

Pay close attention to detail when recording the location and surroundings of your cache, because you’ll need to easily access it when SHTF.īurying is one of the cheapest and most secure ways of preserving your valuables. The goods contained in the cache need to remain well-preserved and secure.

durability – the cache site should withstand weather, animal and rodents.

subtlety – so it is not easy to find, for example not under the largest tree in the area, and.

The cache site should be chosen with two main factors in mind: The best caches are easily recovered by the owner, but virtually impossible for anyone else to find. Caching is the art of hiding your preps and equipment in secure storage spaces so that you can dig them up when you need them later.

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