Join us for a campus-wide treasure hunt by taking part in the University Libraries’ Geocache Hunt Challenge

The DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library, Jon Bilbao Basque Library, Special Collections and University Archives department, Access Services, the Libraries' Outreach Committee, and the Graduate Student's Association have hidden caches of goodies around campus for aspiring treasure hunters to track down. Stickers, sweets, and other prizes are waiting for you. Grab a physical or digital booklet and follow the clues to track down these hidden prizes! What will you find?

Digital Booklets available online by following this link. 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

The Basics:

What is a Cache?
A cache is a container that is camouflaged and hidden out of sight. The container has items such as a logbook to record who found it and items to trade or collect.

What is a Cacheport?
A Cacheport is like a passport for the Treasure Hunt! You can pick this up at the service desk located inside the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library.

Don't know where DeLaMare is? Find DeLaMare using the Campus Map.

How to Play

1. Pick a cache from the Cacheport read its description, and head to its location.

a. Read the description, coordinates, and hints to get a sense of where the hidden cache is located.

b. If you want, use a GPS or Map app on your phone (WAZE, Apple Maps, Google Maps, or MapQuest) to help you. Enter the coordinates of the geocache and let it direct you to the cache spot.

2. The cache will be hidden, so keep an eye out and look all around the area!

3. Caches can come in all shapes and sizes and maybe even camouflaged, magnetic, or hidden inside or under another item like a birdhouse or stone on the ground.

4. Once you find the cache, sign the logbook with your name and date. Then take one of the sweet swag inside. Collect all six!

5. Seal up the container nice and tight, and place it back where you found it for the next person.

What to Bring

Your cacheport booklet and your phone or GPS. Be sure it’s charged!

A pen or pencil to sign logbooks!

Sunscreen and water (for daytime hunts) or a flashlight/headlamp (for nighttime)

Please take proper precautions and be safe if searching in the dark.

Etiquette for Cache Finders

To avoid tipping off others to the location, carefully remove the cache and then move away to examine its contents.

Write down everyone participating name in the logbook. Don’t write too big.

Take one piece of swag per person.

Carefully seal the cache with all the original contents you found inside and hide it exactly as you found it. Don't try to make it easier or harder for the next person to find.

If something is wrong with a cache (no swag, log is missing/full, etc.), please contact the DeLaMare Library staff at (775) 784-6945 or dlmlib@unr.edu.