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     This is a heavy-duty concrete septic tank, buried under at least 2 meters of cinders within a couple hundred meters of the Aiken bunker.  The tank weighs (empty) 8 tons; the lid alone weighs 1.8 tons, and each 20" diameter cleanout hatch weighs 15 kg. Internal volume is 7.5 cubic meters.

     It was filled and buried in May of 1984, with contributions by Porter, Max, JR, and Rafi.

Porter

     Colton's cache contents will reflect his belief that "only suckers buy things they could make for themselves" and his interest in trapping, hunting, and leather working. Items he adds include

• a full set of Blanchard leather working tools ("if you buy something, there is no shame if you get the best there is")

• a full-sized anvil

• Colton's set of butcher's tools. Though the links are to modern versions of the products, Colton's tend towards 'vintage' status

• a couple each of meat hooks and bacon hangers,  various hand saws, block and hog scrapers

• a R.H. Forschner (Victorinox) field dressing kit (skinning, breaking, boning, filleting, paring, cimiter knives & honing steel)

• F. Dick meat cleavers: 1 double edged 6" cleaver and one 10" cleaver

•  scabbards for the tools

• a sausage stuffer 

• a large, cast-iron meat grinder 

• a set of bellows that look home-made

• a foot-treadle & grindstone

• a full set of smithy tools, details to follow

• crucibles and other things needed for isolating gold from ore

• a saxophone case, large enough for a tenor sax

• a set of handmade stretching boards for furs

• a case of Lagavulin 16

• a cask of bourbon, if we can get the Project to bring it (I'll defer to Kevin for selecting a specific brand or to say if it is even possible to get a cask to allow for more aging)

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 52nd Edition (1971) 9x6x1". Noticeably used book with heavy wear to the cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting.
  

• Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 12th Edition (1983)

• a bench-top Tuttnauer manual autoclave

• stainless steel dental picks and tools

• theodolite, transit, staff for surveying

• slide rule

• cosmoline.  A lot of cosmoline.

• vaseline.  A lot of vaseline. 

• 100 lbs of green coffee beans 

• pair of field binoculars (7x) 

• large bowie knife with stacked leather handle  

• a matching set of eight Benrus Type 1 wrist watches, one for each team member  ("Sometimes being the leader is expensive.") 

     There will be clothing (tbd), but minimal personal hygiene  ("Cultivating a manly musk puts your opponents on notice").

• barber's scissors, a straight razor, a couple sturdy combs, a loofah, a case of Lava soap, two washcloths, and a hand-towel and a jock strap

     "The personal items come from a personal cache.  That's all I can say."  

Max

Rafi

JR

     Packed in 'strong' 1980s cardboard storage/moving boxes, wrapped in heavy plastic and sealed with duct tape, unless noted otherwise:

• electronics

• a table-top 110v all-in-one high-fidelity am/fm stereo phonograph

• 24 misc 1960s and 1970s rock LPs

• 1x 1985 Compaq 'portable' PC, 2 spare batteries, and diskettes; in pelican case

• hunting equipment (in a heavy plastic footlocker type container):

• 1 Barnett crossbows

• 2 AMT rifle/crossbow scopes in pelican cases

• 1 'good bow hunting' bows

• 100 metal arrows with hunting points

• 100 crossbow bolts

• nylon carry bags, maintenance & spare parts for above

• clothing, in heavy plastic footlocker type containers (unless noted, clothing is in team member and/or a range of sizes):

• 8 sets of basic civilian work clothing - underwear, dungarees, cotton long sleeved work shirts, basic non-combat leather work boots 

• 8 sets 1980s surplus desert camo (very early appearance by the six-color "chocolate chip" pattern, which would only be available as surplus after 1981)

• 8 pair denim pants

• 32 pair underwear and athletic socks

• 8 pr Nike running shoes

• 8 assorted heavy baseball caps (Walmart generic)

• 8 high visibility construction workers' vests

• 8 mosquito head nets 

• 2 pr leather cowboy boots – RJ sized 

• entry and tools (wrapped in heavy plastic sheeting and sealed with duct tape): 
• 2 Halligan bars 

• 2 All-Axxs  (5 kg steel handled axe, with 3 kg pick on one end and a halligan fork on the other)

 

 

• 2 4-lb hand sledges

• hydraulic 'Jaws of Life' (Hurst Omni II maybe?); total 130 kg, volume of entire set 0.24 cubic meters

• hose reel, manual rewind, with 53 meters of two-line pressure hose; weight 21 kg, volume (stored) 60 liters
  

• spreader tool; weight 16.3 kg, volume (stored) 52 liters
  

• two rams, each can lift 14 tons; each weighs 21 kg, volume (retracted and stored) 15 liters
  

• set of alternate tool heads; weight 6 kg, volume (stored) 6 liters
  

• 5000 psi electric compressor, with 5 liter reservoir; weight 38 kg, volume 86 liters

• gallon jug of Hurst tool hydraulic fluid (non-flammable, non-toxic, etc.),  4 kg, 5 liters
  

• manual, accessories, tools:  2.7 kg, 2 liters

• 12'-18' extensible metal ladder (gonna be fun getting that in and out)
• other items
• 2 aluminum folding camp tables (also fun getting this out)
• standing field drafting table (ditto)
• M59 military surplus field range kitchen oven-stove (or commerical/knockoff equivalent)
  

• US military surplus cooking & food prep gear equivalent to: http://go-armynavy.com/military-surplus/field-gear/kitchens/danish-military-camp-kitchen-troop-size.html 

• 8 folding webbed canvas or nylon & aluminum picnic chairs 

• 500’ spindle coil 100lb light twine

• 24 rolls duct tape – Walmart generic 

• hygiene and laundry items:  some of these have gotten a little "off" after 150 years, even in neutral atmosphere
• standing camp shower & plastic curtain

• 2 cases White King laundry soap flakes

• 2 cases Irish Spring bath soap bars (oils and perfumes have left the bars)

• 2 cases Walmart generic shampoo (needs a few minutes in the paint-mixing machine)

• 2 cases 12 boxes pepto bismol tablets ("These taste a bit like Irish Spring")

• 2 cases Walmart men's deodorant stick (again, oils have left the deodorant, leaving it 'crumbly')

• case Walmart toothpaste (masage the tubes before using)

• case (24) 8oz bottles Sea & Ski sun tan lotion

• food items:

• 4 Walmart-esque 'home brew kits'
• 8 cases of assorted Mountain House dehydrated food (1,152 meals); average of 100 grams each, 0.4 liters each; a case weighs 14.4 kg, volume 58 liters, and contains 144 meals. Total is 1.12 cubic meters.

• 10 cases various Campbell's Soup cans; each case is 48 cans at 0.35 kg per can -- 17 kg and 24 liters hyper case. Total 170 kg, 0.25 cubic meter.

• case of Oreo cookies -- four 10.5 kg boxes, each of 670 wafer cookies. The case is shrink wrapped in heavy duty marine (sea) shipping plastic wrap. Total 42 kg.

 

one of the four boxes in the case -- one of the wafer cookies is in the process of escaping