Unexpected Find

The weather in CT was supposed to be amazing today so I made plans to go on a short hike.  Thankfully the weather man was right and I had the perfect morning to go out!! I went down to Bailey's Ravine first before heading up to the Ayer's lookout

It was up at Ayer's lookout that I stumbled upon something unexpected . . .

I was taking pictures when I happened to notice this orange sticker sort of hidden under one of the rocks. I thought that was a little odd so I got a little closer to investigate to discover that the sticker was on a green metal box with a label that said 'small arms' on it.  I had seen old ammo boxes like it before but thought it very odd that it was out in the woods . . .

Curiosity got the best of me so I had to open it up and see what was inside . . .

I was very suprised to open it up and have Patrick from Spongebob looking back at me!!

At first glance I thought it was some kids toy box of some sort, but again a rather strange place to find it.  After rummaging around I found a computer print out with coordinates on it for some kind of searching game thing, I had done something similar one time with my family but that time we were looking for these things on purpose, we didn't stumble upon it on accident!  I found a log book inside along with a bunch of toys and cards and random things.  The entries in the log book went back to 2005 and mentioned some of the different items that people added or traded in and out

I dated and signed the little log book and made sure to put everything back the way I found it for the next person

It made for an interesting unexpected adventure this morning :)

Cheers :)