Zepp914

This is a very good question and I am interested in seeing other responses. I will say that Virtuals DO get archived if a reviewer finds out that the owner is no longer maintaining it. Example: http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC471D_tiger-paws People are still logging it though! Also, I wanted to add the same can be said for Earthcaches. On at least 1 occasion I asked an Earthcache CO if my answer was correct and never got a reply. Maybe he is still active and maybe he ain't.

My 5 year old lifts lamp skirts wherever we go. He has found 2 mystery caches that way. Luckily the harder one had the GC# on top of the log. The other did not and it took a little while to figure out which puzzle it was. Like 4wheelin fool said, if you can read the signatures, you may be able to figure out which puzzle it is. The munzee thing is a different issue. A few weeks ago, I was looking for a cache where the coords put me in between 3 fir trees. Hanging from 1 tree was a giant laminated munzee. The cache was on the next branch down. I'm not sure I should be thankful or a little peeved.

Tried it. Hated it. As someone who usually leaves a lot more than a sentence or two, got annoying quick. I've never considered STF or failure to grab a trackable a wasted trip. - The location is what I search for. Hopefully the hobby hasn't degraded that far... I'm sure most realize that life goes on even with a 3rd-to-find and no trackable in sight. I agree. If the new cache notification comes out, its snowy or late, and its only a few miles away I may go for it. I'd rather wait until light or better weather to find a cache otherwise. Thanks. I knew I wasn't the only one.

Ok yeah my memory sucks. If I didn't log from the field, I might forget if the wet mushy log was in the bison tube hanging from the tree or the bison tube magnetically attached to a guard rail. I can find two caches at 4PM and get them confused by 9PM. Boring geocaches blend together and just aren't memorable. Great caches I will remember for sure. Yes I can filter out micro and small caches and I do so on distant trips. When I am near home, I am not ashamed to search for quick C&Ds to get my fix. What I don't get is why people hate logging from the field. Logging a FTF immediately or a TB retrieval may save someone a wasted trip.

My Samsung S4 can convert my speech into words and as long as I have a cell signal, I can post it within minutes. The downside is having to change "cash" to "cache" every time. My wife has an Iphone and it doesn't get our Balimore accents at all. Sometimes I will write a few things in a log and then later go home and edit it. The downside there is the CO may read the first draft and not notice the update.

I see your point. If I found a dozen caches and then logged them later it would be hard enough to remember which was which let alone compose a decent log. I love being able to key my log as I walk back to the car or while heading to the next cache on the trail.

I don't care what happens to the swag. It is disappointing that there are takers and people who don't come close to trading even, but what can you do? Some cachers don't play right and sometimes a muggle gets lucky. I only get upset when the whole container gets taken. I leave a decent sized paragraph when I log the cache online. Why write the same thing twice? Also, unless I am very deep in the woods, I am always worried that someone is going to come by, so I drop of TBs, trade swag, SL, and get the cache hidden ASAP.

Some people are stingy with favorites. I probably give too many out. A metal ammo can filled with swag gets one from me. There isn't anything clever about it, but it is what I like. My significant other gives out favorites for clever hides or cute containers. A lot of people give favorites to virtual caches. Some virtual caches are in places that most people don't know about and are truly deserving of a favorite. Others are in unbelievably obvious spots (Example: Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas) and I can't figure out why they get tons of points. I do have a question about archived caches. Is it poor form to recycle favorite points you gave to archived caches? I can see 2 sides of that argument.

Before or after the event, if anyone has an extra one to sell, I am interested. My wife is a math teacher and loves anything PI day related.

I didn't think you were supposed to move them. I thought they were like a poor man's pathtag. You crossed paths with the owner, meaning you found the same cache as him/her. I think it would be weird for them to find a new cache with their wooden nickel already present. In any event, I am glad some folks like these things. Hopefully you aren't trading them for anything other than other wooden nickels.

This! I have 2 metal and 2 plastic ammo cans. I also have 3 other good cache containers. Most of the good real estate in my area is taken.

The thrill of the find is important, but the reveal is also important. Even if I don't trade for anything in a cache, I'd much prefer a full cache as opposed to an empty one. One time I found a cache full of super balls. I didn't want any superballs, but when I opened it the various colors created a small sensory overload. One day you will find something in a cache that you actually want. It could be a cool keychain that you will want to make a TB out of or it might be something associated with your favorite sports team. Regardless, you won't want to make a trip back to your car to get swag, so always take some with you just in case.

I'd call it "Yankee Skirt Lifter". Australians may think the cache is risque, but Americans will know that it is anything but.

Yeah! This is one of the 50-million-year-old fossils I collected on a beach on the Oregon coast, with the intention of using them as trade items in caches. But it's both a rock and a shell! What was I thinking!! I would soooo toss that out if it was in my cache. You could scrawl your name on it so that it is even more collectible.

1. Cigarettes - these should not be in a cache, period. 2. Fireworks - ditto 3. Food 4. Seashells - sit in the cache forever 5. Most personalized swag. Why would anyone want to take a wooden non-trackable coin with some other cacher's name on it? 6. Little stampers - make a huge mess when they get wet As long it isn't a pirated copy, it shouldn't be a problem. I have found pocket sized bibles and religious charms in various caches. I don't see why a cross, a star of david, and a buddha figurine can't coexist in a regular cache. Then again I wouldn't exactly throw a Christian CD in a cache shaped like a giant dreidel...

You have quite a few options. 1. You can buy a GXproxy coin. 2. You can get a blank wooden coin and write the tracking number on it. 3. You can get a photo of the coin, write the tracking number on the photo, and laminate it. Whichever you do, make sure you change the coin name to include the word "proxy". That way the people who want to see the real thing aren't disappointed. If your lost coin ever finds its way back into circulation, you can contact who has the fake coin and ask them to throw it away or maybe you can get whoever has the real McCoy to send it to you.

I want to: 1. Find most of the virtual caches in Washington DC. 2. Find most of the gadget caches in WV. 3. Cache in 5 new States and 1 new country 4. Continue my streak until I make it to 366 days. 5. Attend GeoWoodstock

The app I use for Android does projections for me using magnetic North. I have to manually convert magnetic to True because the app doesn't seem to have that function. Unfortunately all of the projection puzzles in my area are set to True North. Of course if the distance is 300ft or less, the difference isn't worth worrying about.

The one word cache logs aren't as bad as the copy and paste logs. If you are going to leave dreck in your found it log, at least be brief. I agree that it is really hard to come up with something to say about a magnetic nano attached to some metal next to a dumpster. I usually say I was in the area doing such and such, saw this was nearby, and thanks for the C&D. This is where reading the logs ahead of time helps. The swag in most caches is lacking or non-existent, so when good swag is found a cacher with a kid will most likely note it. Also, once you find a full cache, make note of the hider. He/she probably has other stocked hides nearby. Trade up or even of course. I would say most cachers don't care about swag, but for those of us with kids, it is very important. When my son and I find an empty cache, I usually put a few things in so the next kid isn't disappointed.

If it is a windy day, this one is worth it. It was about a 30+ minute detour from 95 though (15mins there, 15 mins back). We went when it wasn't windy GCKGHV - Around and Around it Goes We have made the trip from Myrtle Beach to Baltimore. For whatever reason the cache quality in NC was much better than SC. In NC it seems like every rest stop has an ammo can chained to a tree that is full of swag. Just a piece of advice, If you are driving on a weekday, don't plan to do any caches from Fredericksburg VA through Laurel MD. You don't want to be driving through that area from 6AM thru 11AM or 2:30PM thru 7PM. You don't want to stop for a cache and then sit through 3 hours of traffic because of it. That being said, DC is full of virtual caches with tons of favorite points.

I-95N near Fayettesville NC has a rest stop with the best letter box stamp I have seen... not that I have seen many GC39DDR - A Letter to Harper

Odd, most times we hear of bees (which include wasps and hornets) they're usually on guard rail or lpc hides, with the container intact. In Maryland hornets tend to live near the ground in dead wood. Three times this year we were at GZ and one of us must have stepped on a hive/nest. They all attack at once and there isn't much you can do but run. I at least wait until they calm down before going back to finish the cache. Other cachers keep on running... I feel bad for my son. He is only 5 years old and has been stung by at least 9 hornets this year. Better hornets than ticks though...

When the previous finder mentions hornets, wasps, bees, snakes, etc you can pretty much assume the container is laying out in the open with all of its contents scattered.

Some people use www.mygeocachingprofile.com or some other site to make profiles for themselves with a bunch of different stats. The most common lists number of FTFs and what percentage of their finds are FTFs. I am not surprised you have never seen one as they take forever to load and who has the time or patience to read all of that info.

My wife and I both have accounts and we go after new caches together sometimes. Some couples share an account, so they don't have to worry about that. I really don't care about being the "FTF", I just want the prize. I did put my FTFs on my profile, but I put co-FTFs next to the ones I found with her (its like Roger Maris having an asterisk).