Knight2000

To me it has nothing to do with any 'workaround'. It just seems like a solution looking real hard for a problem. Well it wouldn't affect you because you don't leave the ID in each cache. I am pretty thorough and I like to have that information in the cache in case it is found by a non-cacher. Necessary? No. Helpful? Sure. Just not to everyone.

Did you tell your family and friends goodbye?

I just realized that it would also be handy to be able to save docs too. For many of my caches I have word docs that are sized specifically for certain caches.

Just having a GC ID may be nonsense to muggles but If you said "more info at geocaching.com ID:" it would make sense. I do have it with my caches and I have had muggles find my cache and contact me. Whether they used the ID or not I am not sure. It surely might help but would never hurt. Where the heck did this come from? You have no clue. You're not a reviewer. True, but it is no different than supposed caches being submitted without coordinates. That is my point. Obviously as a reviewer you can attest to people being somewhat thorough. I'm surprised that everyone is fine with a work around.

Geocacher reviews.

As far as GPSr being accurate. They can be very accurate. My brother has one at work that is accurate to 1/500 of a foot. You get what you pay for. Just because your unit says 2' doesn't mean the cache is 2' away. It could still be 30' away. Go to where you can get the lowest # possible and search out from there. Chances are you will usually find the cache within 30' but occasionally it might go to 50' if the coords are off somewhere. (I found one 170' off once!) Your unit has 10' accuracy. The hiders unit has 10' accuracy (usually). That is potentially 20'. Imagine searching an area with a 20' diameter. (300+ square feet.) Now think about the signals to these units being wacky. It could be a much broader search. Just go to as low a number possible and search from there. If you don't find it you can always see if your unit has settled down and re-check ground zero.

We have a puzzle that I think folks think is a cipher when in fact it is all a red herring. I've had people come up with coordinates from my mumbo jumbo! I hope no one stones me when they figure it out.

I have two RH that are down right now. I hope to replace them this weekend. Maybe I'll do it today! That's great to see some handicaching. Feel free to check with me about other caches to see if they are wheelchair accessible. We love pictures. They seem to not come along often. We love the picture of the little one lifting the cone looking for the cache!

Those pics are funny with the beer box. Thanks for CITO'ing

That cache looks familiar! It's fine. No worries. It is a very typical hide. I'm just glad to see pictures. I wouldn't worry about showing the actual cache unless it is odd in some way. Keep those pictures coming!!

What would Ulmer say?

They are not all the same. Some may look like ciphers but are really just red herrings.

Hey, you don't hear me complaining about them. I have an Astroboy, which launches a projectile that could take out an eye, that stuff is gold! I know. No ire here. Another cacher that I know sometimes buys kids meals just for the toy so that he can leave them in caches. How cool is that?!

McToys should be in every cache.

But not all cowards are Pagan.

Given that the OP is not from and English speaking country and English could well be a second language I find your comment quite offensive. It's still funny though.

Thanks for the cache. http://geolex.locusprime.net/ *Welcome to geocaching!

Some people are just jerks. You just have to blow it off and go on.

There is no requirement to solve the puzzle to find a puzzle cache. I find is a find no matter how it comes along. Make the log accurate and say that you found it!

I think a lot more people cache without kids. Having kids seems to be an anomaly.

I would also add printing to the beginning pages. You could print out the geocache spiel and the cache name and GC-ID.

I don't know what I am doing. I am anal though. If the book block is just the signatures put together... I did not trim them. (I'm not sure how I would do that. I suppose I could do it with a chop saw but I think it would look worse if I did that. I would have to smash it between wood to get that to work.) I just did the best I could. It's not great. The picture is just blurry! I wanted to use PVA as that is what I saw online. I went to a [huge] craft store and asked for it. One person asked the next and when it was all done 4 people said they had never heard of it. I read somewhere that white elmers is a form of PVA so I used that. I'm not sure how it will do getting moist. (Fortunately all of our caches stay dry... so far. ) I also was looking for some sort of fabric tape to use on the end. They didn't seem to figure that one out either. I probably could get that at walmart if I looked. Heck I could use first aid tape. I'm not sure. I was hasty putting it together. I would do many things differently if I did it again. I should have pressed the signatures together a lot more when binding it. I don't even know if that is what it is called. I used some rubber cement on the end and then I took a scrap piece of fabric and used it as a web over the end. That was attached with rubber cement too. I added two end pieces of nicer stifer paper to attach the hard cover to. That worked out decent. I made the spine too big. The cardboard should be stiffer. Being thin coupled with the glue made it flimsier than I would have liked. Besides the inital supplies and time this thing was cheap to make. Now if I could just bring myself around to making some duct tape wallets for caches. (A past hobby of mine.)

So I tried one last night. I used standard computer paper, camo cloth from walmart ($1.50/yard), cardboard from a cereal box. I should have pressed it differently when I put the signatures together. I did press it with weights when I did the cover and it worked just fine. I would like to find a different adhesive. I used some rubber cement and white glue for the cover. It is 4x3. It's really hard to see but if you look a while you can make it out. This is the latest incarnation of log books that we have been using. I like these with the clear front so the labels under it are protected. In the back we put a fold out sheet that has the geocaching sheet. It has a paperclip to hold the folded part. No one will open it up but a non-cacher. (I think.) Notice the note that asks people to write about thei caching experience. The nice thing about the handmade one is that it might entice people to write more than their name.

Why would you hide someones car?

Lots of people think that their GPS is right no matter what. Sometimes this happens. Last May I found a cache that was 170' off. Myself and two other cachers were searching for this new cache. It took us 30 minutes until we found it. Fortunately it was a big cache. We just kept broadening our search until we found it. The coords were changed later by the CO. Whenever it is over 50' I usually post a waypoint in my log. If a previous finder did this and the CO has not updated it I will also re-post the waypoint in my log to help the next cacher. (Since PQ's only hold 5 logs.)