vtmtnman
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I dunno, wrong Datum set on the GPS for NEFF?
That's what I was thinking.
As for slack...nah.Have some integrity in your body and log the DNF.Or don't.I've never logged ALL of my DNF's.No shame in doing either one.But dropping a new container is something else all together.
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Hey Riff,got a before pic of that can?
Sorry Brother, I was negligent in my picture taking duties. I can do the next best thing;
Here's the uncamo'ed reverse side. It's got latches on both sides, and the lid lifts straight up.
These plastic inserts were inside the cache. They look like they held some kind of large poiny munition.
Ahh,looks like 25mil or 40 mike mikes.Right on.
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I found a rather peculiar looking ammo can in a surplus store in Tampa, and gave it my usual camo job. 60CSx added for scale.
Hey Riff,got a before pic of that can?Just curious what it was used for and what it looked like before camo.
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I found a rather peculiar looking ammo can in a surplus store in Tampa, and gave it my usual camo job. 60CSx added for scale.
What did you use to glue the moss to the can? I tried a camo job with hot glue but that did not survive our winter, I'm guessing the extreme cold srunk the glue and it came off, right now I'm trying Liquid Nail to see if that will work.
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I know Jeep has one....let's see if I can find the link.
Well now thats awesome.
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I just throw that up there for others reading the topic - not necessarily the OP - this is a very frequent question....... no offense intended.
I like to post old threads pertaining to the OP's question... But your way was good too StarBrand..
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June 21 by Note by integrity challenged charter member (1098 found)
11 out of 13 in this series are way off on the coordinates, ( WHY??),so I am sticking with my log! F a k e r Cacher
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June 21 by Actual first finder (844 found)Sorry FAKER the container has been found and we are FTF on this cache, signed logbook. Same is a distance away from the coords approx 169 ft. Will post the corrected coords.
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June 21 by Charter member with over 1000 finds... (1098 found)Claiming FTF! At ground zero with 2 gps' over alot of readings is a container with a slip of paper with my name. Without the LINKS WORKING!! to find out the rules, (their rules), and using $10.00 worth of gas and spending 1.5 hours looking under every leaf and stick on a acre of land and its not listed as a multi cache or puzzle so it SHOULD BE at the coordinates listed or close to them! F A K E R cacher
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Sad...just sad is all I have to say.
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If I was the cache owner, I would have deleted the "I didn't find it, but I'm claiming it" log, without even blinking. Congrats on your FTF.
Driver Carries Cache
Exactly.
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Welcome to the Forums!
There was a time when you could change your user name . . . but not anymore.
You will have to create a new account and relog the caches you found back then if you want credit for them.
Ahhh,Miragee you beat me too it...
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Umm,it's not rocket science.
If your name is first on the log of the cache you're hunting...You're FTF.If it's not,you're not.
That's pretty sad thing to do,charter member,basic member,peperroni member,platnium member,galactic member,backwoods member,charter throbbing member,premium female member,rusty aluminum member,smurfy member,charred member,unleaded member,or whatever kind of member you fancy your bad self.
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Good answers. You saved me some time.
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i in turn produce caches and i visit lots of caches, leave nice goodies and write interesting logs.
That you do.
I always got a kick out of that one.... -
One of the best caches I've done was built on site. Within 100 ffeet of muggles. No one noticed as it was built, and this cache has been raved about forever, and by all who find it. Bringing up rules like no drills, etc. will stiffle this type of creativity.
Linky?
Also,my intent for this thread was general disscussion,not to drag knight out in the town square,with torches lit and pitchforks at the ready.He's correct,as I've read the thread in it's entirety,and as with any forum thread none could survive that long without any angst in it.
Also,why does it matter if he reaches 1000 posts in three months?Perhaphs he's got alot to share?Is that something that's frowned upon in forum circles?I'm relatively new to internet forums(But not GC.com...username change).
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Rant forthcoming, be prepared to get your dander up.
Will wonders never cease.
When I have witnessed, and helped, the BLM, USFS, State department of forestry in girdling trees one year and then coming back the next year and boring 2 and 3 inch holes for the critters to start their nest in. Where they have went through and blown the tops out of trees with explosives to make more snags. Where part of a timber sale contract is that the logger has to make snags. These type of events happens all the time out here. Yes, there are already plenty of natural snags and holes but the eco freaks want "more."
Now I have to worry about a film can sized hole in a dead tree? BS.
As I see it, common sense has taken a big hit in this game. Period.
So when I take a chain saw and bore a hole for an ammo box in a snag, that would be a bad thing? How about using a single jack to make a hole in a rock? How about driving concrete nails into rock to hang a tag with? What about using a piece of wire to attach a tag to a tree limb? Plastic box in the puckerbrush?
Now that your all up in arms, lets take another look at things.
The idiots have broken free from their pen and are running rampant over the world. PO.(personal opinion.) Anyone who can not tell a dead tree from a live one needs caught and put back into a padded cell somewhere. PO.
I have a location picked out in an old cold deck for placing the cache in a bored out hole. Old bridge logs in fact and there are already plenty of holes - bolts - notches in them but none the size I want.
90 percent of you don't even know what a single jack is or what they where used for so that is a mute statement / question. The location I will be using is in an old rock pit where there are plenty of oversized rock that where going to be used as riprap but never hauled out. If I can find a bore hole, okay but I will make one if not. The same goes for the nails into the rock. Old rock pit so no harm done to anything "pristine" to get people up in arms over the vandalism of a rock with placing a 1/4 inch hole in it.
The wire on a tree limb can grow into the limb causing a possible wound so if you know of any, you had better report it to GC.com and have the cache archived.
How many of you have seen where critters have chewed plastic cache containers? Did you ever think maybe they swallowed some of it, got a intestinal obstruction and died from it?
Ravens love shiny things so those firetacks you use could attract them. They could possible maybe sorta kinda pluck one out and swallow it and get a hole in a gut somewhere and give them an infection, it could kinda sorta maybe rust and cause an infection or even - heaven forbid - get stuck as they are trying to pass it.
Better report any firetacks you see as well.Lets see now, where can we go from here.
I know, your driving. You could hurt me on your way to a cache as you get distracted looking at the gpsr, cache sheet, looking for a road sign, etc, and forget your primary job of driving so please stop driving and save me the pain. And the buzz phrase this year seems to be "carbon footprint" so as your driving around realize your leaving one and are personally responsible for global warming. For shame, for shame. Go plant a tree and get that warm fuzzy feeling of being environmentally aware.
I am tired of this playing the "What about if...." game so lets put an end to it.
IF IT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT AND YOU HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE IF IT WOULD BE OK, DON'T DO IT!!!
Get your head out of your backside and use some common sense people.
On the flip side of the coin I will say that no matter what is said in here, it is still going to happen out there so the best YOU can do is look out after yourself and yours. Let the others thin out the gene pool.
logscaler.
You da man logscaler.
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He showed me another trick that I am sure most of you already know, but just in case, if you will fold your outer sock down over the tops of your boots it will help keep the laces tied plus it creates a chimney effect, which keeps your feet cooler. I thought it was silly the first time I did it, but I did notice a difference, so that is how I hike now.
I tried this the first time the other day when I was wearing super high boot socks.I noticed a difference as well.Then again in 120 degrees does it really?
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I found a LPC yesterday and liked it.
I DNF'd another cache I have a feeling is a LPC with a "twist." The reason I like LPCs is because there is parking nearby, something I really appreciate when I look for urban caches.
Miragee,you're one I wouldn't have firgured to like those!All the caches you post are always hiking caches and such.
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Why what is a bad idea?...
Briansnat, are you holding back?Your analogy breaks down when...
I'm gonna go ahead and say yes.
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Have before, would again.
One must keep one’s e&e skills honed.
Nice.
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I wanted a 'pleasure' cache, one that a cacher of any age would find something to his/her liking.
Mission accomplished. I want to hunt one of your caches.
Umm,basically.That's awsome swag!And a very cool sig item.
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I'm not surprised that this happens at all. There is a small portion of geocachers who can't even be bothered to read the cache page Reading the cache page,---who does it? , and who actively ignore no tresspassing signs. Sadly, this game appeals to selfish individuals that could care less about signs, rules, etc.
Other threads pertaining to the same issues.
Missed a FTF for obeying posted hours of operation
I especially like KitFox's posting method of listing other threads that pertain to the current thread.Ahh,the wonders of forum searches.
As for me,if I know there are hours to acess the area where a cache is,then I'll abide by those posted hours.Simple as that.
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I see alot of you like the smart wool socks.Might get a couple pairs of em.
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Dont take offense, but we have a saying over here.
Only in America.
I take offense because you stole our saying!
Swapped GPS
in General geocaching topics
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Might be easy to do,since my buddy has a 60csx and I've got a 60cx...and we've both got GPS V's and I've also got a II,so we could mix them up,but we'd know right away who's who's.