woody_k

How about putting TBs in caches without loging them,and leaving instructions to contact you before performing a grab? This way, that hoag (or anyone else) would not know where too look untill it's been found by accident. That makes some sense but doesn't solve the problem. I would love to discuss this but I think I may have hijacked this thread from the original topic.

Be thankful your bug has traveled from the home area. It seems any TB released in my area of So Cal stays in my area of So Cal unless another cacher on vacation happens to be lucky enough to snag the TB before on of our local cachers. I too put missions on my bugs and read the missions of other bugs and do my best to assist in the completion of that goal. Not many of my areas cachers do that. Mostly they just pick them up, log them in and out of caches they find for a few months and just release them a few miles away. A few times the bug was placed back where I placed it. They don't look and see where the bug has been either. Personally I don't care if any of my bugs ever complete its goal. Just as long as they move out of my local area where more ethical cachers are I am fine with that.

James, I regularly make new TBs and place it in my cache. I also do that with other TBs I find. But there is this one local guy who will snag every TB I place in one of my caches. Nobody local gets a chance. Then this guy holds onto them, logs them in and out of every cache he finds and just releases them a few miles away in one of his caches a few months later. He never attempts to fullfill the TBs goal. His only goal is to be the one with the most TBs on his page. It's not just my caches and TBs it's every one that lands local. The cache he places them is his TB hotel in which he has had two stolen. Although not against the rules, it isn't very courteous and I think it's unethical. Please try and not do what this guy is doing. It doesn't make it fun knowing that any TB you place will end up in his TB hotel.

Many people find and log caches without the use of a GPS...why can't you...I say. I have heard there is one guy who has over 400 finds and doesn't own a GPS and I have found a few caches without my GPS but then I know my area and I know how the hider hides. Did one today in fact. A puzzle-multi and I didn't add or subtract right and the coords were way off. But as I said I know my area and the hider and walked right up to it.

I have a 2004 silver USA geocoin that I use as my personal TB and I have almost 15,000 miles on mine. Of course about 10,000 of that was from Paris and back to So Cal.

I just found my first YJTB and a friend let me borrow his for a few days of caching. I didn't think people wooould still be interested in them now that the promotion is over. Maybe that's why now I have been able to find them. maybe some cachers were in fact holding them.

Ooops never mind I didn't read the last few post correctly. Just interested in getting soome 2005 geocoins. However I would like to get a 2004 if anyone wishes to sell me one. I am going to Paris, France and want to get one and place it in a cache back there. Ken

I don't base my selection of FTF prize on any criteria other than how generous I am feeling at that moment and what sort of suitable FTF swag I've found at the liquidation stores for what I am willing to spend. . Gorak, You sound like you do the same thing I do for FTF's. But I only have 6 hidden. Ken

I have a friend who uses UTM. So this opinion is only based upon what I see he does with it. UTM, like you said, measurements and can tell you how far it is to get GZ...but WGS84 tells you in a more precise way exactly where you are. I am sure there is more to it but when caching with him I seem to do better at locating where the cache is than he. Ken

May I ask this question along the FTF prizes. What determines, for you that place a FTF prize in a cache, the type or value of a FTF prize? I mean is it the difficulty in the find or the difficulty in the terrain? I personally feel a 1/5 is tougher than a 5/1 and therefor I would place a FTF prize in a 1/5. Ken I hope this makes sense. When I read it again I scratched my head...and I know what I am tryiing to ask.!!!

I found a cache just last weekend and it was my first FTF. I don't go chasing FTF's because there are so many cachers in my area that chase FTF's and they have on average about 1,000 finds each. I am at 115, so I have wat too much competition. But I digress... My FTF last week is placed much like yours. About 200 yards off of good parking and flat terrain. It was there over a week before I decided that no one else wanted that FTF. And the thing is that cache is in a good traffic area that is off a main road into the mountians. Anyway, Good luck on your cache. Ken

I had a Garmin GPS for a while before I found GC. I went to the Garmin website to look into buying a newer verision GPS and found the link to GC there. And in turn found the link to Wherersgeorge here. They do tend to go hand in hand at times. Ken

Mouseful, Thank you for caring so much. Th world indeed needs more caring people like you. Ken

THis is a very unfortunate event from having a child pass away and then finding the final resting place..... However, almost everyone should know (more so us cachers) that if any item left in a public place has the chance of being taken. Had he known what it was....I don't think anybody in their right mind woudl have disturbed it. And by reading his post, he feels really bad about taking it and probably has decided not to ever take any found container again. Anothert reason not to take containers is that GC is not the only site that plays this game and if not that then maybe it was for a similiar, private game for a group of people. Anyway, he is doing the right thing by trying to get it replaced and for information to us cachers as to what else is out there.

I am surprised that this thread isn't closed yet. Seems it's not about seeking a cache but more of trying to defend and trash mods. Hmmm, seems I did that last night and it was closed within 4 posts. Maybe just certian people are being targeted. However, as some have said I won't let this forum stuff take away from my fun of caching.

they just enjoy being the forum nazi!!! Its none of your business what another persons find count is. Play your own game and don't worry about anyone else AND I said this thread was closed. This person need to learn some manners and learn how to deal with people. This person will probably close this thread also because they don't like to be called out.

I can't wait until they get the anti-gravity hoovercraft, like the ones in Back to the futureIII, available. Then I wouldn't have to climb all these mountians.

Here is a pic of my part time caching partner. I say part time because she doesn't go with me all the time. But she does let me indulge my self with this hobby. We have been married for 22 yrs and are going to Paris , France the Feb and while there she said it is o.k. to snag some caches!! That is a pic of my latest T.B.

LOL! You got it! Been waiting since I was 16 to get a Vette, and I am finally making it happen! Congrats! I am happy for you. It's always a good day when a dream gets fulfilled. Ken

In one of Fishpoets caches I found a hex key set both metric and SAE. It was something that I really needed at the time. In return I left a mnt climbing dvd.

It's a no, no entirely out of working with land managers expressing their concerns. A lot of cachers used to enjoy finding a pocket knife in a cache. Some used them as sig items. My worst was ammo. I've found a nice variety of calibers. I pulled them all and dropped them off at the sherifs office. Who said they would burn them. That struck me as odd but then I'm not in the biz of dispozing of unspent ammo. I haven't found ammo is the last two years so word must be getting out. When they burn them they usually have a furnace that they have access to that melts the firearms they confiscate. In my county there is a cement plant's furnace they use. They also burn the confiscated drugs including Marijuana. Now how's that for a high!!! If I told you info you already know, which I think you do, sorry dude. Ken

You siad you wouldn't tell!!!

I agree. Keep personal agendas out of caches. That and religious stuff as well as those "hate group" literature.

Plus they do have a firs aid value to them, if I'm not mistaken. But can't they be uses as a guaze for cuts and gashes? Ken

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