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I've found one, but I'd prefer not to give it away... Anyway, just to make sure you're completely clear on the matter, Liar's caches are deliberately misrated (Often 5/5 5/4.5 4.5/5 or 4.5/4.5, but occasionally others), and all of the logs are creatively written in order to make the next finders think that the lie is truthful. For example a cache might say that it's a 15 stage multi, whereas it's really a simple traditional. In this case, the finders might write about or even post pictures of their misadventures at each of the 15 stages The longer that you can avoid it being exposed the better (read - funnier) it is

If you're ever up Ottawa way, model12 has a nice series of them

That's the best kind! Preferably with some veal and chicken thrown in too!

Good idea! 1) Creative cache lovers 2) Discovering cool new spot lovers 3) Hiking/higher terrain cache lovers 4) Numbers lovers 5) Easy cache lovers 6) FTF lovers 7) Trading coins/swag lovers. 8) Puzzle lovers 9) Social cacher (events and/or caching in groups) I'm in all of those except for #7. I don't care about swag, and I'm a bit of a TB/Geocoin black hole, just because I never bother to fish them out of my really full pockets... I only have a few left - I guess I should get on moving them... And I'll call myself a member of #8 again, now that I've finally figured out GCG4QC (How bizarre...) We're the very definition of #9 here in Ottawa - I do very little solo caching, it seems, and I'm usually caching several days a week. Oh, and I eat eggplant!

Remember - It's not about the numbers - Only 1 - 81!

AIUI, the name comes from the first blinker caches, which were made from blinking LED jewelry (using the battery compartment as the cache container). Ah yes... I remember having read that As for small micros, around here, we just tend to refer to them as what they are in the case of Bison Tubes (etc...), and reserve the term 'Nano' for things that have a log that is basically a piece of shredded paper

Well, I'm not too terribly well versed in the climate of Maryland, but what it sounds like to me, is somebody who changes their terrain rating seasonally For instance, My 'The Glebe: Patterson Creek' would probably be a terrain 1.5 in the winter (you can walk right up to it from the Canal Skateway), and the same goes for many Island caches around here. We actually had a cold enough winter that we were able to walk to Kettle Island! In the summer, however, Patterson Creek is a Creek, and you would either need a boat, or to illegally swim there (But I really don't recommend swimming in that stagnant Canal Water anyway...), so it is definitely a terrain 5 I don't believe in adjusting the D/T rating seasonally, but I've heard of people doing it. If nothing else. it just screws with people's D/T Matrix too much.

Blinker, or Blinkie is apparently a regional term for a nano (I've never heard it outside of these forums). Actually the only cache around here that I can think of, off to top of my head, as being physically on a piece of public art is an Altoids Tin. I wonder how it's doing - I had said that it wouldn't last the winter when I found it... I digress... I think that the reference is something to the effect of 'Blink and you'll miss it'

I like things with some sort of historical lesson. If that is nicely done, I can typically forgive a mediocre hide. Preferably, though, it is a small or regular cache that is fairly well hidden, but not impossibly so. I also like being brought to strange locations (I like abandoned transit infrastructure, particularly) And my favourite type of hide (as in category, rather than style) is a properly done Letterbox Hybrid. See my 'Welcome to Ottawa,' JSDAFM's 'Bienvenue à Gatineau / Welcome to Gatineau' and my muse, Riverside's 'Welcome to Windsor.' - Ignoring the fact that they are all 'Welcome to...' caches, these two (the other of course being mine)along with 'Subway Cache' are the only three (albeit that I've only found 7) proper Letterbox Hybrids that I've found

This is exactly why you should always carry a knife... And at the same time, this is exactly why I don't necessarily think that 'You MUST ALWAYS sign the log' mentality is flawed (This is my one exception to that rule). I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have somebody log that they found it, but it was frozen in place, than try to get it out and destroy the container

Since this seems like it will be a good reference thread, I should point out that Lee Valley Tools sells them. Not that that helps you in the NYC area though...

I'd strongly recommend the place kick for a raccoon - Picking it up is a bad idea... Whatever you do, though - Don't give it a Rugby 'Up and Under' kick - Then you'll just have an angry raccoon land right back near you

I waited for 50 - was planning to wait for 100, but I got impatient... I see now how poor they actually are... There's somebody around here with 63 finds, and three really nice hides (I guess that's the result of living in Bibbits & Zartimus territory though) - And somebody else who doesn't exactly have a low find count, but started putting out really nice caches early on I guess there are people who are naturally creative, and can hide nice caches early on, even if they haven't been exposed to a great variety of hides. Who knows - A cool-whip container under a bush could give somebody a good idea...

Why does this sound so familiar? No, don't tell me. It'll come to me.... Hungry Cave Crickets? Hungry and Curious Cave Crickets? Hungry and Ferocious Cave Crickets? Curious and Angry Cave Crickets?

I'd love to find a cache like that! My favourite cache is 'Subway Cache' in Rochester, NY! One of the members of our local community recently tried to pull the wool over the eyes of one of our local reviewers. One of the other reviewers immediately archived it, when he saw it (as it was basically a duplicate of a very nice cache that got archived because it was on private property) Anyway, if you do place that one, like Vinny said, use common sense and you should be fine I hope I get a chance to find it one day!

Ok, I was curious how far I would have to go to max out a PQ of PMO caches I was at 245.7 Miles, before I got 501 PMO caches. Of those 501; 80 were in Ontario 95 were in Quebec (but the nearest one was almost 80 miles away) 259 were in New York 9 were in Vermont 37 were in New Hampshire 13 were in Massachusetts 8 were in Maine From Ottawa, a maxed out PQ of PMO caches, has caches in MAINE!

I don't care - I use Imperial I'm really quite proud of the fact that within 50 miles of Downtown Ottawa, there are all of two PMO caches, and literally thousands of ATAU caches

GC1KJX1 I've also found three library caches (one of them wasn't a call number Mystery/Unknown, but rather finaled in a library) Just make good sure that you get the library's permission

Bahahaha... I never used to leave FTF Prizes (One I had planned to give an FTF prize at a later date, but they ended up being sold out), but With my last cache, and my new one that got approved yesterday (and hasn't been found yet), I've taken to giving hand-carved personalised stamps after the fact.

There's 2 PMO caches within 50 miles of me, and I'd prefer that even they not be PMO - Although I perfectly understand the reasoning behind at least the one

What I'm mostly concerned about is the growth of the game. Take for example some of my traditionals in The Glebe - Periodically, I get a log from new cachers who are o their first day of caching. If we all made all of our caches PMO, what do you think the odds are that those new cachers would have picked up the game? The only reason that I agree with for making a cache PMO is if it is a very difficult puzzle, and you want see the Audit logs. That being said, none of my caches are or ever will be PMO. I like it when people find my caches, and want everyone to have a chance to do so. Growing up in Windsor, ON, I'm all too aware of this...

My general feelings on the matter have to do with whether it is reasonably possible to sign the log or not. If you can touch the container (and are certain that it is the container), and for whatever reason you can't get it open, I would call it a find, with photographic or very descriptive evidence. There was a cache of mine that was frozen deep in some ice earlier this winter - I couldn't get to it to fix it for a little over a week. Consequently, I was temporarily accepting found it logs with either a picture or a very descriptive e-mail about the hide. I got to it, fixed it, and now I want something written in the log again. I highly doubt that I would delete somebody's found it log though - I'm not like that. I even let a huge spoiler log stand on one of my puzzle caches. As for me - If at all possible, I will sign the log (I spent a half an hour chipping a cache out of some ice yesterday). If I think that my efforts to sign the log will in some way damage the cache, I won't bother - I'll take a picture, and claim the find. I can't think of any instances of this happening though - That's just what I would do.

I'll publicly confess my being 19

I'm guessing that it was a well cammoed object like a fake bolt or something like that... That's actually kind of a funny log - I could write that for pretty much every cache that I've ever found 'I didn't know that you could do something like hang a peanut butter jar from a public tree'

Just do what I do - It takes a little bit more effort, but it's better than just having a bunch of loose sheets of paper Take a piece of paper, cut out from each piece seven 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" pieces, and put together however many pieces that you like (I usually just use all seven) Put them together and line then up as best as you can Take a thumb tack, and poke a couple of holes near to the top, and put an inch of wire through the two hole. Fold them down, such that they resemble a rudimentary staple. Fold the top 1/4" or so of the log over the back of the 'staple,' and continue to fold it one more time in the same direction. Take a piece of duct tape (or hockey tape - I use whatever happens to be on my desk), and wrap it around the top of the log It makes a serviceable micro log - Ideally I'm going to find a store that sells tiny little notebooks, but until then, that is what I use