[Coordinate checkers are no good]

EVINCE does that. If you make one mistake it delays your next attempt by five minutes. If you blow the second try it takes something like eight hours before you can make another attempt. It is frustrating when it turns out that you miskeyed rather than made a mistake in the puzzle. But it is still better to use EVINCE than it is to make an unrealized mistake and walk into someone's backyard while following the little arrow on the GPS. (Lesson learned: the GPS is not always right and we are not as smart at puzzles as we think we are.)

 

Carolyn

 

OK, I've put that up, good to know. I'll start using it instead of Geochecker.

[Coordinate checkers are no good]

This thread was created to see if this is noticed in other regions, not have a debate about coord checkers.

[Coordinate checkers are no good]

Yes I do. I looked at the map of what people had guessed, there were huge blobs of solutions everywhere that was .1 mile from the nearest cache.

[Flame-proof containers]

Anyone know of flameproof containers I could use?? Or should I just spray that bright red fire retardant on caches?...

[Coordinate checkers are no good]

I'm talking about those websites where you plug in your answer and see if you have the right coordinates. Like Evince or Geochecker.

[Coordinate checkers are no good]

I've noticed that coordinate checkers are compromising puzzles. The main thing is, people just plug in coordinates that are .1 mile from the nearest cache until they get a success message. Just wondering if other places are noticing similar trends.

[Reserving a cache placement spot.]

Sometimes. Around here, it's totally unpredictable.

[Painting/camouflaging Cache Boxes]

Print this on labels, and you can apply it to the cache.

[Painting/camouflaging Cache Boxes]

My tehcnique is alot different than your guys's...

 

I just take a plate, some arcrylic paint, and mix up various shades of brown. Not totally mixed, the colors are different and not blended. Then I take a brush and dab it on the can. Takes about half an hour per can. No pics right now.

[moneys no object]

Nah. Those aren't very good for caching. Get a PN-40, Colorado, Dakota, Oregon, or, if you're willing to go through complicated procedures just to send caches to your GPSr, Magellan and Lowrance have some decent models. But on the serious note, stick with Garmin or DeLorme.

[Site Logs you out]

If you've already submitted the cache, there's nothing saying your session will time out. Oh yeah, and I just got logged out AGAIN. Just troling through the listings.

[Most caches found in 24 hours - data only]

A brief powercaching run of ours:

 

10 minutes, 9 finds. If we had a 4x4 then it'd be possible to keep it up for 24 hours and get it. So there you go. Possible. Totally possible.

[Let the good times roll!]

Keeping threads alive is tough.

[Copy and Pasted logs]

Bottom line is that if you don't like cut and paste logs, don't place cut and paste caches.

 

Make your caches unique, interesting, or a bit of an adventure and you'll start seeing better logs.

 

What he said.

I do that, but still get CnP logs.

[Firearms while caching?]

No mattr where you are, if you carry a firearm while caching, be sure to wear one of these:

As for mountain lions and bears, you don't usually see them, and they're scared of you. The only encounter with dangerous wildlife I've had was with a huge rattler. Could've used a gun in that situation.

[Geo-Crafting Corner]

Here's my yellowjacket nest:

[Geo-Crafting Corner]

I'd like to make a "fire ant mound". Only crazy people go near them.

It's not a fire ant mound, but I have a 'yellowjacket nest' out in the wild somewhere...

[Copy and Pasted logs]

November 27, 2009 by Geocacher

Wow! What a great cache! We had a blast and hope to find many more of yours in the future! Thanks for the cache!!!!!

 

After reading that, I looked into my email some more.

 

November 27, 2009 by Geocacher

Wow! What a great cache! We had a blast and hope to find many more of yours in the future! Thanks for the cache!!!!!

 

November 27, 2009 by Geocacher

Wow! What a great cache! We had a blast and hope to find many more of yours in the future! Thanks for the cache!!!!!

 

November 27, 2009 by Geocacher

Wow! What a great cache! We had a blast and hope to find many more of yours in the future! Thanks for the cache!!!!!

 

November 27, 2009 by Geocacher

Wow! What a great cache! We had a blast and hope to find many more of yours in the future! Thanks for the cache!!!!!

 

Sheesh.

[Delorme PN-30]

Sure! Great accuracy, can hold a lock virtually anywhere, awesome paperless features, ability to add your own roads/trails, all in all, a great unit with no downsides.

[Any suggestions for puzzle type caches?]

Igpay Atinlay isnay oodgay ootay.

[Any suggestions for puzzle type caches?]

A puzzlemaker's dream is right here.

 

Or buy some firetacks and do a nightcache. But there's more, too. Like apply <white></white> tags around the coordinates in the description. Ooh and computer code. I'm working on one that'll use satellite numbers. Let you know how it goes.

[Caches and Events Worth Planning a Trip TO DO.]

I say Tube Torcher 2

[Rassa frassin' Forest Fires!]

I once had to disable a whopping total of 41 caches when a fire came through. Fortunately only about 20 burned. But yeah, I have a survival story. There was a cache, the tree it was in burned, the cache (a pill bottle) was still intact and not melted. Most caches, as Holazola mentioned just disappear. Now I'm wondering if I should even put caches in the backcountry.

[Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)]

LIVE!! LIVE!!!

[How much space does one geocache take with current quidelines]

I own over 100 caches. If someone wanted to put one within a tenth of a mile of one, I'd archive it and let them.