CoinOnTheCob

I am unconcerned if everyone knows where I live. In fact, the only cache I’ve ever hidden is in my front yard. I just placed it last Friday and, so far, only four people have signed the log.

Thanks for the help, guys.

Hey, please feel free to contribute to this thread even if it's only to compliment me on the lack of bums mentioned in this thread.

I don’t know what I plugged in for my home coordinates but they’re off. I hid my first cache in my own front yard, next to the sidewalk, and it is showing that other caches that are a mile away are closer to me. How do I change my home coords?

Thank you all for your responses. The responses that were not helpful were entertaining. I will go back to that cache tomorrow to check on it. If I happen to run into the same “urban camper”, I will give him some money so that he can buy a bottle of necessary provisions. I have learned a valuable lesson. In another thread I was going to make a post berating Amish people. Now, because of this thread, I realize that would have been reckless behavior due to the fact that an Amish person could learn to use a computer, find my post and become offended during his Rumspringa.

This is hilarious. I’ve known Mr. Thigpen for several years and I can honestly say that he is kidding. Thiggy helped get me to become interested in geocaching and it was his suggestion that prompted me to buy the Garmin GPSmap60CSx; a great little unit. I can see that, if I have anymore questions, I’ll have to word them very … very carefully*. I’m a fun-loving, easy-going guy. I love geocaching because it’s fun and easy going. *No bums were harmed in the making of this thread.

I’m amazed at some of the responses. The thought that someone would take an opposing moral stand with some of my terminology never occurred to me. Murdering the bum was a joke and I’m aware that “bum” is a derogatory statement. When I wrote it, I felt reasonable certain that my comments would be read by very few bums. I live in Roseville California which is a big railroad hub. I think we have a bigger-than-average homeless population. Many of these people are constant trouble. Many will steal anything if they think they can sell it. My purpose of this thread wasn’t to explore possible solutions to homelessness, but to inquire of more experienced geocachers what would’ve been wise course of action when you know the safety of a cache has been compromised.

I thought the same thing when I first read the cache description. I’m not sure how widely known the homeless camp is. If I didn’t work for the police department I might not know about it.

I told the bum story in my “I Found It” log and I emailed the owner. I guess that’s all you can do. I thought about have the bum run out of town due to our “no camping in city limits” law.

How do you determine that one has become lost?

The last cache I found was in a park that is known to be a hobo camp. I looked around to see if I was being observed. With no one in sight, I pulled out and opened the ammo box. As I got it open I became aware of someone watching me from the trees. There was a bum camping there and watching what my daughter and I were doing. I explained that the can was part of a game people play with GPS receivers and there wasn’t anything of value in the ammo can. I feel bad for putting a greatly hidden cache in danger of being muggled but there was nothing I could do. The damage was already done. Short of murdering the bum, what would you have done?

10-4, Thanks. I've tried looking for caches that contain TBs but they're gone when I get to them. Thanks again.

I have a quick question about travel bugs. I am a brand new geochacher and have purchased a couple of travel bugs. I don’t know if I’m supposed to place the copy and keep the original or the other way around. I have been to several caches that were supposed to contain travel bugs so I can see how other have done it, but none were in any of them. Does the copy or the original go in a geocache?