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  1. I recently created a cache that requires the finder to have an app installed on their smart phone in order to solve a puzzle and find the cache. After doing a search for caches with the phrase( app for that )I found that there are several active caches that require an app on a smart phone to solve a puzzle. However, when I submitted my cache I got a notification that it had been temporarily disabled so I could edit the cache page and bring it into compliance with current guidelines. In an attempt to do this I added the following warning that I found in the guidelines.

     

    "Alert: You are about to download a file that contains further details needed to find this geocache. As the cache owner, I represent that this file is safe to download although it has not been checked by Groundspeak or by the reviewer for possible malicious content. Download this file at your own risk. [insert link here]"

     

    When I resubmitted it I recieved a notification that it had been archived and the reason I was given was that "An app is not an acceptable file type and therefore I am not able to publish your cache." I also recieved a link that I could use to appeal the decision. I appealed it but haven't got a reply yet.

     

    I was hoping that someone in here might be able to explain why downloading an app is acceptable on some caches but not on mine.

  2. I really like this thread and have gotten a few ideas from it, so I thought I would post a few pics to help keep it going. This is a treasure chest I built that was part of a multi. The first stage was a micro that had the coordinates to stage two which had a small magnetic gold bar and instructions to take the gold bar to stage three. Once at stage three you found the chest and had to place the gold bar on an X that was burned into the lid of the chest in order to unlock it.

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    It survived the weather and stayed dry for a long time until a bear found it and chewed it up beyond repair so I had to archive it.

  3. I like the idea of wooden nickels and poker chips but I wanted something different so I started hand carving little traffic cones and putting stickers with my name on them. I made the stickers with a dymo label maker. The reason I chose traffic cones is because they say something about me since I work in road construction. From start to finish it takes about 30 minutes each to make one.

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