joesdolphins
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To me a bison tube is a micro. I would choose size other.
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I found 884 I think on the e.t highway in Nevada in 17 hours.
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3 hours ago, grateful_tomato said:
What is the record for the number of finds per day for one person? I just saw one account, finderfamily5, who logged 173 caches on one day. Might be more than one person, but still looks a lot. I'm new to geocaching and need about half an hour per cache on average. So even with a car to move between the caches, I think a realistic value might be something like 10 caches per day.
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My Garmin Colorado and Garmin Nuvi 500 we’re infected by this in April. Stuck in the year 1999. After I called Garmin a month later they issued a Software update for the Colorado but I’m still waiting for the Nuvi 500 update.
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19 hours ago, Mister Doctor said:
I want to make a case for obtaining 20 favorite points I believe I’m entitled to. Had anyone else been in a similar position?
About a year ago, with around 300 finds, I trialled Premium membership for a month. At the time I received the 30 prorated favorite points that were due to those finds.
I wasn’t in a position then to purchase Premium membership, but a year later I was gifted Premium for my birthday. By that time I had made a 500 finds, however I did not receive the additional 20 favorite points I had earned.
I am aware of the condition that states that if your paid membership lapses you do not earn FP in the interim. However, I had not ever been paying member. I was exploring a free trial, and a trial by definition leads either to taking up an offer or not. At that time I didn’t take up the offer and so a paid membership never lapsed.
It’s disappointing that the moment when I was able to be a paying member was also when my benefits were reduced.
I am a strong advocate for cache quality and am keen to recognise quality caches I had found. I have 53 hides myself which have earned 728 FP and 3 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards over the past 2.5 years.
Hoping to find a way to claim back these points
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
Mister Doctor
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21 hours ago, KayakGZ said:
This morning, for new caches were published by NawthnRevuah in my area. I went for one this morning, and found problems. I sent the following letter to the reviewer:
Hello, this is KayakGZ. Today, several new caches were published under the name "thefabledhami". I went for "Ocean Overlook" this morning, and found several problems with it. In fact, all four of his new caches seem to have issues, which I'll get into.
First, "Ocean Overlook". It is located on Enders Island, which is a religious retreat open to visitors. To get to GZ, the cacher must climb over rocks on which "stay off rocks" is clearly marked. No other way to GZ. He also suggests picking an apple off a tree. Enders Island is a nice place, and the presence of a geocache that encourages trespassing and theft is not a welcome addition. I strongly doubt that permission was granted.
Nearby, "Rocky Undertaking" is located under a narrow, causeway-like bridge, wide enough for one car. I was under the impression that caches could not be placed under bridges.
"Searching For Treasure" is located on Ram Island, which I believe in on private property. A few years ago, I paddled my kayak NEAR the private island, and was greeted by two unfriendly (guard?) loose dogs. He either got very lucky in hiding this, or the dogs don't live there anymore. Again, I doubt permission.
"Bookworm" is located in the stacks of a public library. Once again, I doubt that the library gave permission.
Have the rules changed? Thanks for your attention."thefabledhami" is a new cacher, with 16 finds and these four hides. I don't know why these slipped under the radar.
The problem is when a reviewer looks at the map unless it’s marked she does not see it’s a private island. Do cars use the bridge? If it’s a walking bridge it’s fine.
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On 5/10/2019 at 4:02 PM, The A-Team said:
I expect that your local reviewer has been duly notified of this post and you may receive increased scrutiny for future hides.
All of us should be providing all of the information necessary for the reviewer to make an informed decision regarding a cache. Lying to your reviewer (including lies-by-omission) can lead to a cache being published that shouldn't have been and cause issues with land managers or other entities, which can affect all of us. Give your reviewer more information, not less.
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First off how much info did you tell your reviewer? Just tell them its a bison tube hide no need to tell them any more than that. No need to send them pics... It should have been published anyways.
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No I’m a premium member if go caching with my daughter who is not I premium member she found the cache using my gpx file she can log it but not view it.
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Very simple let’s say my daughter goes caching with me we log the cache found with the gps. After I log my geocache visits I sign into her non premium account and load the same geocache visits file. She can’t view the premium cache but she can log it that way.
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If I don’t have a pen take a pic of log book. It’s up to the cache owner to except this or not.
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9 hours ago, learn2mine said:
What would be wrong with a Did not sign log option! For the people who found the cache but didnt sign or couldn't sign it would not count as an actuall find and that way the reviewers could revoke Finds do DNS if the CO checked and it wasn't signed! I seen to see a lot of posted about people who log a fine but don't sign the log!
If I don’t have a pen I take a picture of log book this is excepted by almost all cache owners. It’s up to the cache owner to accept it or not.
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... just switched to iPhone loving Cachly so far.
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The closest thing I came to a adult cache while in Disney this year we took a drive to the Clothing optional cache. Leave your clothes at the fence and walk to the cache. My wife and daughter stayed dressed but optioned for going all Natural.
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I have 1 or 2 fence cap hides. When walking the dog in the park I said there’s room for a cache here let’s see if that cap is loose. Yep so came back the next day to hide.
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It’s your cache not your snake.
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5 hours ago, SP&S Fan said:
A small child was nearly bitten by a rattlesnake while finding one of my caches. Had she been bitten, am I prsonally liable? Cache is located next to a public road.
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Absolutely not. It’s your cache not your pet snake. She could have fallen off a cliff it’s the finders responsiblity to be safe.
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If we are caching the day for numbers driving fast to cache to cache and already have the caches loaded into or gps then no most of the descriptions are not read. If we incounter a earth cache or a virtual or high difficulty rating then the discriptions are read.
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I agree email cache owner. Enjoy your smilys.
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We completed the Colorado State Star today and ended up on private land for #23-31. All of the northern point is on private property and the riders on horses were not happy to see us today. Does anyone know if permission was given?
Do you care?
You got your smilies, whether you signed the logs or not.
One would think that someone with over 20,000 "finds" and 80 hides that you would be experienced enough to know to contact the cache owner. How the heck are forum pundits supposed to know what's going on between the cache owner, the land owner(s) and Groundspeak?
Bringing this to the forum seems more like pot-stirring.
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Could I hide a Geocache in a public mall. Not in a store or anything. I was just thinking like in the food court or under one of the benches or at one of the charging stations or on one of the payphones? Or would it be "against the rules"?
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CCC Night out (central Connecticut cachers) have been doing a monthly event for over 10 years.
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I'm getting back into Geocaching after 13 years. What's new in the last decade or so?
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A lot of newbies caching with phones who claim they are just as good as a hand held lol. Adventure lab caches that use a app on your phone. Geo art is on the new side for you.