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    Rochester GPS Exhibit Coins - deleted log

    in Northeast

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    Apparently it's not his coin:

     

    Anyway, Moun10Bike Geocoin #331 is *not* in the GPS Adventure Maze. There is a coin with the number 331 on it, but it is not mine. I wasn't positive until I visited the maze exhibit myself yesterday during its opening in Seattle and confirmed.

     

    There are many coins and other items with numbering, but that does not mean that everything with a given number is the item tracked with that number on Geocaching.com. My older coins are among the very first traveling items on Geocaching.com and used sequential numbers which are the source of this issue; you will note that nowadays everything tracked on the site - including my newer coins - use random alphanumeric codes for tracking instead in order to prevent confusion.

     

    I hope this explains things.

     

    Jon (Moun10Bike)

     

    I will leave this up in case the other folks who got deleted logs wonder why.....

    Rochester GPS Exhibit Coins - deleted log

    in Northeast

    Posted

    I, along with a pack of other folks, discovered coins that were in the GPS Adventures exhibit in Rochester, NY. My (along with everyone else's) log for the discovery of a Moun10Bike coin #331 was deleted. I've sent a message to both Moun10Bike (the original owner) and SquareT (the subsequent owner) for a reason...

     

    Anyone else have any experience with this ?

     

    Or ideas why someone would do that?

     

    Here's the email I got:

     

    Your log entry for the listing Moun10Bike Geocoin #331 (Moun10bike Coin) was deleted by Moun10Bike at 3/28/2009 5:09:57 PM

     

    Visit this listing at the below address:

    http://www.geocaching.com/track/log.aspx?L...1e-824231898a3b

     

    Moun10Bike profile:

    http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=47...c1-b379a6221a8f

     

    Thanks

    -wickedann-

    PN-40 not downloading cache comments

    in Website

    Posted

    When using "Send to GPS" from the cache page, it's timing out during the download. What ends up in my unit is the name and coords, but no comments, hints, logs. It's been working fine up until yesterday and again this morning.

     

    I'm running the 2.5beta firmware in the PN-40...but haven't had any problems until yesterday...

     

    HELP! I'm going caching this Saturday!

     

    Thanks

    wickedann

    66,000 Decon Containers

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Turns out the owner had bought 66,000 of them and sold them all to cachers. He was sold out with no more to be found.

     

    That explains the global shortage in decon containers. I stopped at a surplus store in Rochester, NY on Monday and he said it was tough finding them...he keeps calling his suppliers, but they don't have any. Oh well, I guess a few ammo cans will suffice.... :laughing:

    Pilots and caching

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I have someone that I would like to get interested in Geo-Caching and he is a pilot. Can anyone tell me if there are fly in caches or charting from the air caches? Ms L Treasures

     

    There are some close to airports - according to placement rules they are not supposed to be ON airports. However, I know of one near me that's at an on-airport museum with their permission. Nowhere near the airline terminal.

     

    I met a pilot during crew emergency training back in March. He was seated across from me at lunch the first day and out of the blue asks if I'm a geocacher...and I had just started the month before.

     

    So, yes, there are pilot geocachers out there.... :D

    GPS nickname

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Garmin Nuvi 370 = "Garwoman"

     

    Our game, when she is in on-road mode getting us near a cache or for "real" navigation, is to add "you idiot" to the end of her instruction. (Sort of like "in bed" at the end of a fortune cookie futune).

     

    Garwoman, "In .3 miles, turn left..."

    Car-full-of-cachers in unison, "..YOU IDIOT!"

     

    This works especially well when Garwoman intones, "recalculating, recalculating..." Some will envariably add the unspoken narrative going on in Garwoman's head, "...as I am ALWAYS doing for you! If you would simply turn when I TELL you to turn, we wouldn't be in this mess! Which reminds me...this car is TRASHED! Will you ever throw away your own McDonald's wrappers? There are 20 yr old french frys under your seat!!..."

     

    (Yes, it was a VERY long road-trip filled summer for two adults and two kids!!)

     

    That's great! Maybe I will hafta start doin that with my Nuvi 760, which we call b+(chin betty.

    My fav two phrases she utters:

     

    "recalculating"

    "when possible...make a u turn"

     

    :laughing:

    garmin nuvi

    in How do I...?

    Posted

     

    Is your link the best way to load mutiple caches to a Nuvi 500 at the same time? I bought a Nuvi 500 to use in car and Geocache. It works fine so far, however, I wanted to find an easy why to load multiple cache sight onto the Nuvi instead of one at a time. Please advise.

     

    affiatati7 -

     

    You will need:

    >GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife)

    >Geocaching.com preimum membership

     

    The pilotsnipes macro runs in GSAK to load custom points of interest (POIs) onto the Nuvi series.

     

    Pretty much explains how to at the website mentioned. I'm not a tech geek, but I figured it out and have had it running for several months. Paperless is just so cool!

     

    Happy caching!

    garmin nuvi

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    I've used my Nuvi 750 exculsively since February 2008, finding over 200 caches. Caches in the deep woods are unreachable due to the short battery life, so I'm considering buying a handheld unit. Depending on where you are located (urban v. rural) and what you are interested in caching for (near to road v. deep woods), the Nuvi with the paperless caching will get you started without spending another $200 on a handheld. If you are still interested after a couple hundred, and want to reach those out-of-the-way caches, then you could get a handheld unit.

     

    Happy caching!

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