miacova

My first crafted cache. [/img]

Well, I am still very new to geocaching, I only have 21 finds to date and have placed 3 caches, 2 have been published and one I hid today that I custom made is waiting to be published. Of the 3 I have hidden only one was big enough to hold swag, and I just dropped a few things in it I thought someone might get a kick out of a token from the 1962 worlds fair, some little toys, and a couple of cards to make people smile. I have found only a few caches that were large enough contain swag, from pennies to quarters, some foreign coins, little toys and erasers, The only thing I removed from a cache was a travel bug,(that's was placed in a new cache and sent on it's way) and a eye glass cleaning cloth, it was something I really needed at that moment to clean my glasses after crawling around in the bushes in the rain. I did not start this hobby to find anything other than the cache and to get some much needed exercise for this 55 year old man. I have read alot on this forum and have caching kit, it's nothing but a cache ready to be put into the wild when I find a good location, some ziplock bags of different sizes to ward off the rain on un-maintained caches, and some misc. sized logs for those that are wet or full. And a few pieces of swag, A couple of travel bugs, I'll put in well maintained caches I find in the future. I plan on always removing trackables and moving them on to the next maintained cache.

I placed my first couple of caches yesterday, first one was approved and published this morning, and has already been found 3 times. I sent a message to one of the finders asking if they were using a stand alone gps or just a phone app, and if they had any problems with the cords. The reply from the finder stated that the app they were using took them right to the cache... So it looks like I'm on the right track.

Thank you for your responses, I will do just that I did enter the cords for one them and it showed up on a location that is not available, yet the geocaching app says the nearest one to that location is .4 miles. I saw somewhere that mystery caches will affect where it can be placed, perhaps that's the case for the one instance. The other has been submitted for review.

I have a couple caches ready to hide and the cords of my hiding spots. Do I hide them then submit for review, or do I submit for review then hide?