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I am going go to my university bookstore and puchase something for a travel bug. It may be a university mascot doll or a keychain with the university's name on it. Does this break any geocaching.com rules (commercial, etc.)?

I want to start my first travel bug. I am in the USA. I want the goal to be to travel the country and eventually reach an Asian country where I grew up (there are several caches there). It will probably be very slow getting there but is this too far of a destination?

I just found my first geocoin. The instructions on the geocoin site is a little confusing. I went to a cache today and took a geocoin from a cache. It is currently in my possession and I will place in in the next cache that I find. When logging a geocoin, do I choose "retrieve" or "grab"?

I was thinking of adding a new log and take the old log out and try to contact the owner to see if I could mial it to him. But I may just leave the old log in the cache just incase other cachers wants to look at the log.

There is a cache in my area and the owner has not logged in since 2007. The cache is still active and one of the log said that the log is almost full. The owner was in the war and according to the cache description, he got injured and is in the hospital. So he does not live near the cache and cannot add a new log. When the log gets full, can I add a new log to his cache?

Geocaching.com should add a "delete log" button for hiders.

I only use this account for posting on the message board. I have another "real" account.

70 caches a day? Forget my code idea then. I didn't know someone can find that many caches in a day.

To prevent someone from logging their find without finding the cache, geocaching.com should generate a code for the person hiding the cache. The hider can place a label on the container or write the code on the log located inside the cache. When the finder goes to log a find on geocaching.com, he/she enters the code and then log the find.

How long does it take for a cache to be posted?

I agree with the posts on the naming conventions but when you click the listing in HTML button your entire listing will be turned into HTML code. When you edit it you might get some funky text sizes or formatting issues (like no line breaks as the ENTER key doesn't create on, you need to use a line break <br>). You can do it but unless you're going to do the entire listing in HTML and embed pictures and stuff like GC166X2 then I'd just be content with saying "To read about this you can (visit link) to get more information" or something like that. I had my cache description typed without the html except for the link. When I went back to edit, the format changed. But if I remember, I think it automatically added html code or I either added it myself by putting <p> to create a double space.

You forget the quotes. I prefer all of my links to be coded like this: <A HREF="http://www.WEBSITE" target="_blank"> Click Here</A> What is the difference between: <A HREF=http://www.WEBSITE> Click Here</A> and <A HREF="http://www.WEBSITE" target="_blank"> Click Here</A> ? THe first one worked for me. Why should I use the second rather than the first?

Does a handheld GPS accuracy differ between driving, standing, and walking? For example, is a GPS more accurate while driving? Is it less accurate when walking or standing still? Also, when I first turn on my GPS, will walking help the GPS lock on to sattelites faster than standing still?

It has been raining all day today and the clouds are thick. Does rain and or clouds effect the reception and accuracy of a GPS? Today it took a long time for my GPS to lock on to sattelites. When it did find sattelites, the accuracy was about 200 feet. Usually my accuracy according to my GPS is between 9 and 30 feet.

I can't answer that. I don't know what the university's policy on geocaches or public visitors is. You could try asking someone at the university, however. From a location point of view, if I were visiting te university for the first time, I'd like to see something unique to that campus. I'd prefer that a geocache took me to something on campus that I might not otherwise have known about - a little piece of history, or maybe a nice walking trail, or and old building. A bench is, well... just a bench. The cache is located next to a historic building which dates to 1837 and sections of it dates to 1907. It is now used for campus offices (admissions, etc.). This building was built in sections throughout the year and if you walk through the hall, you can see a small pieced of engraved metal that shows the year. The inside was recently renovated/remodeled and this was probably when the plaque with the dates were added. Off topic from original post but I am not sure if I should mention in my cache description that after finding the cache, they can walk into the building and through the long hallway where they can see the plaques displaying the dates of the different sections (due to the possibly of the cachers kids being loud. Didn't want them to disturb people who are working).

Yes but what I am wanting to do is replace the link with the word "click here". But I don't know the code for it.

I am creating my first cache listing. It is a nano cache, which is smaller than a penny. This cache is located on a university campus next to a building campus. There are many benches around this building for students to sit. Is it ok to place a nano cache (magnetic) underneath the bench?

I tried Google but I cannot find the code. I am hiding my first cache and I am typing my description. I have a url that will be in my description. When I do < url>x</url > with x being the website address, I get (visit link) when I view my listing. I want to name my linke. For example "Click here to read . . .", I want "Click here" to be clickable. Is there a code for this?

Has anyone ordered from aetoys.com? I was going to order a nano cache from them for $1.49. Their site is listed on geocaching.com's shopping page under alternate shipping. Are they a reliable/safe website? Also are they other places to order a nano for about the same price?

I think you forgot about the rain aspect. These are lousy cache containers. Unless you are totally into the idea of visiting it every few weeks to replace your water soaked log, try something else. Do you have any suggestions on a similar size or smaller magnetic container? Something that would fit under a bench?

It would have to be one huge magnet to ruin a laptop hard drive. I work in the IT field and I've even tried using a bulk tape eraser to wipe hard drives - it doesn't work. A mico cache type magnet won't harm a hard drive. I guess if you took the hard drive out of the laptop and placed the earth magnet right over the actuator arm, it Might do something.... It is a Neodymium magnet: http://www.mygeocachingstore.com/magnets.htm http://www.mygeocachingstore.com/microbolt.htm

The way I am going to use mine is to let the magnet of the key holder attach to something metal under a bench. since it won't be on the ground, there is probably less chance of the log getting wet. I found a local cache this week and the key holder was under a bench. The way the metal was shaped, the the key holder was protected from the rain. Hopefully the bench that I am thinking of placing the cache will have a similar design. I was thinking of ordering one of those geocaching bolt and nut with a magnet. However, the magnet is one of those powerful magnets and I don't want a college student to place his or her laptop on the bench and have it ruin the hard drive. --------- note: if you guys are looking at my profile and see that I don't have any cache found listed in my profile, that is because this is not my actual geocaching account. I only use this account for the forums.

Yes!. Thanks for the quick reply. I will go out and buy this soon. I was wanting to buy at a physical location before trying to order online and pay shipping.

When I go out caching, I get nervous. I feel like I'm doing something wrong and going to get caught. One example is this. There is a cache next at city hall. There is a grassy area with benches and a gazebo for the public. One of my family members found it a few months ago so she decided to show me where it was located after I couldn't find it. She showed me the bush where the cache was located. So here I am spreading the small bush open, then getting down on my knees to look underneath the bush. I could not find it and I am going to the next bush and looking through it. Another cache is behind "welcome to (city)" sign with lanscaping around the sign. This is located next to a highway. I have yet to attempt to find this and will probably go to it soon. It just feels like I am doing something that would look suspicious.

I am wanting to purchase a magnetic key holder like the one below so that I could use it as a cache container. If you have used this, does Wal-Mart sell it?