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I really, really don't like the new search. Please bring back the old search. I just did a search on Nashville TN for a trip we are taking. The first few results seemed to work, but halfway down the page it switches back to local caches. why???? The results are too spread out to do any eyeball comparisons and I am finding it hard to follow across the page without guidelines. I don't understand how this is supposed to be an improvement? It will take me hours to figure out all the new ins and outs. I would rather be finding caches!!!!

Marshall University Plane Crash - http://coord.info/GCMT49 Splashdam Coal Mine Accident - http://coord.info/GCZET4 and http://coord.info/GC1MVGD Plane Crash Rock - http://coord.info/GCZFTX

I personally love cemetery caches. I find it is a good way to learn a little about the history of an area...and as a woman who caches sometimes alone, a fairly safe area to geocache for personal safety. Most cemetery caches I have found are in a tree (or bush) in the cemetery or along the edges of the cemetery. We have though found some near headstones and are placed by a family member. I remember one that was in a bird house hanging from a shepherd's hook near the stone and another a dragonfly perched in a tree limb. I like finding zinc headstones and sometimes the adventure to get to an out of the way cemetery adds to the geocache itself - see GC2CR1B German Lutheran Cemetery. I also know that the chances of finding a geocache in a cemetery is very high as they are usually not muggled, so when traveling I specifically look for cemetery hides. There is one in Cincinnati called Multi-Veterans' Salute GC18RCZ - I was able to do this cache on 11/11/11 (appropriately enough Veterans' Day). There is also a cache near there GC1F81W The Forgotten Cemetery Tour IV which if the cache page is printed is 79 pages long - a lot of history there. Doing cemetery caches lets me remember those who have gone before me. And it is my honor and privilege to do so....

besides OKIC, there is also the Miami Valley Geocachers (also with a FB page)...both groups are very active

There is a Christmas celebration in my town that involves a parade, tree lighting and fireworks. I want to do a Christmas Carol flash mob about 45 minutes before the parade. I am having a problem getting it published in my area due to the listing not being geocaching related enough - I mentioned celebrating the season with our geocaching friends and bringing a piece of paper with your name and whether you have been naughty or nice this past year to put in a hat for a log book, and I have also mentioned to the reviewer I am trying to work with the city to possibly do a couple of event caches but am waiting on a response back from them. Still not good enough.... But not more than an hour away, an event has published for a Christmas cookie exchange with one mention of geocaching in the entire listing. So.....why a Christmas cookie exchange and not a flash mob to sing a carol or two? I am not getting much help from the reviewer....any ideas?

We have one in Springfield OH - GC3RTD7 The Hartman Rock Garden

This is such a neat spot....the property owner comes out quite often to chit chat with visitors whether they be geocachers or not. And if you are a geocacher - he doesn't give many hints...lol People come out and have weddings there, graduation photos, families bring their kids to play, the local college/high school kids bring their dates here. On Thursday nights people (including the owner) come out and play music in the gardens. I believe I read somewhere that the owner is wanting to give the land to the city of Wapakoneta when he passes away. It is a must see for anyone (including geocachers) if they ever pass through that part of Ohio. It is a place to visit, explore and ponder.....

just did the Hatfield McCoy Geotrai - we opted to have a guided tour take us to all of the caches - was definitely the way to go, we got to enjoy the scenery, hear some more stories about the feud and found all the caches (some were pretty remote) with no problems. You would definitely need to have the tourism factor there - culture, history, scenery, etc. for it to be a go.

I've posted about this before but I bought a lot of geocoins on ebay that the seller said he had gotten in a garage sale. Most of the lot was unactivated but there were 2 coins that where activated, drilled and wired. I tried to contact the owner (not on geocaching in over a year) on geocaching several times with no response and even contacted someone who had geocached with them several times to try to get information and to offer to return the coins, send them out from where I was or adopt them. No response. I ended up putting them on my watchlist, posted a note on each trackable page and released them at GeoWoodstock so that people can enjoy them. I didn't see any other way to handle the situation.

I bought a lot of geocoins and travel bugs off of ebay about a year ago, that someone said they had purchased the lot at a garage sale. While going thru the lot after receiving them, two of them were activated, drilled and wirelocked. They both had location as unknown, but had never been released. I tried several time to contact the owner, telling him how I got them, did he want them back or could I adopt him with now response. He had not been on Groundspeak for a 1 1/2 years at that time. I then contacted a gecocacher who had cached with the owner trying to get some more information, they sent me an email address and I tried to contact the owner again, with no luck. What I did was set the two trackables free at GeoWoodstock this year and put notes on the trackable page explaining the situation. I am watching them move about. There seemed to be no point in hanging on to the coins after all my efforts in trying to locate the owner. Unfortunately his story of finding them in a bag of Geocaching items at Goodwill could be very plausible. A geocacher passes away with a bunch of trackables he just picked up, family goes through his belongings (What the heck are these?) and donates them to Goodwill. NOT out of the question at all. Don't immediately list him as a muggle who stole from geocaches... Who out of us wouldn't have purchased it from Goodwill...maybe not to sell on ebay like he is but..... It appears the person listed as the owner is not active anymore either? so if this was sold to a cacher, what will they be able to do with it that is any different than what I have done?

My son did a multi cache(one-time only) - we came up with a story that some friends of ours had come up with a multi/puzzle cache (that way they could be at the final without suspicion) and that they wanted us to try it before it was published to make sure it worked. We had them text us the starting coordinates and we took her to do the multi - she believed my son was working. Had the words "Wil Ewe Merry" in 3 caches and the final instructions was for her to read the three words in order and turn around. He was standing there with a sign that said ME? (she said yes).

first two letters of our sons' names JOhn, BRandon, ERic, RYan = JOBRERRY

Hi - looking for a cacher to help with GCV8A2 TexOhiMaryFlor... uh, land... Oh, This Is Nuts! - so far have the TX cacher and the OH cacher...working on the MD cacher and the FL cacher - Any volunteers to help find this multi-state, multi-cacher, multi-cache?

Hi - Have teamed up with a cacher in TX, myself in OH and now we need a cacher near South Baltimore to help on cache GCV8A2 TexOhiMaryFlor... uh, land... Oh, This Is Nuts! - any volunteers to help get this multi-state multi-cache?

I'm in the Dayton OH area - just sent you an email.

Ok, so far I haven't seen an answer to my question I bought a lot of geocoins off of a seller on ebay who bought them in a garage sale. (30+ coins) Most of the coins were not activated, but two were drilled and wire cabled and activated. I have emailed the owner (Hasn't cached since Dec 2010) several times and also emailed a buddy who cached with them a lot who is still active for a contact information - still no response after that email. I hate to see these just sit here, so I am planning on releasing them at GeoWoodstock even though I don't own them I will be watching them and have made a note as such on the trackable's page. Is what I am doing right, wrong or somewhere in the middle? I just want to see the coins keep moving and being enjoyed.

get ahold of boydfamily here on geocaching.com. They are the heads of the Miami Valley Geocachers and currently live in Greene county and should be able to answer your questions about placing caches in any of the local counties.

Thanks for the info & help.

My husband is traveling to Oceanside this weekend to see our son stationed at Camp Pendleton, and he is taking several trackables from Ohio out that way and we would like to drop them off. Also he is going to the Cincinnati Red's first spring training game in Goodyear AZ and possibly drop some things there or along the way. Also if you have trackables that need to come east, I am sure he will try to meet up with you to grab them. He is looking for terrain/difficulty under 2/2 and also some neat caches in both those areas to show our son and daughter in law what geocaching is. The difficulty can be higher on these, but the terrain needs to stay 2 or so below because of a heart attack a few months ago. Thanks

There is a geocaching wedding here in Ohio planned for 2/29 - GC3AF83 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a859ac6a-b8d1-47d8-885b-c7ab19acbe2f My son also proposed to his girlfriend with a geocache, so we are planning a camoflauge geocaching wedding event in 2 years. Good luck with yours!!! and congratulations!!!

I know this practice is still promoted (or offered as a way to log) by at least one organization in Ohio. Although I personally don't see anything wrong with it, I have chosen to only log each event as one cache. For example at a 4 day event last year I found over 100 event caches, but after it was all said and done I ended up logging only the event cache. It all depends on how a person wants to play the game. I have also done 4 events in one day so that part is possible to an extent.

Last event, I met some one by telling them I wanted to touch their jeeps (travelers) LOL The first event I went to, it was a little lonely but I introduced myself to the ones that were interested, the hosts and got my name put on a PAF list. The second one (out of town) finished with dinner at a restaurant where we sat with another couple and have become good friends since. Whenever we go to that town, we look them up and cache together. The third event, I had begun to recognize people and associating their caching names with them. Hey - I did that FTF night cache with your group, it was to dark to see you then, but nice to meet you in the daytime. That kind of thing... Really the best way is to walk up and introduce yourself and where you are from. After a few events, you get to know people and create friendships and caching buddies. If you know of some interesting caches to do, ask if they've done them and go from there. Walk around a share an interesting travel bug or geocoin - Hey do you want to discover this? I have found most geocachers in my area to be very friendly, outgoing and a little whacky just like myself.

Very cool to have a media outlet take interest in geocaching http://www.abc57.com/news/local/The-12-Geocaches-of-Christmas-135449863.html

As a woman also, I enjoy doing cemetary caches when I am by myself. I find them peaceful, relatively safe, and an almost guaranteed find. I also let my family know where I am going in case there ever is a problem.

We we tried for 111 caches but only succeeded with 64 which I am very proud of. We hit 4 event caches including a breakfast, 2 separate gatherings under the Peace Bell in KY and a dinner. I also got to do my first Wherigo cache. We did a Veterans multi cache which involved finding the graves of eight veterans from 8 different wars. We also visited the Matt Maupin cache to pay our respects. It was a great day to celebrate the freedoms we have because of the men and women who have served our country. Thank you to all of them.