Jennifer&Dean
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We have just the one account, that way we only have to pay once for the membership... And since he won't let me out of his sight with the GPSr, we find everything as a team. It works and keeps us happy. Yes, we will sometimes note who found the cache in our comments though. -Jen
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Definitely not us then, but now we will keep an eye out! -Jen
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New horizons for Geocaching.....
Jennifer&Dean replied to Oh! Bandeirante's topic in General geocaching topics
Well, if you have the time, figure out the coordinates for the "crash" location and make it a cache.... I want to make one on Mars but am afraid noone would visit it... -Jen -
We're a 2! Thanks to Walkin Stick and various caches (at least 3!). SO, how many people have moved a travel bug that Markwell owns or has found? I don't think we have, but it is an important question...
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I like that idea Planet. A local cache (Trade Beads) has a really nice odds-n-ends collection from a beader. I am in the process of acquireing 50 years of antique clutter from a relative. I am gonna have to set up a Clutter Cache and see what I can load it with. Anyone (other than me) think Antique vases (minis) and old figurines are good items? -Jen
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General questions about technique.
Jennifer&Dean replied to TMAN264's topic in General geocaching topics
We use the hints when we have to, but not before. We also keep the GPS on 'cause sometimes you get more satellites locked and better accuracy and can get a better idea of where to search. And we have e-mailed the owner for clues, but only because we KNEW from reading the other logs that the cache had problems and the owner hadn't bothered changing the equations on the page. Still hasn't as a matter of fact. ANd we have been known to search for more than 2 hours, in the dark, waiting for the full moon to rise over the mountain. -Jen -
Do some people not understand that GPS is not exact?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Ramness's topic in General geocaching topics
It is just a form of "customer service" to place a small note on your cache that- ***I took 4 readings coming at my placement from every possible direction, with an accuracy of 30 feet and 5 satellites locked*** I don't see why that would cause anyone problems, as a matter of fact, I think is is a courtesy that someone takes the time to "show" me the effort they put into making sure their coordinates are correct. I've seen some pages with coordinates and the note that "It's out there, go get it." We didn't bother. -
Do some people not understand that GPS is not exact?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Ramness's topic in General geocaching topics
One thing we like for caches is when people mention on their page the # of satellites and the accuracy they had when placeing their cache. If we see that someone had 3 satellites and 48 ft accuracy, we know to search hard in a pretty big radius. -Jen -
Do some people not understand that GPS is not exact?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Ramness's topic in General geocaching topics
We hope the location becomes a multistep cache with some orienteering involved by midsummer. It was just too deep to make a simple cache, so we are going to have fun with it. Gorgeous area, absolutely mystical. We didn't have the time to take care of it before dark, so we decided to wait. -Jen -
Do some people not understand that GPS is not exact?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Ramness's topic in General geocaching topics
Just to chime in with another possibility, what if they are searching during a time with the satellites "lined" up wrong. You wouldn't believe how often we start searching to realize that the satellites are lined up in a row and we have a 150 ft error showing. So we just keep looking until the satellites can triangulate better. On one cache we searched for 2 hours, it was in a deep valley and the cache had been placed by a vacationer who only took one reading! The cache was over 200 ft away from the coordinates when we finally found it, 2 days later. When trying to place a cache in a similar valley a friend discovered he couldn't get coordinates more accurate than 150 feet. Instead of driving people nuts, it was decided that maybe it wasn't the best place to locate a cache. So accuracy isn't dependant upon a GPSr or it's user all the time. Some times one person has great (16 ft) accuracy with 7 satellites while the next looker can't get more than 3 satellites and they are lined up instead of well placed. Just a thought, Jen -
Has anyone tried a FLYING cache ?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Captain Leno's topic in General geocaching topics
Shafer Meadows in Montana was placed by someone who flew into the area from far away. It has never been found, and is 16 miles from the nearest trailhead. You almost NEED a plane to get it in less than 3 days. -
We want a TRUCK! Otherwise, we'll never finish the 12 Step Program and officially have GAS! (Any recommendations for good, inexpensive trucks?)
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It would be pretty cool. I like taking tables of stats and playing with them and to have one accessable would be awesome. "Look guys! The ratio of geocachers to geocaches in Montana is exactly 2:1!" Anyway, I think it would be fun to have. -Jen
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You might be a geocacher if... You got really excited when you figured out how to find coodinates on MARS! But depressed at the cost of a rocket to place the cache. ***true story!***
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My cache was found by a non-cacher
Jennifer&Dean replied to The Shorts's topic in General geocaching topics
At the Astronomy Through The Ages Event in September in Lolo, MT, we met a really nice family that had found a not-so-local cache. It was really neat to talk to them about their reactions to finding it and what they left in it. Their boys had found it while playing in the brush at a lake. We talked for quite a while and the were really excited to know there were local caches to find. It really is neat to meet folks whose introduction to caching is by accident. -
Some fairly nice images, B&W, at http://geoengine.nima.mil/ just zoom into the USA (or other country, it might work), click on the Nima coverages tab, turn on the DOI 10m, update the map, and hopefully your area will be marked as covered. If they are, zoom in until you are where you wish to see. You can also enter some coordinates. When you are ready, click the view tab, set the size you want, and take a look. the picture has coordinates all the way around it. I save the views, print them, and take them with me into the Bitterroots when exploring. Note: the pics are older, but still useful.
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We just placed a multi step and so far one step has been found due to our tracks in the snow. More that one cache out here is inaccessable during the winter, our Don't Pass Me By cache already has a foot of snow on it and just wait until winter hits. We are looking forward to reading the logs of fellow cachers in Montana who plan on snowshoeing to get Moveable Feast and some of the other mountain caches. On the other hand, 3 miles in the snow is just silly when you can do it in the mud in the spring!
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Month and a half too soon to adopt a cache?
Jennifer&Dean replied to Sissy-n-CR's topic in General geocaching topics
Go ahead and adopt it. There is a certain responsibility attached to cache placement. And if you aren't going to respond to e-mails or fix problems when they are encountered (within a reasonable time period, a month maybe), than you shouldn't place. So far we have encountered bad placers in Montana, both of whom turned out to live out of state and have no interest in upkeep. We help when we can, but it would've have been nice to have gotten an E-mailed "thanks for fixing my hint so it leads to the correct final location". We know people are busy, but that is no excuse for letting good things rot in a bad container. -
I like the missoula, MT idea....and it is my backyard! Come on up (or down) and try some of the local mountain caches.
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We're really happy you enjoyed yourself Marty. Glad to provide some distraction on your trip. Definitely come back again. Maybe there will even be more in Butte when you return. -jennifer&dean
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We had a cache accepted yesterday and today it says it is temporarily unavailable. We didn't disable it. On the nearest caches list it doesn't show as disabled though. I(dean) tried to disable, then enable the cache but that didn't seem to help. Any suggestions? dean