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I'm confused, are we talking about replacing a cache or changing it, those are too different things! I don't think anyone cares if this is not the original bison tube that was in the bush, or that the lock in lock in the rock pile was originally a decon box. It's all the same experience. Now it the fake bolt on the stop sign is now a fake rock under a tree, or the ammo can in the hollow stump is now 100 feet to the north and hidden up in a tree thats not a replacement, that's a new cacheing experience and I would re-list it as such so people can look for it again. Look at it not from your point of "I hate to archive my cache because it is muggled no matter what I change about it" try looking at it from the finders point "I heard that 2/2 film canister has morphed into a 4/4 that involves a tree climb and is real hard to find, but I already got the smilely from before so I'm not gonna go.".

Helped them look? Thats nothing.... What about when they actually find one!

Definitely agree with that answer!

I took at a look the area where you've cached and there really isn't that much cache saturation in the area. There is a LOT of room to place caches there. Keep looking and you'll start to see there are a lot of options still available out there. So you know where I'm coming from, there are over 1000 caches placed within six miles of me and over 5000 in 20 mile radius. Even with that density I'm finding locations to place hides. Maybe this is related to the "should find at least XXX caches before you can place one discussions" Imagine I am a new cacher: I find a dozen caches and now I want to hide my own so I think about the ones I found so far: 5 LPCs in the mall parking lot. 3 under bridges 2 in a park 1 under a downtown bench 1 on the local pier So I look around town: - Only one mall, walmart, target, etc parking lots are taken too - Not a lot of bridges around and they have caches or don't seem safe - all the parks have a cache so they are taken (maybe I consider if it has a cache it is taken as I don't know the 1/10th mile rule and that others may fit.) - Its a small town, only a few benches right in a group - Only the one pier in town DANG! All the spots are taken, someone needs to make room for us newbies. In reality the lack of experience gives me a very small idea of the places a cache may be, and I ignore the unused areas of town because they are not the type of area I found one in before so those must be bad areas. (Not saying this is the CO's case, but I'm sure it has happened)

I don't have a lot of caches out yet as mine take weeks to build, test, install, etc.. But if I wanted to place a cool cache idea and need a certain spot that already has a cache I would do what a fellow cacher does. First look would look at the description, then go out and find it yourself. If it is a well thought out hide with cool container, regularly active, and well liked I will follow it in case one day it will be archived. If it is a unexciting P&G, uninteresting container, has been around for a while and has been found by all the locals, mirrors a ton of other nearby caches, and placed by a CO with a large number of hides I would write a polite letter, or ask him at the next monthly event if he would mind archiving it. So far this approach has always worked well by those who told me it is ok to use. We have a CO who has over 600 caches placed (not all currently active of course), some are really cool and he likes, some he places just to give others something to find. The second kind he is more then happy to archive because not only is the replacement better, but he now has a new cache to look for! I really think cachers should find a good number of caches before placing one, gives you a better idea of what is a cool cache or allowed and what is not. Take this time to get to know the locals, they are a great source of info, and you will soon learn who you would feel comfortable asking to archive a cache for you. P.S. That same CO has now started announcing a couple times a year at our monthly breakfasts an area of town that he will be archiving all of his P&G caches in 2 weeks from that day. Gives anyone who wants to do them time to get out there, and all those who want to place caches 2 weeks to scope out new spots and get containers ready to place them. It is a lot like a forest fire, the whole area goes barren, then new caches spring up over time and we all get new smileys.

Congratulations on your first find! UK cachers can be found over in the UK and Ireland side of these forums HERE link, pop over and say hello, and get a UK perspective on things! Sorry I have to ask, but did this reply make anyone else laugh. Somehow I still don't think a post about not finding it would equal to her "first find" in the "UK perspective on things" either.... unless thier rules are totally different. TO THE OP: your first ones are the hardest, expect not to find a lot of them, a few months, and a few caches, from now when you go back to the same cache to try again you will laugh at how easy you find it because of experience. If you can find other local cachers ask to tag along for a day, great way to get some experience, and make new friends. Look for a local event to attend to meet others. Most of all keep trying new caches, like any sport or hobby the best way to get better is practice!

Remember Opencaching.com is still in Beta and is run by a large company which gets its money from making GPS units so the bills are paid elsewhere. Also as you mentioned there are not nearly the number of caches listed so there would be no value in buying a membership now, but that dosen't mean they will not change once they feel there is enough to be of value. I went to check out backpacker.com because I've been looking for trail maps for our local state park.... funny thing is there maps page has no maps on it. Just a bunch of readers comments complaining that the magazines articles (their real income) keep pointing to the site to download maps, but there are none to be found. I am often surprised geocaching.com gives away as much as they do, but they need a way to pay the bills and to hardcore cachers the GPX files are one of the most valuable things on the site. And $2.50 a month really isn't that much if you think about it, the same as 1 set of batteries for your GPS, and I've burned 4 sets in a single weekend before. The other sites are not as good as GC.com... one by your own admission in your post, and one by simply not working. It is like the old Best Buy/Radio Shack war.... people would go to Radio Shack and complain about Best Buy being cheaper, then they would go to Best Buy and complain the employees didn't know anything about the products. Many went to RS and asked a 1000 questions about somethingonly to drive around the buy it at BB. When Radio Shack finally had no option but to cut regular training to almost nothing, reduce wages, and hire non experienced employees those same people would complain how Radio Shack went down hill even though they never bought anything from them.

I would be upset with you stealing my excuse, but after it backfired on me too you can have it! LINK TO LOG As I look back over the log I'm laughing because I had noted I was sitting in a parking lot writting the log on my cell phone while wasting time waiting for to Cops parked at the next FTF to leave.

More then OK, I would consider it a requirment. When you submit the cache for review you are saying it is ready to go. You will be given no advance notice before it is posted and, depending on your area and cache type, chances are an FTF hound will be at your cache as soon as it is posted and I mean as soon as 10 to 15 minutes after posting, day or night, there is no way you would be able to reliably beat them there and place it.

As I spent the last hour logging and posting pics to a Travel Bug page I started to wonder what is the furthest, hardest, or craziest thing you have done to help a TB complete it's mission. You can read mine here TB22D, I drove over an hour to bring a very old Astronaut TB to Kennedy Space Center and dip it into a Virtual Cache on the compound. In my case it was not actually the TBs goal to go to KSC, but after contacting the owner and asking if he wanted me to bring it there he loved the idea and asked me to make sure to post lots of pictures. After all the lost TB posts I figured it be nice about the ones that made it to their goal for a change.

Sorry I traded in my Triton 400 for credit towards a new Explorist 710 through the Magellan Customer Loyalty Program a while ago and don't remember much about it except it is a USB unit so you should not need all that Baud Rate stuff as that is for serial connections. If no one here helps I'd try the Triton Forum, lots of experts and tips there. Edit: A quick search led me to THIS THREAD that suggests you need to update the firmware then goes through how to make it connect.

Interesting, in Florida there is no such requirement. Though when they run your ID it will alert them in their computer system that you are licensed to carry. I don't believe I have ever informed a officer I was carrying. More because it doesn't occur to me to do so then because I choose not to. But to stay on topic I have an uncanny affinity for being stopped by cops when I am caching, maybe because I'm a 30 something male, maybe because I mainly get time to cache after dark, but I've been stopped 2 or 3 times in a night. I've always been honest, and always been allowed to finish caching after I explained what I am doing. I try to keep some of the brochures in my car to give them and that helps. One time I did stretch the truth a little though to a young officer who gave me a vibe he thought I had to be a wacko for looking for "film canisters" in a bush around midnight. Told him about geocaching, and that it was kinda a scavenger hunt with GPS, he gives me a funny look so I quickly added that many kids played on Saturdays, and being Friday night I was checking some of the caches to make sure they were still there and had dry log sheets so the kids tomorrow wouldn't be disappointed. Immediately I could see that made more sence in his mind that it was doing it "for the kids" instead of because an adult found this as a fun activity and he let me continue on my way.

Reading your description as a website designer I had a hunch what the secret to the puzzle may be.... I was right. Everything you need is on the page. Sorry it is a puzzle, and helping in the forums is frowned upon, so I won't say any more as I probably already said too much.

Correct, just dip the bug in the cache you found it in with an note to correct it's mileage then move it along, glad you found your answer.

I just average a reading on the GPS, make a few approaches to see if I get to the area... then before posting to the site I throw them into google maps just to make sure I didn't copy a number down wrong and am in the right area. It's not perfect but it will tell you if you got anything but the last number incorrect.

Micro, otherwise you will have disappointed cachers expecting to trade swag, drop bugs, etc. A big reason for sorting on size is when caching with children, I've seen kids are good for 1 or 2 micros for every 5 regular/large then the fun ends, any more and they will cut your caching day early whether you want to or not. Around here the local custom would be to include "micro attached to a larger host" to the description so cachers know what they are looking for.

I also can confirm it is not an android only issue, I get it on my Blackberry Torch OS6. P.S. I thought it is funny the 2 Blackberry users are also both ham radio operators.

Could have used this a week ago. When I was setting the GenUploadStats macro I put in the wrong password, I eneded up changing my GC.com password to match for it to work. Maybe I'll change it back now.

Actually just had a new idea I've never seen before, I am gonna send out a travel bug that is in a race, but not against another TB. This bug will be in a race against me to get more caches, I but on the page that dipping is Ok and heavy cachers could hold it for extended times.

That's not what anyone said, What I'm saying is you can't stand there and say a word is in common use to a whole bunch of people who have not heard it. Well you can say it, but it's not gonna make it true.

Forgot to mention.... Welcome to the addiction, keep the stories coming.

Nope that would be safe, a Geocoin would have say something like "trackable at geocaching.com" and have a special code etched into it. I just personally know of cases where new cachers grabbed a trackable (usually one of the kids) and parents didn't get a good look at it. One friend even found a Travel Bug tag around a stuffed animals neck a week after her daughter traded for it.

Great story, and I don't mean to discourage you, but this honestly sounds more like a commercial for C:geo then anything. You take time to expand on trivial parts of the story involving the application, and use words like "brilliant", secret weapon", and "trusty" to describe it. Also you take the time to describe what terms like "muggle" mean when any new cacher would assume a forum of other cachers would not need a definition. Don't mean to discourage you, but we want to hear about THE HUNT, not the tool you used during it. Oh I forgot, Calderwood had no geocoins in it at the time of your visit so not sure what you saw. Make sure this is not a trackable coin, and if it is you log this coin and move it to another cache, Geocoins are to be moved along not traded for. Many new geocachers don't notice the wording on the coins when they first see them and keep it by mistake. Of course there are some coins you are welcome to keep, just wanted to make sure you knew the difference.

When you say your home location you are referring to the coordinates, not just the address on your account correct?

Yes I would actually, that is clear, precise, and to the point. It would also be incorrect. Dosen't this kinda prove my point though? If I can't tell the difference between what was originally said and a clear text wording then that is the definition of confusing language.