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Last I checked Bermuda was a country, along with the rest of the Commonwealth such as Canada and Australia.

Can you be more descriptive what you are looking for and provide a link to the cache or the cache number? Do you mean Where's in a Name? Your coordinates run almost right through Austin with tons of cachers.

It's fine as it is. Logs and photos exist for all caches and I don't think this cache places any extra burden on the system. Extra postings in the forum should stay in the regional forums where they are appropriate. ° Fine as is

wolfeyez, I just realized I will be back across the same coordinates next weekend. If you don't have someone to help you by then let me know. - chloew

I wish I had read your post this morning. I just got back from an extended drive and geocaching trip where I crossed your coordinate on Rt 79 going through Milano (~30.7° N) about 80 miles from Austin.

Check the Nacogdoches newspaper for more detailed updates on the search and the makeup of search teams. From the information I've read so far it seems the authorities prefer not to have free lancers running around the woods but will take any information about possible debris submitted by the public. The offical search teams are made up of members from a number of different local and federal groups and include one 'GPS' person with the large backpack GPS device from Trimble and Garmin seen on TV. Though if anybody from the area hears about opportunities to volunteer for searching please post it here. chloew - Austin, TX

I was wondering how others handle the following situation. This weekend I dropped a bug in a cache around noon, but did not have the chance to log the chache find and bug drop until that evening. By the time I was ready to log it online, someone else had already found it physically and grabbed it virtually. So I no longer could drop the bug in the cache online and the bug doesn't have a record of being placed in the particular cache. It is also missing the corresponding miles, although not significant in this case. How do you normally handle this scenario? Can we suggest changes to the system/web site to allviate this problem? Would it be too difficult to add an option to allow the finder to specify in which particular cache he found it (as it is in no cache at that time)?

I had one 'disappear' for over five months as well. Someone picked it up on their second (and last) find and held onto it. E-mails were answered but the bug never reappeared. Then after I had given up hope, it all of a sudden was placed in a cache 1500 miles away by a different cacher. According to the notes it hand been handed off several times before coming active again.

Fuzzy handcuffs? Oh wait, that was a poor girl in front of me in a security line at an airport in Germany. With everyone watching they did make her put the handcuffs in a brown paper bag and gave them to the pilot for the duration of the flight. (true story)

quote:Originally posted by Geodoggy:Magellan just replied and said the NiMhs are o.k. but I will get an incorrect reading on my battery level. Has anyone had this experience? Throwaway batteries are rated at 1.5V while most rechargables only generate about 1.2V. The lower voltage is still fine for most electronic devices since they are designed to work that way, but the battery meters will read a bit less since the actual voltage is lower. Some high-end GPSs allow you to specify what type of batteries you are using and will compensate for the lower voltage in their battery meters.

What's next? The Professional Geocaching Association, followed by the LPGA, and the Senior PGA. We could have annual geocaching tournaments to see who is the best. And make winners wear funny colored jackets and all.

As the cache owner you get automatic notification of all activity on your cache. You do not need to add it to your watch list. Also you do not need to log a find on your own cache (as many think this is not proper), you can use a note to place a travel bug. In addition, you can delete the find log or note on your cache and the travel bug will still remain with the cache.

quote:Originally posted by Eric O'Connor: Religion Outdoor-Activity Sport Hobby ROASH Religion Activity Sport Hobby RASH

... and on the computer. Sounds about right for this town.

Using the top right button, scroll through the four different screens until you get to the information page (not track, not setup and not the satellite page). Then using the up and down buttons (top left) scroll through the different pieces of information displayed at the botton of the screen. One of them will be the Lat and Long. Make sure in your setup screen that the GPSr is set to the right Latitude and Longitude display.

... it's the humidity Your choice: A. Cache at 104 degrees, 30 % humidity or B. Cache at 92 degrees, 90 % humidity I'll take A any day. Who can come up with a complicated formula of cache difficulty, terrain, temperature, humidity, rain/lightining/thunder, ticks/mosquitos per cubic meter, light level, and other assorted factors to give a proper find rating, so that we can all compare our total finds more accuaretly?

Like many I also bought the yellow Etrex when I got interested in geocaching, before I was willing to spend more money. The unit is designed to be used in the left hand (as mentioned by many people), but I have been using it in my right hand and I have no problems doing that. It does not have the little joystick, which might be an issue on the pricier units. It has been as robust as I needed it to be. I have dropped it several times from heights of about 5ft and no problems. The plastic screen is a bit prone to scratching such as if you drop it on rocks and it falls on the screen or you slip and fall on rocks. So far I have not gotten a protective cover, but that is an option. I have also use an Etrex Legend with the built-in base map. This is a nice feature, but not a must have for geocaching in most cases if you are willing to do a bit of map research on the computer before heading out. The only problem that I have with the basic Etrex is that now that I have a perfectly good GPS for geocaching I can't convince myself to spend more money to upgrade to a nicer unit (I would like to have the mapping features at some point).

Like many I also bought the yellow Etrex when I got interested in geocaching, before I was willing to spend more money. The unit is designed to be used in the left hand (as mentioned by many people), but I have been using it in my right hand and I have no problems doing that. It does not have the little joystick, which might be an issue on the pricier units. It has been as robust as I needed it to be. I have dropped it several times from heights of about 5ft and no problems. The plastic screen is a bit prone to scratching such as if you drop it on rocks and it falls on the screen or you slip and fall on rocks. So far I have not gotten a protective cover, but that is an option. I have also use an Etrex Legend with the built-in base map. This is a nice feature, but not a must have for geocaching in most cases if you are willing to do a bit of map research on the computer before heading out. The only problem that I have with the basic Etrex is that now that I have a perfectly good GPS for geocaching I can't convince myself to spend more money to upgrade to a nicer unit (I would like to have the mapping features at some point).

Some people want to eat and drive to McDonalds or have pizza delivered, others go to the fridge and start to cook. The former are more concerend about sustenance and ease of use, while for the latter it may be a matter of saving money, eating healthy, or they just enjoy the process of 'assembling' their meal. I think both have value, just as this service of providing ready-to-go caches does. Looking at the container and contents I think $10 is a pretty good deal. I would have a hard time making one of these from scratch (i.e. going out and buying all that stuff) for that amount. Now personally I will still stick to putting together my own caches; it's more personal and I hate paying for things that I can do/make myself, even if it takes me more time. I mow my own lawn even though I could pay someone to do it for me. And yes, I cook almost all my meals at home from scratch.

Can you provide a link to the cache page or at least the cache number (decimal or hex)? What Zip code do you expect it to be in?

I also bought one of these last week, but am somewhat disappointed with the results. I do take a lot of pictures with a 35mm and a 2MPixel digital, so my expectation are probably a bit high. The camera is focused at 5ft and does produce okay pictures at that range. It does not work well at long distances, like one would expect. So it is not well suited for most nature pictures if you are trying to capture a whole scene. It will do okay taking pictures of individual objects at the prescribed range and in good lighting conditions. Lighting should be bright and even, such as an overcast sky, as the camera is not very sensitive and also has small dynamic range, causing portions of the picture to be black or white if the amount of light varies too much throughout the picture. Overall I do not find this a good camera for caching. It was worth the $15 experiment, but I would be willing to part with mine if someone wants to buy it and pay the shipping. Otherwise it'll probably end up in a new cache someday soon.

Within in 25 miles of my Zip code, there are 11 caches with TBs in them. Since there may be more than one TB in a cache (and I didn't bother opening up each of those cache pages), there may be more than 11 TBs in caches. (It has happened quite a few timese recently that there would be more than one TB in cache.) In the same area there are 131 caches. I am wondering if the number of TBs is closely related to the number of caches and overall caching activities, such as number of cache logs in a given area in a given time. For example you could calculate a percentage of caches with TBs (11/131 = 8.4%) and see how that number varies around the country. Around here there were very few TBs about six months ago and people chased them down pretty quickly when they appeared, now we have a lot more and you will find them without even looking for them.

quote:Originally posted by Ttepee: Of my original 4... the first that I released in Oct made the most ground... up until 3 months ago she had made steady ground between NY and her goal of Los Alamos New Mexico... she made it all the way to Austin Tx and now it seems the cacher that picked up poor Old Bet just isn't into caching anymore. At first he wrote me.. then when he still didn't place her he responded to my emails.. now not even that *sigh* One thought I had, was to ask help from other local cachers if you know where the TB went missing, such as in this case. I think if a cacher for some reason or other has trouble placing the TB in a new cache such as being too busy or just not interested in caching anymore, I'm sure there would be some active local cachers willing to pick up the TB from the person and get him going again. That being said, Ttepee, let me know if you would like me to help you to try to get your bug from the local cacher and get it going on its way. For other cities, searching the local cache logs and especially event cache logs should show you who the active cachers in the area are. You can also browse the forums for people posting from the area you are needing help in. Or someone could start a web site with a TB SWAT team of cachers willing to help out in these situations. Anybody out there with a good GC web site willing to add this to their info?

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: ... but I see that you have placed a virtual cache and even claimed that as a find. I forgot about that one and changed it to a note. I personally think the find number shown with the find notes should include finds and hides, which is one of the reasons I have logged some of my own. But then again I know what my number is and I really don't care what number is next to other people's names. Where do you stand on logging your own event caches?