Manville Possum
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5 hours ago, jlewisrn said:
I have lost 2 Canisters that are located off the main trail and would require a muggle to go looking to find it, not in a "stumble across" spot. I think that maybe critters in the area may be carrying off to a tree/burrow in the area.
I looked at your listing. It's in muggleville.
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I believe that using 2 nails to attach a 2x4 may be the best option, then attach the birdhouse to the 2x4.
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37 minutes ago, jlewisrn said:
I have lost 2 Canisters that are located off the main trail and would require a muggle to go looking to find it, not in a "stumble across" spot. I think that maybe critters in the area may be carrying off to a tree/burrow in the area. Is there a good Beacon that I can use to test this theory if I decide to replace it a 3rd time and locate it if its lost again?
Thanks!
I have several tethered containers to keep critters from dragging them off.
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1 hour ago, brendan714 said:
I can post on one of the Facebook groups I mentioned above looking for a partner and have dozens people my age respond within hours. Yet I know of only two other people in my entire city who are around my age that both hike and geocache. To me, that's a problem. That said, I've made some very good middle-aged friends!
Geocaching has never been about meeting new people and making friends for me. I did join and become very active when my children were small, and geocaching was promoted as a family outdoor recreation.
All of my Pokemon GO friends are much younger than me. No one seems to mind.
Maybe Groundspeak needs to introduce AR to geocaching to attract the younger generation?
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27 minutes ago, L0ne.R said:
Cache quality took a nosedive. Owner maintenance has become rare, reviewer archival is the norm. Throwdowns have become the norm, many finders carry extra containers to "help". The emphasis on geocaching as a family activity also has dropped with most posts on the GC blog being about high terrain activities and extreme travel, instead of leisurely outdoor fun with all members of a family.
+1 from the Amen corner.
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25 minutes ago, niraD said:
Was there a statement on the cache page (and presumably, in a reviewer note) explaining that the property owner gave explicit permission to for that hide style?
I was not exactly sure about these type hides, but now looking closer these are part of a 20 cache reward geotrail that contains a passport stamp.
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7 minutes ago, hzoi said:
OK, then what's the point of bringing it up if this was done with land manager awareness/permission?
Simply keeping on topic with the OP. I could be wrong. Some are on NFS property, so I'm not sure. I did not mean to upset you.
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24 minutes ago, hzoi said:
I'd say not legit. But as I've been guilty in the past of putting a nail in a tree, I tend not to call these out.
I do believe the land manager is aware.
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I'm slowly archiving mine and not placing any new ones. There is just not enough interest locally in geocaching to keep me interested in being a cache owner.
I have weeded out my more problematic caches and I'm left with some lonely ones that don't get many visits.
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3 hours ago, PISA-caching said:
I have no idea how many repair stations we have here in Vienna, Austria - but I bet, that there are less bicycle repair stations than advertising columns. Plus, I'm sure that there are people who will be grateful to find these repair stations, while I can't think of anybody searching deparately for an advertising column.
I use the Waymarking app to find common useful things and places sometimes. It would be good to know where a station was if needed.
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2 hours ago, Benchmark Blasterz said:
We have a large number of these in Dallas, so is over/underprevalence a issue? I doubt these will be very easy to find in smaller cities or out in rural areas.
What do you consider a large number? A nearby metro is becoming more bike friendly by installing bike lanes, ect. I have not encountered one of these repair stations yet.
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50 minutes ago, L0ne.R said:
Unless you can get someone else to sign your trailname in the cache for you. Like group caching -- continue walking down the trail chatting with friends while someone goes in for the find and signs for everyone else. Or someone climbs the tree while a dozen people watch, everyone logs the find. Another person comes along and does exactly what the dozen on the ground did, stare up at the cache and they get their find deleted because they, like a dozen other people, didn't sign the log.
That reminds me of a local scuba cache virtual and the bubble crew.
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Those are interesting, but I have never seen one. I believe they fit Waymarking.
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9 hours ago, jellis said:
I had some kids who didn't sign a logbook cause they said it was soaked. I went out there and it was damp, Rite in Rain paper. Nothing wrong with it. But since they sent me a photo I let them slide.
I had some kids post that they could not sign because they saw a spider and could not reach the cache. Sorry, but I deleted their log and ONLY because they posted on the cache page that they didn't sign the log. The cache was fine when I checked it.
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1 hour ago, NanCycle said:
I think I'll make all my caches PMO. If they go worldwide with this.
I just changed all of mine back from PMO because we are in a decline. I would like to see the app be free and open for basic members, except PMO caches.
Right now I'm back to being a basic member, and that app is quite useless to me without being a PM here. I do prefer it over others because of it's features and don't mind paying a membership to use it's full features.
I think it's a good thing business wise for the company.
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41 minutes ago, wmpastor said:
Yeah, when I send them my bill for landscaping services!
But seriously, isn't this a variation on the nails-in-tree issue, etc.?
Times and guidelines must have changed, I'm seeing more "birdhouse" caches attached to trees. I've learned where not to hide geocaches from bad experiences.
I have a nice big ammo can in a bramble that requires bushwacking. It don't get many visits.
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12 hours ago, wmpastor said:
Pruning plants near GZ sounds like a slippery slope (best avoided entirely). Otherwise we'll be seeing logs about how the finder "replaced the soggy log and used my weedwhacker to tidy things up."
Well-meaning but dangerous-to-the-sport. Irate landowners could cause problems. Avoid 2.5 or higher terrain and thorns will be less of a problem. Or choose protective clothing.
In the past there was a discussion about the best machetes to carry on the trail! (More macho than pruning shears, I guess.
) Same issue.
Irate land owners cause problems?
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18 hours ago, dreamhummie said:
So thats why I start this topic. Only to ask what to do with MISSING waymarks, not with the intention to delete them immediately. I want to hear your opinion first and, historically, they must stay on Waymarking.
Waymarking for me is just a way of recording history. Many are missing, but Waymarking is proof that they existed. I would leave them be.
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16 minutes ago, Gill & Tony said:
That's me.
When I click on your user name here in the forums it pulls up this account. Gill
How strange.
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8 minutes ago, Gill & Tony said:
That couldn't have been my account. Possibly the "&" in the middle is confusing things. I have 1300-odd finds and 31 hides.
I checked the account you are posting with here. It shows as Gill being the user name. It's not important, I just like to view geocaches brought up here in the forums so I peeked.
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29 minutes ago, Gill & Tony said:
I put in one container, couldn't find it when i went back and assumed that workers had removed it. I then put in a different, harder to find, container and published the cache.
7 people found the container which I had assumed was missing. Then one found the new container. I have removed the original container.
Why do anything? You had 2 containers at the same location, both were found. Is it your geocache listing? I looked at your account, no hides or finds. Now I'm more confused.
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1 hour ago, Gill & Tony said:
2. Archive it and re-submit it. This way the folk who found the blinkie get a chance to find the real cache and the first chap to find the real cache can claim the FTF on the new one. I'll just ask them to write a new found log on the new cache.
3. Is there an option C?
What would you do?
I'm still confused. Is this something to do with FTF? From my view, the only thing that has changed is containers.
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37 minutes ago, DougK said:
That's one conclusion. It could also be that some WMers are lazy and some are cheap.
The cheap part I can understand.
That is something I noticed, many here seem to resent paying to use the full features here. We figured out that once an officer you still get the review privileges when your PM expires, and I don't ever get any support on my ideas for new categories so I can WM without a PM. From my WM'n experience in the last 9 years I'm still finding the site difficult to use.
I believe that we are an older generation than the geocachers, and I have gave up on lots of interests that have lasted less than 10 years. Anyway, I enjoyed your research data. Nice work.
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16 minutes ago, Gill & Tony said:
I went back, found and removed the blinkie and only the real container is there now,
I'm confused. What are you calling a blinkie, and what is the real container?
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Well-meaning but dangerous-to-the-sport. Irate landowners could cause problems. Avoid 2.5 or higher terrain and thorns will be less of a problem. Or choose protective clothing.
I believe that we are an older generation than the geocachers, and I have gave up on lots of interests that have lasted less than 10 years.
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It is part of a geotrail. I figured the "it's attached to a 2x4" was for the reviewer note.
They may be a yearly thing, archived to make room again.