Charles Iverson
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bump to above post
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this is a photo of the first cache
the end of the cache with plug
the opening end
and the opening end plug
the other cache but with two open end plugs
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getting photos
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Um ok
whats this fourm about again?? "If you have a cache idea you believe is novel, contact Geocaching.com before placing and reporting it on the Geocaching.com web site."Might I suggest you put in a quick () note saying what method to use when contacting the web site? There are a number to pick from (many of which discussed above). A link would be even better.
so what you are saying is to by past the fourms and just contact geocaching.com
To get your cache answer?
Is that not why we have forums?
A note saying what method to use when contacting the web site?? a note on what?there are a number to pick from (many of which discussed above)???looks up
nope don't see anything they are posted on the web site and on jeremy's profile aka: contact@geocaching.com
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not a rule ...Guideline
i spotted it in there too
thats a odd place for that to be
it needs to be in guide on finding your first geocache so cachers can start knowing what the right way is...
when they are new to the game..
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Find a new(ish) cache near your Home coordinates - look at the bottom of the page to see who approved it - click link to contact. Poor man's way of finding your approver. Not gauranteed to be 100% accurate but not a bad way to start.
well thats not always true
i had one of my own caches get appoved by a guy in navada (roadrunner)
and i live on the coast of oregon. out of the hundreds of appovers its some time its random
the local one i have ran in to on the oregon coast is
out of seattle wa.
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Had no luck finding clear pvc pipe
so i called one of my friends and he hooked me up with 4 inch Diameter thick walled pvc ( Conduit )the stuff they use for water mains
its gray but o well i can live made both of my caches in one shot!!!
just got done with water testing and they are air/water tight to as deep as i can go or till the pvc fails
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Well i can get end caps but now i just need to find clear 3 inch pvc pipe
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well you can move the cache off the ball fields but not more then .7 miles
is this a micro that needs to be relocated? or the full cache?
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well the lake is fresh water at least the last time i drank some of it (bad idea)
i was about 6 at the time...
But the other place is out on a sand bar in a river feed by the Ocean. The water is a bit salty in till you get about say 1/2 mile up the river past were i was going to place the cache
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well since the fourm is on underwater caches
what kind of containers do some of you use
i'v heard ammo cans , waterproof torchs , match containers.
Why i am asking is i am trying to place a cache in a lake close to my house, And one on a sand bar that is some times underwater.
All the tests that i have tryed failed due to to water getting in the (waterproof) box i was useing. So much for there claim on it being water proof,
And the ammo cans rust in the salt water, I know this due to having placed a test ammo can just off the beach...
And the other problem i have is trying to make them sink they like to float
and i don't want it to be to heavy to lift off the bottom!!!
Any ideas??
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i will have to agree
I will never condemn anybody on either side of the issue, or label them "cheaters". its just that i hear some people saying its not right in doing what they are doing
they are caches i know that and you have to go hunt for them
the only porblem i see is there is a problem with users logging in event temp caches
and other users getting all bent out of shape about it
not knowing what they are
i meen when i started posting on here i was a bit bent out about it
i meen they were logging stuff like
(cachers name) found
rock or bigfoot or stairs
and i was like What!!! they must just be out to get the points by making fake logs (cheating on finds)
but then i found out they were caches and got in to the thing of they need to have there own log type in the event log
as do
will attend
note
attended
and they come up with icons that show it
and they are logged with them..
what i say is lets try it and see how it works out just don't shoot it down
just try and if it works it works!!! and if it does not work o well at least we tryed it...
edit: errors
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Might i remind users what event cache started this forum
if you look at the logs you will find that it does look like they are just logging to be logging
I disagree. It just looks like they had a ton of temporary caches at the three-day event.
i know that.. i am making a point to say that it will look like it to other cachers..that don't know
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Might i remind users what event cache started this forum
if you look at the logs you will find that it does look like they are just logging to be logging
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the word might.. yes it might be to hard to put somthing like that on here but lets get the input from jeremy
the problem might come up as more as users find out that it might be fun to place temp caches at there events
yes i know that they are not offical caches
but people still log them...
and its just is confusing to other users that why do these people log so many attended posts just to log a cache
cheating??
well it is a cache that the event owner put up just for the event
so you can log it
right??
right but it might be more easy to put a icon as i have been saying on the drop down to say temp cache so you can still log the cache in the event cache like they are all ready doing it but with a icon saying they found a cache
edit as i sat here waiting here for a reply i found errors
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It would still register as 100 "finds" on the same event in all your stats.
Yup, so the stats would be completely accurate. My stats would show 1 event attended, and 56 Temp Event Caches. No more confusion, no more accusations of "inflating" or "cheating" in my logs.
No it wouldnt, thats the point you and chuck have missed. Since you are logging it on the event page, it would still count as events attended in your stats. Adding the ability to record and track multiple cache type finds on the same page would probably entail a MAJOR reworking of the current database and a large portion of the website. I would doubt that a feature like that would have been programmed in for future expansion.
And all that time that could be spent adding to and improving the useful features (like the new locationless and virtual section) would instead be diverted to a cache type that is not officially supported and a practice that is only common in a few regions of the world.
You never made that point, so I couldn't have missed it. You went on about the local approver having to approve all of the temp caches, nothing about programming issues related to having different icons on one page.
I actually did say that in my earlier post:
I dunno if is would be possible, though. The Icons might be based on the Cache or Event page icon, without the ability to differentiate between different types of logs on that page.I am no programmer, so I have no idea if it would be feasible to do. However, if it were feasible I think it would help to alleviate the controversy.
The only feasable way to get the temp caches counted in your stats correctly would to get them listed like any other cache. Then you would be able to properly track your temp cache finds. To do that, temp caches would have to be reviewed and listed like any other cache. As was stated way up near the top of the thread, the site isnt about to do that for a cache that only exists for one day. Thats why they have a rule about caches must be active for at least 3 months.
why are you going on about you haveing to review the event temp caches??
do you have to review every moun10bike geocoin before it gos out???
you put a icon on the event's cache page that says found temp cache
you will not have any work to do on reviewing them
its just a icon that says found cache at event
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mopar..
get your head..... i was going to say something but then i will be removed from the forums for good
a cache type that is not officially supported and a practice that is only common in a few regions of the world.for now at lest look to the road ahead!!
a new way to play the event part of the game
wait a sec....
so the posts the users put on here that says that they place temp caches during a event
don;t meen any thing from what u are saying
and jeremy does not like his users happy???
lets hear from him on this!!!
since he does own the site!!!
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there is a site update coming up soon even jeremy said so
it takes money to make a icon to put on a page
so you say if i made one and sent it to geocaching.com
they will turn it down due to it took too much time and money??
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its the fact that it will work
just to have something that says that they found it
i don;t think you know what i am thinking
you are do know they have them evey year
so why not have a icon to show it??
I am guessing that what you are thinking is to have a "temp cache found" option when logging on an event page- all of the caches would be logged on the one page- and then have an Icon that would reflect those logs.
I do think that would be a great idea, it is one of the suggestions I made in an earlier post. It would make it so the approver would not have to go throught the approval process with each of the temp caches at the event, and then have to archive them all again.
I dunno if is would be possible, though. The Icons might be based on the Cache or Event page icon, without the ability to differentiate between different types of logs on that page.
I do think it would solve the controversy, though. Of course, the problem with that would be that the forums might get pretty boring.
A different log type icon on the event page itself would solve nothing. It would still clutter up the event page. It would still register as 100 "finds" on the same event in all your stats. You still wouldnt know what cache the log was for.
and thats not all ready like that??
with all the attended logs???
and are you saying the loggers are stupid
you typ in the cache name or the number.. dua
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its the fact that it will work
just to have something that says that they found it
i don;t think you know what i am thinking
you are do know they have them evey year
so why not have a icon to show it??
I am guessing that what you are thinking is to have a "temp cache found" option when logging on an event page- all of the caches would be logged on the one page- and then have an Icon that would reflect those logs.
I do think that would be a great idea, it is one of the suggestions I made in an earlier post. It would make it so the approver would not have to go throught the approval process with each of the temp caches at the event, and then have to archive them all again.
I dunno if is would be possible, though. The Icons might be based on the Cache or Event page icon, without the ability to differentiate between different types of logs on that page.
I do think it would solve the controversy, though. Of course, the problem with that would be that the forums might get pretty boring.
thats what i am saying
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beat to the post by Docapi
look below
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ok you have no clue what i am talking about
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its the fact that it will work
just to have something that says that they found it
i don;t think you know what i am thinking
you are do know they have them evey year
so why not have a icon to show it??
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i can see that no one read my last post
if they only had there own icon
whats this fourm about again?? 
How Did You Get Into Geocaching??
in General geocaching topics
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lurking around on the web just after garmin came out with there geocaching gps on garmin's web page
looked like a fun sport....
i was right..