KD5XB
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Most caches found in a day: what's your record? :)
KD5XB replied to TheCacheSeeker's topic in General geocaching topics
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Found a cache (GCW4V4) in Oklahoma in 2007. A year and a half later, the cache had been dumped out on the road, so the CO moved it -- 4200+ FEET!!! I figure that was far enough to log it again...
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While that may solve the "problem" for you, it does nothing to correct the fad. If enough people speak out - i.e.. tell the CO it's labeled wrong - then maybe it'll pass. Yep, I understand the limitations of my method. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but I figure that they shoud start wondering why their cache isn't being attemopted so much - at some point.
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I don't like micros -- I think they're WAY BEYOND a waste of time. I like to find a cache big enough to have something in it, my favorite being Geocoins. If I run across somebody mislabelling a micro as small or other or whatever, I put them on my ignore list. I don't believe they're worth my time to try and correct or even discuss it with them.
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I found that the GPS in my 8330m would not get a lock if the BB was being charged, and it was quite slow to get a lock anyway. Not the best, and in the end, I upgraded to a 9650. I suspect the 8330m just doesn't have enough RAM to work well.
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Weirdest thing you've seen a muggle do while 'caching.
KD5XB replied to Coldgears's topic in General geocaching topics
Here's a funny that happened to me a couple of week sago -- check out my log for 2 July 2010. Ravens Divide -
First to Find, Second to Log (FTF Etiquette)
KD5XB replied to kiwiowl's topic in General geocaching topics
I was second to find one almost three years ago and the FTF still has never logged their find. Kinda strange, if you ask me. -
Here's one that happened to me last September (of 2009). You might get a kick out of this, but I STILL haven't been back! It's cache number GCR4A7 -- September 19, 2009 by KD5XB [Click to add KD5XB to the VIP list.] (352 found)
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I've had a few bad experiences with cops -- mostly when they try to throw their weight around for no reason -- so when I see a cop near a cache, I simply leave. I have had my fill of the ones who think everybody is up to no good.
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I had a rattlesnake crawl right past my hand (maybe 8 inches away) once at GCYG6W
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when did YOU last run it? And has it worked in the past 2 days? I last ran mine on September 15, 2009 -- and I can't get my finds to come through today on November 11, 2009 -- much more than the required seven days. This doesn't appear to be a problem with trying too soon, it seems to be actually broken.
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I've had one for a year or two, and it rarely gets logged by anybody other than me logging it into and out of caches I drive close to. It's currently prominently displayed on teh side of the truck I drive, albeit at about 9 feet above the ground! But it just seems like that big white patch should draw some activity.
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FOUND IT! I happened to find some OLD email in a hidden directory! I guess my memory is faulty -- it says I found the cache back in September of 2007! The cache has been archived for 10 months and is ready to go back online.
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I remember I sent the owner a message via the GC site -- is there some way to find old messages like that?
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When I looked at it a couple of years ago, I saw a red elastic band holding a 35mm film can -- and it was laying inside the bottom of a pipe that holds a historical marker up. The only reason I found it before is that it was in a pocket query I made then. Yesterday, those same items were now clipped inside the TOP of the pipe. It's certainly confusing. I've tried looking in the geocache listing for the person I THINK owned the cache and came up empty. I'm not sure what to try next, but I sure would like to log it -- lessee -- FTFAR -- First to find after repair -- LOL...
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But since it USED to be in the GC website, shouldn't I be able to find it listed as archived???
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I figure this has been asked before, probably more than once, but the search feature isn't cooperating with me -- so -- I found a cache yesterday. I know it USED to be in the system, because I stopped and found it once before, but never logged it because the cache had fallen into a pipe and was inaccessible. Yesterday morning, I stopped to take another look, and somebody has been successful in getting the darned thing out of the pipe. I signed the BRAND NEW log, but now I can't find the cache on Geocaching.com -- not as archived, not available, nothing. As far as I can remember, it's been at least a couple of years since I first tried this one -- so how do I search for this cache? I've tried using coordinates, nearby caches, etc., but it just doesn't show up. Thanks, Earl
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No woreless for me -- the laptop rolled over and died last summer and I'm too cheap to replace it! I use the mapping software that came with my GPS V a few years ago -- MapSource.
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I use that one all the time, but carrying 20,000+ caches in my GPS is a little hard to keep current. A "rest area" cache could be run every time I'm home. Thanks
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Well I rebuilt it from scratch and got the results I wanted -- I guess it's a bug of some kind that wouldn't let me edit the type of cache. Thanks
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I just created it, then I noticed it was giving ALL caches, so I tried to edit it to only show Traditional.
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I'm having just a bit of a problem -- I'm trying to edit a PQ so that I only get TRADITIONAL hides -- no multis, no virtuals, no letterboxes, etc. I have REPEATEDLY "unchecked" :Any cache type" and checked "traditional", gone to the bottom of the PQ page and click on "Submit information". Yet, I continue to get all kinds of caches. What am I doing wrong??? Thanks, Earl
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Yeah, it's really slow here. I'm deleting a bunch of PQ's and various routes, and it takes perhaps a minute or so each time I click the "OK". And I've noticed this for some time -- which is why I have to delete 5 pages of routes! When it's so difficult to delete routes, the chore tends to get put off.
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I found the answer -- Thunderbird isn't downloading them. You can close/lock this thread if you like. Thanks, Earl