HawkMan1999

My most in one day is 32 caches, walking a bike trail grabbing the mystery caches I had solved for earlier in the week. Best day was only 9 caches, to fulfill a terrain challenge.

There are a ton of them here in Ohio, but they seem pointless without a reason for being there. Just having one to have a cache in that spot doesn't make a lot of sense, but if there is some kind of interesting thing about the spot or area it can be good.

I was feeling boxed in a little, over-reacted. I wound up going out and moving the final to a location where there were no houses around, still on the road but out of the way. I do appreciate advice from those who have been around for a while, especially reviewers who are well versed in the best practices of hiding a geocache.

I wasn't attempting to anger anyone or send anyone somewhere they would be yelled at. I was placing a cache on what I knew as a public roadway where there should be no issues. Some of the replies to this thread have been a little more angry sounding than I anticipated. I appreciate the constructive criticism, but some have me a little put off. I am still learning the ropes of hiding, and have been involved in quite a few hides with a buddy of mine that have turned out great. Depending on where the hide is, I can see where permission would be needed for certain things, but not for every where. There are a ton of hides in my area that I know for a fact there was no permission needed or gotten, if the only thing I am going to see on here is attacks, then I will refrain from posting further.

So you get permission from every single person that lives within a mile radius of every hide you have? Permission is only required for private property and park lands, otherwise there would not be many caches at all. Read my previous post for clarification, but if it was only a guard rail hide I would have no issue just moving it. There has been quite a bit of time and research done for these and other hides I have done and am currently working on.

I am working on a series covering Ohio Legends and Tales, and both locations revolve around a couple of historic legends in Ohio. The one includes verifiable history and the only reason I had to use the guard rail was because someone else had placed a cache in the cemetery up the road that I was using for the historical side. The cache they placed was a simple cemetery cache that didn't reference the story I was trying to share, so I had to improvise. The other was simply a legend about the road it is on, and the landowner seemed to be OK with it when he ventured out, it was another person who live a couple miles away that was causing the ruckus there.

I guess I will have to keep a close eye on it and move it or archive if needed. Kind of disappointing to have to archive, but I suppose that's the price of ownership.

So, I recently started placing caches as part of a series I am working on, and have seen an issue with 2 of them on rural roads on public land. The first one had a lady threaten to call the cops on the FTF for being out there, and the second saw another person tell the FTF that she didn't like people being out there around her kids. Neither of these things should be an issue as the caches are VERY clearly on the side of public roads, both in guard rails, and I have never had any issue at either location when I have been out there. I visited both locations numerous times before deciding to place a cache, and never ran into a single person. Has anyone run across anything like this before? And if so, how did you handle it?

Awesome, good to know. Thanks!

Maybe I am just too new to Geocaching or have not been looking in the right places. I am not sure what the trackable code is, I submitted the info for it and am just awaiting the email that is supposed to come "By August 24th", but I am just curious about what exactly the tracking code is for?

A unique container or hiding spot is always fun. I usually reserve my favorite points for caches that are fun to find, challenging and lead to an adventure. One we found recently was on a play ground in a very unique spot. We spent a good 45 minutes looking all around and were about to give up when my wife uncovered the clue that led us to find the cache. Those types are always more fun than the quick park and grabs, and more rewarding for the effort put in.

I log them as DNF's if I am unable to locate the container/sign the log. There are exceptions if I find the container and the log is full or too wet to sign, but in those cases, pictures of the log are included. I did run across one recently where the cache appeared to have been muggled. I logged it as a DNF and included a picture of where I thought it should be. The CO messaged me within a few minutes and said that it was in fact supposed to be there, and from my pic he said it had definitely been muggled and told me to go ahead and log the smiley for finding the spot. That is why I have no problem logging a DNF, it is the only way the CO knows there may be an issue. There is also no shame in just not being able to find it, and going back later to actually find it and get the smiley.

Maybe have a requirement of finds or a short class. If you want to hide some and your area doesn't have very many, or any at all, you can take a 15-20 minute class on the basic rules, and give you some ideas for hiding. Maybe Groundspeak could come up with some kind of tag that recognizes people who have taken the class, or found over a certain amount and have a good reputation for hiding caches. I would also like to see CO's get more involved in checking on and maintaining their hides. I have found that finding caches where the CO is more active is usually more likely than finding one where the CO hasn't checked on it or done anything with it in a while.

Hawkman1999, just sent you a friend request Hak_i! We have a small team right now, but I have a feeling we will need more for challenges down the road.