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I placed a well camo'd micro in my area, and one cacher said he found it right out in the open and put it where he guessed it should be. So I went out there and...yes... could not find my own cache. In my defense, it was raining slightly so I probably didn't look as well or as long as I could have. The worst part is other cachers have found it afterwords. There is a cache that I have logged two DNF's on. I was able to figure out what the container was, but I still couldn't find it. *sigh* I'm sure I'll have a 'ah ha' moment when I'm finally able to find it.

Wow! I do this all the time, but I've yet to catch someone in the act of searching. I'm always looking forward to the day I will though. I'm 14 and very small, so i plan to put on my most innocent face and ask them what they are doing. I probably won't be able to last more then a few seconds before I burst out laughing or give myself away, though - CalnBlakley #3

Your not the first to think of it. A few weeks back, I did see come across someone on the forums who had created a geocaching program for the nintendo DS. It looked very interesting, and included everything- description, hints, logs, ect.. If I'm not mistaken (which I might be) he/she was giving a few trials away to interested cachers. I wish I could link to the topic.

Just out of pure Curiosity , I looked up Jeremy's number. It's 3. Edit: Mine is 1 866 732. You gotta start somewhere, right?

I agree. For a cache I recently placed, I went out to the dollar store to get some swag worth finding, because of the degree of difficulty of the cache. I bought a keychain, compass, carabiner, and FTF prize for under $5. I also added a few things I already had. It doesn't take much to put together some good trading items. - ClanBlakley #3

Yup, us kids were warned to be careful of ticks while placing a mystery cache with the dog a little while ago. (although it shouldn't be much of a problem where we placed the cache )

Thank you very much- Just wanted to make sure - ClanBlakley #3

I don't really have an opinion on ALR's...In my short time of geocaching I've never come across one. However, I was planning on creating my first puzzle/mystery cache. To increase the difficulty I considered having a key that was needed to solve the puzzle, and to have the key placed at the listed coordinates. Would this be considered an ALR? - ClanBlakley # 3

In my area, the "diabolical widow" placed a series of caches containing her "husbands" posesssions. I have yet to find any, but the discription of this one is my favorite. - ClanBlakley # 3

What? Who takes adults caching with them? It's great to see another cacher like myself out there who reads theese things I'm 14, and a runner, so alot of the time i will go searching for caches around my home by myself or with my little sister. That way I don't have the "adult holding the GPS all the time" problem, I'm the only one who really knows how to work it. I agree- for myself, mircos are just as appealling as other caches if you approach it right. - ClanBlakley # 3

I am also a newbie, but I thought i'd throw in my 2 cents- I use a Colorado 300, and it is working grest from the paperless perspective. You can download all the cache information from geocaching.com, including difficulty, terrain, full discription and recent logs. The catch- you have to be a premium member to access the right kind of file. The marked roads are a little off from reality, but as long as your using it for off-road reasons, it shouldn't be a problem. I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem, but I though it might as well mention it- I've only had my Colorado since christmas, but I've been having problems where my arrow is pointing in the opposite direction I KNOW I need to go. The # of metres to go is working fine, so urban caches are no problem, but I can see it becomeing a big problem for wilderness caches. All in all, I'd say it's a pretty good system, and practically made for geocaching. I'm sure a higher model like the 400T would be even better, especially regarding my arrow issues. - ClanBlakley # 3

Geeky? I'm a 14 year old, female, geocaching adict. Did I want the latest phone for Christmas? Nope. I-pod? Clothes? Shoes? Nope. I wanted my own GPS - ClanBlakley #3

Although I don't have much experience on the topic... I use small containers ment to hold matches and keep them dry as a replacement for film canisters. They work very well, considering their intended purpose is to keep the objects inside dry. They are slightly longer then film canasters, and I was able to find them for $2 each at a surplus/outdoor store (along with some camo tape and some great amo cans ) I recently placed a cache using one of these containers- Wrapped it in camo tape, did some...uh....other secrect stuff to camo it, and placed it under a pine tree. My second cache placement! - ClanBlakley #3

Not only am I a female geocacher (and the main cacher in my family) I am only 14 years of age Just goes to show this is a hobby for just about anyone. - ClanBlakley #3

Where I live the weather changed very quickly- It can be very very warm one winter's day, melting alot of the snow and forming many puddles, and then the next day can drop well below zero ( to -15C or more) When this happens, thoose puddles turn into slick ice. Ice + Focusing on GPS = Bad I've manged to only slip twice, and hope to keep it that way untill spring. - ClanBlakley #3

Proud to be a part of that 12-20 group (14) I am probably a member of a small minority, as I am the one who drags my parents out to find caches instead of the other way around Just a few days ago I went and placed a cache during my lunch break at school, managed to drag some friends along too. So just remember- Next time that annoying group of all-giggles, teenage-girl muggles gets in your way of finding a cache- are they really all muggles? - ClanBlakley #3

I searched for the answer for this question, but nothing came up... We retrieved our first trackable item from a cache yesterday, and plan to move it ASAP. We understand that you should move items along as soon as possible, however we are very busy and hardly ever make a special trip to get a cache. We recently became premium members, which made 3 new caches very close to our home avalible to us. My question is this- Because Premium caches are only avalible to some geocachers, what do cachers think about leaving trackables in them? As far as I know (and think) this should be fine, however I wanted to make sure before I placed the trackable in a premium cache. I apolgize for the newbie question, just needed to clear things up. Thanks, - ClanBlakley #3

I recognise the username.... He was second to find the cache I mentioned above I do hope to place a mystery cache sometime soon, although I it wouldn't be nearly as difficualt as that Thanks - ClanBlakley #3

I sometimes have dreams (nightmares?) of my cache being muggled, or washed away by the rain into the nearby stream, ect... Needless to say it's still there [] I'm still a newbie, so I'm sure there will be more cache dreams to come - ClanBlakley #3

There is a cache in Canada, B.C, that seems to be a good solution to the cemetery ethics question. We have not actually been to the cache, but plan to if the weather is warm enough while we are there. The cache is a mystery cache requiring the cacher to answer questions about various headstones in order to get the correct cordinates to the cache, which is placed a short distance away. In other words, it requires you to visit the cemetery but the cache is not phisically placed in the cemetery. Here is the cache page

As a young cacher myself, this topic caught my eye I am 14 years old and have mangaged to get the rest of my family into this amazing hobby. We are still new to caching, and I don't know much about everything that's out there, so don't go by my word alone, but I found that the Garmin etrex was easy to use and probably a good choice. I figured out how to use it simply by sitting in my back yard and playing around with it a little If you are willing to spend a little more, the Garmin etrex venture is also good . It has some features that the etrex doesn't have, such as color, basic map and a geocaching feature, but works just the same. Hope you find this helpfull - ClanBlakley member #3

Thanks! I found what I was looking for ^^ Happy caching!

We are still very new to the sport (a mere 9 finds) and as we have been geocaching we have noticed that in many of the larger caches there is a note explaining geocaching in detail (as well as the usual 'official geocache' note) I have looked all over the site, but cannot find it. We have already placed our first cache and plan to hide a second one close to home (once the snow melts) Is there a specific place where this note can be found?