unclefunky

From Section 3.1 of the guidelines: It does not say anything about write about your find. I choose to write about my find online where the owner and anyone else can read about my experience instantly. Back On Topic: I have not had to remove any logs yet. I assume I will verify some finders, try to figure out who some of the people who found it but did not log it online are, and then recycle them. Unless I get something really special then I might scan it for prosperity. Then where in the heck is this guy getting his information? OMG, How many times do we have to refute this myth? "Geocaching > Guide Guide to the Game What are the rules of geocaching? If you take something from the geocache (or "cache"), leave something of equal or greater value. Write about your find in the cache logbook. Log your experience at www.geocaching.com." Where is he getting his information from? I have no idea. Actually my best guess is that it is a direct quote from a geocaching promo video or poster, which are not very particular about word choice for the sake of simplicity. There are very few geocaching "rules". There are just "guidelines". Anything you would call a rule (i.e. no private property caches without permission, no caches on school property) would most likely be categorized as "Common Sense".

OK. No problems there. Hope things get better for you. Keep us posted!

How are things going? I'm on contributing as soon as I hear the word .

Okay. First off, I do agree that we are duplicating our efforts, but from what I have seen from Meckle's site, it has the most to work with, so maybe it is worth developing. It does lack content compared to the other giants however. This problem is easily solved though by community contribution! 1. What info to include? I suggest Finish, Edition, Year, and type of coin (Personal, Event, Regional, Misc.) 2. Community maintained effort = wiki. Wiki sites are eaay ways to host info but allow it to be edited and added to by others. You could also set the wiki so that all editors have to be approved by you before they can contribute. I know of a few sites that can do the task and am happy to do some searching for the best one. 3. Would people be willing to transport collections to photo-shoots? This might be tricky, but I'm sure you could receive a substantial amount of pictures this way. I don't think you would HAVE to arrange for this at events. I for one, would be happy to do this, but people are more comfortable doing things themselves. You could ask for high quality photos of certain coins if you are having trouble getting photos at events. 4. What features? Bios like you have are great. Pictures are too, as well as stats like mentioned in 1. I think you have a wonderful setup, and with sufficient contributions and assistance from competent individuals this project should work out fine. To all those interested in helping Meckle and I, please post informing us of your interest. Thanks!

Now that I see it, there is no search function on the website.

Wow! Thanks for all the replies guys! I received an email from Meckle pertaining to this as well. It sounds like the google spreadsheet combined with his prototype could be a great success. I do have to say the WILG website looks insane though. I don't know what more we could do...

I guess that is kinda what I was looking for. It is short of editions, but it shows all geocoins. Thanks

Anyone? I have seen the ancient GBA one, but it only includes like 75 coins.

Mine had the activation code on a slip of paper inside the box. I believe all of the activations on these are the same. If it is a word like GeoWd8, then it is probably universal. In that case PMing him the code would be nice. In a matter of opinion, I find activation codes to be more disrupive than helpful. If you lose the code, sometimes it can become impossible to find the vendor and get one. In what case is someone going to steal an unactivated coin and NOT have the activation code with it?

Try Landsharkz.

Let me know if it works .

Try the Oakcoins website. They were the main coin sponsor. After that I'd give coincodes.com a try. Here is a trackable page for one. You might also try emailing the owner to ask him,

I have been looking everywhere for a "Geocoin checklist", so that people can see just how many and which geocoins are out there. Obviously, none exist. So... 1. Do you think it would be possible for a large team to maintain such a list. 2. Would you be interested in helping collaborate and/or help manage a giant spreadsheet or PDF. I understand it is very complex and that there are over 6000 geocoins in circulation from what I read in the forums, but I don't think it's impossible with the right group. Included parameters could be name, edition, finish, region, and type. Let me hear ya ! (Edit to change bullets to 1, 2 to avioid a smiley figure for A,

So you can still go through with the first stage of the multi there where they pick up info. As long as there is not a physical object there this is OK. Just make sure the final is out of the proximity. Good luck!

Hey I see this is an old topic, but one other option is to attach an email account to your profile which you designate for geocaching only. I'm thinking of doing this and I will check it frequently, but it at least weeds out those constant notifications from clogging up your email inbox. Hope this helps and any feedback on how this has worked for some people would be great.

I agree. It's supposed to be fun, and I did legitimately find it. Here is the definition of "Find": You found it. Now in geocachinig, find doesn't mean just seeing it, but it also doesn't mean signing it. If you saw the cache, grabbed it, and opened it to discover you had no pen, that's good enough for me. I trust most cachers. Now when I see someone with 2 finds I might be a little suspect, but no big deal. Still, whenever I end up in this position myself, I make sure to drop the owner a note and explain the situation. I usually have a pretty good reason too. I also appreciate this practice on my caches, but in the end, it's just fun. As an owner, do what you like, but it doesn't look very sympathetic if you delete logs like they're going out of style.

What SWiggles said is the exact type of cache I would deem perfect for the PMO function. I'm slightly confused about elitism and segregation. Did that come from my comments or someone elses? [Edit: Now that I read all of SWiggles comment , I see that I agree about the last part as well. My reasoning is that it helps to protect value of time or money. If I were to go place a PMO cache right now, it wouldn't be because of any other reason.]

BTW You do need a membership of some sort to get coordinates. Thats what I mean. Most cache pirates, mugglers, whatever, don't log; but they still need an account.

Yea that's the right wording there. Defeats the purpose -> Too far the other way. That's what I should have used. Basically the equivalent of buying an iPhone and throwing it out the window.

i'm not any less honest or diligent because i'm a "regular cacher." i don't understand your logic. i don't have a lot of money...so i'm more likely to "muggle" a cache. That's not true. The swag isn't good enough to steal! Haha. Sorry, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. What I'm saying is that NOT all regular members are cache stealers, I'm saying all cache stealers are regular members. People who steal caches don't have the will to go get a Premium Membership, it defeats the purpose of stealing the caches or cache items (geocoins). As far as the regular cacher thing goes, I'm comparing burglars or "evil cachers" to everyone else or "regular cachers" Hope that clarifies

I'm not sure exactly what I think is right, but here is my stance: Groundspeak designed the Premium Member only cache option for likely two reasons A) To prevent cheap cache burglars from accessing certain caches & To add another function to the Premium Membership. I don't personally have a problem with PMO caches, even when I was a regular member because I understand their purpose. Now obviously, I am a little dissapointed to go find a PMO cache to discover it is a keyholder under a bench; why not allow new cachers just looking for a simple quick find to grab it for free? The flip side of this function is that COs who are concerned about the safety of their cache be it because it is a trackable hotel or cool container, can keep it protected and hidden from potential "Evil" cachers. There are very few of them out there, but there are also very few targets. No person who is low enough to steal a cache or part of it is willing to buy a Premium Membership, and the PMO function is able to weed out these people from great caches, even if it weeds out some regular cachers as well. unclefunky

Unfortunately, it looks like the 2 CITOs in Discovery Park didn't help the cause much. Oh well...

The previous poster is right, however I do find it a bit annoying when someone cleans out a cache when it has 3 or more coins without leaving anything, but this isn't a guideline and it's rare for this to occur.

Bump, as this is an interesting topic. I am looking into it myself and I think I'm going to go the Jake -Team A.I. route as that has the most information and seems to work well. Any strong arguments for something else or against this?

Well, we found it yesterday. We accidently took a different, smaller trail that made a beeline for the cache but it saved us a mile of round trip walking. We also made it to four others, including the second oldest cache, (some people ) Iron Horse. Thanks for all the info!