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CAVinoGal

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  1. Quite often, when caching with a group of 3, 4 or more, we will come up with a "team name" and use that to save space on logsheets. I make a note in my log that we signed as "team name" and then list the other cachers who were in the group. Some groups often go together and have ahd a team stamp created - it saves time. And in my neck of the woods (Bay Area, San Francisco, California) it's quite common.
  2. No, there's no setting in the app - If I need more precision I use my Etrex 30x; it gives distance as .11, .12 miles, etc which I can approximate if I need to. I like seeing my progress towards GZ in hundredths of miles as well, rather than the tenths - it seems to go faster that way!!
  3. We (hubby RattleSnack and I) have been numbering and time-stamping our finds since about #200 or so (now approaching 3000 finds). I really don't pay attention to the order they show online, but for my own records and review, I enjoy going back to see the #'s and time of day of the finds. It will often trigger a memory when someone asks a question about once of our finds. Andif I ever need to see/remember the order we found things, the time stamps are helpful.
  4. Hmmm, I can get to my dashboard just fine, and when I click the profile link it goes to https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx with no issues. Clicking the icon top right takes me to https://www.geocaching.com/account/dashboard which also works - I've been using the new dashboard for along time now.
  5. I hope you are able to bring it home! That would be a cool item to have! Through a series of "fortunate" events, I will be able to return this to its owner very soon - and it is in absolutely pristine condition - amazing!! Photo attached, and yes, it IS the same TB released by TeamRabbit Run....awesome story of how it came into my hand!
  6. It does, indeed, seem to be fixed - THANK YOU! I was doing some trackable catch up work today, and I thought I saw the error, the GC0 link, come up, but I can't seem to recreate what I did to make that happen. That's a good thing, though - it means my normal "workflow" is working again! If I do see it, I will report back what I did to make it appear again.
  7. I promise I will not (do not) extensively use the Visit feature! On our recent journey from N. California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, we found a few caches on our drive (with me logging drafts) to the cruise terminal, then I dropped several and only now, after returning home, realized I couldn't log a visit by those trackables to a couple of the caches we found on the way down. So the only way is to grab them, do the visits (only 2 caches), then drop them back in the cache where I left them....and delete my grab and re-drop....got it. Two have already been picked up and moved on, and I will leave those alone - they did get the miles from home to Cabo. Thank you, Hynz - it worked well. And yes, I did add a picture and text to one of the two visit logs I added to each of the 4 TB's I edited. https://coord.info/TB36H1X is one, I was able to add logs for 2/18/2024 before the Drop in Cabo San Lucas.
  8. I use the "Save and Preview" option a LOT during the cache page creation process!
  9. I just returned from a cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I dropped several TB's in a cache there, one has since been picked up by another cacher. I still have all the tracking codes written down. My usual modus operandi is to log drafts for the caches found, then complete those drafts on my computer later - but I do log travel bug activity right away so the inventory in caches is accurate when someone else finds it before I can properly log it. I'm now home, and catching up on logs from the trip. Is there a way to go back now and "Visit" those travel bugs I dropped off at caches we found on our way TO the cruise, to document the bugs travels? I thought I had done this previously but I can't seem to figure it out now. If I can't do that, no big deal, they have the mileage from home to Cabo, but I would like to show a couple of visits to caches along the way. Was this possible before or am I misremembering?
  10. What are you using to log your caches? The app? The website? GSAK? Another app? Depending on HOW you are logging your finds, will help us determine why your TB's are automatically being visited...
  11. Yeah.... no. Not so much a security feature as a sufficiently annoying requirement that would become a game-killer. Won't happen. OK, all this talk of codes and tokens just screams ALR! ALR! to me so I don't see it happening either. And I don't see a need for it. I've only been geocaching since 2017, but the simplicity of finding a cache, signing the physcial log (or sending answers for ECs and Virtuals) then logging a "Found it!" online and sharing the story of the find seems to work just fine. Yes, there are "cheaters", and unmaintained caches, but that has always been part of the game. Adding more to being able to log a find doesn't seem (to me) to be the way to improve the game.
  12. You can "Visit" the trackable to the cache - Open the cache page, then use the Write Note log type to create a log. Write your note - Trackable visit, or Visting trackables to start their journey or whatever, then select from the trackable inventory below the log creation part of the page. Visit the ones you want to visit, and their journey has begun!
  13. You are the first to log a FIND on the cache page - and if you want Project-GC to tally it as a First to Find, just add the FTF in brackets or parentheses and claim it. Don't overthink it, you got it!!
  14. As others have stated, and I agree, your enthusisam is great, and asking questions before placing different types of caches is wise! Many of the questions you are asking will be answered as you FIND MORE CACHES, of all the various types to discover how they are done, and which type(s) you like and would like to place and maintain. As a basic member, on your phone, all you can see are traditionals and events-other cache types, puzzles, multis, challenges, and higher difficulty and terrain caches, can be seen on the website on your computer (or even in a browser on your phone, but it's way too hard for me, at least, to use the website on the phone. I much prefer my laptop when using the website). Anyway, I would suggest looking up nearby events to meet other geocachers in your area, and asking many of your questions there. They can be a great resource for you as you learn all the ins and outs of geocaching finding and hiding. Additionally, meeting the locals will help you to know what works in your neck of the woods, and what doesn't.Types of caches, what's acceptable and what's not does vary around the world, so knowing the local playing field is helpful. There are many videos and guides out, by geocaching.com and other people who have lots of experience and can provide you with many ideas and tips on doing this thing called geocaching. The best way to learn is by getting out there, attending events, meeting and talking with others, and FINDING caches of all types! Get out there and have fun!
  15. Ahhh, but that's really not what I am doing, I'm just claiming the find when I fulfill the challenge. And we DO date the logsheet on regular caches when we sign it (if there's room) and claim it on the day we find it. Others may play it differently, and apparently in Finland it's common practice to adjust dates. All this is getting a bit off-topic though, and I'm done defending the way I play challenges.
  16. We do this kind of cheating a lot in Finland. This kind of cheating is common with virtuals and earth caches too. It lets the finder to use practically any date to log the find. I have sometimes notified in my note to a challenge cache visit that I will check if the challenge is fulfilled later, just to delay the find to adjust it according to my own needs. Cheating?!? Some may use it as I highlighted in your response, to "fudge" the date of the find. As far as MY logging goes, I log the challenge as a Find when I realize I have completed it, not to give me a find on a specific date. And Earthcaches and Virtuals, I log on the day we were at the location, but there may be a delay as I send in the answers before I actually log it; I'll backdate it to the day we were there. I like my caching records to be as accurate as I can make them, and we typically will log a timestamp, and Find # for each smilie. So, I don't consider logging a challenge as a find, separate from my write note, as "cheating".
  17. Find a few TB Hotels to get ideas - some are good, some are mediocre. A container big enough to hold several travel bugs is a good starting point, but the fun ones are themed and "built" to look like a miniature hotel, or with separate compartments for the travel bugs to await their next journey. Location is also pretty important. Somewhere that gets enough traffic so the travel bugs get dropped off and picked up with some frequency, but not enough to attract a lot of muggles who may be curious and then the bugs go missing.
  18. When I sign a challenge that I do not yet qualify for, I log a WN. I do NOT go back and change that log later - I log a separate Find log on the date I actually qualify, or figure out that I qualify as I review caches that I have signed before fulfilling the challenge. I realize this may confuse matters if the cache is missing or in need of maintenance when I claim my find, and other cachers seeking it are disappointed when they can't find it or sign it, but I make clear in my find log that I signed the log some time ago and only now qualify to log it as a Find. So, Jeff, you would be the First to Find, by virtue of signing the logsheet AND fulfilling the challenge, BOTH required to claim a find on a challenge cache.
  19. Chiming in a bit late, but isn't the bolded comment above what we already have in place? I sign the physical log, and then sit down and write the story later when I am home, reviewing the days finds, and sipping a glass of wine. You sign the logsheet, AND you log the find online (either by phone or computer) telling your story. BOTH are part of the geocaching experience. Adding some kind of code, electronic or otherwise, is no guarantee you will get that "very nice overview" of finds/visits - those who will write a nice log will continue to do so, and those that write a TFTC or less will contnue to do that. How is adding an extra step to the logging process going to ensure quality online logs? This is what you seem to imply, to me, and I don't think it's needed or necessary. Just my 2¢, whatever that is worth these days!!
  20. I've only done one of these, and it looks like the CO has already disabled it. It was a fun when we did it - a new type of multi for us, and our group got the FTF too. Our logs tell the story... https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC82HQV_the-downtown-mob-cache My log (FTF) https://coord.info/GLXV77XB
  21. Fast work, Jeff! But then again, you've probably had it written up and ready to go since 2.0 ... and it already has a find a favorite point!
  22. I need to add one more to my list of goals for 2024 ... Use the Virtual 4.0 I was awarded and come up with something awesome! Yes, I was pleasantly surprised to get the "Congratulations!" email yesterday - now I need to something worhtwhile for folks to do!
  23. If the mission is over and there is no new mission, just keep moving it along. You are correct that it is NOT acceptable to just keep it. The TB belongs to the owner, active or not. You can try to contact the owner, and see if there is a new mission, if they no longer care, or simply place it in another cache and move on. My TB missions are usually open ended - visit wineries - travel the world, I love photos of places the TB has been - etc.... I did pick up a travel bug recently that has a mission, and the owner said when it has reached its goal, it will be given a new mission. That TB was just released 6 months ago, so who knows when it will reach its goal and if the TB owner is still tracking it! Trackables, for me, or a fun and interesting side game; I've released several, some have disappeared, some have traveled far, and I keep releasing a few each year. I enjoy seeing photos of their travels when cachers do take the photos. When I pick up travel bugs, I try to take photos and get them closer to their goal if there is one listed. Many just want to travel, so I try to take them places they haven't been to before. My son has a well run TB hotel on his front porch ( https://coord.info/GC87RAN ) so we use it frequently to drop and pick up travel bugs.
  24. This one is easy - archive it! And try to find a suitable NEW cache with similar ratings.
  25. Agreed. But we are talking about a cache that has substantially changed in hide style and terrain from the original, so it should be listed as a new cache. If the original is no longer viable as listed, it eneeds to be archived. Accurate D/T ratings are important and in my mind, more important than stat grids. If the hide location is the same, but the terrain (due to seasonal changes, etc) has changed then the Terrain should reflect that, and no need to archive and replace. But if the original location has changed, and the hide itself needs to be redone, AND there's a D/T change, that warrants a new cache, IMO. And I agree it wold be nice for the D/T WHEN FOUND should stay - if I found a T4 that later was changed to a T1 due to weather or whatever, it makes sense that I retain the T4, as that's what I accomplished. In a perfect world....
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