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  1. You are the BEST, Brad! I have pestered you so much in the past weeks that I wanted to give you a rest. You are the most helpful (and patient) person out there!
  2. Thanks, Ike, So was the law passed, was it amended, or did they just drop it? Is the agreement between geocachers more of a handshake or is it a formal law? I certainly do not want to break any laws or endanger the sport in our state by doing something stupid. Can we get permission from property owners/managers? For example- if there is cool monument or marker in a private family cemetery that I wanted to use as a waypoint (no physical cache buried, but they would have to visit the monument to get clues for the next stage or for the final cache): would that be allowed? Not trying to get around the rules, but we have amazing cemeteries here in the Columbia area that would be fabulous places to visit that are little known or unknown to the general populace. Thanks for the help. Pyro
  3. as long as you are not placing a container at/near the monument, I don't see a problemjust have the seeker get some information from the monument, and use that to direct them to a place nearby where a container is allowed if the monument has numbers, you can go with that, and make it easy if there are only letters, you can use a simple substitution code A=1, B=2, etc you would need to list your hide as an unknown/mystery geocache or a multi geocache but it sounds like you had already planned to do that That is what I was planning, but SC has a specific law that no caching is allowed in cemeteries in South Carolina at all. In other words they do not want you sending folks searching for caches (physical) or landmarks (waypoints). That is why I need to know what the rules for SC are. That and parks, DOT, etc. Some public lands are prohibited, too. If I can use waypoints then I can organize a multi or puzzle. If not then I will just have to abandon the project(s)
  4. Hi,all I am trying to put some caches out in the midlands of SC. I know that South Carolina has specific laws (beyond the Groundspeak guidelines) that govern where we cannot put caches. Are there links to those laws and regulations somewhere? I would ask my reviewer (who is a great guy and very helpful) but I have really been bugging him lately about placements and proximity/saturation, so I would like to give him a break from all of my whining. Anyone know where I can look? In particular the rules on placement near/in public/private/abandoned cemeteries (I found the coolest monument that I would love to use as a waypoint, but it is in a local public cemetery) would be helpful. That and state and local parks. Many thanks in advance Keep On Caching Pyro
  5. You'll also have some people who figure out that you've tied it to the race course and head to the final area and search thereby skipping twenty-some stages. You could solve that: make each stage contain part of a puzzle for the final coordinates. There will always be those that cheat (dunno why, takes all the fun out of it).
  6. Foreign coins are great swag! They are small, you usually have a few jangling around in a drawer, and are wonderful for history and geography. Many kids do not realize that other countries have different money. I remember the first time that I saw a Chinese coin with a hole in it - I just about flipped! I probably still have it tucked away somewhere. We adults take so much for granted. On the flip side, when I travel I take pennies and dimes and the states quarters and old cancelled US postage stamps to use as little gifts for the kids that I meet in Europe. They love them! (and the stamps take up nearly no room). It is so funny that our common pennies can fascinate a kid in London. That coin collecting thing can really stick! Foreign stamps in a cache would be great if they were very securely sealed in a plastic bag.
  7. When the cache is put out the owner usually puts good swag in it. But the longer the cache is out the more it spirals downward in the swag quality. Soon all that is in there is sticks, leaves, and old chewing gum (I know that we all have stories about the trash we have found in caches). Periodically I visit each of my caches and top off the swag. And I clean out the trash at the same time in my caches and in other caches that I find. As a cache owner I do the same - replenish as needed, with a mix of dollar tree items, stuff that I find on sale, or cool freebies from businesses. My rule: if I think that a kid will bug her eyes out or an adult will say "Yesssss" then it is a good cache item. I carry small army men , shiny stones, old pins (look in the junk boxes at garage sales- usually you can get a whole bag of them for 50 cents) and cool antique buttons that will fit in the tiny caches and to put into film canisters. For caches that I visit I seldom take anything and almost always leave something. I always carry a bag of swag stuff to put into caches that are just so wonderful that they deserve great swag and I clean out the trash as a favor to the owner, too. I watch for interesting stuff at garage sales: bag'o'toys cleaned well, paperback books or kid-friendly dvds-in a ziplock, little statues or ceramic frogs/critters, good plastic farm animals or dinosaurs. I try to get stuff that will withstand flooding and manhandling. It is amazing what $25 at the Oriental Trading website can get you, by the way. And Woot.com has some cool stuff, too - I got 100 nice solar calculators for $15 there once (packaged them in ziplocs so they did not get ruined by damp). As far as signature items? We have 2 cachers in the area that leave ninjas and mermaids, those are cool, and you know that they were there, but their names are not emblazoned on them. But man, I am tired of cleaning out a 2 inch layer of old business cards (I should start collecting them and put them on mailing lists for Amway), and home-imprinted stuff that says Bob and Barb were here. That is what the log is for and most caches are too small for that. (My apologies if any of the readers here do that, it is my pet peeve - Your Mileage May Vary.) An exception to that peeve is if the sig item is something useful or artistic: I did find a really nice polymer clay (FIMO) disk that had a cool stamped design on one side and the cacher's name on the other- I drilled a hole in it and made it into a necklace and really enjoy wearing it- it is a tiny bit of art. When I am done I will turn it into a travel bug. Personalized pencils are cool, too (Oriental Trading has them). I go for the hunt, not the numbers or the swag. Cheers Pyro A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' Douglas Adams
  8. Excellent! It worked! Thank you so much! I even loaded a cache from over there and it showed up just fine. I do not have to buy new maps for the D20! Thank you for the help! Cheers Pyro
  9. I have a D20. Get GC Tour- http://gctour.madd.in/ It integrates into the geocaching.com browser. It is Freeware. I have been using it for about a month and it is very useful! From the site: GcTour is freeware for all geocaching.com members. integrates directly to geocaching.com allows easy and fast creation of complex Tours serveral Tours can be created and independently to each other edited further Tours can be : printed uploaded and shared with your friends downloaded as GPX Very useful when I am setting up a series of caches for a road trip or just to have then listed together - shows up on the cache page in the sidebar so you do not have to leave the page to look at a bookmark list. Cheers Pyro
  10. Hi, hope that someone can help me I have a Garmin Dakota20 that I use for caching here in South Carolina- love it. I will be going to England and Scotland in May and want to do caching there while my hubby does his research. Do I need to get new maps for it? I will also be taking a Garmin Automobile GPS Nuvii 255 (I know that I need maps for it) Thanks for your help I am still pretty new to this Pyro.
  11. This is wrong for 2 reasons that you stated: 1) They did not log the bugs out of the cache and so the owner of the bug does not know the location or status of the bug. 2) By not logging them out there are those that will visit the cache looking for a TB to move. Part of the fun of putting out a TB is not just for the miles or to see who discovered it, but it is to share the stories of where you found it, how you got it, and where it might be going. I have never seen a "discovered it" from an event that was anything more than just that - nothing about the event, the people or the 'find'. I would not sweat this too much, but you do owe it to the bug owners to try to contact that bucket person to get them to at least log it out of your cache. Then the owner will have a clue on who to contact if it goes missing for real. If Bucket Person does not log it out you can file a note with the bug owner about what happened and mark it as 'whereabouts unknown' to remove it from your cache list. A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' Douglas Adams
  12. I got my amazing Year Of The Rabbit coin today in the mail. It is gorgeous!! Thank you! Lorie in SC
  13. Are the lat/long markers in Google Maps pretty accurate? I am using it to scope out some possible cache sites and solve obvious proximity issues before pestering the reviewer. I have been very frustrated by Google Earth - the caches that it shows with the plugin are up to .3+ miles off - not ~100 feet. I do have the auto refresh turned off - am I doing something wrong or is there a setting that I should adjust? Edited to add- I will try loading a GPX of the area into it and see if that helps, too. Thank you for that hint!
  14. Zanfel is a miracle cream if you already have the rash, especially if you have it over large areas. It is the only treatment that works after the rash begins for all Rhus species (including Poison Ivy, P-Oak, P-Sumac, and Poisonwood in the Florida keys). It can be used as a wash, but it is quite pricy - wash as soon as you get home with cool, soapy water (Dawn works great, but any soap will do) or one of the poison ivy washes like Technu and wash clothing that has been exposed to the sap. If you start to break out use the Zanfel. Be sure to follow directions carefully - you have to use a certain volume for it to start the reaction. For those of you that are "immune", you are simply not-allergic. That can change with multiple exposures and you can become sensitized to the oil. I speak from experience. By the way, email the Zanfel company (contact them through Zanfel.com) and ask for some samples for your geocaching club - if they have extras they will send you one and they have a wonderful (free!) "What to do and how to avoid" pamphlet that is great for clubs, Scouts, or summer camps.
  15. Here are the photos from my box, thank you Jim from New Hampshire, I love everything! Oh, the syrup was stolen and used up before I could get a picture - it was delicious!!!! The coins and caches will be deployed this week! Thank you Thank you Thank You!!
  16. WOW!! I got this wonderful box yesterday with fantastic stuff!! It was like Christmas and my birthday all rolled into 1! But it was not Christmas, and while my birthday was last month I could not for the life of me remember any friends that lived in New Hampshire! And there was a bunch of cool caching stuff in it .... Hmmm, quite a mystery!? Then it hit me! OMG it is the Kitchen Sink Project! I forgot all about it!!!!! I checked my emails, looked in my spam filters, and could not find any emails saying who I was supposed to send my box to!! I was panicked!!!! So I emailed Writerobert and pleaded for forgiveness - he sent me my address (Fluteface, you have a package on the way!) and I got it off today. So here are my reasons for messing up: I been sick. No, really, I have been - I can even provide a note! Triple whammy of shingles, flu, then a killer cold. I have been too busy caching (wait, that's a lie- caching and sick do not mesh)I have not been able to go caching - yeah, that's it! I am old and my brain does not work well - true, I was in 4th grade when President Kennedy was shot - you do the math, I cannot because my brain is old and decrepit. I am ADD -- really really bad ADD - and I am easily distracte --- Squirrel!! My dog died - really, it is true (no I would not kid about that) so I was thinking about other things for a few weeks. I had to take my cats to group therapy because they miss my dog- well, maybe, not. But they are confused over who to blame for mysterious happenings in the house, now, because they always blamed the dog. I think that they hid my note pad that I write notes on like "Find out who to Mail Box to on the 28th" I have many more excuses, just give me a minute.... Well, in the meantime :signalviolin: I AM SORRY I MESSED UP :( :signalviolin: I have mailed a jam packed box to Fluteface (I hope that you like the goodies!) and :lol: THANK YOU JIM for my BOX!!!!!!!! :lol: I will post pictures ASAP. Pyromomma AKA Lorie (who is so very embarrassed about all of this! )
  17. Since it would require special tools how would you rate a cache like requires a UV light for difficulty? A friend said that it should be a 5/x but if you have the tool then it will not be that difficult. Note: I would not leave a light in the cache, we have a dreadful time with cache thieves. I got mine for $3 online. And part of the draw for the cache would be that it is only solvable by having the correct tools (a UV light).
  18. Maybe a spy theme, 007, or Secret Squirrel? Thanks for the time frame, that is a long time for ink to remain!
  19. Excellent idea: I have started 3 experiments with the ink, one with paper/laminated paper in the house, one with paper/laminated paper outside in the shade, one in the sun. (I am betting the sun one deteriorates quickly. If anyone else has info on how long it lasts, please chime in. Thank you, and yes, I would never deface anything. I do love the empty ammo can, that is just evil! Plus the ink should last for a while.
  20. I am still pretty new at this, so I need some suggestions - I just got some UV pens and small UV lights to read them by. Can I use them in a cache? If so 1) how long does a UV ink message last (should I laminate it?) 2) can a cache require the finder to bring their own UV light? 3) any suggestions for a cache that uses UV ink? Thanks for your help and suggestions Pyromomma in South Carolina
  21. Went to the TB Station site - what a great cache!! Is it on private property that allows you to keep it operational? And how does the TB Express work? Delightful idea!!
  22. Looking forward to this, it sounds like great fun! Pyromomma Email sent: 1/20/11 Name received: Mission sent: Mission received:
  23. Great ideas! Anyone know of a way to get these ideas to the folks writing the requirements/MB Book? (Noob q? Is Mx=Maintain?)
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