SLAPSH0T

It seems that my opinion of logging trackables quickly and accurately is in the minority, which is exactly why I have stopped purchasing trackables. I know there are still cachers out there who care about the enjoyment that owners of trackables get when they see their coins/TB's travel the world....hopefully one of those type of cachers pick up any one of my 98 trackables. I simply can't accept this lackadaisical attitude toward logging that seems to be so popular. Most coins cost upwards of $12 and more and I will continue to respect the owners of these coins/TB's by logging properly, accurately, and quickly. I'm not going to change anyone's mind here and vice versa. Just rest assured that if I find one of your trackables, it will be handled properly and with haste so that you can happily watch it's progress (I'll probably even take a photo of it going into the cache!). Some of you have said that I am rude and that my "noob" comments were uncalled for. You're probably correct, and in hindsight I could've omitted that from my log. I love this little hobby/game of ours and my comments stem from that, not spite. Feel free to "check up" on me and view my profile (note the "o" in SLAPSH0T is actually a zero) and I think you'll be able to tell that I just want to preserve the integrity of our game. Happy caching!!

Every one of you have brought up good points of discussion. A lot of you are missing one of the main points I was making though. This guy logged his cache find and sent me a crappy personal e-mail all BEFORE logging the travel bugs. So my point is this: He had the ability/technology/smart phone/whatever to log his find and subsequently send an e-mail to me, so why couldn't he log the trackables as well? I think it's unreasonable to have to "check in" with other cachers to see if they are ready to log their trackables, this seems ridiculous to me. I stand by my opinion that if you aren't prepared to log a trackable within the same day you want to drop it, then just hang on to it until you can log properly and in a timely manner. Now there are two cachers whose trackables aren't logged properly simply because this guy wanted to spite me....again, ridiculous. I own a lot of trackables, and I treat other cacher's trackables as I would want my fellow cachers to treat my own, which is to log properly, accurately, and quickly. I guess I'm a dying breed of cacher who treats trackables and their movements pretty seriously.

Please, for the love of all things Holy, if you do not have the capability of logging a trackable on the same day that you grab it, then don't pick it up and/or place it into another cache! Situation: I picked up two trackables, Ladybug and Little Curd from a travel bug hotel here in Georgia, Travel Bug Treehouse. Niether of the two trackables were on the cache inventory. So after I grabbed them I "dipped" them both into the cache I found them in so that the mileage would be correct and then moved them on to different caches. On my logs on the trackable's pages I said something to the effect of "noobs probably didn't log them properly". The next day I get this rude e-mail from the guy who dropped the trackables, "bflentje": Geocaching <noreply@geocaching.com> Jun 25 (9 days ago) to me Your log on the coin pretty makes you look like a jackass. The TB was dropped two days ago and I am still on the road. Learn to temper your lame comments. BTW I'll be regrabbing it once I get a moment. User's Profile: http://coord.info/PRTHH4 So then this guy logs both trackables back into the cache that I originally found them in, making their actually location inaccurate. He the proceeds to say in his logs that it'll be up to me to fix the logs. To alleviate all of this nonsense, simply don't pick up or drop off a trackable if you can't log it the same day!!!! I have the geocaching app on my smartphone, so all my logging is done right there, at GZ. What I can't figure out about the whole thing is this: The guy had the ablility to log his find on the cache page, and subsequently send me that douchy e-mail, but says he couldn't log the trackables because he's "on the road"? Makes no sense at all.

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<<BUMP>>I've been caching the island pretty regularly since we arrived in February, and I consistently find folks not logging trackables as "discovered" and also writing in the cache log that they took a trackable, but when you go to the trackable log it shows no activity. It's frustrating to me and they aren't even my trackables. I "discover" every trackable I find. I feel it's a courtesy to the owner to let him/her know the trackable is alive and well. How does this relate to the topic of the thread? Well, why would I want to spend money on a Okinawa coin (awesome idea BTW) when the cachers here are too dadgum lazy to log them? Again, I love the idea of the coin/trackable, but it seems moot if it's not going to be logged properly....I mean isn't that the fun of owning a trackable?

This one is a MUST! Nomadz Cache "Toguchi Beach"

Hello all. I recently moved to Okinawa (Kadena AB) and need some advice on what GPS unit to buy. I currently use a Magellan Explorist 210 and have found a few caches so far (one actually belonged tlbeers ), but without seeing roads it's difficult to get within walking distance. A little background on me: I've been caching for about 8 months. In the states, I would plug the coords into my TomTom and use that to get close to the cache and find parking. Then I would use my Magellan on foot to find the cache. Here on Okinawa my TomTom is useless, so getting close enough to park & walk to the cache is where I'm having problems. What do you guys do here in Okinawa to find caches?? What GPS unit are you using and where did you find maps of Japan? I'd like to get a new GPS unit.....I was looking at the Garmin 60CSx. Any thoughts/suggestions?? Are there any Okinawa Geocaching groups? Thanks in advance!