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    Berkeley Gadgets Geotour

    in GeoTours & reward geotrails

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    Jazzhorse89, thanks for thinking about us,  Berkeley County LOVES geocacher visitors, expect to meet lots of friendly West Virginian's.  Actually our county isn't that large, you can drive from one end to other is 20 minutes or less, so you won't have much drive time between caches.  You are never more than a few minutes away from the next cache.  But, these aren't "park and grabs", so most likely your time will be spent on solving for the solution to these caches.    The beauty of a GeoTour, they each have there own web page so routing yourself around our area is very easy.  Over a hundred geocachers have already completed the entire GeoTour and several  hundred have found the 16 or 18 caches starting with BGG to earn the neat GeoTour coin, and coins are still available.   Our Visitor's Bureau is open 7 days a week, give them a call if you have any questions ( 304.264.8801), we even have some nice hotels that give geocachers a discount.  If you get stuck while your here and need a PAF, just message me.... WVTim and my phone number is on the bottom of many of the caches,  we aren't big fans of DNF's here, we prefer happy cachers :  )  .  We look forward to your visit as you discover  Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.  

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    build gadget cache that requires power, in the woods

    in How do I...?

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    20 hours ago, WVTim said:

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    "having a person like WVTim create over a hundred caches that violate the guidelines"

     

    "Violate"? ... I followed the guidelines as I understood them and complied  with all the requirements the reviewers ask me to meet.  I asked and received written permission by the landowners and submitted pictures of my cache placement when seeking approval. I never misrepresented any of my hides, if they were on a 4x4 post that is stated in my request for approval.    When I met all the guidelines as required by my reviewers ( there have been several)  they were approved.  How can that be a violation when I met the requirements??????

     

    Instead of accusing someone of violating the guidelines, why don't you suggest..... " that the reviewers did NOT interpret the guidelines  consistently" causing confusion in the Geocaching world.    For years, reviewers interpreted the guidelines differently.  Clearly my reviewer and many more approved of caches on 4x4 post, while others did not.  Yes, I did encourage HQ to publish a set of rules that are applied consistently by all the reviewers, thus stopping the confusion.  I appreciate HQ's clarification of the rules.  It's rare that HQ makes a ruling that makes everyone happy, but as long as we know what the rules are,  then as a cache creator I will do my best to follow them and be a good model .  I do not want to be seen as a rule breaker BUT a cacher creator who designs and builds fun to find gadget caches and a person who shares his ideas freely and  encourages creative cache creation, following the rules NOT breaking them.  Let's spend our energy making geocaching a great hobby.  

     

     

     

    On 12/17/2018 at 2:58 PM, CachedIronSkillet said:

     

    It's actually a conversation I had with Tim before the guidelines change, and I do think he had something to do with the guidelines being changes, so not really an accusation so much as a recognition...

     

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    You Can't Do That

    in General geocaching topics

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    How I work with the reviewer : When a CO wants to place a post in the ground, the CO must obtain permission from the property owner/manager and provide proof of this permission with contact info, to the reviewer, when submitted for approval. The cache page should have a clear statement that permission was given by the property owner for that of hide and attachment. Make this prominent so that would-be copiers are more likely to see it. The CO should commit to the land owner that they are willing to fill the hole should the cache NOT be approved for any reason or when the cache is removed. Note this to the reviewer.

     

    So, get permission early, document it, send it all the reviewer, and agree to restore the property to its original state after the cache is removed or approval is NOT granted. This is how I work with my reviewer.

     

    How I work with my property owners : When getting permission from the land owner, I take my finished cache (birdhouse) and my post to them so they can see what to expect. I go in great detail about everything. I show them how the cache works, where the log is and what the cache finder will be doing when they arrive at the property. I tell them how long to expect them to be there. Some of my caches, the finders might be there for 1/2 hour working on it. Make sure they know that. I work with them to find a location we both can agree on. I estimate how many visits they can expect each week or month. They might be thinking 5 and reality it is more like 100, they need to know that. What hours will they allow visitors to there property. I let them know that I will post that but there are people who will break the rules.... be honest with them. I go into great detail on how I will maintain it. I give them my contact info. Try to review everything with them, leaving no stone unturned. I then go back after the first week and see if everything is working ok with them, do they have any questions or concerns. I go back in a month and review the logs with them and cachers reaction to the cache and there place of business. Then I go back at least once a quarter to make sure everything is ok. I build relationships with my property owners. They talk to other property owners about their experience with me and the visitor's to their property. Next thing you know, property owners are calling you, asking for geocache on their location.

     

    Just recently, I have had some good dialog with HQ about this. If your reviewer sees this differently, I would open another discussion with them and agree to do the things outlined above. Good luck !!

    Ideas for MacGyver Cache?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I like the idea of the voice recorder. Record the coords to the next stage, but leave out the batteries. They must put 2 AA's in the recorder to get the coords for the next stage. Now, we just have to hope no one steals the recorder. I found one listed at Walmart for $20. thanks for that idea.

    Ideas for MacGyver Cache?

    in General geocaching topics

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    I think I can use the elevated cache idea. Thanks ....... Maybe I can tell them to bring and eye hook and they can make there own Hook-like tool on the spot.

     

    Any idea where I could find your electrical device you referred to?

     

    Wifi is out, this is will be in State forest lands.

    Ideas for MacGyver Cache?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'm trying to put together a multi-stage "gadget" cache. I'm trying to gather some clever ideas for each stage. I am going to ask each cacher to bring a set of "tools or gadgets with them." I'll list the things necessary to bring on the web page.

     

    Some of the ideas I have encountered are

     

    1. the coords to the next cache written so you have to use a mirror to read them,

    2. something that floats with the coords on it, in a large tube that you have to bring water to get the objective to float up ( of course holding your finger on a small hole in the bottom of tube to drain the water when your done),

    3. Do something with a magnetic, place a small cache tube with a magnet glued to it, in a plastic plumbing pipe and use a magnetic to retrieve it.

     

    Do you have any ideas of common things that your be used to make and interesting retrieval or and interesting piece of a multi ? I would love to hear your ideas.

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