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HikingMan

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  1. Simply, for a cache located in trees (a leafy month outdoors), find the straight line direction to the cache with your GPSr (could be as much as 150 feet off the trail and uneven ground), the compass will keep pointing under trees!

     

    A compass works well except areas of magnetic unreliability or interference. You can get a (cheap) keychain type compass if you don't want to spend much. Make sure a cheap compass is accurate before relying on it. :huh:

  2. When grabbing, or leaving geocoins in a cache, how to log? List it in the typical Found or note log, or are there other ways? Already familiar with the alacache.com and travelertags.com sites. Thanks for any assistance.

  3. :bad: How about my bringing Travel Bugs into our fair city from business trips all over the Eastern US, and they just sit for weeks sometimes without being grabbed.

    :bad: How 'bout the folks that grab TBs and don't bother logging the retrieve or leave. TBs are a special find for some of us, and in some areas, they are scarce and sought after things. :bad:

  4. My third benchmark search actually led to one. The first two sought were long gone. This third one's coordinates led to a new building, but the actual benchmark is still there - about 50 feet away. The description helped get through the dilemma and find the actual location.

  5. Watch a TB, receive emails tracking movement, if it's your own Bug, then make sure you activiate it and wait for movement by others/Retrieved/Placed In.

     

    Some other TB, find the page for that specific TB and click on the link near the top to Track that TB, and wait for movement. Can't find a TB, there is a search feature.

  6. How to get a photo on a cache location page. All my efforts did was provide a link under the coordinates near the hints section. I want the photo to appear on the cache page. Would prefer not to point to a photo on my personal website.

  7. Found a muti cache location with a leaky ziplock and no other container, geez!

    Also, keepa U pencils outa the ziplock? Those points pierce plastic! Sharing experience from Charter Members.

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