Hiram

Can you do that? Send out the copy tag? Absolutely! That is what the copy tag is for. Do overs. You could even LAMINATE a TAG with your number on it, if the "COPY TAG" comes up missing. It's your number, you bought it.

You can't imagine how much fun I have had with "Pull Grandpa's Finger". Grownups and youngsters all have a lot of fun with it. Especially when the "Music" plays from an area different from the ammo can and someone walks down the nearby path while you are crouched down. IT EATS BATTERIES LIKE CRAZY THOUGH!

Don't mess with them. Leave them alone. To even delete a log in one messes with a finder's numbers and if someone has a memorable cahe that has a particular milestone number it will change it on him. Might even make him mad!

Please note: You will be in violation of federal regulation by placing a cache in any area administered by the National Park Service (US). The National Park regulations are intended to protect the fragile environment, and historical and cultural areas found in the parks. If that is not correct then why is it listed on the first time placing a cache guide right on geocaching.com Placing your first cache Not looking for a fight just curious. National Parks do allow for caches with permission. I was nogotiating with them on a Historical site allowing them to tell me what type of cache and the location, when someone comes along and plants a cache in the middle of a flower bed. Now it is not a flower bed and I can't plant my legitate cache because it would be too close. They also think that I planted it, because I was the one negotiating with them. SEE WHY THERE ARE RULES!

Got it figured out. Only my Blue key has not disappeared. The other four keep going away. I think they are just being picked up by cachers outside the area and they are reluctant to log them. I just laminated a copy of the Travel Tag and send it on its way again with the same info. Oh well if they turn up, maybe I'll retrieve them maybe not. The game goes on.

When a person buys a Travel Bug, the number becomes his property. One of my caches is "Pandora's Box" it requires a cacher -or- group of cachers to find five keys (all TBs) and combine the info to get the proper coordinates. Red has gone missing three times, Yellow four times, Green twice and Blue once. I just laminate another Travel Bug and send out another one...Big deal if it shows up again, I retrieve it if I can or let it add to the evil of Pandora's Box.

I have five travel bugs floating around the Cincinnati area in the hunt for "Pandora's Box". In less that two months, two of the keys have disappeared (hopefully only temporarily). To keep the game going, I substituted the "COPY" tag to another key. If they reappear, I will try to grab one or the other. If one of them disappears again, I'll make my own tag and do it again. I own the number and always will. The game WILL GO ON!, even if someone tries to break it.

Ah, the smell of another American assumption.. Actually, before you get too excited with that statement, many non-US cities charge per half our or hour to use the internet. Some Cities, Cacheville for instance, you have to get a guest card so that you can log onto the computers and you then have a timed limit of 60 minutes per day. As for this cacher, if he has a problem with someone taking a travel bug quickly, he needs to only place TBs in places that require multi day hikes so that the chance of that happening again are slim. Chances are this guy had a bug of a different kind up his butt already when this happend. Ignore him and enjoy your hobby.

Ah, the smell of another American assumption.. Actually, before you get too excited with that statement, many non-US cities charge per half our or hour to use the internet. Some Cities, Cacheville for instance, you have to get a guest card so that you can log onto the computers and you then have a timed limit of 60 minutes per day. As for this cacher, if he has a problem with someone taking a travel bug quickly, he needs to only place TBs in places that require multi day hikes so that the chance of that happening again are slim. Chances are this guy had a bug of a different kind up his butt already when this happend. Ignore him and enjoy your hobby. You would think that finding a cache 1000 miles away fro home and removing a travel bug to take back home after 10 days should be plenty of time to log it into a cache though.

Do NOT leave them unattended. When they overheat, they will begin leaking acid and ruin the charger. Recharged alkaline batteries will continue leaking once they start, even if you didn't notice the leak in your charger. They do provide less and less run time due to a finite chemical reaction. Although they do not provide a full 1-1/2 volts, Nickel Metal Hydrides and Nickel Metal Cadnium batteries are meant to be charged over and over. Nickel Metal Cadnium batteries have a memory and if they are not depleted completely, they will remember a half charge and that's all you will get. The Nickel Metal Hydrides do not have the memory problem.

I hate it when I have to keep pushing the button on my computer to get the coffee cup holder to come back out.

Sometime it is necessary to delete logs to protect someone from their ownselves. I had to delete one that was very negative on their parenting skills and judgement.

That's not beneith me... Where can I get one! I can get the dynamite without a problem.

I thought I had it figured out last year and after a few months I turned it off (archived it). I have received Emails suggesting disappointment that it was gone. Now I want to put one back that is almost identical but have a bug that needs some suggestions. It was a puzzle cache that used five keys. The keys each had portions of the final coordinates on them. The finder recorded the information and moved it to another cache of their choosing. The new location was recorded on another web site for the next person to find (before someone else did and moved it again). You can see that this would promote caching in my area, whether or not they find my cache. My problem is, how do I keep the keys from leaving the playing area? I tried keeping extra keys and substituting them as they disappeared or moved to some other part of the country. I tried having two sets moving around, even more caches in the area were involved. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I wish I could see that one, but it crashes my browser every time I try to open it. The link loads all the logs... Try This Link instead (it is the print friendly no logs version)

I too am trying to find a way to edit the logs on one of my cache sites. Too many hints from a visitor can spoil a surprise. I cannot even delete a log. I am reasonably sure that I was able to do both at one time. I have never had the need to do either prior to my latest cache.

It is a shame to find one, remove it, and then realize it was not logged into the cache through the WEB. Now, you have to hang onto it until it is logged in and you can log it back out. Too bad if you are going on a trip and removed it to drop it in a distant place. If you go ahead and drop it off, someone else can grab it and now it is three logs behind. Soon it is a lost TB.