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Since the day that they arrived, I have been carrying an NFA geocoin. Jamie - NFA

Thanks! It was a ton of fun. Firetacks are reflective tacks that stick into trees, I got them at the firetack website (try google). About 10-12 people made it to the bonfire at my house...who knows how many didn't make it out of the woods . I live in Lake Clear, NY...a tiny town near Lake Placid, NY in the Adirondack Park in upstate NY. Jamie - NFA

I did mine (the one listed above) as an event with the blessing and foreknowledge of our local approver. The event was at my house, and it was essentially a multi-stage event. I went back the next day to grab the props out of the woods, and left the firetacks in place as a regular night cache that I submitted shortly thereafter. Jamie - NFA

I did a spooky halloween cache last halloween as a multi-cache. People were instructed to get to the given coordinates after dark, and find the first firetack as a starting point. From there, they were lead into the woods (which were filled with a scary moaning that reverberated from the inside of a hallow dead tree, and seemed to come from everywhere). The firetacks lead them deeper and deeper into the woods, and along the way they came across various body parts and some fake blood splatters. I also attached metallic objects (not sharp) to trees and branches that they would likely touch, and that would make a "non-woodsy" noise when they touched the branch it was attached to. At one point seekers were lead to climb over a big dead tree, and at the most likely spot to cross, I had hidden a life-sized skeleton on the ground on the far side. At the end point, they found a container with a new set of coordinates that took them to my house, where we had a bonfire going and food and drink. It was a great time, and I want to do something similar every year from now on... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...bd-9688977670e5 Jamie - NFA

The Brobdingnagian Geocoin (LE, Gold) - http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=86509 Jamie - NFA

As a cache seeker, I have cached as a part of a group a number of times, and like filing my own log. As a cache owner, I like reading the individual logs written by all members of a group hunt. just my thoughts, Jamie - NFA

I always carry a leatherman while geocaching, sometimes bring a walking/poking stick, and occasionally bring a collapsible baton. I had to bring my rifle into play last summer to protect my geo-puppy from a huge raccoon that came after him in the middle of the day...we were just heading out, and it all happened in my driveway...it blew what should have been a great day of caching. Jamie - NFA

ok...so it's not just me? I've been wondering about these coins myself... jamie - nfa

I'm looking forward to finding a cut-out of a WJTB in a cache also... Fake coins in caches are lame...either keep the coin under your pillow, or place the actual coin in a cache...no half-measures please... Jamie - NFA

I like the idea but... I think that making the DNFs a part of the profile "sticker" would lead to a bunch of people being less likely to log their DNFs. As is the case with caches that I have found, I've had a great time on most of my DNFs, and a horrific time on a couple...all are a part of my geocaching history. I think that a head-scratching icon in place of the frowny face might de-stigmatize the DNF log option a bit, but maybe not. A bookmark list will work for lots of people, but for people with lots of DNFs it will be a chore... Jamie - NFA

Yeah, I guess you can say that about Barry Bonds, Milli Vanilli, Rosie Ruiz, Jayson Blair, et. al. Why should anybody care? 2 thoughts... 1) geocaching is a fun pastime, not professional baseball, where careers and multi-million dollar awards and endorsements are at stake...also, what Barry Bonds and Milli Vanilli did was illegal, inflating your smiley count is not. 2) I didn't say that I don't care, or that you (or Criminal) shouldn't care...I suggested that if it bothers him as much as it seems to (he seems to spend an awful lot of time watching how other people play the game), that he should not go looking for trouble as much. I don't approve of pocket caches, or other methods of boosting numbers outside of finding caches, but I'm not going to end the practice by whining about it in the forum. I don't approve of people turning without using their signals, but I don't drive around looking for instances of this behavior and/or post repetitively about it in the driving safety forum. Happy Monday! Jamie - NFA

I paddled 4 miles with my son and wife today to find a cache...it was a beautiful day, the sun was out, the rain yesterday scrubbed the air pristinely clean, the cache was in great shape...we had a ton of fun. The activities of a bunch of cheaters didn't effect my enjoyment of our caching expedition in the least. If looking for, and finding out about, how people cheat at this game we play upsets you...don't go looking... Jamie - NFA

Yes, because nobody reads past there anyways... Jamie - NFA

looking to trade for a dorkfish coin... Jamie - NFA

My wife has been wonderful about accepting my addiction, but every once in a while I know that I've done or said something that gives my wife pause: "It wasn't raining that hard, and it only took 45 minutes to find... The duct-tape worked better than a band-aid would have... No Ben, you can't have one of those toys, they're for other kids I've never met... I wish my Jeep had a second gear in reverse... Jamie - NFA

I made up a table for a ROT18 encryption: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR STUVWXYZ0123456789 It would take care of the coordinates and numbers issue, and would still be "back-and-forth-able" Jamie - NFA

While caching in VT last spring, I found a garbage bag near gz of the cache I was looking for, and opened it thinking it might be a garbage bag wrapped ammo can...it was a dead dog... I come across dead deer and parts all the time in the backcountry of the ADKs. Jamie - NFA

But since the instructions specifically state that you should submit a puzzle-type cache to TerraCaching.com, why bother promoting it here in the Groundspeak forums? THAT rocks... that is the sort of cache that a person could build a vacation around. Hmmmmm.... The second set of finders did just that...they spent most of their week in the Adirondacks chasing around to hidden spots in the most beautiful chunks of the Northern Forest imaginable. They said that they saw everything they wanted to, and saved a fortune...their kids were too tired every night to go out to movies or even out to fancy restaurants... Jamie - NFA

So, the USA accounts for roughly 70% of the active caches in the world today...I wonder if that has been the case for awhile, or if it fluctuates... Jamie - NFA

I have a Clue-type multi-cache that leads seekers all over my corner of the Adirondacks in upstate NY...the 2 finders so far have each spent a week or 2 working their way through the 21 stages to the final cache... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...6d-5bc9c204ad53 Jamie - NFA

I'm planning on placing 2 podcaches in the Adirondacks this summer. Jamie - NFA

I got the puzzle coins today, and my som Be3n hasn't stopped playing with the coins yet...we both love the puzzle!!! Jamie - NFA

I've had the opposite happen to me...I started a group, and invited a couple of the people who joined other similar groups that I'm a part of, and then received "didn't accept invitation" emails from people that I know that I did not invite...weird, but easy enough to just delete and forget. Jamie - NFA

Hi, Thanks for all of the great feedback...I have TOPO USA, so as I understand it, I could not use it with the explorists...plus, I was seduced by a friend's geko 201 this weekend at an event, so I am really thinking about the tiny size of the 2 garmin species I mentioned...they are seriously small! I like pc connectivity...so the geko 101 would be out, and I don't much like the idea of being tied to the the lithium battery pack of the foretrex 201...so it is probably between the foretrex 101 and the Geko 201 or 301...thoughts on these 3 choices??? Again, thanks for any and all earlier comments... Jamie - NFA

I'm thinking about getting a small-sized GPS unit as a backup for my Meri-Plat...the choices I'm currently thinking about are: one of the Geko series one of the foretrex series I would love any advice/experience/warnings anyone has to give... Thanks, Jamie - NFA