AlmondEyes

Where is this "blanket policy" on their site? I cannot find it. There's a CB near a cache I have already. I'd be willing to plant one. This is the first I'm hearing about OYR caches.

I hope we don't get in trouble. I have a cached named after a song a friend LOVED who passed away. I put the cache in a park where his wedding reception was and, 8 months later, his funeral reception was. I included all the lyrics in the cache description. I'll find out who wrote the lyrics and add that to the cache description.

I have a 76csx and my friend has a 60cx (I htink it's called). Both of our compasses will point to the cache in the correct direction (IE NW or SW or whatever), but the compass itself isn't positioned correctly. Like it'll be showing Northwest according to the compass is actually Southeast. You have to recalibrate the compass each time you fire up the GPS to make it not do this. Is this a problem across the board with these GPS models or do we have our settings incorrect somewhere? My crappy yellow Etrexx doesn't have this issue. It's weird that the crappiest GPS Garmin makes is more reliable than the most expensive.

You are right... the 76 is huge. My hand doens't wrap around it easily and using the buttons is still a bit unnatural because they are on the top, not the bottom where your thumbs wrap around it while holding it. I borrowed a friend's 60 a few times and like the feel of that one, but got a great deal on the best Garmin had, so I went for it.

The plain old yellow one was the only thing I used for 3 years I think it was. Got it the same way Alabama Rambler got his (Marlboro catalog). Actually had no clue what a GPS was or what I had ordered; a friend took me caching when I received it. Had no trouble with it except that the backlight quit working within a few months from purchase). I recently upgraded to the best of the best Garmin makes, but I'll keep my yellow one.

Business cards and bottle tops (unless they're for a free soda) left in a cache are NOT a trade item. I toss them when I find them.

Am I the only one who didn't know there were other geocaching sites? I thought geocaching.com was the only one... never thought to look elsewhere.

This is my logic exactly. I'd never heard of an OffSet before today. I guess from now on I have to change the icon to the Multis that I download to something other than the treasure chest that is default in my GPS. That way I'll know I very well might be wasting my time unless I print out the info first. What a pain......

I just have a small hatchback car. Sometimes I'm out with a friend who has a small SUV which makes finding some of those on the backroads in NJ much easier!

I agree to contact the owner first before complaining 'higher up'. But my question is is this an actual rule/guideline when listing a cache? I have no leg to stand on to complain if I'm completely incorrect.

Ok, so you folks agree with me. Is this a geocaching.com rule? Should I contact someone to complain? It would save other people the trouble of trekking out for a container they aren't going to find. I'd sure appreciate any such future caches to be changed before I waste my time again......

I'm a practical person. I prefer to find and leave useful stuff - batteries, mini compasses, pedometers, boxes of car fuses, mosquito/bug wipes, small bottles of hand wipes or sanitizer or sublock, CDs/tapes, movies, old cell phone chargers or covers.... stuff like that. I do have some junk swag I'll leave just to get rid of it like matchbox cars and plastic toys. Sometimes I"ll leave something without taking anything just to unload.

I'm not upgraded. I do what you do usually when I have some time..... I don't print out the entire cache page anymore since that's a load of ink and paper. Sometimes I'll just download a boat load of waypoints into the GPS and go 'blind' with no info on the listing. Sometimes I handwrite the info and other times I copy and past the cache name and waypoint into Notepad or Word. Then I open the cache listing in a new window, read through the listing real quick to see if anything pops out... maybe make a note of the cache container, decrypt the hint and copy and past that incase I need it. Read a few of the logs.... if people seemed like they had trouble with the cache, I might read all the logs and copy and paste the ones that give me more information. I like to have paper (I'm a tangible person). It's nice to jot notes on or to write down what I took and left in the cache or if the cache needs maitenence. Then it's easy to come home and log my finds and notes.

Am I wrong? I'm very aggravated about caches that are listed as traditional or multi when, in my opinion, they are puzzle caches: A cache listed as a traditional or multi shouldn't require any sort of puzzle to solve or paper to print out to find that cache. You should find some sort of container with the actual cache or at least new co-ordinates (or the information to find the new co-ordinates) at the posted co-ordinates on the cache listing that download into your GPS. I download caches into my GPS. Those that say they are traditional or multi I leave as the treasure chest symbol. Those labeled as a virtual or puzzle I change the icon so I know I have to read the listing and print out the info before heading out to them. I keep finding caches listed as traditional or multi that I head out for to find no container. Frustrated that I couldn't find the cache after looking for quite some time, I'm angry when I read the listing to find I needed to read a plaque or solve a puzzle or whatever to get new co-ordinates to find the real container. Am I wrong or is the cache owner wrong who should have listed their cache as a puzzle.

Took mine from Philly to LA to Hawaii and back again on an airplane. Didn't hurt it at all.

DNF to me means I didn't get the cache open. There's a cache here called Master of the Universe. It's an ammo box with a combo lock on it..... sure, I've found the cache, but I haven't gotten into it in the 4 times I've been there. I know one person at least who logged it as a find, although they were there with me and never got into it.

I use the phone a friend technique. After looking a good deal, I'd rather get a friend to reread the cache listing to me or the logs to see if they can help (or perhaps the cache has been disabled since I downloaded it into the GPS). After searching enough, I get frustrated and caching isn't fun and I wasted the time heading to that cache. Don't have very many phone numbers of people who cache except for the person who introduced me to caching and those I introduced to caching.

No Wordnerd, your GPS isn't defective. My Garmin Etrex did the same thing... it was a pain in the butt. It didn't occur often that I'd have 2 waypoints that had the first 6 digits the same. When it did happen, it was a head scratcher until I figured out what was going on. I've since upgraded to a GPS that allows a load of digits. I don't know which all GPSs only allow for 6 digits.

I really hope someone calls you. I've lost a friend's GPS before (one of the fancy 60cs) and freaked out. Spent 2 hours climbing everywhere looking for it. Thank God the stupid think would chirp once in a while when it lost reception. I was so relieved.

I really hope someone calls you. I've lost a friend's GPS before (one of the fancy 60cs) and freaked out. Spent 2 hours climbing everywhere looking for it. Thank God the stupid think would chirp once in a while when it lost reception. I was so relieved.

I only now have a GPS with an electronic compass. It's not worth a boat load of money in my opinion if the two GPSs you are looking at are the same otherwise. If the price difference is $10, I'd say go for it. But this thing still flips all over hte place. I've decided next time I'm heading out, I'm going to bring along a real compass just for good measure.

I did the buy.com thing Allory pointed out. If you are new to Google check out, you get an extra $10 off. Free shipping was offered on the 2 Gig Micro card Kingston card I ordered last week. After $14 rebate and the $10, it'll end up being $8. Also nabbed a 4 Gig Kingston flash drive for $38 with a $5 rebate and free shipping. I received both items in only a few days, no problems. If you are going to order through that site, be sure you are paying attention to the items with free shipping (a yellow truck symbol). I didn't notice it until I placed the order... I contacted them playing dumb and they were nice and fixed my goof. During checkout, they'll automatically give you the standard shipping rate. Be sure you click on the drop down box and choose ground shipping (or whatever it is).

I recently upgraded (from the cheapest Garmin to the most expensive one)... but I will keep my little yellow cheapo etrex. I have a soft spot for that cute little thing.

I'm in lower Bucks County (a bit northeast of Philly). I'd be up for caching with people who do it for fun, not the die hard fans who are overly serious.

Right where you left it, eh?