Deepdiggingmole

I have had the Garmin E-trex, Venture and Legend gps units since I started and 5 years of having the same problem with the rubber working loose and the glue melting on really hot days - and although found the really useful hints on repairing the problems (double sided tape etc) I have finally found the solution to solve this ongoing problem I have got an Oregon - saves on a lot of paper too

In line with the above theme - i have just got an oregon 200 - no probs in downloading waypoints and files etc. However i can not seem to be able to delete these files - they dont show up on the delete waypoint function (only ones that you have manually put in seem to be able to be deleted that way) any help gratefully received

Yea - me 3000 finds

To add my twopennys worth what is quality ? is it the type of cache container found, full of goodies, a dry log book and a couple of Tb's to remove or.. A film cannister in a location which has a superb view or in an area with sights of great interest. Both can be as good as each other if once you get to the end of the hunt - it is satisfying. I find a cache which has been hidden in such a way that it makes it a challenge to search for it also worth the trip, but also a series of micros which takes you places you wouldn't have thought going to just as satisfying. I recently did various single caches in north Wales, some involving long walks others not so, but the end result with the views etc. made for great trips out. That is why we go up that way a lot. It is different in the SE - but there are great walks out there and a few cachers who set nice trails allowing you to enjoy same. I do agree with many however that there are some caches being placed just for the sake of it and when you get to the location there is nothing to look at when you get there and you do just end up signing a log pulled out of a film cannister. I will admit I probably seek these out to make up numbers but only if I am in the area on a cache blitz. However to be fair - a lot of uninteresting caches have been placed by new cachers who are still learning and these are set to get the feel of hiding a cache. Another point which has always been at the back of my mind - do cachers hide caches with the intention of keeping their caches out in the wild for a considerable amount of time - or are there some who hide caches with the intent of archiving after a certain period - I have 69 caches and all are still active and all have been found within the last 2/3 months - I do not intend to archive any of them - some of them were fiendish puzzle caches which had the hardened puzzlers scratching heads for a few months - but now the puzzles have been cracked I have made them easier with extra hints in order that the less hardy puzzler can have a go. If I had not done this I think one or two would not have been sought for a couple of years - caches are there to be found after all

I am trying to track down anyone who might know or has been out caching with and can get in touch with 'Major Matt' thanks Tim

GSAK macros is your friend! Look for one called FindStatGen (Beta version is stable...) and download and install that. Obviously, this presumes you are running GSAK already, AND that you have all your finds in GSAK, AND that you have all the find logs on your placed caches in GSAK. Your finds can be updated with the MyFinds PQ available from the PQ summary page. Logs on your own caches are more difficult. A PQ of your caches will return the last 5 logs. A GPX download of each individual cache will provide 20 logs, and any more than that and you will need to run the AddLogs macro (available above) as Bear and Ragged suggest - on a one time basis to catch up with old logs... Hope that gets you started! Dave I am running the addlogs macro as we speak - so many thanks for your help one and all

That sounds promising - anyone know what that macro is ????

I am sorry i did not understand the above - and whether or not it helps my query does no one have an answer for this or is there no answer I have seen many profiles where there are stats for the owners caches which is why I am confused about there being no response many thanks

I have moved on many TBs some with goals others without - i am not always in a position to assist with the goal so i move it on anyway - I firmly beleive in allowing TBs to keep moving - if they have a goal they will eventually get there - i will even pick up TBs in my own caches and move them on if they look like they are growing roots I had one TB which i gave a very specific goal / cache to get to in new zealand - it took a little under 3 years to get there with a lot of travelling in germany and holland - but it did eventually reach its target cache in NZ and the required photo with an old friend was completed - i have another TB in US stil working its way round to the state that is its target but is taking forever - however its moving so what the heck - its fun watching where it goes anyway

or even KENT says a cacher from West Kent just outside the M25 :-)

can anyone tell me a simple way - or if not a relatively simple way of finding out how to obtain finder stats on your own caches such as the ones you see in profiles where it tells you who has found the most of your own caches etc. I do use cachestats for some bits of information but that does not come with it - or am I missing something many thanks

I tried that using earthcache.com coding but the image did not come out right - but will try an alternative as you suggest

Ddoes anyone know how you can get an earthcache masters icon on your profile page - is there an HTML coding that someone uses to get the icon on I just got my bronze pin wanna show it off on my profile page

Yes Google earth will do it - I often confirm co-ords using this - it is a slightly different format - but nothing a calculator wont solve (take the last four digits - 35.78 for example and divide by 60 = 0.59633333 or .596 which will be your last three digits in usual format) to be done for both northings and eastings/westings

I am sure I read something about this subject but cant find the logs - however, what is the longest known time between two 'finds' on any cache ? - I attended and found a puzzle cache in Richmond yesterday (8th July) called 'Blue (was red) door to Noah's BBQ' (GCMF6N) which had not been found since March 9th 2008 - that is 486 days between to logged finds (16 months) - I wasnt aware of the timing until I logged it later. is this a record or am I way out ??

Thanks to all for your input I have taken some of the ideas given and I am sure the list will grow as I find other series For the time being I have 17 out there now These are Mole’s SOS – Ponds, Dewponds and Lakes of Kent #1 - Hildenborough Mole’s SOS – Red Phone box #12 Mole’s SOS – Church Micro #757 St. Stephens, Tonbridge Mole’s SOS – Off your trolley – Tonbridge Mole’s SOS – Hospitalised #7 Tonbridge Cottage hospital Mole’s SOS – Drinking Fountains and Troughs #22 Mole’s SOS – Hill view #7 – Bidborough Ridge Mole’s SOS – Motorway Mayhem – M25 J5 Mole’s SOS – Symmetry N51 DD1 Mole’s SOS – Mill Micro – Tonbridge Mill Mole’s SOS – Sidetracked - Hildenborough Mole’s SOS – Little Bridges #26 Mole’s SOS – Lest We Forget Mole’s SOS – Scout and About – Tonbridge 14th Sea Scouts Mole’s SOS – Kent lost pubs No 9 – The Artichoke Mole’s SOS – A Road Anarchy – A21 ? Mole’s SOS – Coal Post #188

Can you give me an example of one of these - I cant fnd any using 'b road booty' as search words

I have looked into that one already, the nearest one to my area would be #188 - unfotunately that has been taken along with the few others either side of it - anything beyond that is too far away but thanks

Thanks i have most of those except A road Anarchy - will research that one i am not including cachers own mini series - it would never end other wise i am looking more for the well established ones like those as you have mentioned and ones where there is a request to contact 'cacher' with object, place etc. in order to expand their series

Hi I am in the process of enlarging a series that i am doing which highlights the various 'series' that are out there such as the large 'church micro' series in the South, and the not so well know 'red phone box' series The idea of my series is to continue the theme of each of the series in their own right but to highlight and champion the originators - i am doing only one of each series included in mine I have a dozen or so to date (all start with Mole's SOS ..........if you want to take a look via my profile) and i am looking for more series to add to the list please let me know of any others that can be added and i will see if there is an object of that theme in my area many thanks

sorry - glitch resulted in repeated message

I managed to comlpete the northern ring yesterday - had planned the whole lot over two days but an untimely trip and fall resulted in an injury that meant I could only complete that ring - so now i hope these wont be archived so I can complete the rest sometime in the future If not to be archived at least adopted

Also... I noted one of my Tb's was taken by a cacher who is still active though not very active - it didnt get logged out of the cache (online) that he visited even though he signed the physical log (which is how i knew who had it) and despite writing to him several times and even getting one reply to say he had it - it has never resurfaced - that was 4 years ago The irony of it was I also noted he had several TBs which he eventually took back himself placing them in a virtual TB retirement home - in order to keep them safe and not lost in the wild - you would have thought he would have done the same for a TB belonging to someone else ah well

But i cant wait to become a fully trade Jedi like the rest of you!! How many caches do you have to have found before you become one of them ???

I had a TB make its way over to the US heading for its target cache in IOWA and then it disappeared - a year later it resurfaced in a cache only a few miles away from where it had gone. Then 2 months later it dropped out again and a further year later re-appeared miles away - I was gobsmakced it did it a second time - still got quite way to go before it reaches its destination so I am expecting it to disappear again any time soon LOL