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TinkyTinks

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  1. Just found this thread so here's my two penneth worth! When people show me their holiday photos, I don't claim to have therefore visited them. When I read books I don't then claim to have seen an elephant, shark, dodo or whatever is in the book. When my friend shows me photos of cool caches she has visited, I don't claim to have found them. When a plane or train spotter sees a photo, they don't claim to have seen the actual plane/train. When I see a photo of a coin, why can I claim to have seen it, when all I have seen is a photo of a coin? I like collecting the icons you get when discovering different coins, but those icons are owned by the people who make that particular coin and maybe they don't want them being given to a representation of their coin? They've paid for the icon (think it's about $150) in addition to the expense of having their coins manufactured so should they just produce photocopies in future? As you've guessed I don't like or place any value on photocopies. I understand why people do it, but I don't agree with it and to me they will always be just a worthless piece of paper and not in the spirit that geocoins were intended.
  2. A cacher has been holding on to one of my coins since 2009. I had tried emailing him several emails without success. So this week I decided to try and finally get him to move my coin on. After emailing without success, I went in to his profile and saw he wasn't a newbie, but a seasoned active cacher, so I put notes on the caches and coins that he owns and ALSO emailed a cacher who appeared in his photo gallery who he goes caching with!!! It was just a polite email explaining that I had been unable to get hold of the cacher and would he possibly be able to pass on the message as it was his friend. Result - less than 12hrs later I had an email from his friend saying he had contacted him and that he would move the coin on soon!! So fingers crossed! (He took another coin belonging to someone else the same day and still has that one too - both were taken from a cache that he actually owns!) And another success story - had a coin disappear from a cache that appeared to have been muggled back in 2009. There was no trace of any of the items that had been in the cache and I think the actual cache itself disappeared so I assumed it was well and truly gone. About a month ago I received an email saying the coin had mysteriously turned up in another cache so was back on it's travels again! So don't give up hope if you've written off a coin!
  3. I had this last week but I seem to remember that it was on the PC not my iPhone. I think it was when I went in to 'hide and seek a cache' and put in 'Bristol'. It seems to be ok now though.....
  4. How utterly childess/petty/ridiculous!!!! What next 'no entry level yellow Garmin'?! No caching on a Wednesday? No caching without a degree in navigation? Geocaching is a sport that is a DIFFERENT experience for everyone. Some seek out FTF's, some don't seek out nanos, some seek out coins, some seek out multi's, some seek out cache & dashes, for some it is a family day out, others it is their daily routine/life! Some are competitive, some do it occasionally, some use GPS units, some just use Google maps and some of us use iPhones. It is an individual CHOICE. Firstly I appreciate the concern over iPhones but if it hadn't been for the iPhone, I would have got into geocaching. I wouldn't have bought a GPS unit to start a hobby that I might not even enjoy. The iPhone has introduced many new people to geocaching and that has to be a good thing. I can cache on a whim without having to worry about having a GPS with me and I don't need to carry any extra equipment. I have used the 3GS and recently upgraded to the 4 and both have been extremely accurate in FINDING caches. I do appreciate that the iPhone has it's limitations. Sometimes tree cover can be sketchy but I have still always managed to find caches in woods and the signal doesn't normally drop out for long. PLACING caches is different. I have experienced problems with co-ords when placing caches in woods & I think this is where the real issue lies with using the iPhones so I do not feel that an iPhone is suitable for this in all places (though in fairness I have read reports that some entry level GPS units have sketchy tree cover too). Urban areas are possibly different because it is easy to cross-reference with Google maps. So people do need to be aware of this if thinking about placing caches with an iPhone and maybe this needs to be addressed by geocaching.com. However I am totally pro-iPhone for geocaching finds and think that to place restrictions on 'who' can find it is small minded and just isn't in the spirit of geocaching.
  5. I would like to add my name to the list of 'Would like to try Wherigo's, but would only do it if an iPhone app was available & certainly wouldn't buy a GPS etc. just to do it. And in defence of the iPhone: Caching with an iPhone is a different way of caching than using a GPS. I only got into caching when I bought the iPhone and I expect that's the same for a lot of people. The iPhone has introduced new people who probably would never have bothered if it meant buying a GPS. It has made it more accessible. More cachers = more caches :-) I mainly find micros and lots of nanos. It's a different way of caching because you use it more like a computer, as you can jump between maps/satellitte maps, look at photos etc. It's always spot on for me and I am hoping to upgrade to the 3GS soon especially if it has built in GPS. There are pros and cons to both the iPhone and a GPS but you just adjust your caching skills accordingly. A GPS may tell you the cache is located under your big toe on your left foot, but on an iPhone you could have a look at the aerial satellitte map that would show you that it's on the left side of the bench, next to the plant pot! Now if we could just have built in Flash and a decent camera on the phone too.......... ;-) (114 finds since about March using an iPhone.)
  6. WANTED: Clifton Suspension Bridge (Garmin) coin. Activated or unactivated. Hard cash available!!! (or paypal!) New to caching & only got two coins so haven't got any to trade yet! TinkyTinks Bristol
  7. I've set my own caches and am now trying to upload. All is well until I type in the co-ordinates. My co-ordinates are N51 26'36.81 W2 33'17.92 Google Earth confirms this is the correct place in Bristol so I know the co-ordinates are OK, it also converts it into other types such as: N51.445915 W-2.547820 I've tried to input them onto the submission form for my cache, but each time I try the location shows as being in the Atlantic Ocean....!!!!!! I've tried with and without the minus sign as it is saying that the longitude is wrong. I've got 5 caches ready to upload so would really appreciate some urgent help!!! Many thanks TinkyTinks
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