Andronicus

I had one of those. It broke quickly.

This ^ Only 0.01% of COs actually check signatures anyway. But, with Thanksgiving coming up, you may want to act like a puritan. In that case, just log a note saying you forgot your pen. Come back later with a pen and then you can sign the logbook, and log it as a find. (I'm from Canada, and our thanksgiving is already over, so I don't have to worry about the whole puritan thing till next year...)

The tech is far superior, however there is still physics. The electronics to correlate the satellite signals has gotten a lot better. But phones don't have much room for a proper GPS antenna, so their ability to detect the signals in marginal conditions tends to be worse. And new GPS units use the same tech as new phones. So comparing a new Garmin 64 to a iPhone, the Garmin will still win. BINGO The only drawback of a phone I have ever seen is GPS sensitivity. Under heavy tree cover, a phone will crap out before a good handheld GPSr. However, have you looked at my "downtown accuracy" event results. The phones dramatically outperformed handhelds. this part is odd to me. you've stated that trees are problematic, but then started that phones are better in cities. do you have an explanation for this? Trees block the signal. Large buildings cause multipath reflections. Different problem.

I bet if you check the nearest Waymark link on the cache page the monument is listed there as well, and you could log your find there. Oh man, I haven't even thought about Waymarking in years. I forgot that even exists. PS, just checked, and I can't find a waymark for the monument in question.

Did you confirm that the cache owner didn't ask for the listing to be locked? I have not seen a clear pattern on locking archived virtual caches -- some are locked and some are not. Some of the locks have come from a reviewer or Groundspeak, as evidenced by notes in the logs. Others are just locked without explanation, which may mean the cache owners themselves were tired of logs and asked for them to be locked. I do see a pattern on archived webcams, though -- nearly all of the cams I've found that were since archived are now locked. Since webcams are rarer, no doubt this was to stop the flow of fake selfie logs taken at coordinates after the webcam stopped working. Yes, I contacted the CO, and he replied that he had tried to have it unlocked, but the frog wouldn't allow it. As for armchair logs, the virtual in question has had none. I have had it on my watch list for a long time, and every log has been either a note while the monument was AWOL, and only 2 found logs after the monument was replaced, both with photos confirming legitimacy. Maybe I should mirror the virtual in question on an alternate geocaching site so I can record my legitimate find.

Rather than starting yet another virtual cache thread, I will post here. Some virtuals have been archived because the subject monument was removed. I think that is a good plan. However, on Friday, I found a virtual that had been archived for this reason, but had had the monument replaced. I was planning to log a find, but found the cache page was locked after a couple other cachers found the replaced monument. WUWT? Why does the frog care if we log old virtuals after legitimately finding the subject item?

The tech is far superior, however there is still physics. The electronics to correlate the satellite signals has gotten a lot better. But phones don't have much room for a proper GPS antenna, so their ability to detect the signals in marginal conditions tends to be worse. And new GPS units use the same tech as new phones. So comparing a new Garmin 64 to a iPhone, the Garmin will still win. BINGO The only drawback of a phone I have ever seen is GPS sensitivity. Under heavy tree cover, a phone will crap out before a good handheld GPSr. However, have you looked at my "downtown accuracy" event results. The phones dramatically outperformed handhelds.

My question is; Can a GPSr replace a smartphone? Maybe the Monterra if they ever fix there many failings...

Seems a few problems 1) This cache seems to have an agenda. This is against the geocaching.com guidelines. 2) As the OP mentioned "If deforestation is happening, it really is nowhere near that area." Maybe you don't want to bring people to these signs anyway. If you are trying to raise awareness of deforestation, bringing people to these signs will likely just result in producing cynics.

I just got back from a 11 day trip to Iceland. I loved it, and will likely go again. We rented a motorhome, we were able to tour around, while keeping our accommodations costs down. We drove around the ring road (highway 1), took detours around the Skagatáarviti and Snæfellsjökull peninsulas, then spent a day at the Blue Lagoon, then finally drove around the "Golden Circle". This wasn't a geocaching trip, but I did find 12 while there. Here is a pic of me at one of the hundreds of waterfalls we saw. Actually, there are so many waterfalls in Iceland, we were getting board of them; but then we went to Gullfoss waterfall (the far NE of the 'Golden Circle), and that falls is truly spectacular.

I'm going to be in Iceland for 10 days later this week. I don't have specific caches in mind, but will find some near all the hot pools, and on our biking and hiking trips.

I usually put in some silly attributes, but they are always true (e.g no horses allowed or no tenting allowed in a city park). I wouldn't put a scuba attribute on a fake rock cache in a koi pond; that seems like misuse of the attribute.

I have a "TB Departure Lounge". It is in a nice park that almost no one visits, near the airport, walking distance from hotels. Perfect location. https://coord.info/GC2T8G2 I used that name as TB hotels often end up being TB jails. On a seperate note, it would be nice if there was some way to filter the "view past trackables" list to remove 'tracking' trackables (i.e. only show trackables that were 'dropped off', not 'visited').

Try a different app. I know that CacheSense has an option to either hide or display your Ignore List.

2 suggestions 1) try uninstalling then reinstalling the app. 2) try a different app. I have used NeonGeo and CacheSense quite a bit. Lots of people like c:Geo.

For free garmin maps, just google "Free Garmin Maps" To get caches on the GPSr, you could try the "send to GPS" function on the cache page (likely won't work due to browser security features), or you could become a Primium member, and then get a .GPX file from the webpage, and transfer that onto your GPS.

Same company - the PG game is built on the already-existing Ingress map. and the database of interesting locations built by the Ingress users... But jokes on them. A lot of the Ingress portals were spoofs put there by us early users.

My son just started playing. It is interesting to see that all the PokeStops found in the game are actually portal locations from Ingress; even using the portal photos from Ingress. So, it looks like maybe Ingress was all just an elaborate way to get suckers to help build a database of interesting location for the Pokemon Go app.

I heard of Pokemon Go on the radio. It actually sounds like a pokemon clone of FourSquare. FourSquare was boring after the first week.

carabeaners, personal trade items, coffee gift cards, ...

Just seems a bit hypocritical to me. I wouldn't feel right logging a find on a cache but then logging a NA because i believed the cache ran afoul of GC.com guidelines. It's good enough to log, kinda like i'm condoning it, but at the same time, it's not good enough to stay published on the website. This doesn't make any sense. If you've found a cache, you've found it. The find log is a record of that. Reporting on the condition of the cache with a Needs Maintenance, or using Needs Archived to report a serious issue is an entirely separate matter. How do you understand the circumstances of a cache without finding it? It might be a little strange to write a glowing review of the cache and then log NA. But just logging it as found is a simple matter of fact, not a comment on the quality or legality of the cache. I do agree with you there, it is a statement that the cache was found. My thinking, which is different, maybe even a little weird, is that a cache needs to be published in good standing on GC.com when i log it. Yes, a cache that i log NA on is published but, should it have been? If after the NA, it gets taken down by a reviewer, was it a legitimate cache? This is similar to caches placed for events where people get the coordinates before they are published. I'm simply not interested in these until they're actually listed on the website. Really? A cache doesn't need to be published in good standing on GC.com when I log it. Active, disabled, or archived, doesn't matter. If I found it, I log it. Of course, if the disable or archive is due to safety , permission, or needing to violation of law to make the find, I won't find it; but that is a different situation than we are talking about here.

Personal view: If you have something to trade, make a trade. It's always a good thing to leave something nice in a cache anyway. If you don't have anything to trade, you are still doing everyone a favor by removing the item from the cache. Just do it. When caching, I always try to be reasonable and not too legalistic. It is all about the fun, right? edit to add: The first cache I ever found, I had my then young kids with me, and there was a new (still in the package) condom in there. That was unwelcome. I would have appreciated if a previous cacher had removed that, with or without a trade.

Make sure to stop at the mexican restaurant in terminal B. It is really good. It is at the end near the higher numbered gates.

If you would consider a used GPS, look for an old eTrex on your local used stuff webpage. Just make sure that it has an H in the model name (eg. eTrex Legend H or eTrex Venture HC). You should be able to get one for about $30 or $35. Don't pay more. You can get free maps online for those. Just do a quick google.

I usually hear "nano" used as a size category, the way the Help Center article Containers Explained uses it: "A nano cache is a common sub-type of a micro cache that is less than 10ml and can only hold a small logsheet." Sometimes I hear the word "nano" used to refer to a specific type of nano-size cache, usually referring to what is otherwise called a "blinker". Most of the nano-size geocaches Groundspeak sells are of the type I've heard called a "blinker". But some use centrifuge tubes and other nano-size containers. The type I've heard called a "blinker" (or sometimes a "blinkie") was originally adapted from blinking LED jewelry. The battery compartment was unscrewed, the watch batteries were removed, and a tiny scroll of paper was inserted in the now-empty battery compartment. But the blinkers that are currently sold as nano-size geocaches are specifically made as geocaches. With no electronics for the blinking LEDs, there is room for a slightly less tiny scroll of paper. I don't know if they're more of a regional/Canadian thing or not, but another common type of nano we have around here is the brass nano. These aren't magnetic (at least by default), so they're usually hanging off something. BTW, I've found several real "blinkies" throughout my caching career, with the most recent just yesterday. I should bring along a battery so I can try one out and see if it still works. Hey, what is that strange copper looking round thing beside that nano cache?