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There is a macro for GSAK that will scan the logs for text you specify including FTF and mark the correct field. However it is not context sensitive so it can and will mark a cache as FTF for you even you only logged you were trying for FTF and failed. It is DbTextSearch.gsk if you want to play around with it.

If the post to the cache page does not meet the cache owners standard of quality for their page then deletion is one method of quality control. Let them either appeal or re-log sans the attitude.

I'll be the vocal minority and say delete them. It's your cache page. If you feel their logs are inappropriate that is really all the justification needed to remove them. Perhaps they will get the hint and re-log without the negativity.

IMHO it is clearly a micro or other. If it can't hold a pencil or anything other then the log sheet it can't be a regular. Yes people can use the size in helping them find the cache, but people also use the size to determine if it is a good place to drop a TB. To me the size listing is for the internal cache volume, not the external dimensions.

If you are using the send to GPS function in GSAK and have it set to the pn-30 you should have the correct cache names in your geocache list. I had a similar issue to what you are describing when I would export my data from GSAK to a gpx file and drag that to the memory card. But when using the send direct to gps in the GPS menu it works perfectly.

Unless it has wi-fi I personally see no use for the Palm. You can have maps, logs, complete cache descriptions and hints in the PN-30. Ok, maybe if you had to do some puzzle work in the field the Palm might help (if it has the software for it). On a recent trip I had my PN-40 and I downloaded Google street view screenshots and had them on the PDA. They didn't really help that much over the maps you can get for the PN (they looked much better on the PDA but for finding the cache it didn't help very much ) so it actually was a waste of time to load the images on the PDA and charge it up.

A somewhat related question.... Say the CO did agree to move the 1st cache to a different location, would it then be fair to log another find on it if you go find it in it's new spot?

I am using the Delorme PN-40 to upload my field notes. However the checkbox to ignore field notes before a certain date has a date of Nov 15th 2013. I had a corrupt field note file from an Endura the last time I used it and since then the checkbox date has been way into the future. Is there a way I am missing to reset this date to something useful? Thanks

This issue I am seeing however is people getting up in arms over an idea that does not have to be in any way contrary to the GC guidelines. This thread has provided several but no way near an exhaustive list of how a cache, or part thereof might happen to be in the ground without any guideline being violated. No digging being done to place one and no digging being required to find it. Yet because it is even partially in the ground it is somehow skirting a non-existent rule. The rule does not say a cache can not be in the ground, it says no digging can be done to put it there and no digging can be required to find it. That is why it is acceptable to 'bury' an ammo box under a pile of sticks or pieces of bark. In the quoted example it is more akin to a house rule you may have that guests are not allowed to watch your television, yet you kick them out for using their phone to set their Tivo.

This was quite interesting. So from what I can gather there are certain factions here that whenever they see "interact with the ground "they automatically assume buried. And of course since every geocacher is packing shovels with them whenever they go caching it also implies lots and lots of digging of holes to find this buried cache. This will of course lead to the complete banning of geocaching worldwide, well except in Germany the Netherlands and that area around there. Not to say this thread didn't have some good posts with some useful common sense guidelines amidst all the chatter but overall it just seemed to validate what I was curious about. What I find funny though is almost every cache on the planet "interacts with the ground" in some fashion or another yet most would not consider them buried.

If you only have a few hundred finds, http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ works very well if you upload a gpx file. I tried to upload all 9700 unfound caches I have in GSAK and it didn't like it too well

"a cache placed in any fashion that somehow interacts with the ground" not buried, buried would be bad I agree. I'm talking more of a fake plant cache that has a small anchor like a dowel rod holding it in the ground. There seem to be people here that would be sure to have a negative comment about it. I don't understand why.

What is worse then it always being in the lamp post is thinking its in the lamp post or one of the twenty other lamp posts in the parking lot and 30 minutes later you determine that it is not.

Probably not a good idea...IMHO.. I live in Arkansas where snakes are common place.... I say..... go for it.... I would I like it too. There is a series of about 16 caches in Illinois all hidden by a Mr. No Legs. All involve the use of a fake snake and are a really nice change from the typical matchstick or plain decon container that is common around here.

Thank you for the clarification. I have found several caches on the ground and out in the open. I assumed it was proper to try and place them in a less open spot and inform the CO when I log it. I don"t know why someone would move a cache that was actually hidden. Sorry for the hijack...

Umm, a shovel is one of those forbidden 'pointy' things I believe. So are you saying because a cache hunter might break the rules to find a cache the cache should not be allowed even though the CO broke no rules placing it?

Been reading a lot in the forums as of late to somewhat get ready for a new geocaching season. I have noticed that whenever anyone mentions a cache placed in any fashion that somehow interacts with the ground that there are several folks that either get quite upset or at least have a snide comment to make about it. Clearly if no 'pointy' object is neither needed to place or find the cache I don't understand why people get so upset. I am curious as to why. Is there some long historic post war that transpired?

Umm, I go to a cache where the description hint states the cache is at eye level in a tree. I find the cache on the ground a few feet away from the tree. So I sign the log and place it at about eye level in the tree. When I get home I go on-line and post "I put it back where I thought it should have been" so I don't spoil the cache for those who don't like to use the hints. Why is this the wrong thing to do?

You can log directly from the geocaching iphone app. Personally I have done it that way a couple of times to claim a FTF. A computer is not needed for logging, though it does help

Could possibly be a non-Groundspeak geocaching cache? There are other organized groups that do this kinda thing.

I still don't understand the logging of a DNF if you didn't actually look for the cache. I planned a trip where I was going to try and find some caches. Things came up and I didn't get to go. But since I had planned on looking for them should I go ahead and mark them DNF? I mean I looked the same amount as the person who drove near a cache but didn't get out of their car, right? Too many DNFs on a cache gets it skipped when people are planning cache trips. So by logging a DNF when no actual searching was done seems rather unfair to both the CO and the potential next cacher.

Locally they seem to get one in per month