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What is the GSAK macro that will do it? What do I type in? I use GSAK, but I don't know about the many tricks sometimes. I too have wanted to see a map that could do a .1 proximity!

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I live 1/2 mile from the Georgia border in Chattanooga Tennessee........does that count? I've done many caches in Georgia.

Once you found us....you lock us in! You never ever will want to let go. Its like a grip that never goes away.....it is the addiction of geocaching! Welcome to the game of geocaching!

I decrypt the hint while driving to the cache!

I wouldn't resign the log book if I was dipping, but if I would want to prove that the travel bug did indeed visit the cache I would take a picture of it with the cache container and post it to an online log.

Well, considering that geocaching is a family activity I think I would rule this out as the meaning of D/T!

I haven't been on the forums lately, but I just ran across this thread after someone emailed me the link! Oh man....I have to say MaxCacher was the greatest reviewer to ever publish my caches. I'm one of the people who got advice from him on helping with making my cache meet guidelines while still keeping the same creative idea that flowed to my head. I was scanning the posts to this thread, so I'm not sure if this was covered.....but one thing that I liked about Max was how even though the geocaching guidelines say to expect a cache published withen 24-72 hours......Max had my caches published in less than an hour. One time, my cache got published in 5 minutes! We are going to miss you as a reviewer....but I am looking forward to visiting with you more as a cacher.

This is a really cool idea! I don't have any trackables that are unactivated, but best of luck to you on this endeavor.

I agree with this! On VERY rare situations should a cache get adopted in my opinion. More often than not I would enjoy visiting the location again with a new cache.

Please consider this....... Road construction causes motorists inconvience because of the lane closers, the increased traffic jams, and the all around hectic atmosphere to drive in. In the end though, the long wait is worth it and driving in the area where their once was construction is smooth sailing! Geocaching.com is under construction....though at times their are no visable signs of it. The truth is, we are experiencing lane closers, increased traffic jams, and the all around hectic experience to surf the website. With patience on our part, and gratitude toward the people who are spending LONG hours of their time to make this website a better one for us to use....the long wait will be well worth it, and the experience of using geocaching.com will be AMAZING! The bottom line is.....patience and gratitude!

Please consider this.......Road construction causes motorists inconvience because of the lane closers, the increased traffic jams, and the all around hectic atmosphere to drive in. In the end though, the long wait is worth it and driving in the area where their once was construction is smooth sailing! Geocaching.com is under construction....though at times their are no visable signs of it. The truth is, we are experiencing lane closers, increased traffic jams, and the all around hectic experience to surf the website. With patience on our part, and gratitude toward the people who are spending LONG hours of their time to make this website a better one for us to use....the long wait will be well worth it, and the experience of geocaching.com will be AMAZING! The bottom line is.....patience!

I haven't looked over anybody elses answers....I'm gonna give my opinion to the issue. 1. What should you do if you place a cache with some elnse? Leave or "found it"? Depends on the situation.....if I were to be with somebody when they hide a cache, I probably would never log it. If I am attending an event, and their is a cache that is going to be placed for the event and I am there when the cache is being placed, then I will log it as a find 2. What should you do if you found the caches log and toys but no container and you do not have a container? It is still a find! Log the find, and then send a note to the owner explaining the situation. 3. A muggle found a cache with a dif of 4 and messed it up so it is easy. I find it and sign the log. Does that count as a find? Yes! It is the owners responsibility to keep the container up to date. If you found the container and signed the log, you can post a found on the internet. 4. A person recently found my cache but was to lazy to get it and instead took a photo. Is that OK? I would not accept that as a find! The log book must be signed in order to warrant the logging of the find online. Their are exceptions to this however......such as, the person is unable to get to the container because of a physical handicap. I would probably accept picture proof if I know the situation ahead of time. For the most time, pure laziness is not an excuse and I would not accept the find. 5. I found a puzzle cache on accident. Is that a find? You found the container.....that qualifies for a find!

I am not a father yet, but I do have relatives that are children. I really enjoy spending time with them and to witness their growing up years. Children are so much fun to be with. Thanks for the cointest.

These are all great options! A FTF takes time, and eventually one will pop up that you will easily get. It took me 5 or 6 attempts before I finally got my first one. Another option that you can do if you are a premium member, is set up a pocket query of caches in your area that have not been found. If you check the right boxes, you will get a resulting list chuck full of caches that are waiting for their FTF claims. Good luck

"Will Work for Cache" You may use my geo-nick on the coin.....let me know how they come out, I would even get a few of them!

I'm usually against multiple log entrys on caches from one account, but this case makes the exception.

I like it! It sure doesn't look like junk, and it is original. Make sure you put in the effort to place it somewhere that won't get spotted my mugglers. Because of those bright colors, it is likely going to stick out like a sore thumb.

I have been a lurker on this topic mainly because I don't have a very creative mind to think this sort of stuff up....but some of the posts to this topic has inspired me to come out and say something. tabulator32 is forking out $50 of THEIR money to promote more quality caches in the vast playing field out there for the game we call Geocaching. Now I think that is FANTASTIC! Whether or not it is going to make the winner rich or put a dent in the expense that went into making this QUALITY cache, money is being offered to promote quality caches. I really don't see what we should be complaining about. Even if the reward was $5, I think it would be very generous of the person running the challange. Thank you so much for this super cool contest tabulator32! And I hope that I run into some of these original/unique caches someday.....because I really enjoy finding them! They put a smile on my face, a spring in my step, and the joy and satisfaction of a job well done!

Yea, what They said... If the cache owner gets upset, let them. Chances are is that they'll be thankful under the circumstances If the owner does get upset, then they have no business owning a trackable themed cache. The owner of the cache is not the owner of the trackables that enter. The cache owner is merely a person who rents out his space for trackable owners to enter and find a hub where the goal of their property can be fulfilled. The cache owner provides the container, stashnote, log book, and pen. A trackable themed cache is where ownership is shared by many people. If my travel bug lands in a trackable hotel hundreds of miles away...my property is sitting in somebody elses cache container. I OWN the item in the container, the cache placer just OWNS the container. So with that said, the owner of the container has no authority over my travel bug. I want my travel bug to move, and not sit in a trackable magnet cache in which a trading rule is established. If my trackable doesn't look that attractive in this magnet cache, then somebody visiting with a travel bug to trade is only limited to retrieving one travel bug from the container. Most people in this situation (not all, but a lot) will pick the "coolest", "most attractive" , "most interesting" travel bug and mine will get left. (not saying my travel bugs are lame....but I'm using me as an example) If their is no trading rule established for the cache, then people are more likely to be a little more open to taking bugs that have goals that they can fulfill. To answer the question "How many TBs is it OK to take from One Cache" ... the answer is INFINATE! Don't take all the bugs just because you can. But look through the goal sheets....if you can help one of them then TAKE IT! If you look at the goal sheet and you cannot help it out then DO NOT TAKE IT! Leave it in the cache for somebody else to come along who can help it out.

Sex of baby (we don't know yet) : Girl Date of Birth: November 27 Time of Birth: 12:04am Weight: 8lbs. 14oz. Length (will be used for a tie breaker): 19.53in CONGRATS

Wow! great examples....two of my puzzle caches are even in there I think you have a great suggestion going here J-Way! I'm in support...

1. How did you first hear about geocaching? Their was a group of people that I know that was doing a geocaching presentation to the church board to ask permission to have a cache hidden there. After a program that I was attending got over I was going to the church to meet my parents and ride home with them. My parents wern't done with what they were doing, so I caught the tail-end of the geocaching presentation. They had the website projected on a screen so that they could provide examples of listings, and I immediately recognized the location of the example cache as a place that I frequent often in the city in which I live. I was amazed that this hobby was going on. Although it wasn't as involved in 2004 when I learned about it as it is now. (and I am mainly refering to my area) The presenters had examples of cache containers, travel bugs, geocoins, (back then finding a geocoin was a rare thing...and it was a USA geocoin) a logbook from an archived cache with names in it, and examples of stuff that is used in caches as trade items. I was amazed. 2. Tell me about your first cache? The first cache that I found was the same cache that was projected on that screen as the example cache. I just had to go to that location and see if I could find that cache. I didn't own a GPS at the time, so I used my knowledge of the area and the detailed additional hint to find it and another cache at another location nearby. The time period between that first find and when I received my new GPS in the mail was about 2 weeks. I went on a vacation at the end of the month, and my 4th cache was 700 miles from my home so I was not accustomed to the area. So I had to rely on my GPS 100% of the time, which in itself was AMAZING. Finding a cache in another state was a rush and just aided in fueling the fire of my new hobby. 3. Have you had any bad/scary experiences caching? Yes; The examples range from bugs (the live ones), GPS batteries running out in the middle of a trail that I had never visited before, outraged people for various reasons, (what are you doing sneaking in those bushes, nobody has permission to be here, etc. etc. etc.) a cacher I was with twisted her ankle while hiking for a cache so we had to carry her back to the car and save the cache for another time. Their are quite a few bad/scary times out there, but their are bad days in every good thing. 4. What is the #1 reason you geocache? Not sure that I would put a #1 reason, but some of the top things that I enjoy about caching would be the friends that I have met...and along with that includes attending geocaching events, I enjoy seeing places in my backyard that I never knew exsisted except for the fact that somebody placed a cache there. I personally enjoy the numbers aspect and competition with other cachers. (though not everybody does it this way, I do and I enjoy it) 5. Do you prefer to hunt or hide? Though I have many caches hidden, I personally would prefer to hunt for caches. 6. What was your favorite cache place? Why? I'm not sure what you mean by this question, but if you mean favorite cache find then I cannot answer that question. That is because I have MANY favorite caches. If you want to see the list that I compile with reasons the cache was a favorite then visit my all-time favorite find bookmark list 7. What was your worst cache? Why? Again, I cannot answer this question because of the number of caches that I have found their are quite a number of caches that I simply do not enjoy. Since I do not have a bookmark list for those, and I do not plan to have a bookmark list for those I will say this: My least favorite caches EVER are caches that are described as a "needle in a haystack" and when somebody places a micro in a location that could have better been suitable for a regular/large cache....mainly pointing fingers at micros in the woods. 8. Have you ever attened a cache event? To date I have attended 28 events, 2 CITO events, and 1 MEGA event! 9. Tell me your best caching story? Read it for yourself at the cache that made me an international cacher called "sunset travelers" located in the country of Belize.

When you push the submit button on a new cache listing, it is not immediately published. Their are volunteer reviewers that have a job to check every listing that is submitted, and make sure that your listing meets the guidelines for listed caches. A general rule of thumb is 24-72 hours for the reviewer to look at your cache and either publish it, request more information, or archive it because it doesn't meet guidelines. If your new cache has not been published, then check the logs to see if the reviewers have left a note requesting more information or if it was archived they will leave a note as to why. If you don't see anything, then give it some time because the reviewers have a life beyond reviewing caches and it could be up to a couple days. Good luck with your listing

Two ways that I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Immediately after posting your find a new page comes up that confirms that your log went through. While still on that page you will see a link for uploading picture. Click on that and follow the instructions. 2) If the log has already been posted, then you can revisit the cache page and find your log. You will see a link that says "Upload an image for this log". Click on that and follow the instructions.