Team Taran

Why? Posting a photo as a logging requirement is fun. Because in many caches the photo will reveal the fact used to prove you actually visited. If the logging requirement is to post a photo of you with the object, than post it.

Just a note, if the photo is to fulfill the logging requirement, you should not post it with your log. You should email it to the cache owner instead.

I use my gps because I have had it for years. I know how to put the caches I want to find on it. I know how to use it. It uses inexpensive rechargeable batteries. I also have an iPhone. My iPhone has several geocaching apps on it . It also has a to do list. On the to do list is "get comfortable with using phone to geocache. That item keeps getting pushed down the list. The fact is if what you are doing works, why change.

Did you use the special "my finds" query. A regular pq for caches I've found may not return some either because of distance or because a cache has been archived.

The fact is I want the terrain rating to be based on the most difficult portion of the journey not just the cache location. If the logical route to the cache involves a steep scramble or crossing a stream via a fallen log, I want the ratings to indicate that even if all the rest of the journey can be made via a flat well marked trail. This especially important when caching in unfamiliar territory.

There are other apps. Also if someone wants to find other types of caches, they can go to the site in their browser copy the cords and Input them into any app that accepts Input coordinates. They can print out the cache page or export as a PDFs and go find the cache. This is how I found my first 1000 caches and it worked fine. Is being able to access all the details from the app or your gps easier.? Yes! Is it necessary? No!

Everyone who logged these caches knew they had not signed the logs. If they have to live with unearned souvenirs, so what. As for qualifying for challenge caches, that is between them and the owner of the challenge. It is actually easier to determine if they qualify then if they had simply faked logs on random caches.

I see Bilbo stopped by. He did fail to mention that a friendly dog is a great ice breaker at outdoor events. I waited a long time before I hid my first cache and currently the only cache I maintain I Bilbo's. But here are some tips for your fist hide. Don't hide it too far from home in a place that is easy for you to get to. Use a quality waterproof container. Have fun with the write up and make it one you would like to find.

It is a pain to create a pq that covers all of the US but it only has to be done once. Once you have created the query and saved it, you can copy it and edit the criteria to return the caches you want. Also you can chose not to select a radius.

This may be a bit simplistic but my first step would be to use the new search to look for library in the cache name in Wisconsin. Other words to try are book, Dewey, etc. Also does Wisconsin have county library systems? If they do an email to the headquarters might get results and might even trigger a project to hide some.

Clues to an earthcache were attached to the back of a similar sign in Acadia. You could use something like a conference ID holder velcroed to the back and use rite in the rain paper. It would probably need frequent maintenance but if the purpose is to bring people to the spot rather than stump them it might work

I found my first five hundred or so geocaches with a Gecko 100 which I believe was just about the barest bone gps at the time. I had no maps, no cache descriptions or hints and I think it only held 500 waypoints and I had to enter the waypoints by hand. I had fun with it. Were there times I ended up on the wrong side of a river? Yes but not often. I think the Etrex 10 will be fine for you. If you become more serious about geocaching you may want to upgrade but you may not. The 10 already has the 2 features that drove me to upgrade the ability to transfer waypoints and the fact that I could go paperless.

I took a guess that the geotourvyou were asking about was the one in West Bend. If so here is a bookmark that can be used to create a pocket query http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=dd786c5f-14f9-44cd-966c-5d9d17e1e35f

I think a number of people are arguing about apples and oranges. Justintime has said he does not intend to hide caches in the exact same spot or necessarily in the same style. Yet people keep saying he shouldn't do it because they don't want to find another cache in the same tree. Personally I would enjoy visiting a nice hiking trail with the option of finding a new and different cache.

Weeks are still coming.

Pqs are not attached to email any longer. They should show up under the second tab on the pocket query screen. The one headed ready to download. You should also get an email saying you hav a pq waiting. If that is not happening, be sure you have chosen a day for it to run. If you want it immediately, choose the current day. Good luck!

The easiest way I know to do this on the website is to set the parameters of the pq so it returns less than the maximum number of caches. Preview the pq and sort by favorite points. Select the ones that look most appealing to you and add to a bookmark. Create a pq of the bookmark list and download it. This works for me since since especially when I am traveling I use multiple criteria depending on location and purpose.

Set a radius for the pq so it returns less than the maximum number of caches. Than you can sort the results by favorite points. Otherwise sorting by fps changes the criteria to caches with the most favorite points.

Before I had a premium membership, I located new caches by clicking on the link on my profile page for nearby caches I haven't found. It was easy to scroll down the page and spot newly placed caches that were close enough for me to try for an ftf. This would be harder in a very cache dense area but I found spotting unfound caches quite easy with practice.

If you continue to have trouble, you might try creating a bookmark of caches you want to do. You can then do a pq on your bookmark list. I think this would be faster than send to gps. You can also download the gpx file from the cache page to the gpx folder on your Garmin.

You can access a map with no distance restriction from any cache page or from your profile page.

I'm not sure this will work but I think it is worth a try. Go to any cache page for a cache hidden by the user. On the left side of the page there is a link to find other caches hidden by this hider. Clicking on this will give you a list of other caches hidden by this owner. When you have the list displayed click map this location. You can then create a pq from the results. I'm not sure if the map this location only shows the caches on the list but it's worth a shot. Otherwise you will have to create a bookmark of the caches you want.

Was the gc number that resulted a DNf archived or did you have any other filters set? Archived caches don't show up in that search.

You can search for nearby caches from any cache page. You can also use a pocket query centered on any set of coordinates to find the nearest 1000 caches using most of the same criteria as on the advanced search page. If you do not want to run it so you can download the caches, just don't select a day to run. Then you can preview the results and select caches you especially want to find and add them to a bookmark.

The easiest way is to create a pocket query for the second location. Don't choose a day to run and don't choose run and delete. My default is uncheck after running. A party allows you to preview caches, display on a map etc. remember though that notifications are based on the cords entered when you set them not on your home location so changing your home location won't change the area for which you receive notifications.