HunterandSamuel

Welcome! I would love to hear your experiences!

We had our bolt cache placed on a sign way across the parking lot from our hiding spot. We at first thought it was muggled then searched all the signs on the bike path. What a relief to find it. But what we can't figure out is that the last person to find it and place it there had over 45,000 finds. Why would an experienced cacher do that? lol

Thanks for sharing! I'm also the one to give up after searching for at least 20 minutes but he keeps searching and then finds it. I love hearing "I found it" from him when deep in the woods! lol Then I excitedly walk through brush to where he is, he'll call my name until I find him. lol

I love this! Thank you for sharing! Your husband sounds like my husband. It's their competitive nature. lol "Winning" at geocaching is a healthy sport, in my opinion.

PS. Also important to note...many new to geocaching start out as basic members so we want to get them excited about the sport of geocaching. There are families geocaching together with their children who are so happy to find these caches. One family who found a few basic caches of ours and log how excited her children were, so we made a few caches basic so they could find them too, and then switched back to premium.

A good question. We didn't use the premium only feature until some of our caches were muggled. We since suspected it was a basic member. No proof of course. We left a few hides basic for basic members to find and to enjoy the sport, to motivate them. But the more expensive hides, we had to use the premium feature, sadly. If not for the fear of being muggled, I would have all my hides for everyone, including basic members. But let it be known...even premium members can be irresponsible when finding a premium cache. So I guess it's all on the location of your hides (in a high muggle area, and expense), etc.

Great advice. I sometimes put in a reason for the placement. Like if it's on a bike path...my goal is to motivate people to walk for the health of it. Exercise is so important, especially today when so many have to isolate themselves due to the pandemic.

It really depends. If geocaching events are going on, it may take a few weeks as our first cache did to be published. But then again, we had a few hides that took only days to be published. The best thing to do is have patience and show respect to the reviewer as they are volunteers. You can also send a message to the reviewer in your area to see if there are any concerns you need to address. I know it's so hard, the waiting period, as we all are anxious to have our geocache hides published and cachers to find them, and read the excitement in their logs when found. But some reviewers review caches in multiple states, not just one area. A hint...when submitting a cache to be published, do not edit the cache after it's been submitted as that places it to the end of the list for them to review! Good luck and please let us know how it all works out!

I can''t even imagine. I still think it's impossible.

From what I remember, taking back a favorite was an insult. That's what I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.

Nope. A different subject. Nice try.

Thank you!

Sigh. If it'll help you to save face and feel better...then you win, okay? Now can we get back on topic?

We also have geocache replacements in our geo-bag. We ordered a few on geocaching.com and amazon. This is in case muggles steal them. Yes, we have OCD geocache syndrome. lol Many cachers end up archiving after a few disappearances. Which is understandable. But we trust the geocache community and replace the stolen caches. Cross our fingers! So far so good.

Did I tell you to grow up? So sorry I hurt your little feelings. Feel better? Now stick to the topic instead of trying to puff out your chest.

Lets stick to the geocaching topic. No need to debate with yrcko's post. This is why new geocachers are intimated to post here. Geeze.

Thank you for sharing!

It happens. My bad. Spank me.

Great advice. In our case, they also passed along their permission to security of the parking lot.

A great question! We called the managers to get permission. Make sure to get their full name for the reviewer, and phone number to be contacted. They are very nice and love the idea of geocaches being hidden in their lots. We hid caches at the far ends with less traffic from muggles. That's also a good point to bring up to get their permission. The manager we contacted has also done geocaching!

When the buzzer goes off on our cell, we know we're close. It's an exciting feeling, usually about 15 feet. My fault is I then look outside the 15 feet and slowly hone in, my husband goes right to the hide spot. lol He asked me recently if it bothered me that he finds most of the hides. I said no, I enjoy the hikes and smileys.

Sure. I'll point it our next time you do it. Hopefully by pointing it out...you'll step back and think about it, what you put out. By the way, I still do not read every physical log and compare it to the online logs. Something you said a responsible geocacher should do although it's not in the guidelines. So sorry.

You have? Does it bother you? If not, then it's no big deal right?

I stand by what I said.

A great question as I had some on my capris recently. As someone suggested, nylon is probably the best material. But in my humble opinion...it's another "battle wound" of geocaching! lol