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  1. Did you include a photo for the reviewer, and did you state that it is in fact a magnet that people sign on the back? If not, then the reason other similar caches are published may be the same reason yours did... The notes for the reviewer were kinda vague about what it was. If it gets archived, you may use parts of existing stages as a new cache, and place a container as a Final. Even the busiest urban places can have a container, I've seen them.
  2. The ones I've found are sheet magnets, material used in magnetic signs and these vent covers. I've made Geocaching things with sheet magnets. Mostly for my own car TBs and bumper stickers. As a cache, it's something that works best if it's rare, so that it's a surprise. I never attempted to make a cache out of that. The ones I've found are wet, dirty and full of signatures, with messy, faded logs. I don't make caches like that. But they were cool to find because they are unusual.
  3. I never heard that Hasbro had a contest to add "geocache" to the official Scrabble dictionary. Or I ignored it. I appreciate how this video is neither the typical style synthetic voice nor 20 minutes long. So I was able to sit through it.
  4. It's different on various phones. Seems to also change with Droid versions. I tried it on my Samsung S22 just now, here's what I did: Go to Settings. Scroll down to Apps, and tap Apps. Scroll to Geocaching and tap it. Tap Set as default. Deselect Open supported Links. Now the default web browser opens instead of the Geocaching App. If your phone can't perform these exact steps, poke around for a promising-looking Permission or other setting. The offending setting is "coord.info" (and "www.coord.info") set as a "supported web address" for the Geocaching App and to open it by default.
  5. Which forest? Are you close enough to your intended hiding spot to check the cache frequently? There is no blanket policy. Those areas each have their own. And they change. Here's an example for the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forest. To abide that policy, you'd need to be able to visit your cache regularly, and be very diligent. Just as important, all cache hunters must also treat this as a special place. Note the requirement to remove a Geocache after one year. Suppose that a finder arrives at day one on the following year. Do you see Geocachers always being very careful to not destroy property when they can't find a cache? If so, you have a special set of Geocachers. Which is good, because that's what you need to keep Geocaches being allowed at all. Here's a thread with some information, at least on the first part of the thread. Here's a Tread Lightly pamphlet that the Forest Service site refers to.
  6. I see this one is marked Missing: https://coord.info/TB2XZAA As mentioned, if you Drop it in a cache and log the Drop, the coin will return to play. The simple steps to make a Drop log are here: https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=30&pgid=151
  7. Those are Drafts. Go here, edit each Draft one at a time however you like, be sure to select "Found It" as the log type, and submit it. If you uploaded the geocaching_visits.txt file from the Garmin to the Geocaching.com web site, the logs are Drafts that show as exclamation points (!), not automatic Smilie icons. But there are other ways to do online logs. If you submitted the logs some other way, you may need to be more specific about the steps that caused the exclamation point icons. And give an example of a cache that is showing one. If you mean that you logged a find, and next uploaded a Note Draft which is overriding the Smilie icon (even after deleting the Note), I caused that to happen while testing this issue. I made a persistent (!) map icon instead of the previous Smilie icon. But I didn't do it the way you described, so I'm not sure it's the same thing.
  8. Excellent, they look great! Zipper pulls are the best!
  9. There are solar eclipse events on April 8th. I hope. Here's a list of local Atlanta area Events. You may wish to make your own list. All you need to do is pick a center point, select Event types, and set a radius. Then save it as a web bookmark or List.
  10. The Rome, Georgia "Going Caching Mega" spools up on the Wednesday before the Event (on a Saturday), there are Events each day, and it ends with another Event on Sunday. So you can arrive early and begin the adventure. There's a package available to purchase in advance, which includes a themed booklet, special coins and Swag, and trading cards. It can go something like this: Find a series of caches and clues placed for the Event all around town (inside shops, everywhere), to earn a special Trackable item. And Trade special “Map Piece” cards, solve the puzzle map, get the set of map cards stamped, and you are then able to visit a themed Escape Room. Barter and trade to collect a whole set of Cacher Cards if you like. And the paid package includes clues to other secret caches and surprises, including a cryptic T-Shirt. You will certainly never run out of things to do if you buy one of the Packages. But you don't need to pay anything to hunt all caches or attend “Going Caching”. You can ask around for the cache coordinates if you don't have the clues, and you can log any cache you find. I've sometimes discovered a hidden clue, and when I arrive at the cache, hundreds of people have been there already. There are some very creative caches, especially gadget caches, in the area. I go to check them out, regardless of the Event itself. Groups will likely be working on a gadget cache, whoever showed up at any given time, so don't expect to solve one all by yourself. Also, don't expect the gadget caches to be fully functional... this is a Mega where a mass of persons descend upon delicate caches. The last time I went, the first gadget cache I tried had its lock left open. So I Found it easily, then took some time to solve it properly, then put it all back in place and locked it. But they may be found “open” or non-functional. There are several cool Events that week. On the main Event day, there are food trucks, vendors selling all kinds of Geocaching things you've never seen before, games, photo opportunities, prize drawings, and large pavilions where you can meet people, complete your “meet people Bingo card” and "find the cacher with your identical pin button" for yet more prizes, and if you previously bought a Geocacher Card, expect people to offer a trade for one. And you will see a lot of Trackables to discover, that you may not see in the wild. And keep your eyes open while you're walking around... you never know what you may find... And on the Thursday before the main Event, there's a parade Event with all attendees walking down the main street, and dressed in themed costumes! This year's theme is "Detectives". Overall, it's worth checking out. Geocacher cards are ordered well before the Mega, and the Event will be published on the site a few months in advance. [EDIT: The listing is here]
  11. I still see the same thing as you do, specifically for "Your Logs (Last 30 Days)" Trackables.
  12. I just now noticed the same issue, Error 500 when I click my icon to view my profile. I haven't tested other methods. This would be the old dashboard. Not sure if I can switch dashboards while the bug is in effect. I'm beginning to have trouble keeping track of site bugs, or document them so I can explain how to duplicate or mitigate them. Does it seem like the site is breaking in a variety of ways at an accelerated pace lately?
  13. If it's protected inside a larger box, a plastic one may work pretty well like that. I've often found those plastic ammo boxes full of water and broken. Handle broken off, latch missing, hinge broken, sometimes all of that on one box. And also a hole chewed in the plastic, probably by an animal, not a cacher. I've been tempted by these in stores when they're on sale, but usually they're about the same price as a surplus military metal version which tends to last for years. But many cachers can't figure out how to open (or close) a metal ammo box. So that's another consideration.
  14. It seems to have been almost exclusively signed by muggles, with the possible exception of "4S" (if that's what it is) and "Bowmanfam". Maybe someone from the area knows Bowmanfam or can identify who signs with the stylized "4S". I even saw someone with a cachername that starts with "4S" who found caches in the same area. It's not panning out, but it would be a longshot anyway.
  15. Whoever made the Missing log deleted the Missing log.
  16. You didn't say what folder you placed them on the Etrex. You must place the GPX files into the folder Garmin/GPX.
  17. Can you provide an example of the steps you take that cause the error? There were previously a couple of different but similar errors which now seem to me to be fixed. I tried a few links in Brave, Chrome and Edge.
  18. You could search by coordinates of a place, or use a cache as a central point, and reduce the search radius to just the park. But as mentioned, you may instead place some nice, big boxes in creative ways in whatever park you like. Then you know they're all available, in good condition, and contain fun things (whatever you want to put in them). Plus, there's no saturation restriction, so you can place a bunch, with no concerns about cache longevity. Give everyone a paper map of the hiding spots. You can include puzzles and clues to make them trickier. Pick up everything after the hunt.
  19. +1 My caches that are stuck to structures and in popular spots are designed to look like "box o' fun", and less like "military camo mystery device". To do that, it doesn't need to be "clear". But consider the location, and if someone stumbles upon it, what their likely first impression may be. Some of mine are designed to blend in, to be not visible at all.
  20. When you ask a question, please read the replies. It seems like you're doing rapid-fire interrogations, and ignoring the answers. But I've found that semi-transparent or clear lock-n-locks are available in a selection of sizes, and are less expensive than the opaque version. So clear is better.
  21. Here's a thread where I've posted pictures of my custom Swag. Are you crafty or can you use a paint pen and draw cool little things you think people will like? If so, find objects that are small enough to fit most cache containers that Swag is in, and paint stuff. Waterproof or weatherproof materials are good. And if you get them inexpensively or free, even better. Even if you are artistic, you may have little items that you collect, and place those. Or clip your findings together to create a theme. Add that and a little note tag in a tiny ziplock bag, and maybe tell what the item is in case people don't know. For example, I have a lot of little fossils and sea-polished agates, but they're not gem quality, they're Swag quality. I may include information on what it is (because it looks like a "rock"). It's fun to discover Swag placed by cachers I've heard of, I think that's pretty cool. Do you have access to a machine or tool that you could make cool trinkets with? For example, I have a pin button machine, circle cutter, and a bahzillion parts to make buttons. Whenever I think of some button that I'd like to place as Swag, I can make some super fast. Consider serializing your items, number them. Totally optional. But I do that on a lot of my Signtature Item series because I noticed that Geocachers kinda love numbers.
  22. When I was new to Geocaching, I quickly learned not to use the word "first" any context in my online logs. The power users found a new cache, then I logged that this was the first cache I hunted today. Almost got my head bit off for posting that. Even now, even in the case of finding it before everyone else finds it (we often see the insistance that "there is no such thing"), I may log the time of the find, the blank log, etc. So, yeah, the "thanks for FTF" log is then still available.
  23. I have a bunch of 50ml centrifuge vials (comparable in size to bottle preforms), and glued a long flat magnet to mine. Then I covered the magnet with my cache label and a themed vinyl sticker, for extra magnet security. It sticks to the metal post behind an information sign, where it's out of view. I have a small lock-n-lock that has a big old-fashioned hard drive magnet glued inside the box. It sticks to its guard rail nicely. And I found two sizes of waterproof key holders which come with integral magnets and even a magnetic mount pad. One of mine magnetically sticks to a wooden fence post, using the mount pad. But they're expensive for such a tiny container. Those caches have worked pretty well. An advantage of a magnet cache is you can design it so that it's simple for finders to return the container exactly to its hiding spot.
  24. That kind is easy to avoid. If I do find an unexpectedly soaked log sheet, never previously mentioned, I dry the log sheet enough to sign it. But you won't find mine like that. I know which of my caches are high-maintenance (mostly the Micros), and if they're in bad shape, I don't inflict them upon Finders. "Disable" is an option to Cache Owners.
  25. Even more often, there would routinely be Find logs like "TFTC! Code Word GX7852". So I'd have to go change the Code Word in my cache, and now there are old and new Code Words to sort out. All because of gross Micros full of mashed up spitwad log paper that no Owner maintains, and Finders who perpetuate them.
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