KATnDOGZ
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Really nice blog! I would love to read that as a cache log, but I understand that you want to be able to write more without the worry of spoilers, or spoiler pictures. Either way would be find with me as a CO, but it would be easier to read it as a log notification rather than having to visit the blog site.
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Sadly, I think some of these Wimpy Kid trackables are going to end up in the dead letter box (geocache?) at post offices all around the US. I got mine yesterday and it was addressed to Virginia Beach, IL with an Illinois zip code. The Virginia Beach is correct but its obviously not in IL. On a geocaching facebook page I follow, four other people say theirs had the wrong state and zip code as well. There is no sender return address on the envelope for when it is undeliverable either. Mine was mailed from zip code 46052 which comes up as Lebanon, Indiana. Someone did not do a very good job at mail merge!
Wow, got mine yesterday and just looked at the envelope and it's definitely wrong. I'm in RI and the zip code is for CA, at least they got the state right, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it. No return address on the envelope and just the tag inside. Yup, a lot of these are going to get Lost in Transit!
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I love these fish, and hope to be able to add one to my collection - so whimsical!
I like S6, BN6 and G1, but I am sure they are all nice!
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Name Sent: 11/16/13
Name received: 11/25/13
Mission Sent: 12/3/13
Mission Received: 12/24/13
Perfect timing. Thank you to theped. Recieved my coin today - a beautiful Signal Germany Reviewer coin, along with a Christmas CD, and carabiner. Will post a picture tomorrow, as I am not home. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Thanks again to theped for the wonderful Christmas present. I was finally able to get a chance to post a photo. Put the cd in the car cd player today to listen to a bit of the "doschenfischer". Have a happy and healthy New Year.
And a big thanks to Claire for organizing Joyeux Noël
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A beautyfull Neptunes Compas - Minnesota Vikings Edition and a Coinfusion (Bronze ?) which i so wanted to have in my collection !
Thank you Santa and thank you Kathleen for assisting Santa in picking my gifts !
So glad you liked them. Enjoy!
And I love the photos you posted - very nice! Thanks.
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Name Sent: 11/16/13
Name received: 11/25/13
Mission Sent: 12/3/13
Mission Received: 12/24/13
Perfect timing. Thank you to theped. Recieved my coin today - a beautiful Signal Germany Reviewer coin, along with a Christmas CD, and carabiner. Will post a picture tomorrow, as I am not home. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
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I love the Merlin Falcon, i wanted one for my collection but wasn't around when they became available.
I came thisclose to sending you a Merlin's Falcon too.
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Yesterday i received this card from Kathleem A.K.A. KatnDogz and it came with a gift-wrapped coin. I guess this means i can't open it until Christmas.
Until then it has a nice spot in our X-mas tree. Can't wait to open it !
Thank you Kathleen, a merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year to you and your loved ones also !
Merry Christmas, Dave.
So happy that the coin reached you safely. Feel free to unwrapped the coin if you like. I gift wrapped it so that the choice would be yours, to wait until Christmas, or open it upon arrival and enjoy it now.
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Name Sent: 11/16/13
Name received: 11/25/13
Mission Sent: 12/3/13
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First mission - so excited!
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First mission - so excited!
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Here's another one in Rhode Island. I found the cache, but didn't experience any strange occurences or creepy feelings. It was a fun multi and the CO did a nice job with the cache page.
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i would claim FTF, he only says he will delete any co-FTF
how can he/she tell from home who was FTF, let him go out to the cache and determine that
Who says "FTF" has to mean "First to Find"? There is a newbie cacher in my area that logged a FTF on one of my caches that had been in place for over a year and had over 80 finds. I thought maybe someone had replaced the log and he was first to sign the new log. Then he started logging FTF on more of my caches. I was planning on emailing him to find out what was up, then one day he spelled it out "Fun To Find". I thought it was hysterical and never bothered to email him. I hope it doesn't cause him any problems with other COs.
If I came across a cache which didn't permit co-ftfs, which I don't have a problem with either way, just for fun I would get a group of cachers together and all log FTFs (fun to find). And, I know just the bunch for the job!
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Look. We all cache differently, and there's no way to stop idiotic behavior in this game. Yes, it's a game. And with the way that geocaching is becoming more widespread because of simpler technology, the situation is only going to compound.
We all started somewhere and learned as we went. It should up to us more knowledgeable cachers to provide the newer ones with assistance. And many do give that assistance. But too often, newer hiders don't ask questions and go about things their own way. Most likely they're not trying to cause problems but just don't have the proper knowledge yet. Sometimes, these new cachers just aren't willing to accept the advice from others. That's the worst. But sometimes they do.
I agree that we all have to start somewhere, and for many of us it's the knowledge books, forums, and the experience of getting out there and finding caches. I am seeing far too many hides by cachers with less than 10 finds that either break the rules (buried cache), are hidden with no plan for longevity and hence they become geotrash, or are quick "slapstick carpet bombs" as the OP stated. I read what I could on the forums and in the knowledge books before I even considered placing my first cache and the advice was to have at least 100 finds before hand. How else does one know what types of hides are out there if all they've ever found was under a lamp post skirt.
It is a shame that the OP lost a nice ammo can to thieves. The cache description states "The original cache was protected by a guardian, but a well meaning geocacher took him away as trash. The new cache also has a guardian, not a very scary one, but he shoots so be careful! Please don't put him IN the cache as another well meaning geocacher did. If the guardian is there, it will be easy to find."
If the quardian is there it will be an easy find? Good coordinates make for easy finds, skeletons hanging above the cache, or large action figures, make it easy for non-cachers to find.
KATnDOGZ (note the dogz) from RI with a couple of hides in the same park as Jaan - coincidence??
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I planted my first LPC today!
Nice hide, but without the thrill of having to avoid live wires, dodge cars, and basically look like a freak lifting up pieces of metal in a public place, I'll have to pass on this one. Talk about lame - it's not even placed on private property - what were you thinking?!
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No, the rules say you have to sign the log book, they do not say "if your name is in the logbook"
There are very few rules to this game, and that is one of them.
Those people who sign for their husband or wife are not playing by the rules either. And you want to take that and run with it, and stretch it to the next level and beyond.
We have a couple of caches in my area on the east coast, which are called "exchange caches". One is a California exchange, and there is another that is a German exchange. The premise is that a cache in California contains the coordinates for a final in RI, and a cache in RI contains the coordinates for a cache in California. Once you complete the first part of the cache and obtain the coordinates you post a note that you have the info and are awaiting a partner to complete the second phase. Once paired up you make the second find and sign both names. Ground speak has approved the caches so it must be legal.
I have no problem with this. I personally have not completed it since I don't want credit for a find in California that I didn't make, but I have no problem completing the RI portion for someone in CA, nor do I have problems with others who do this. It interesting to read the logs since it seems that everyone has really enjoyed the process and there are lots of invitations for cachers to visit, stay in touch etc.
Challenge Caches
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What do you like most about challenge caches?
I love how they help to keep caching interesting for me and give me something to strive for or focus my caching activity towards. I have set some of my own personal caching goals that will probably never be recognized as challenges, but they define the type of caching that I like to do, the same way that challenge caches do. Keeping my D and T average above a certain value weeds out many caches that don't interest me, keeping my puzzle percentage at a specific level does the same. When I see a challenge that I haven't qualified for yet but that's my style of caching it makes the game that much more fun and interesting for me. I can always choose which challenges to work on and which to ignore.
What do you not like about challenge caches?
I don't like challenges that require someone to find all caches in a certain area, or within a radius, that would require one to find some caches that are of no interest to them.
What would you like to see changed about challenge caches?
CO must qualify. The less complicated the better - one task.
If you could describe your favorite challenge cache type, what would it be?
I love challenges that get me to try something new. I enjoy D/T grid challenges, calendars, DeLorme,
What types of challenge caches do you avoid?
Streaks, x amount of caches in a day, anything with earthcaches.