TeamMagicParrot

For some reason I never got the souvenir? I logged my find only today though, maybe that has something to do with it.

Thanks! I remember I did a settings-reset and that must have changed it. It's working perfectly now. Thanks again!

Recently, my Garmin Oregon 450 has been asking a question whenever I want to "Go" to a waypoint/geocache etc. It says "Do you want to simulate driving to this route?" I don't have proper maps and this question has never come up in the past. Is there any way to turn off or prevent this pop-up from appearing? I'm assuming there probably is, since it hasn't shown up in the past. Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. Keep caching! TMP

I usually head out to Ohio to see friends and family each year, and this time, there's a good chance I'll find my 500th cache out in the great state of Ohio! I'll be in pretty much all areas of Cleveland, much of Portage, Akron, Canton, and Newark. I enjoy all types of caches really, but if there's an interesting traditional, puzzle, multi, earthcache, Wherigo, or anything that you've come across that is really outstanding, let me know the GC#! I'm hoping to get a really memorable cache, preferably with a decent difficulty level, but I'm indifferent when it comes to terrain, an urban or nice walk cache is just as enjoyable as a hike in the woods or a 4-5 terrain. Let me know, and keep caching! This'll be my second time caching in Ohio, and my seventh (or eigth) visit! Can't wait to get out on the trails, and best regards to all. TMP

Very very interested. If anyone has a league, I'd love to join! Please private message me so I can send a geocoin. Go Browns!

"Be the change you want to see in the world." -- Gandhi Hide caches that are the kind you would like to find. Find caches that you like, and leave good logs on them. I'm here to say, that sadly, doesn't seem to help. I agree. You're right, it doesn't seem to help. I used to bemoan caches that were placed with no forethought to bringing the seeker to a new location. Let's say that I'm EXTREMELY picky on the types of caches I want. I only want to find traditional style caches with a difficulty rating between 1 and 3 and a terrain rating between 1.5 and 3.5 that have containers that are regular and large. That's only 13.7% of the caches in my area. One of the joys of having an offline version of my area is that I have dates for placement and archives of archived caches in the area, so I can get data on the Chicago region. Using that criteria above (traditional, large/reg, D 1-3, T 1.5-3.5) I can produce this chart that shows the fact that in 2006, these caches represented over 25% of the caches in my area. Now they only represent 13.7%. I used to get really irritable that these caches were being thrown down without regard to location or style. But a wise cacher pointed out to me that I don't HAVE to visit every cache. The second column is the one to focus on - not the fourth. In 2006 there were only 514 caches in my area that fit that criteria (traditional, large/reg, D 1-3, T 1.5-3.5). Now there's over 1500. That's almost three times as many caches to find. My suggestions: *Place what you like to find. *Limit your criteria to search for caches that you'll have a high probability of liking. *If you can't do the first two steps, the problem is in you, not the caches. Gotta say, this was a great post. Really enjoyed reading this!

That's not true at all. Muscle has a higher mass and density than fat, so it would appear that there are many non dense people here! Look at the governor. This post wins this thread!

I think it has a lot to do with common sense. Sure, I'm willing to admit I'm underage. I'm not one who's going to broadcast my age and location to everyone, but rather act in a sensible way. I don't post in these forums often, but I enjoy hearing what individuals who enjoy the same activity as myself have to say. That being said, every so often we see a user post something that could be considered in bad taste, and on some instances it's someone under 18. Not saying that it's a person always under 18, but in most places you'll see on the internet, those users under 18 have a "shorter leash" so to speak, in terms of respect, than those over 18. Here, I've found a lot of respectful users such as myself. More importantly, I enjoy caching and meeting other people in the community, and that's what the forums are for, to recall those stories, or to share opinions, online. Anyone with just plain common sense and respect should be welcome on here, and thankfully, many users here have that. End of my story! Cache on.

I recently had a "TB WAR" with another user, where we posted pictures of each others TBs getting near-tortured! It was hilarious, and other users joined in too! Here are some of the great ones- and the TB Links too Burds Medallion - TB3MXY3 Yukon Cornelius - TB404Y1 (Yukon Cornelius getting hung out a window last winter) Burd's Medallion So in not all cases, you might not want to get pictures of your TB posted! Haha

I'll guaruntee this works http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travel-outdoors/e04d/?pfm=Search&t=bike%20mount My friend who uses this for a variety of devices has had great times with it. The site is very reliable as well.

My friend actually was the one who submitted the idea! (I do know him in real life) I have to say, it is a good idea. What's the fuss about? It's not like we are removing the amount of favorites given to a cache. The idea is to display them both. That's not taking away anything from anyone, nor is it adding anything over the top. I say go for it- he made a great idea, and it's only going to help the website improve. Showing both is not going to detract from anyone's experience with the website.

If you have a Mac, I personally wouldn't go with any GPS that's not Garmin. Garmin easily is the best GPS for Mac, and I kinda found that out the hard way. I bought a Triton 2000 when I started geocaching, and it only works with PC- same with Delorme. Unless you run parallels (which isn't a fun process in itself) I would stick with Garmin. I've found that the Etrex H gets really nice accuracy, but it's a very manual GPS to have to enter coordinates. Have you thought about a Garmin Dakota 20 or Oregon? I'm using the Oregon 450 on my Mac, and it's been amazing. Free maps as well.

Believe it or not, if you go to the actual store, they tend to have a lot of selection of GPSrs that don't appear on the website- if you have a local shop I'd suggest going there if you can. I'd agree with most users on here about the PN-40 assuming you have a PC. Good luck!

Let's just hope we aren't supposed to sign THIS log

I have realized that a lot of emails have gone to my spam folder as well- I just created a filter to send them back to the inbox of my gmail.

is a bit different than I'm kidding, haha. I would also agree with the post above, the Delorme Pn-40, or even the Pn-30 in my opinion is better than the GC. I got to try it out for a few days, and it didn't have nearly the amount of accuracy as my Triton did at the time. If you might think of Garmin as a possible option, a Dakota 20 or Oregon 300 might be the way to go. But ultimately, if you have a PC I would still take the Delorme if you don't want Garmin I almost returned my Triton, but the customer service wasn't very good, and when I asked them how long it would take to ship me a new device, they said up to 2 months. I wasn't pleased with that

As much as I appreciate people leaving behind stuff, I don't think it's the reason to geocache. Buying stuff at the dollar store is generally cheap, plastic, exported from foreign countries, and not necessarily stuff people need (not in all cases, but many times) but since it's cheap, some think of it as swag. I think it would be better if people really wanted to leave something, put in something you no longer need, rather than making a bigger impact on the environment. Afterall, geocaching is made of a community "with support for the environment". Any swag I have traded, it has been things that I believe someone else may need/want. I've left behind baseball cards, compasses, small books or ready-made geocache containers, all things that at least at one point or currently enjoy, and retain value. Since a lot of kids are brought on the hunt, while they do like a "prize", it seems like a lot would rather have things they actually want, rather than the leftovers found in a cache. In my area, there are many caches with great swag, and some that don't have any. It doesn't always depend on the cache owner, it sometimes can be just the cachers who visit that cache. Larger caches always tend to have the better swag. I only have 2 caches of my own that can actually fit something in other than the log book. Maybe this seems to be to broad, but I generally find the greatest reward at the end of the day, to be enjoying the time outside with my family and friends, generally who I go with. The real "treasures" are the experiences with them. I think those lessons are the types that bring out the best in people, that a hike through the woods is better than a dollar in a micro.

Thanks for all the help everyone! It came a few days before Christmas, and has been working great. The invisible shield came today, and I applied it well, for the most part, but I do have a question regarding that. Although there should be minor imperfections that will wear off in the coming days after applying the protector, I found some scratch-like things on the shield itself, when the device is not turned on. When the device is turned on, you can barely see them. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm hoping this falls under the category of minor imperfections, but just wanted to hear if anyone else has heard of this happening. Got my first find with it on Christmas Eve!

Not to get too far off topic, but as someone with with nearly 300 caches hidden using one, non averaged reading, I disagree. I rarely receive complaints about my coordinates and often get compliments. Regarding the OP. It's not that cachers fear change. It's that not all change is for the better in everybody's eyes. The explosion in micros placed simply for the sake of placing a cache is not an improvement to many geocachers judging from the frequent complaints here. Caches placed with smart phones with coordinates consistently way off is not seen as an improvement for many. New color schemes aren't always improvements (I had to change the new default color scheme in these forums to make them easily readable). Some cachers think that by providing stats, GC.com is emphasizing the competitive aspect of the sport and that is seen as detrimental to it by some cachers. Change can be good, change can be neutral and change can be bad and depending on your POV, what one sees as good change might be a bad change for someone else. It usually has little to do with fear. Add me in agreement, my previous GPS did not have an averaging feature, and only one out of my 9 hides was a few feet off. However, an averaging function is always preferred, yet 1 good reading from a GPS, not a smartphone or google maps, may be all you need at times.

When I look in the "Found" caches on the GPS, nothing comes up. I think that somehow they are not loaded onto the GPS. Nothing appears, no waypoint, nothing. Is there a way to do this without GSAK? EDIT: Somehow, after reloading the PQ 3 or 4 times, it works! Thanks for the help! I did change a few symbols-maybe that was it?

I created an additional PQ of my own hides and previously found caches, and tried putting them on my Oregon 450 This is so that when I try and place a cache of my own, I know where the nearest ones are (and place one 1/10th of a mile away), or just in case I want to find a cache I previously found I tried dragging and dropping the GPX pocket query file to the Oregon (Mac) and I used Basecamp, but I still don't get my finds appearing. Am I doing something wrong? I think it is useful to have the caches that you've previously found on it, let me know, thanks

I got the Triton 2000, and I'm a Mac user as well. Big mistake! Although it's a great GPS, it offers virtually no support for Macs unless you have Parallels, and that's a pain in itself. I sold mine and got the Oregon (450, but any Oregon or Dakota 20 is great right now) and I am much happier with it, while the Triton took about half an hour to load 1000 caches, my Oregon downloaded 1500 caches in about 10 seconds. Oregon you just drag and drop, or use the Magellan Basecamp software. Also the amount of free maps is great, and I have Google Maps-quality on the GPS right now.

I kind of liked the old format of cache lists better, but I'll probably get used to the new format

http://www.zagg.com/community/contest.php Go to that url, and sign up for the 12 weeks of Christmas giveaway, and they send you a 50% off code to your email. It arrived today! Thanks for all the help everyone. Is it recommended that you download the caches via BaseCamp, or by some other method. I'm on a mac, and I tried "dragging and dropping" my pocket query, but nothing came up. I used basecamp and it worked. Is there something I'm missing here? I also realized that this has a little spot for a lanyard or wrist strap, but it is not included. What does everyone use for that? The carabiner clip is nice though. Thanks again, Happy Holidays

Just ordered the Zagg- can't agree more, better safe than sorry! Used the 50% off coupon as well. Thanks for all the help- is applying the Zagg a hassle? Many bad reviews I've seen are generally from those who either didn't read the instructions or some sort, but it seems relatively simple.