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Yep. We were night shifters when we first started, and it was simple to head to caches early in the morning and got numerous FTF. Locals found out by the "reigning FTF king", who B and moaned at events about those, "new kids interrupting the game!". We received a lot of emails asking us to keep it up, as it finally got this guy knocked down a few pegs (and fun to watch him freak). Unfortunately (I'll call it peer pressure...) the other 2/3rds became a FTF monster, and we got notifications for her addiction.

I saw "Mateship" and "Geo-Mates" and immediately thought of online dating. So yeah, that location thing... Here Sadie Hawkins Day is on November 13th every year. Two days before it's Lil' Abner appearance of November15 in 1937. Al Capp changed the date to November 26, but not until 1977, and it was way-too late by then. IIRC, some folks tried to change that date to fit their belief that Leap Day is the only time a woman can propose to a man (Irish, I think). But it's November 13th each year...

Tried it again today, and when clicking on "all nearby caches, that I haven't found" (I'm only looking for all nearby), and it takes me to closest to Home location. Same with "nearby caches of this type, that I haven't found", sends to closest to Home Location. But "other caches hidden or found by this user" shows me all caches in the area by that user only. This is the only way I find any similar/extra caches in an area, after looking for pockets of green on a map and a single cache or series I'll do... I realize that old timers still using outdated GPSrs, and not using PQs or similar to find caches are the minority, but it's still a nuisance. Thanks for your time.

The Help Center says, "Once the event date has passed, the Event Cache page should be archived within four weeks". Not sure what it'd take to automatically archive all events after four weeks...

You should have been clued in before starting this hobby in introduction, but now you're familiar with signing the log. Honestly, I don't get how you can expect others to believe you found it without a signature. Higher terrain/difficulty hiders often check. We did/do. All these years, kinda surprised you never ran into CO's deleting your log before. Maybe that's why you're asking now?

Sorta sounds like fun. Though IIRC, all ours are on National Park Service property... Could be my math is off (I am dyslexic...), and maybe it's just me, but a cache a half mile away or so from a "Heritage" site is just a cache (if comparable). I like to do series caches, and many have to do with area history. The closest caches are always found the most, though located "near" the final... Maybe I'm not getting it, but I personally feel that coordinates should be at a "Heritage" site if you're receiving a souvenir for it. This idea kinda reminds me of when some asked for "historic areas" as a type after Earthcaches came out and were told if a sponsor like GSA came aboard, they'd look into it.

I kinda agree. I sorta have the feeling that if you participate in this hobby, knowing you're playing with others, everything's fair game. But the gallery is different. If I had small kids (or just recently divorced, had a stalker...) it seems like I should be able to keep the gallery removed from view if I wanted. - Anyone can join, and no one's looking at member's real life/criminal history... We can now pretty-much keep others from seeing anything we do in this hobby. So just asking about your gallery is a bit odd (to me) too.

Tried it, lost interest. A game...

I'd imagine if Geocaching.com originated in the UK those in the US might have been thinking the same... Maybe things would have been different if Benchmarks in the US counted as a find like they did in the UK. IIRC, it was multiple logging on the same cache page that created an issue, and Groundspeak corrected that. Spurious...

Can a basic member do an advanced search? Thanks. I miss "Newest caches in your area" that used to be on our profile and used to be in the Regional Forums for our state. I'd refresh maybe every two hours, and the other 2/3rds was still the pain-in-the-can FTF monster in the area. We became premium members just for Notifications, and with few benefits used, that pretty-much still holds today.

Happy Frog Day !

Guessing trim is a town...

Feel better now... Not one person here has ever asked what I'd do with a woodie either...

IIRC, simply having a ziplock bag with the log inside and behind the magnet constitutes a "container". - We rarely see them last long, lots of maintenance, but if you don't mind that, there you go... Years ago we found magnetic labels all over. Sharpies, magic markers, Staonal crayons, or grease pencils were the writing instruments of choice. We found most never got permission, and pad mount transformers and utility pole hides finally died out around here.

The rare time we worked as a "team" having one person sign the log was at events. - One fun one was in winter, and dozens of people walking in knee high snow a sight to see. We always said what "team" we cached with, but most didn't. Guess the COs knew about the event and all... Our understanding for "team finds" is only one space is taken by each "team", rather than a full log every time a group finds it.

Did you look at the Geocaching Regional Placement WIKI for Montana ? Much info online is from 2004-2009, so most probably not good anymore. Wherever you hide, you need to ask for permission anyway, so a simple call or email to where you had in mind is a good start.

Yeah... Just finished my third round of chemo (after the BCG) and between the urologist and cardiologist I'm getting one day a week, starting last week. A big improvement over walking a packed trail, small park loop every day. I was going bat-"stuff" crazy ! Still no lower body strength I need for pushing up rope, even ladders hurt like Hades. I'm probably gonna have to ask for help doing an OM. I don't get cystoscopy until June, so I'm working to it. But I can walk... One day a week... Hey, it's actually a big deal.

Similar I think... I found two last week (pencil cases with a ziplock as the "waterproofing") and knowing the CO read logs, mentioned that both were soaked in my Found It log. A couple hours later both were archived (with no mention of picking them up). They were on the far end of my walking right now (as per the doc...) so I'm not sure when I can go check to see if they're there. A CO that used left-in-the-wild ammo cans would walk with me when she knew an archived leftover can was probably nearby. She stopped when I asked that we picked up any plastics as well...

Yeah, been awhile... You could simply Drop it in any close by cache.. Or, you could just place it in a cache, forget about it, and someone else will straighten it out. Either way, the coin might make it back into circulation...

Most in my area read logs and fix, TD, or archive when a note about the issue is in with a Found It log. I do prefer they OM/NA if there really is an issue (one page side of a logbook isn't "full"...), but we act on notes in with Found It too. Often discussed at events, we find some will watch the cache page for mentions like "Full Log" or similar, weeks/months on end, and just leave it there in hopes that someone else may eventually fix it for them...

I guess it starts with whether you consider this a hobby or a "game"... Games need points to continue play, and stats I guess gives one "points". Most of the "many tools" are on third-party sites, but yeah, we noticed that "friends" and other add-ons later made it competition here... We joined because it was an outdoors location hobby, the "Language of Location", and enhanced our other outdoor hobbies. - Confusing to people who see all the variations in a search online today (with any mention of "treasure hunt" the worst...), and now many finally say "Geocaching is the real-world adventure..." or "Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity". I'd prefer that caches are maintained. That means being sure their D/T and size remains accurate as well. Most of us have seen terrain changes when revisiting an area. I don't believe "most" members play just for stats....

Keystone left a link for the 7-day free membership. You may not be "finding" caches because you're using the phone app. Using the app limits you, like igator 210 said, to 2D/2T and below caches, and (IIRC) none other than Traditionals and Events. Take at look on the map in your profile page. If you look at your profile, a search on all caches from your location shows all the caches you're missing out on (other than Premium Member Only). I haven't done it (I use a GPSr) but entering caches in manually will allow you to find some while you're waiting for your free week. Stop back if you have problems ...

Yep. It's right in our guidelines. Another's extreme example would usually be archived by a CO here, as a "5" tree cache now on the ground isn't close to the same cache anymore.

Maybe it's just me but I'm happy knowing my Trackables were safe in a cache. Much more comforting than yet-another "I was gonna go outta state, but things happened..." we used to get when I ask about our Trackables. Cache size helps, and we like caches away from the easy 1-1.5 D/T hides that get found by new folks often. No offense to new folks. Some are one-weekend warriors, little knowledge about the hobby, and that Trackable ends up a souvenir of their one-weekend outdoors. We don't like Travel Bug "Hotels". Many we found were a hoarder magnet or had an "excessively orderly" CO, but some people have had good experiences with them.

Our ammo cans caches always had freezer bags, but they were simply meant to separate swag from the log n geocoins. Every time we went for maintenance, we'd find the bags sealed.