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    Geocaching In Cemetaries

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I just went to a cemetary in Ohio that had 9 caches in it. It felt weird going in the cemetary for this purpose. What are your thoughts? Sorry if this has been discussed before..

     

    Just found a law on the books in South Carolina

     

    TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-605 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERMS "GEOCACHE", "GEOCACHING", AND "LETTERBOXING", TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN GEOCACHING OR LETTERBOXING IN CEMETERIES, ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, OR ON THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES OF THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

     

    Even if this law makes it into the books, how do you enforce it with EXISTING CACHES? What are they going to do, stop and question everyone walking around with a GPS near a cemetary? And even if they did, the answer would be "just checking where I am, Officer", or "finding a gravesite", not "I am geocaching. Please give me a ticket."

     

    Even if you got caught redhanded at the cache site, you would just stand up and say "Just removing the cache to comply with the new law", and then take it with you.

     

    I doubt the cops have the time and manpower to 'stake out' caches and observe activity.

     

    And, as said in other threads, how can you know if you are anywhere NEAR an archeological site, when the states keep them all a secret?

     

    It amounts to another unenforceable 'jaywalking' law. :rolleyes:

     

    There aren't any existing cemetery caches in SC, they were all pulled when the bill first got started last year.

    Sc Caching With Cell Phone

    in South and Southeast

    Posted

    We have Verizon with no roaming charges, etc...we get good coverage just about everywhere. The one place we didn't have coverage was over where we had the Cedar Creek Cleanup. And then there are some dead spots in the boon docks. I think that is expected with just about any cell phone.

    Garmin Etrex Summit, Like New, Hardly Used Fs

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I have a Garmin Etrex Summit for sale. This unit is in excellent condition. It has only been used about 5 times. Here's some info on it from Garmins webpage:

     

    The eTrex Summit was designed for both marine and recreation use. This all-in-one navigation device for the outdoor enthusiast is the first combination GPS, altimeter, and electronic compass. The electronic compass provides bearing information when you're standing still and the altimeter determines precise altitude, so you can tell how high you've climbed and your rate of ascent.

     

    Like its predecessor, the eTrex Summit boasts a powerful 12 parallel channel GPS receiver and comes packaged in a small, sleek case with operating buttons located on either side of the unit. The case is completely waterproof to withstand immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes.

     

    The eTrex Summit: It's what the hard-core outdoorsman has been waiting for.

     

    Garmin part number: 010-00212-00

     

    Suggested Retail Price:

    $214.27 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only)

     

    Email me with your offer and we'll talk.

    Wanted: Geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted

    :D Thanks a lot for the beautiful coins you all sent to me.

    Please be patient, i will try to ship all the german coins you would like to have in the beginning of next week.

    Thank you, Franz.

     

    My offer still stands- i am awaiting further coins for moving around in europe :lol:

     

    So Franz, does that mean that you got the Nevada coin that I sent?

    Geowoodstock 4 Coins

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Are these the "official" geowoodstock 4 coins? I thought they were going to have an armadillo on one side per that site that has a gallery.

     

    I saw the armadillo one too and wanted that one. Does anyone know if that one is being made?

    Animals

    in South and Southeast

    Posted

    The surprising sighting was a 5-foot alligator in the Broad River near the CCC cache. It wasn't a hallucination, several other walkers also saw it and reported it to the rangers. Neither the hikers or the rangers had seen an alligator in that part of the river before.

     

    Holy smokes, that's cool!! Never would have thought an alligator would be there, but then again they have been up this way in Lake Wylie.

     

    We've seen the usual's....snakes and deer. The cute little green snakes are our favorite to see, we can catch them! :anicute: We've seen king snakes and rat snakes.

     

    The coolest though was while on vacation in Clearwater, Fl last June, we did the caches at Ft. Desoto State Park. While going to one of the caches we saw fins, yes, I said fins, sticking up out of the water. I thought for sure it was a pair of sharks feeding in the canal area. As we walked closer up popped 2 heads, it was dolphins feeding. That was the coolest ever.

     

    At that same cache area we saw an awesome yellow rat snake.

    Sc Cache Placers Lend Me A Hand

    in South and Southeast

    Posted

    Here in Lancaster County, I just called the Lancaster County Parks & Recreation Deptartment. I explained gecocaching to the person on the phone, asked if we could have blanket permission for all Lancaster County & City Parks and was told yes. I took that persons name and she took my name & number also.

    2006 Beach Bonfire!

    in Northeast

    Posted

    This sounds like so much fun....too bad I'm in SC and 500 miles away! <_<

     

    Used to go to Assateague Island every summer as a kid while spending our vacation in OC.

     

    Have fun and maybe we'll be able to replicate this cool event in SC one day. <_<

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