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  1. On 6/4/2023 at 4:08 PM, Keystone said:

    Geocache placements must comply with all applicable laws, and in the USA most states have adopted traffic laws specific to this subject.  For example, here in Ohio where I live, it's a violation for any person "as a pedestrian, [to] occupy any space within the limits of the right-of-way of a freeway, except: in a rest area; on a facility that is separated from the roadway and shoulders of the freeway and is designed and appropriately marked for pedestrian use; in the performance of public works or official duties; as a result of an emergency caused by an accident or breakdown of a motor vehicle; or to obtain assistance."

     

    I apply this same approach to caches hidden within freeway "cloverleaf" interchanges.

    Theres one hidden in the cloverleaf interchange thats you can get to legally by a bike path.(its along the bikepath) (in my area) 

  2. 1 minute ago, cerberus1 said:

     

    I'd be sure to have real evidence...

    When we started, a cache maggot was stealing ammo cans.  Most locals hit all hides in the area, and for us they were all new.

    We'd mention DNF or NM, and the COs would find their caches missing.  Others noticed caches missing after we logged.

    We went through $&#@* with all the harassment from "fellow cachers", and we were the subject of quite a few events.  

    Those cerberus thieves... we should look into getting them banned...    The other 2/3rds was in tears a lot, and wanted to quit this stupid hobby...

    Well, I caught the cache thief with an ammo can in his pack. Let his name (real and cacher) be known at all local cache groups.

    Odd that not a single person ever apologized to us.  Go figure...

    I am glad I am not the only one thinking along that line. I been caching for a while and I know how some geocachers are... assuming things. 

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  3. 1 hour ago, klr4evr said:

    Wonder if it's possible to get a member banned? I've got a local teen who with some friends have discovered caching and are going around stealing, vandalizing or removing TB's from them. Pretty well admitted to me they were doing it. So far two TB's stolen. Very frustrating.

    Banning one of them is like a band aid over the issue. That will just make them do it all the more by getting a new screen name. 

     

     

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  4. On 5/3/2022 at 1:27 PM, JL_HSTRE said:

    Many years ago I found a GRIM that was at a popular fishing spot. Several muggle signatures. People signing their real names are usually muggles.

     

    More often the muggle finds tend to be easy finds poorly concealed along a trail (including really obvious geotrails that attract the curious wondering "Where does this go?").

     

    As far as people who find geocaches deliberately but don't log online: it's probably an impossible number to accurately estimate but I suspect it's not an insignificant number. They have an account to be able to find where the geocaches are located (even the 100% app users need an account even if they never verify their email), but either they are very concerned about privacy or just don't care about logging. I knew of at least one Florida geocacher that had thousands of finds but never got an account because he only geocaches with his spouse.

    There's one guy in my area that dont sign any logs... online or paper.  He happen to be a well known business man in my area. He told me it's a privacy reason of not signing any logs. He kept a personal notebook to keep track of all the caches he found. Its in the 1000's!  I asked him for a few hints on caches I had difficult and he gave me some tips.  He told me not to tell anyone who he's. 

  5. 34 minutes ago, Mausebiber said:

     

    anything...    I'm leaving the house, press goto and oops, the cache is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, well, not good, I log a DNF.  Oh there is another one on the ISS, well again I won't make it, another DNF.

    At the end of the day I have collected 150 new DNfs, a brand new game.  Thanks Jester

    Rolling my eyes.  That isn't what he's trying to say.  You are taking his thoughts out of context to support your narrow mindset of what DNF means to you.  Nice try! 

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  6. 11 hours ago, mustakorppi said:

    Funny how a thread with this title is full of stories of geocaching while white.

    Try geocaching while Deaf!   Yes, it can be really dangerous for me at night when the cops think my GPS is a gun and I didn't hear him/her say drop it.  Yes, deaf people get killed by cops!  One of my mother biggest fear!  

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  7. 7 hours ago, Gill & Tony said:

    I disagree.  The reason for a DNF log is to show that you did not find the cache.  No more, no less.

     

    If you did not get to GZ, there are other ways to remind yourself to try that cache again.  Lists, personal cache notes, special database in GSAK (or a spreadsheet if you don't use GSAK).  

     

    DNF is Did Not Find, not Did Not Search.

     

    When you log a Write Note the cache is still on the map, showing as not found, every time you look at that area of the map.

    I don't think you are following.  Try geocaching in places like Hong Kong.  Its difficult to find the true ground zero.  It can be in the basement  or 6 floors up!   Sometimes the CO wants to make it challenging! The unhappy face remains me that I try finding ground zero.  The problem with your thinking, you are taking it too literally of what DNF means.  Not finding GZ is a DNF.  If you never been in Hong Kong,  you have no idea how difficult to find GZ.  In most places, GZ is ground level.  I got stories of trying to find the true GZ, it shows less than 5 feet on my GPS but I know I was at the wrong level! There was a cache that took me over a hour to get to GZ.  Why? Most walkways are on the 3rd floors and trying to find stairways to that 3rd floor can be nerve-wracking because they are behind unmarked doors!  A unfounded cache is on my map but it doesn't show if I try looking for it or not.  I like seeing the unhappy faces on my map because it reminds me of my journey of trying to get to GZ.  

     

    I understand there's other ways to list it but like I said earlier, its more user-friendly to log a DNF log!   I am not going to waste my time making a bookmark list!  That's too time consuming!  I want to turn on my app and see the map and I can see where I left off. No need to fool around looking for the list and trying to get it to work! 

     

    If you delete my DNF logs, I will report you to GS! Some people like to see DNF so they understand other people journey so they can make it easier for themselves of not making the same mistakes. They are almost the only thing I read on the cache page. 

     

    If you are a CO that hate DNF, you are playing the wrong hobby.  DNF is very much part of our hobby.   The good CO are the one that don't complain about how other people play the hobby.  

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  8. On 7/17/2021 at 3:39 PM, lee737 said:

    I've heard from a lot of geocachers - if you are male and caching on your own - people regard you with suspicion, and want to know why you're near their house, or parked on the side of the road etc.... and forget about playgrounds..... a proportion of his encounters may well be gender related.

    I've always got 1-2 young kids with me, so have never been questioned once (4600 finds, 6 years).....

    Thats why I save park with playground for a rainy day.  Some of the best caching I done are on rainy days because nobody is paying attention to me.  

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  9. On 11/24/2019 at 3:38 AM, barefootjeff said:

    I've revisited some of my finds for various reasons, sometimes to drop TBs, sometimes because I'm close by while doing other caches in the area, or sometimes just because it's a nice place to revisit, stretch my legs and soak up the scenery. Posting a note seems perfectly adequate for logging such visits.

    Gs said to archived your caches and place new one.  

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  10. 3 minutes ago, BKip said:

    Why is it, when using the GC search box for "GC18kEK", a archived cache, I get 717 results, none of which is the desired cache, but, if I use the same search in Google it pops right out at the top of the page?

    I noticed that when I use the app. Really annoying.  

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