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quote:Originally posted by Kodak's4: Putting a rubbermaid tub into a black plastic bag or a brown plastic bag is an easy way to camouflage it effectively. If you're hiding it in a dark place (like in a crevice in a rock wall, or in a hollow under a log or stump) that darn black plastic bag can make it nearly impossible to see. I have a cache that's contained in a Rubbermaid container with a bright white lid (that I've painted over in camoflauge colors). However, paint doesn't seem to stick to the plastic very well, so a lot of it has rubbed off, making it quite easy to spot the cache from a distance. There are a few things I like about the current hiding place, so I don't really want to move the cache. But I know it's been accidentally discovered at least once. I had considered putting the whole thing inside a tan Meijer's grocery bag (but after reading this thread, I'm glad now that I didn't), or trying to tape fake 'leaves' on the top, or something...but haven't figured out what would work well, and still hold up. I've used camoflauge duct tape on a couple of my smaller containers, but this lid is very large, and doesn't lend itself that that. (I thought about swapping the container out for an ammo can, but since I had another one stolen from a nearby park, I hate to lose a second one. ) Any other suggestions of how to more permanently mask the bright white lid? ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Kodak's4: Putting a rubbermaid tub into a black plastic bag or a brown plastic bag is an easy way to camouflage it effectively. If you're hiding it in a dark place (like in a crevice in a rock wall, or in a hollow under a log or stump) that darn black plastic bag can make it nearly impossible to see. I have a cache that's contained in a Rubbermaid container with a bright white lid (that I've painted over in camoflauge colors). However, paint doesn't seem to stick to the plastic very well, so a lot of it has rubbed off, making it quite easy to spot the cache from a distance. There are a few things I like about the current hiding place, so I don't really want to move the cache. But I know it's been accidentally discovered at least once. I had considered putting the whole thing inside a tan Meijer's grocery bag (but after reading this thread, I'm glad now that I didn't), or trying to tape fake 'leaves' on the top, or something...but haven't figured out what would work well, and still hold up. I've used camoflauge duct tape on a couple of my smaller containers, but this lid is very large, and doesn't lend itself that that. (I thought about swapping the container out for an ammo can, but since I had another one stolen from a nearby park, I hate to lose a second one. ) Any other suggestions of how to more permanently mask the bright white lid? ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by CYBret:Not wanting to just have a plain ol' counter, I came up with something especially for Geocachers. Cute. (I was curious why you chose the Travel Bug forum to post your note...but after seeing the counter, I understand the relevance.) And sure it's not a shameless attempt to increase your numbers. It must not have occurred to you to simply share a picture of it here. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by CYBret:Not wanting to just have a plain ol' counter, I came up with something especially for Geocachers. Cute. (I was curious why you chose the Travel Bug forum to post your note...but after seeing the counter, I understand the relevance.) And sure it's not a shameless attempt to increase your numbers. It must not have occurred to you to simply share a picture of it here. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z: On all three of the bugs I've moved, I've forgotten to [write down the serial number]. Twice I've had to email the owner, and the third time, I actually pulled the number from memory in order to log it. I'm curious, if you're logging your finds in a timely manner, why you had to e-mail the owner to get the number? Did you place them in another cache on the same day that you found them, prior to coming home to log your finds for the day? (Other than that, I can't think of any reason a person would possibly need to write down the number.)

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z: What do ya'll like about different travel bugs? One thing I considered is that a cute bug is more likely to be stolen; is this true? Personally, I enjoy seeing travel bugs that have specific goals. It makes it fun to see how long it takes to meet the goals. If a bug just wants to "visit lots of caches"...there's never a point that you can say, "Cool, it met it's goal!" I also like to see funny or creative things used as travel bugs. I've seen or heard of a few cases where someone just sends out the serialized tag, with nothing attached...and I fail to see what's fun about that. (But then, that's what makes the world go around...we all enjoy different things. ) I imagine you're right, though...if a travel bug is TOO cute, it's probably more likely to get stolen. (I haven't done any research to prove this, but it seems logical, anyway.) Of my own travel bugs, my favorites are Eensy Weensy Spider and "Hey, Vern!" (for fun goals), and Big Al (for 'cuteness' factor). ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z: What do ya'll like about different travel bugs? One thing I considered is that a cute bug is more likely to be stolen; is this true? Personally, I enjoy seeing travel bugs that have specific goals. It makes it fun to see how long it takes to meet the goals. If a bug just wants to "visit lots of caches"...there's never a point that you can say, "Cool, it met it's goal!" I also like to see funny or creative things used as travel bugs. I've seen or heard of a few cases where someone just sends out the serialized tag, with nothing attached...and I fail to see what's fun about that. (But then, that's what makes the world go around...we all enjoy different things. ) I imagine you're right, though...if a travel bug is TOO cute, it's probably more likely to get stolen. (I haven't done any research to prove this, but it seems logical, anyway.) Of my own travel bugs, my favorites are Eensy Weensy Spider and "Hey, Vern!" (for fun goals), and Big Al (for 'cuteness' factor). ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by SirRalanN: Can I? Should I? Is this even allowed? It's not disallowed. But it does seem to be generally frowned upon...probably because you're already getting 'credit' for the hide. I know a lot of people say that 'find counts' don't matter...but many people still seem to get really worked up over what other people are counting as finds. Another poster recently asked the same question: quote:Originally posted by Jolly B Good: Is it appropriate to post/log my own cache? There are several local gamestores I'd like to log but I'm wasn't sure if it's considered tacky to log your own virtual cache. You can read here to see the responses he got. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Hawk-eye: If you edit ... very shortly after you post the first time (I don't know what the max. amount of time is) ... but if you do it with in about a half minute ... there is no edit time posted. It's several minutes, actually...about 8 or 9, I believe. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by DenaliNW: He is way cool, but makes those long die hard caching days a thing of the past Just wait until he's old enough for you to start 'borrowing' McToys from his happy meals.

quote:Originally posted by DenaliNW: He is way cool, but makes those long die hard caching days a thing of the past Just wait until he's old enough for you to start 'borrowing' McToys from his happy meals.

quote:Originally posted by TripleMCachers: I've started my cache box and will be placing my first as soon as I have my GPS. Welcome to geocaching! A word of advice, though, before you place your first cache...you might want to go out and find a couple of already existing caches (just to get some ideas on how/where to hide them, what works/doesn't work, etc). ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by TripleMCachers: I've started my cache box and will be placing my first as soon as I have my GPS. Welcome to geocaching! A word of advice, though, before you place your first cache...you might want to go out and find a couple of already existing caches (just to get some ideas on how/where to hide them, what works/doesn't work, etc). ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by MTBguy: Does anybody have any kind of comments on this topic? If you browse these (and other) previously existing discussion threads, it would appear that people have LOTS of comments on this topic: Feds Issue Warning About Geocaches in National Parks Virtual Caching in National Parks Legal Issues in National Parks Caches in National Parks Virtual caches in National Parks??? NPS regulations; re GeoCaching Looking for comments on NPS cache pulling NPS is now Geocaching to remove caches. NPS Permitting Process? NPS and Geocaching ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish: Most of these searches will be solved with a new search engine I'm working on. Jeremy is really a heck of a guy! Even in the short time I've been involved in the sport, he's implemented a lot of improvements and enhancements. I hear a lot of griping (heck, sometimes I'm even one of the 'gripees' ) about things that we want 'fixed' or changed on the site...but all in all, I'm impressed with (and grateful for) all the work he's done here. Keep up the great work, Jeremy! ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish: Most of these searches will be solved with a new search engine I'm working on. Jeremy is really a heck of a guy! Even in the short time I've been involved in the sport, he's implemented a lot of improvements and enhancements. I hear a lot of griping (heck, sometimes I'm even one of the 'gripees' ) about things that we want 'fixed' or changed on the site...but all in all, I'm impressed with (and grateful for) all the work he's done here. Keep up the great work, Jeremy! ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

I think the cache should be allowed. I wouldn't personally visit it, because it doesn't sound interesting to me. But the description is clear, and anyone who chooses to find it knows what they're getting into from the outset. I did think Geo Quest's suggestion for a multi-cache with various stages with "highlights of Christi's life" would be kind of fun...especially if the cache was placed in celebration of a graduation or special birthday, etc. quote:Originally posted by pater47: Only problem I found with this cache was with the original visit eighteen years ago, Sure, he took Christi, but what did he leave? The fire hydrant? And did he sign the log book? Betcha he didn't trade even! I betcha he did! He probably left a whole pile of wheresgeorge bills! (Not that a person is worth less than a pile of money...but really, she was more of a 'travel bug' than a trade item. They brought her with them, afterall...logged her in and back out, and took her with them again.) ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

I think the cache should be allowed. I wouldn't personally visit it, because it doesn't sound interesting to me. But the description is clear, and anyone who chooses to find it knows what they're getting into from the outset. I did think Geo Quest's suggestion for a multi-cache with various stages with "highlights of Christi's life" would be kind of fun...especially if the cache was placed in celebration of a graduation or special birthday, etc. quote:Originally posted by pater47: Only problem I found with this cache was with the original visit eighteen years ago, Sure, he took Christi, but what did he leave? The fire hydrant? And did he sign the log book? Betcha he didn't trade even! I betcha he did! He probably left a whole pile of wheresgeorge bills! (Not that a person is worth less than a pile of money...but really, she was more of a 'travel bug' than a trade item. They brought her with them, afterall...logged her in and back out, and took her with them again.) ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by DenaliNW: I agree, but there does come a point, where to much time has passed. I have a bug that has been in someone's hands since January. Initially, he would reply to my emails, and this was greatly appreciated, but of late he has gone silent. I've offered to even send a self addressed stamped envelope to the person who has it, so that I personally could put him back in play. 1 month is what I chose, but 5 months is just way to long. Anyway, I'll probably end up archiving this bug, as there's no point continueing to send email to someone who no longer responds. I couldn't agree more. (Which is why I said that a note would likely refresh the owner's patience "for a little longer".) Even if a person continues to respond to your e-mails, it gets frustrating when they don't follow through with their promises to put the bug back into circulation. Unfortunately, there isn't really anything we can do about it. It's one of the risks of sending out travel bugs. P.S. Congratulations on becoming a father.

quote:Originally posted by DenaliNW: I agree, but there does come a point, where to much time has passed. I have a bug that has been in someone's hands since January. Initially, he would reply to my emails, and this was greatly appreciated, but of late he has gone silent. I've offered to even send a self addressed stamped envelope to the person who has it, so that I personally could put him back in play. 1 month is what I chose, but 5 months is just way to long. Anyway, I'll probably end up archiving this bug, as there's no point continueing to send email to someone who no longer responds. I couldn't agree more. (Which is why I said that a note would likely refresh the owner's patience "for a little longer".) Even if a person continues to respond to your e-mails, it gets frustrating when they don't follow through with their promises to put the bug back into circulation. Unfortunately, there isn't really anything we can do about it. It's one of the risks of sending out travel bugs. P.S. Congratulations on becoming a father.

quote:Originally posted by Ttepee: I agree that it doesn't really matter to me whether or not I have a copy tag....as for design though I would like to see clearer directions for logging written on the tag. I agree with Ttepee. I imagine the "copy" tag is pretty cheap to make (it's the set-up changes in between stampings that tend to add costs to things like these). But I would DEFINITELY like to see more explicit "How to log your find of this Travel Bug" instructions printed on the back of the tag. It seems redundant that we need to add an extra instruction tag to our travel bugs to help keep them from going AWOL. If we have to do that, we might as we do away with the physical aluminum tags we purchase from Groundspeak, and pay a much lower price for just a tracking number (with corresponding activation code) sent via e-mail. Then we could just include the number on our own custom tag, and save the costs of making the aluminum tags and having them shipped via snail mail. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Red Shoes: Well,you have to click on the URL since it didn't show up in the message. Don't know how to do that I guess. Type (except with the actual http address containing the picture, of course) into your message. Here's what you'll get: ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by Red Shoes: Well,you have to click on the URL since it didn't show up in the message. Don't know how to do that I guess. Type (except with the actual http address containing the picture, of course) into your message. Here's what you'll get: ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by ClayJar: Oh, and the "Golden Rule of Geocaching" is "Take something, leave something." Even more important in my book is "Log your find." (both in the book and online) Cache hiders put a lot of time and effort into finding nice places for us to go out and discover (not to mention their own hard earned money into the cache boxes and trade items). The least we can do is show our appreciation by taking a few moments to give some feedback. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

quote:Originally posted by ClayJar: Oh, and the "Golden Rule of Geocaching" is "Take something, leave something." Even more important in my book is "Log your find." (both in the book and online) Cache hiders put a lot of time and effort into finding nice places for us to go out and discover (not to mention their own hard earned money into the cache boxes and trade items). The least we can do is show our appreciation by taking a few moments to give some feedback. ------- "I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"