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Ok, i think it would be kinda cool if there was some sort of ranking that would be used in conjuction with the number of finds you have. Sort of a benchmark or goal to go after. Something like this 0-20 finds= Novice 20-100 finds= Beginner 100-250 finds=intermediat 250-500 finds= Advanced 500+ finds =Geomaster and then maybe an added star or somthing for every 100 finds after that example= Some one with 900 finds for be a "Four start Geomaster" Just an idea

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I STARTED WRITING THIS POST, I LOVE THAT IDEA!!!! This way you are still having to do the work with the GPSr but you can have some good hints if ya want them

OK, i am getting ready to go on a road trip to cali and want to do some caches on the way (rest stops and other ones right off the freeway) what is the best way to go about locating those. The searches you can do on the web site only let you search from a town (or cords) out in a big circle. If would be nice if there was a map of all the ones in oregon (and cali) and then you could just follow the freeway down and pick all the ones you wanted. You may be able to do this with the upgraded membership cuz i know you can get to more maps but i guess i want to make sure before i pay for it. None of the other features are all the importand to me but if i can do this, i may have to upgrade. If anyone has any other ideas let me know

I like the idea of have the final and most oviouse hint emailed to you once you logged a DNF, this makes you look and use the GPS and then when all else fails, be led right to it

I think alot of you are not understanding my thoughts, Im all about a relitivly quick find, i dont want to be out there for hours looking. My thought was rather then a straight forward writen hint, was to be a little more creative with the GPS to get the cacher to the spot. This will make it easy to find, fun to find, and yet still leave some work to be done and not hand them all over.

I agree, if you could walk up to every cache and find it with one eye closed in the dark without a flashlight it would not be any fun, i like have to wonder and let the GPS settle in on a cord, and having to do some searching, not "Its under the third tree in and here is a picutre of it and ill be standing there pointing at it" ha ha

The game has come along way and with some many caches out there and so little places to hide them, they have gotton alot smaller. I found one in the desert in cali that i could have hid in!!! But that does not mean that the GPS part of the game needs to go away.

I agree, the idea is to find it. But the idea is also to be a little bit chalenging and fun, thats why a multi cache would help, you could give very good details to the final cache if need be(tree cover or whatever) but leave it in the fist cache that has to be found by GPS

Actually i have been doing this for about three years but have a different login now that im back in Oregon, but thanks for the input

But the problem is that you dont know untill you get out there that you cant get a good reading and actually need the hint. Alot of people are good about saying there is bad coverage but not all of them. I have been printing some of them off and not de-coding them till i need them. But i hate having to carry a notebook when im out hunting.

Ok, when geocaching started it was ment to be done with a GPS, and yet some of the caches give such good descriptions that you dont need one at all. Which i guess is nice for the people that dont have a GPS but i like having to use mine and not be led right to the spot. I understand that some caches are so tree covered that its hard to get a good reading but i think for these spots, it should be a multi cache, find a place close by that gets good GPS readings, but a film container that has good descritions for the actuall cache(along with the cord's) This way its a little more of a hunt. Let me know what you all think Chad

I agree with the fact that you will not get many finds. But this is true of any out of the ordinary cache. I have a cache that has been out there for 5 months and only 3 people have even tryed to find. It is way out of the way and takes alot to get to it. But once you do, your glad that you came. I have actually thought about doing the same thing you are talking about. I love the idea