Korfus & Son
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I saw an Illuminati trackable coin recently, it was square with a black and brass looking antique finish with "Illuminati" written in a way that it could be read upright or upside-down, if anyone has one for sale, contact me please. Just starting a GC collection, my first GC was the 10 year GC.
I am also interested in the "Strange and Unusual" as well as Dark and Gothic styles, Not super rich here, but looking to start buying anywhere from 2 to 10 a month depending on intricacy and detail, not to mention price and whether I get from 1 or more sellers as shipping gets expensive if you order 10 coins fron 10 different sellers
Thanks,
Walter
P.s. Any GC traders /sellers have a mailing list, feel free to add me! korfus at bellsouth dot net
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I have had mine disappear too, wrote Groundspeak, just got back a "sorry" answer??? Do they have a clue? Do they forget we actually pay money to do this?
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The top 2 pics (I guess is a front and back) looks best imho. I doubt I can attend, but would sure like to get one of those if you get extra minted!
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I am not out Caching because its windy and dark.. and when I just have my bike its not that pleasant.
Plus hockey is on, AND FREE CHIPS! I love free chips.
Dark @ 4 PM? You must be WAAAAY up north? It is still daylight until almost 8:30 PM here, after 9 PM in a month or so?
And I want to be caching right now, but it is night, and I am dispatching nights, still! Panther attacked a man about 1 1/2 hours ago about 11 miles from here also!
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Well Germany and Tennessee have snow covered mountains which are lovely, while Florida never gets higher than about seventy feet, but I'll take being a warm flatlander over being a mountain climber any day...HaHa
We actually get up to just over 200 almost 300 feet at the highest point in Paxton, FL - but that is practically in Alabama
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Just dispatched units to 1400 Becks Lake Rd in Cantonment, 29 yo Male
attacked by a wild panther. You may want to pass this along to other
cachers, as they say it is the mating season and they are territorial and extra
aggressive right now. There are MANY caches in the woods in panther territory here in NW Florida, even our High school is named after the big cat, since they are plentiful around here.
Hope everyone has safe caching experiences, try not to go alone when going deep into woods (even more than 100 feet in areas of low visibility / dense forest), take wildfire (capsicum based like pepper spray) since it is legal in most State / Federal areas where firearms are not, be sensible if you do carry a firearm, make sure you have your CCW if handgun, and be aware of nearby homes etc.. if you happen to have to fire!
If you go alone or even if not, leave list of caches (in order) you are visiting with a 3rd party or family member.
Carry some type of communications, cell phone, ham radio, GMRS radio, FRS radio (many units like the Garmin Rino's have this built in).
A good first aid kit, water, itinerary list and communications are good ideas for all outdoor adventuring anyway, so be safe, Summer is around the corner, STAY HYDRATED, STAY SAFE!
Walter
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*Team KORFUS give a big Homer Simpson DOH! YOU GOT ME, that was an Aprils Fool post* I have not fell for one in over 25 years, you ruined my streak!
With the increase in number of geocachers, there is a shortage of GPS signals to go around. This results in longer time for the GPSr to lock on to the satellites, and in wildly inaccurate coordinates.
Obviously, if this is allowed to continue, geocaching as a hobby may well cease to exist.
How, then, should we go about solving this problem?
I propose that all geocachers be divided into 12 groups, and each group be given a 2 hour window every day to go geocaching. This should provide a temporary relief to the situation until a more permanent solution is found.
Your group ID and geocaching timetable will be sent to you shortly. Please do your part and keep geocaching alive. And have a good April 1st.
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I like that one! Never thought of it that way
But I turned WAAS on all my units since they were right out of the box. I am not stingy, I share. Walter
Simple solution is for everyone to turn on WAAS (We All Are Sharing) This lets your GPSr share the signal with other units. If your GPSr doesn't support WAAS, you should really do the responsible thing and upgrade soonest.
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I really hope you are joking? Just assuming you are not joking, radio waves do not work like that lol
Just like, oh let's just say DirectTV satellites. There is no cap on the number of receivers. BUT, I am sure this was just a post in humor, so I posted this truly assuming that this was a humorus post.
Walter
With the increase in number of geocachers, there is a shortage of GPS signals to go around. This results in longer time for the GPSr to lock on to the satellites, and in wildly inaccurate coordinates.
Obviously, if this is allowed to continue, geocaching as a hobby may well cease to exist.
How, then, should we go about solving this problem?
I propose that all geocachers be divided into 12 groups, and each group be given a 2 hour window every day to go geocaching. This should provide a temporary relief to the situation until a more permanent solution is found.
Your group ID and geocaching timetable will be sent to you shortly. Please do your part and keep geocaching alive. And have a good April 1st.
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I can't find either of my 3 (three) Garmin Rino 110 / Rino 120 Data Cables (one end is serial the other has the plug with 4 "holes" in it to plug in back of the unit to update or send way-points to the GPS.
I am disabled and do not have a ton of cash to order another, but I will trade for one if someone has an extra or one they do not need? I have a Brand new, Uncirculated 2009 (still in sealed package), American Eagle Silver Dollar, which is one ounce of fine silver. It also happens to be the same price as a new Data Cable for the Garmin Rino 120 (new on Amazon.com).
Anyone interested, just email me. kgbvd at bellsouth dot net.
Thanks,
Walter
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I can't find either of my 3 (three) Garmin Rino 110 / Rino 120 Data Cables (one end is serial the other has the plug with 4 "holes" in it to plug in back of the unit to update or send way-points to the GPS.
I am disabled and do not have a ton of cash to order another, but I will trade for one if someone has an extra or one they do not need? I have a Brand new, Uncirculated 2009 (still in sealed package), American Eagle Silver Dollar, which is one ounce of fine silver. It also happens to be the same price as a new Data Cable for the Garmin Rino 120 (new on Amazon.com).
Anyone interested, just email me. kgbvd at bellsouth dot net.
Thanks,
Walter
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Hi,
I am Walter. I am looking for someone (preferably a Gentleman from 35 and up - or Mature Couples), to go geocaching with. I am disabled, and my car is not in the best of shape, so I will have to give up the hobby if I can't find a new partner(s) to go caching with.
I am in Milton, FL, I will be happy to share fuel costs, etc.. I was in a team of 2 to 4 of us, but everyone else in my team got bored with it and took up new hobbies.
So if you are near the area and would like a caching partner, PLEASE let me know. You can email me here at kg4bvd@bellsouth.net.
Thank you,
Walter
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but from the view if you were cache seeking and come up on 8 of 10 caches more than 35ft off, how do YOU react?
Your original post was complaining about 15 to 20 feet.
Actually, if yo bothered to read it rather tha hurry through (exactly what I am taking about with new / younger cachers), it says, verbatim "and many times if it is near where you park, they take the reading right there, even if the cache is 15 to 20 ft away!". That means, much less taking the average of at least 3 waypints, there are 2 cachers I HAVE SEEN, take 1 (ONE) reading at their car 15 to 20 ft FROM THE CACHE, NOT THE CACHE BEING 15 FT OFF!
See that is the problem, none of the newer cachers bother to read anymore! The Official Geocaching.com Site, on How To Average A Waypoint!
And your name fits you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_...nality_disorder
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Yeesh...! I guess some folks want to be told exactly where each cache is located so they don't have to think or develop seeking skills. I have a very good GPS unit but I make it a point to post coords that are "approximate" so seekers have to expend a little effort to locate my caches. They have to think a little, look for indications that others have been there before them. Maybe someone needs to find another hobby for awhile, eh?
Sure, close is ok, but 35 ft ro 146 ft off, come on, that is not just a search, that is just sloppy and lazy. The point when starting was to cleverly HIDE a cache, not throw it on some straw or next to a treee and then give bad lat. / lon. , without even averaging your waypoint as geocaching.com shows you to do if you took time to read "How to hide a cache", or just give a little hint if you are going to lazily toss a cache down and not even bother taking an accurate reading. How to average a waypoint - From the official geocaching site on how to hide a cache, for those that can read!
What about people that give a Lat. / Lon. that falls in THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY and you have over 30 ft to the sides, with no cluse on the cache hide page, which side of the road is it on? remember, permission MUST be given and if each side is PRIVATE PROPERTY owned by 2 different people / entities, what do you do trespass and hope you are in the right one, in FL YOU CAN BE SHOT on someones property!
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One thing I do know is that are a lot more geocachers today using cell phones and auto navigation GPS devices as their only GPS. My personal experience with my iPhone is that I haven't been able to get anywhere close to the accuracy that my Garmin 76Cx is showing.
Unlike the OP, if anything I've seen an improvement in the accuracy of coordinates over the years. When I started out finding caches 50 feet off was quite common and the GPS showing under 10 feet at the cache site was a rarity. Now anything above 20 feet off is fairly rare.
I think it has to do with better technology.
I agree!
Yes, I have even said the newer technology helps, but this thread is about people I have actually talked to that just throws down a cache and may bot even take a reading at the cache or will not even average the waypoint. Maybe you have more considerate cache hiders in your area, but here, it seems the quality of cachers are dropping.
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I agree with the OP. It appears that some people are not taking the time required to insure that the cords are correct. We had a case in my area where a cache went undiscovered for almost two months. We sent multiple emails to the owner asking him to confirm the location. We told him exactly where his cords were placing us but he insisted that his cords were correct. The cache was discovered 146 feet off the GZ.
It doesn't really matter what equipment you are using if you know how to use it. For example, I have helped some friends plant caches using the cords displayed on a geomate jr that I own. It is not the most accurate piece of equipment but you can get good cords using the averaging method of 50 reads. When I would verify the cords with my PN-40 they were right on. Plus I think the inaccuracy of the devices adds a little to the hunt. If all devices were right on it would be like a Waldo book where someone circled him on every page.If a cache is less than 25 feet off that's ok with me. When the distance is more than 50 then I remember the name and avoid caches by that person in the future.
Thanks for the post andy2049,
That was a summary of what I was trying to get across to folks, you did say that well, and better than I. but the point was the same.
Thank you!
Walter of Team KORFUS
And for reference to all that do not know how to average, go to this link, it is directly from geocaching.com How to hide a cache, go to "how to average" waypoints.
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You obviously don't understand the technology, equipment, or scientific methodology. Even Garmin's specs state the Rhino's accuracy to be "position: < 15 meters, 95% typical." There is no way that your unit is ALWAYS within 6 to 8 feet as you falsely claim. If you make a reasonable assumption that most GPS receivers will give you an averaged reading that is within 15-20 feet most of the time then the possible accuracy you will read of a placed cache will be the combined accuracy of the hider's GPS plus the accuracy of your GPS, which could be up to 40' off. I've generally found most carefully placed caches to be within the range of 10'-25' which I consider pretty good.Team KORFUS-"I don't know whose receivers are always at 15 to 20 ft, but my Garmin Rinos are ALWAYS within 6 to 8 ft?"If you find the technology does not meet your expectation or you can't find a cache when you get within 15'-20' of GZ, perhaps a less stressful hobby with more qualified people is in order.
I DO NOT FALSELY CLAIM ANYTHING, and I understand the technology quite well thank you! Why don't you come and let me show you how accurate it is??? If not, keep your trp shut! And this is not a stressful hobby, I was trying to educate people on the PROPER way to hide a cache Official Geocaching.com methods for hiding a cache since obviosly people as ignorant as you have not read or can't? Maybe YOU should find a more relaxing hobby if a thread fires your short fuse up so easily!!!
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I know it's hard to understand, but GPS devices are only rated at around 15 feet accuracy. I know practical accuracy can sometimes be more like 10 feet, but you need to consider the fact that even with two devices functioning at the best accuracy available 20 feet (each person off by 10 feet) is entirely reasonable.
Accuracy, even in wide open skys, is limited by signal refraction.
Without correction, signal refraction leaves a GPS with an accuracy of 30-60 feet.
The coast guard (and other services) offer correction, but they can do only so much. 10-20 (or more) foot error rate is standard for consumer level GPSrs.
This is a great article:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/aex-fact/0560.html
(it's where I lifted the images)
Isn't that the old data, correction has not been required since "Select Availability" was turned off by the Government, Before Geocaching started. Now Commercial GPS unit are just as accurate as the units used to be with the correction devices on them. Since Select Availability was shut off and accuracy became, very accurate, that was the entire reason the birth of geocaching began, it is all right there in the story if most people took the time to read it.
I posted this thread because there was a "rash" of people not reading instructions like How to hide a cache (page is on geocaching.com - it is the part most people skip and just check off they read it)!
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Okay, just tp clarify, this is what I was trying to get across to everyone that did not use this method, please go to: How to hide a cache - on the Geocaching.com official site!
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Here in New England, 15-20 are very good coords. We put the GPS away when we're 20-25 feet away and just start looking for the cache. In FL, we found on most caches that if we started looking that far away, we weren't at the cache. Generally, we found most caches within 10 feet of where our GPS wanted us to be, some were 7 to 8 feet. There were some more further away, but they weren't common. We loved it.
That said, different brands of GPS do different things. We have a Garmin, and when someone hides with a Garmin, our coords match pretty well, but if another brand was used, we are consistently 30-50 feet off from the posted coords. Friend who have the other brand of GPS end up being very close to the posted coords. Perhaps those placing the caches are using a different brand of GPS than you?
Thank you Skippermark,
You are very right! We do use more than just the rino though, They just happen to be the best / most accurate (for me, after lots of trials and testing). But of the newer types of GPS units, true, all are going to be a little different and none are truly better than others.
The only thing I was really trying to get accross in this thread can be found here at this page on geocaching.com How to hide a cache which most people seem to be ingoring these days, and as I said, many of them actually have told me in their own words "I don't have time to do that!".
Thanks for your post, I appreciate true constructive replies!
Walter
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To protest the recent changes made to geocaching.com, we are temporarily disabling all our active cache hides (163 total) for one week beginning 01-18-10. If you are unhappy with the changes made to geocaching.com and want your voices heard, disable your cache hides along with us. Together we can perhaps get the point across.
What exactly are you protesting? I am curious, did I miss something? Seriously, I had not heard of the changes, I will go and try to find out, but if someone would please explain?
Thanks
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Again, don't RUSH through, READ, I am speaking of a specific geographical region where we are at sea level to 60 ft ONLY with VERY LIGHT forests, actually bushes if you want to be technical.
You are getting the typical forum response to people who express any dissatisfaction with cache coordinate accuracy. You see, the majority of people here don't understand much about GPS accuracy, so when you give an example of bad coords, they can always find a situation in which the accuracy would be worse than your example. Doesn't matter whether their scenario applies to your example or not; they reason that if there is ever a reason for a GPS to get bad accuracy, it must always have bad accuracy.
And don't expect people to read your posts. That's way too much trouble for the majority here. If you can't say it in a sentence or two, nobody will read it. For example, I would expect almost nobody to have gotten this far into this response!
I understand exactly what you are saying. I think hiders should take pride in the accuracy of their coordinates, and I recommend averaging multiple readings to do so. Unfortunately, accuracy doesn't seem to be valued much any more; many hiders intentionally post bad coordinates to make their hides "harder."
I wish I had some idea of how to address the problem.
Thank yo fizzymagic,
I do understand that, I appreciate your post. BTW, I like your "name", very neat and original! "fizzymagic", awesome!
Thanks Again,
Walter - Team KORFUS
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Um...At the risk of having you think I'm one of "those" responders I gotta ask. You do realize that 15-20 feet is well within the margin of error of consumer grade GPS receivers, right?
I don't know whose receivers are always at 15 to 20 ft, but my Garmin Rinos are ALWAYS within 6 to 8 ft?
And my 60Cx is always within 6 to 8 feet. That is as much as 16 feet between us. Simple math.
Edit to clarify that I am using a different computer and logged in under my old account. This is actually Gof of Gof & Bacall.
I did make a post in this thread that the Magellan MAP GPS 60 CSx series was one of the best also, one of the local geocachers here uses one and his as as good of a GPS as any, and I am not saying any one is better than another, I don't want anyone to get that idea, if it sounds implied, I am sorry, that was not supposed to be my message, just that some of the older models did not work as well.
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Um...At the risk of having you think I'm one of "those" responders I gotta ask. You do realize that 15-20 feet is well within the margin of error of consumer grade GPS receivers, right?
I don't know whose receivers are always at 15 to 20 ft, but my Garmin Rinos are ALWAYS within 6 to 8 ft?
How do you know that? Unless you are measuring it against a known accurate position it is impossible for you to know. Even if you do measure it against a known position it only proves that it is X accurate in that location at that moment. A different location or different day may bring different accuracy.
Repeating myself again since you don't bother to read all the post, you see one that strikes a nerve and speak before you know. I HAVE SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, I SURVEYED MOST OF THIS AND THE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES! I was a surveyor for MANY YEARS, I HAVE POINTS THAT ARE USGS CERTIFIED TO GO BY IF THAT IS ENOUGH TO SATISFY YOU WITH YOUR INQUISITION SINE YOU DID NOT BOTHER TO READ FURTHER!
I read your entire post and I stand by my statement. Unless you are bringing your survey grade GPS along with you all the time to calibrate your consumer grade unit, you can never be certain about the accuracy of your consumer grade unit. If you check the unit at your home with your surveying equipment or at a certified benchmark and it is accurate to within 6 feet, it does not mean that it is still accurate to 6 feet when you are at a cache 3 miles away. But being a surveyor you already know that.
And by the way there is no need to spend 40 minutes obtaining your coordinates. In most instances 2-3 minutes is more than enough.
You are right, but it has been use in the field before too, and it gives you an idea of accuracy. And with those I know that did do an average of 3 readings to place a cache, I always go right to it within 6 to 8 ft accuracy, that should count for somethings and should tell you something?
But I turned WAAS on all my units since they were right out of the box. I am not stingy, I share. 
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Thank for the info, greatly appreciated!