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Are you looking for instructions? Find a piece of wood that closely matches your hiding spot If your piece of wood is thick enough, decide if you want to have a lid. If so, cut a slab from the end of the log or cut the log in half. Hand saws are good for this because chainsaws may make an uglier cut which might decrease the natural camo of a piece of wood For a preform, I suggest drilling a hole with a power drill and a spade bit. I'm guessing for a preform you'd need about 3/4 inch spade bit. Once the preform fits in the hole, figure out how you want to attach the lid. Magnets or pegs would be good for this. I've actually made a multi stage that was a stump. I drilled up through the bottom and hid a container in there. Confused a lot of people because it just looked like a stump.

So you're suggesting a variety of icons based on how much help the finder had? Something sort of like this then: - - - - - Makes me go

A hammer drill with a masonry bit should do the trick as long as the rock isn't incredibly hard.

A-Team's right! Same thing on my 450.

I did it once with a nuvi while showing a new guy how to cache. It was kind of hard. I mostly use my nuvi 1450 for navigation to the cache or parking location and then I use my Oregon 450 for the actual cache hunt.

I'm not familiar with Magellans, but perhaps it didn't recognize where you were because it hadn't locked onto enough satellites yet? I'm also guessing there's a basic map that you can view on a Magellan that would show the closest caches to where you are. Good luck!

I can't stand these new maps. It's too hard to run Greasemonkey or use Google Earth. Groundspeak - you need to get a mapping satellite in orbit pronto. Isn't this a satellite game? Hello! I realize that getting a satellite into orbit is not easy, but I have thought an idea to overcome the biggest obstacle Space is way too freaking high. I read online that the atmosphere is 300 miles thick. I get that we need an atmosphere because we have to breathe, but according to the Guinness Book of Records, the tallest person ever was only 8 foot 11 inches. WE HAVE SO MUCH EXTRA AIR! There's over 299 miles of air above our heads that we don't even need! I only see one solution - we need to lower the atmosphere. That way, it will be cheaper and take less fuel to get into space. What's the only thing that is capable of killing the atmosphere? Pollution! It's the only thing that's going to save us. OK, I just want to let you know that I'm doing my part to solve the Groundspeak/Google Maps problem by polluting like I've never polluted before. I have really stepped it up. I used to have four old tires sitting in my back yard, so this morning I burned them. It's pretty amazing how toxic that smoke is. So here's what I figure - What is an inexpensive way for cachers to help while doing something they love? I urge my fellow cachers to find abandoned tires in the woods and torch them. The benefits are twofold - not only are we paving the way for Groundspeak to launch a satellite in space by eliminating all the extra atmosphere, but we are also CITO-ing which is going to be fantastic for geocaching PR. If somebody asks why you're burning tires on public property, all you have to do is say "You're welcome"! So once again - I urge you to set fire to every tire you find in the woods for the good of geocaching. Please share your thoughts here. I am open to other ideas as well, but so far I haven't seen any as rock-solid as mine.

OK, I'm only seeing one solution to the maps problem. Groundspeak - You need your own mapping satellite. Period. I am a paying customer and I would be willing to accept an increase of five dollars to my Premium Membership -annually- if that's what it takes to make this happen. I am also willing to help Groundspeak offset the cost of building and launching this satellite by volunteering my time to the Research & Development team. Just this afternoon I began working on a propulsion system with a form of propellant made from Diet Coke and Mentos mixed inside the bottle. I can also snap some pretty sweet aerials with my digital camera duct taped to my cousin's kite. I mean, I know it hasn't been perfected yet and I'm still beta testing, but I don't see anybody else coming up with anything. And seriously, it only has to work once.

I definitely have more cash for gas and batteries now that I gave up the smokes. But if I ever win the lottery, first thing I'm going to do is light up!

Sorry to hear about that! I had the same guy go berserk on me twice!

This is happening to me as well. I've had to edit some of my logs because I didn't catch the wrong date when I submitted my log. In fact, it happened to me today also. It's 2/3/12 today and my default date was 1/31/12. I had to manually change it when I submitted my log.

You need to use html. Here is an example of what you will need to add to your cache description: <img src=thefullwebadressofyourphotogoeshere>

If you're thinking of a Dakota and don't want to wind up with GPS envy, have a look at the Oregon 450 instead.

It's an online forum.

You should be able to buy straight xylene from any hardware store, most likely in the paint section.

Add another vote for the Leatherman Wave. I got it two or three Christmases ago and I never leave home without it. It came with a leather case that I wear on my belt so I always have it with me. It's my go-to tool. Feels good in my hand. I use it all the time caching.

Go caching with a hot babe. Your wife won't let you out of her sight!

I'll fav any cache I want, thanks.

Until some JEEK comes along and "hides it better". *sigh* Stupid jeeks.

Just hide it upside down. The cache will act like a little roof over your metal handle and block the rain. Problem solved.

It's pretty easy - Double check that "this is in HTML" box that's above the Short Description box. To add an image: <img src=thecompletewebaddressofyourphoto> You can center it within your text like this: <center><img src=thecompletewebaddressofyourphoto></center> Your average everyday link: <a href=thecompletewebaddressofthedestination>NAME YOUR LINK HERE</a> An image as a link: <a href=thecompletewebaddressofthedestination><img src=thecompletewebaddressofyourphoto></a> An image as a link (without a border): <a href=thecompletewebaddressofthedestination><img border=0 src=thecompletewebaddressofyourphoto></a>

For a photo, you need to insert an image tag. Example: <img src=enterthecompletewebaddressofyourpicturehere> If you want it to appear in the center of the page, do this: <center><img src=thecompletewebaddressofyourphoto></center> Or if you want the picture to link to another page, do this: <a href=webaddressofthepageyouwanttolinkto><img src=webaddressofyourpicture></a>

I love 'em! Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em.

I'd like an ammo can somewhere in a horrendous swamp.