Coldgears

I would, you'll hear a lot of people here, "no log no find" That is complete lies. You found the Cache, the only reason you'd need to log it is to prove you've been there. But you don't have to because you already have because the log is gone and you told him it was gone. You have all the proof you need. I have actually done this twice. The logbook was too wet, so I just logged it anyway. [edited by coldgears, I assumed that I could say "that is complete bull" would be okay considering there is a cache in my area named, "A load of bull....Frogs" Apparently I am wrong about the way language is treated on the forum rather then the way it is treated on the Geocaching website in cache names and such"

so then i could use the popcorn smiley together with the facepalm smiley by themselves, right?

I edited the info in Gsak and everything works perfectly! Thanks!

I realize, that is the issue. It takes the coords for the unsolved mystery. I need them to get the coords after I solved it... Right. gc is not going to give that to you so you'll have to manage it yourself. Depending on the software you are using you'll have to edit the waypoint so you can upload the final coords. Where can I get a free pocket query editor to do that?

What episode? I love watching geocaching portrayed in media...

I realize, that is the issue. It takes the coords for the unsolved mystery. I need them to get the coords after I solved it...

As for most unusual cache containers it would be the one I found today. it was hidden in an old telephone. The BIG old bulky kind... The cool part is the name of the cache is, "phone a friend." to top it all off it had a hint to another one of his caches, a mystery that has to do with phones, and the numbers on them... For some reason reminds me of testing the stall warning horn on a Cessna. Uses a vacuum system, so you have to put your lips on the wing (Where all the bugs hit) and suck on it to have the horn go off, so most people put a washcloth or hand towel over the wing first. I love the fact you have a fallout 3 avatar. I put 86+ hours into. I don't even play video games like that... EVER... not to mention your name that coincides with the game...

Okay, heres the deal. One local geocacher decided to make a really cool type of geocache. There is one main cache, and inside is the coordinates for all the others. The name is "Murder in bucks county" each cache is individual and is logged as an individual cache. So basically you go to the main one and figure out the story of the murder, then you get the coords and you can go to the others to figure out who was the murderer. For example Miss Peacock has her own cache, when you go there you can figure out if she was the murderer or not. The issue arises is because I want to go out and find them all tommorrow, I found the main one today. I could only find the main one today because it was VERY far into the woods. I was out for two hours, and I only spent 5 minutes with the cache because it is barely hidden. I put the new ones into google earth and they are only a little bit off the beaten path. I want to be able to have a pocket query with each of final coords for the mysteries. The issue with that is that when I run a pocket query I get the unsolved coords. My GPS is weird and doesn't like it when you put in coords manually, it works best when you use a pocket query. Plus I like the fact I don't need to print out the cache description and hint. So is there anyway to get the pocket query of the final coords? Or at least make a custom pocket query with just the coords and not the info? I'd like the info with the pocket query, but if that isn't an option to make custom coords just having the coords on the pocket query will work for me. Thank you Coldgears

I think that they shouldn't change anything. It is fine the way it is. Coldgears 2002 Best Geocacher In-Training. 2003 Second Best Geo-hider. Creative Hides. 2005 Best designer of Geocaching Merchandise. 2006 Most LPC's found on the east coast. 2007 Best urban cache to nature cache ratio. (Categorized by not being in the woods.) 2008 Geocacher of the year. (nominated in a poll and not by SOUSGE which is rigged) 2010 The best comeback geocacher of the year. These awards are legit and bestowed on me by the Federal bureau of Geocaching activities. (FBGA) EDIT: just realized briansnot was being serious. 0_o

Wait... People pay hundreds of dollars to sweat all day in the desert? Why not go caching somewhere closer... Seems like a waste of money to me...

The question is probably only shown to people who visit the area. I have a similar situation. Except with the virtual in my case I have pictures from my youth at the location...

In my eyes is an intresting LPC is impossible. The fun of geocaching for me personally is trying to find it, the location it brings me too is just, simply a bonus. I don't care where you put your LPC it can't be fun to find because it is so obvious.

The problem with UV lights is that if they get wet at all your screwed. You need to make sure you have a REALLY good seal on your container, then you have to make sure everyone seals it correctly. Not to mention constant needs maintenance because of the batteries running out, or the uv light getting wet. If you were to use the strips with the writing indent on it and you didn't want people to cheat the best thing to do is allow them to bring a pencil. Don't tell them not to or they'll know what to try. What you should do is word you cache description like this. "Get your paper strips from the first Cache, in the second you'll have the method to reveal it." All you would put in the second would be a pencil and nothing else. If you had other objects it would distract them from the method that needs to be used. If you use the above wording they probably won't try to cheat because they will assume the second box is the only way to reveal it. Nobody would think, "It tells me to go to the second cache, why don't I try doing everything I can to figure out this piece of paper before I go there."

You do know Groundspeak has a policy against sock puppet accounts, right? He paid for that sock puppet to have a premium membership, either he's really stupid, or it's not a sock puppet.

That's in interesting thought. It still involves delicate pieces of paper that will have to be replenished, but there's no fire or anything that will spoil..people could cheat by holding up the paper at an angle, or just using their own pencil without going to a second spot, but maybe that would be okay...maybe they could even be told simply to bring their own pencil (and that it must be a pencil), thinking that the location with the strips is the final, but lo and behold if they want to find the true final it's embedded on the strips...? In that event, when reading the description, they might not know how special the find is, though. One problem with the cache that I have hidden already is that although it's a really easy multi, it doesn't get a lot of traffic. I was hoping to attract lots of visitors. I love creating a fun experience for others I don't know if getting more visitors means making things easier or more difficult. lol Couldn't they cheat with the fire strips if they brought a heat source? The only way to stop cheating is by making the answer unnoticeable. With geocachers i don't think that is really possible...

I've had a property owner get mad at me before. I was driving up to the cache and the guy said, "Do you have a reason for being here" I tried to explain geocaching and how pastor simons of the nearby cathedral gave permission. He didn't want to hear it. I then drove away. I'm not going back to that one...

I know of THE perfect solution. It requires literally nothing but a pencil and a paper to hide the information... Basically you get two pieces of paper, have them each on top of each other. Write the coordinates on one and push firmly, but not too much or you'll make it too obvious/rip the paper. Throw away the first paper you were righting on. Now look, seems like nothing is on the paper right? No! Just shade over it with a pencil and your hidden writing will be revealed. For clarification see this video.

Bragging in Groundspeak's forums is not "recommended". I didn't break the rules! I was looking at some local puzzles because I was bored and wanted to have a few done for the weekend... It's not my fault that the final coords were there... My log can't be deleted can it?

I agree 110%! I'm making it my goal to have one of every icon. You can tell from my post in the recent topic of what we are doing on our weekend. I doubt I'll get a project ape. The closest one isn't exactly... Umm... Close... Wherigo is a possibility if I get a PDA. Hopefully this will actually happen. I'm not liking the idea of visiting an event. They could just post one major locationless that everyone in the world could do. They could advertise it in the weekly newsletter. It'd be amazing to see a few thousand different people from around the world finding a similar object. Although it may be possible if you absolutly need it to just log it anyway. Because locationless aren't hidden with a physical log you could easily log an archived one as long as you had the place the locationless told you to get.

How can you see those things. They are soo small.. That's my only concern is getting lyme diease and never knowing because they are so small. They'd have to be filled out with blood for me to find it...

I want to find one of every type of cache. Excluding Project APE and Wherigo as there is none of them around me. I'm going to go try and find a letterbox hybrid nearby, and I also want to get a multi...

On a somewhat related note. I noticed a mystery cache in my area has posted the final coords as a waypoint. Isn't the only person able to see that supposed to be the reviewer? Saves me the trouble of figuring out the puzzle though ... GC1JQJJ

AGGH, never thought that anyone in my community would visit these forums. Let me erase the answers I got...

A few in my area... "los bravos negro is negro" GC1NRCZ "WE-BE-TOYS" (The punchline to a racist joke I heard before hidden at the same spot the racist joke was played out at) GC185HJ A Load of Bull.....frogs GC1BNT4

What is an armchair cache? A cache you can find 'from your armchair' without having to actually go and visit the location. The "What in the world" says you have to have a picture of you at the location... How can that be an armchair?