Borst68

Another point that we should probably make here. In your cache Tree mail (GC2HGKN), you said you put candy corn in a plastic bag. This cache was probably trashed by the time you got back to your car. Squirrels, chipmunks and all sorts of other animials LOVE candy corn. It is a bad idea to put foodstuffs in an ammo can. Animals can smell it and will trash the area trying to get it. Your plastic bag won't last a minute with a squirrel sensing winter is on its way.

The "TFTC" as the sole entry in a log bothers me more than anything. When I place swag in a cache, I don't get worked up if someone's kid trades less than fairly. I am bothered by the "TFTC". Write SOMETHING about the journey, flora, fauna, SOMETHING. Make up something interesting. I can under stand TFTC for a skirt lifter or guard rail cache-n-dash but if someone took the time to find a nice place in the woods, a little more than TFTC would be appreciated.

I found a rusty fish hook in a cache once. CITO...

I think I pass on this. This idea has all the makings of a train wreck.

These are awesome Kit! What do you use to make the texture detail? Recently I have been using Rustoleum Textured spray to get a more textured look. The particles are the consistency of fine sand. I then pain the final coat with the Krylon mention above. Although I have gotten a comment or two on the nice camo job, I see yours are vastly superior to mine. Hidden in the right area, they would be much more difficult to find. Any info on you method that you are willing to share is appreciated.

No. If it's not your cache, you shouldn't police it. Secondly, if they signed the log, they are not cheating.

My guess would be that the CO would like more people to do it. There are not a lot of people that will undertake 20 part multi for a single smiley. By listing it as a traditional, it becomes 20 smilies rather than 1. This may increase its appeal to a wider audience. Just my guess...

All's fair in love, war and FTFs.

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Raise the difficulty.

I agree with what has been posted by most. While I am underwhelmed when someone post a only "TFTC" for one of my caches, I would not consider deleting the find. I always try to write something, even if find a lame cache. You can always post something humorous like "Enjoyed watching the pigeons wrestle for a French fry in WalMart parking lot." Just post something. As for dealing with your situation. Complaining to the Frog about your find deletion will likely result in a lot of bad will between you and the CO (and possibly the CO's friends.) Yes you are in the right and he was wrong to delete it. But is it worth a pissing match? I would suggest extending the olive branch and write a better log. It may seem like you are caving in but sometimes a little concession goes a long way in mending fences. Chalk it up as a learning experience and find some more caches!

We found one once. It was cache that had been archived and never picked up. Someone else had found it recently and put a piece of paper in for a log. We signed and went on our way.

I'll go with GC1NP1N. It was a tough multi in small caves/crevices. I did not physically fit in the final location. Fortunately we did this as a family and my daughters were more than happy to explore the cave for the final. It is special to me in a large part due to the fun we had as a family. If you are interested, read the log I posted, Its the long one.

Sounds like someone who spent the day watching the Bills lose to the Jags instead of geocaching.

Just put something in your log that states you "found this cache while vacationing & visiting family". Some simple explanation should be enough to preserve the integrity of your finds.

I'll bet that was a fun paddle. But don't blame the approaching bad weather. Most of us just waited for the creek to freeze and walked on over. We did it with the canoe because I heard you get a special souvenir for completing it that way. Seriously, we had a great time. It didn't seem like it was that far of a paddle. Afterwards we walked out to the point in Buckhorn. Basically the path used by HC's ST cache. My wife wasn't with me when I did that one. I knew she would appreciate the journey so we walked it.

56,654 Thanks!

A good portion of the caches on my watch list fall into this category.

Two caches. One was a 3/5 that required a 1 mile (round trip) canoe trip. With bad weather just around the corner here in Western NY, it was great to get the canoe in the water. This was our first canoe cache. There will be many more.

Just out of curiosity, what was the OLD record? Where there special circumstances (date, event, eclipse...) that led to the record being set?

Just log the cache. If they are too busy to return your email they are probably too busy to delete your log.

If this is considered cheating or violating ethics, spirit of the game or etiquette, mods please delete this post. I cannot see these darn things for the life of me. My wife is equally inept at these. I see we are not alone. I tried playing around with the image in question with Gimp to see if get the coords to pop. I was not successful but then again, I am not a pro at photography, graphics and the like. I found this. <link removed by borst68> I have not tried it yet but I plan on giving it a try just to see if it works. Again, if this link is uncool with TPTB, I have no problem with it being deleted. ETA: I tried the software that I linked to. Within a minute or two I had the coords. The program worked great. So great I removed the link. There is software available on the net that will allow you to decode stereograms and make the hidden image pop. Google is your friend! Now if only this cache wasn't on the opposite side of the planet...

Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. I recently (like this week) started letterboxing. I was scouting a location for new geocache in a local park. As I approached my prospective zero, I saw another container. Turns out it was a letterbox. (I ended up scrapping plans for my hide since it was within 20 feet.) I have run into a few letterboxes before but never really checked them out. This time I did. Turns out there are quite a few letterboxes in the local parks I frequent. As the days grow shorter here in Western NY, I don't have much daylight after work to make far away caching trips. The letterboxes in parks I am very familiar with should provide me some close to home fun during the fall. Having done both (I have 4 LB finds ), I don't see a big difference between them and enjoy both. Instead of a GPS, you have to follow instructions in letterboxing. The goal is the same, to find the box. If you enjoy mystery/puzzle geocaches, Letterboxing should be right up your alley.

I'll second the suggestion for the Niagara gorge caches. They are amongst my favourites. I had no idea you could even go down into the gorge before I started caching! I don't know if they are accessible by public transit though. I saw some sort of bus running along the gorge when we were there. Not sure of its route or hours. They may scale it back in September.

One tip (since we have already beaten the playground thing to death...), before placing a cache in this park, make sure you find ALL other caches in the park. Especially multis and mystery caches. You will not be able to place your cache within 528 feet of another cache. This includes any physical stage of a multi and finals of mystery caches. It you know all this is BEFORE hand, you know where you can and cannot place a cache. Look for good hiding places in areas that a cache can be placed. Don't bother looking for cool hiding places in areas that are already saturated with caches.