dorqie
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ah ha! my thick skull actually never thought of that! thanks!
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You'll have to ask them.
There was a thread on here earlier in wich a newbie was asking why the logbook must be signed.
It's possible that they don't know they are required to sign it, or that they simply forgot their pen.
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I am looking into a place to get custom poker chips, or keychains for a decent price, but in the meantime...I am an avid knitter, and that's what I'm doing when I'm not geocaching or sleeping.
I have been thinking about knitting up some small items such as small toys, fancy dishcloths, mittens etc and leaving them as swag. I wasn't sure how the reception would go over, but after reading this, I'm thinking it would go pretty good.
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I just wanted to add something about TB's that ask for their picture to be taken.
I have recently picked up a tb that asks to have it's picture taken at golf courses.
I have noticed on it's page that it has been in play for almost a year now, and so far I am the only one who has taken a picture of it.
I know that not ever cacher has a camera, or the time, but isn't the picture taking all part of the fun of tbs? I think it is, and I love to take pictures of the tbs that I move in beautiful spots in town, as I feel I am in some remote way taking the TB owner on a tour.
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I got dragged with my muggle husband to BC assett recovery on Glanford Ave in Victoria yesterday.
Normally I freaking hate going to all of his little junk shops, as I would rather be out geocaching, but to my surprise, the store is a treasure trove of really cheap cache containers!
Seriously, metal amo boxes for $1. I picked up a tackle box type thing that must have been used by someone as a tool box, it was less than $1. I hear that lots of people are looking for places to get their hands on amo boxes and the like, well the BC government is willing to sell you their used ones at rock bottom prices!
(Also while we were there they were selling off all of the furnature and bedding from the olympic village, we are talking like $20 for a table and $30 for a queen size duvet.)
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Thanks Keystone.
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Oh come on.... You've all missed the best outdoors person ever.....
Red Green
Why with duct tape and ingenuity he could figure out a way to not only find the cache, but get it to come to you!
Caching with Red Green would be one thing, but BUILDING a cache with Red Green...now you're talkin'
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I have a rather complicated cache instalation planned, so I want to know for sure that the listing will be approved before I actually install the cache. Is there a way to do this, or do I just have to take my chances that I may have to move it?
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I just wanted to add that I took my sisters 8 year old niece caching a few weeks ago, and it really took a lot of convincing to get her to understand why she couldn't keep the whole cache.
Some people are just like that.
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We have a geo-terrorist in our town too.
Just keep replacing them, and don't let them win the battle.
I personally wouldn't let this get me down, as it's unlikely they'll be back to take them for a second time.
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I have one of those combo locks that I want to use for a puzzle cache in wich you must solve for the combo of the lock.
Where do YOU look for inspiration when designing a puzzle?
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neither, I would love to cache with Mantracker.
I suspect this show may only be in Canada, so here's a link if you haven't seen it. http://www.mantracker.ca/
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hm, if i was too lazy to go check, I would just say "yep, it's gone."
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just wondering why an owner would say all is fine if it wasn't? what would be the motivation for faking a cache is there?
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This bothers me too, but there isn't a lot we can do about it.
All of my GCs have a passport attached to them with a reminder that they are not meant to be kept and to please log their find.
Sometimes I wonder if it's people that just don't know what they've found, or don't understand the importance to the owner to log it promptly.
On a sidebar to the issue...if I pick up a GC/TB and plan on taking it on a trip with me, or for some reason won't be logging it right away, I always send a note to the trackables owner to tell them when to expect their item to be logged. For example, I picked up a GC heading east last week, this weekend I am going east for a wedding, and plan to drop it off then. I promptly logged my discovery of said GC and sent a message to it's owner to tell them to expect to see it surface in another cache on the 23rd, that way they know I have it, and that I haven't stolen, lost or forgotten about it.
So to log that situation properly, you should not be logging a discovery. that option is for when you see the coin but did NOT take it. Since you took the coin with you it should be logged as Grabbed, ot Retreived.
umm, I do log as "grabbed"
I just send along a note if I'm going to be hanging on to it for a week or longer.
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I generally leave something if I remove a trackable, sometimes it's another trackable. However, if I drop a trackable in a chache, I don't usually take anything in trade for it.
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This bothers me too, but there isn't a lot we can do about it.
All of my GCs have a passport attached to them with a reminder that they are not meant to be kept and to please log their find.
Sometimes I wonder if it's people that just don't know what they've found, or don't understand the importance to the owner to log it promptly.
On a sidebar to the issue...if I pick up a GC/TB and plan on taking it on a trip with me, or for some reason won't be logging it right away, I always send a note to the trackables owner to tell them when to expect their item to be logged. For example, I picked up a GC heading east last week, this weekend I am going east for a wedding, and plan to drop it off then. I promptly logged my discovery of said GC and sent a message to it's owner to tell them to expect to see it surface in another cache on the 23rd, that way they know I have it, and that I haven't stolen, lost or forgotten about it.
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I recently had a placement turned down due to being too close to another cache that I was unaware of and this is what the reviewer said
"Please note that exceptions to the proximity guideline can be made if the nature of terrain between the two caches makes their close proximity reasonable (for example, a river between the two caches)"
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I just recently replaced an entire cache. The last few entries said it was filled water and the log book was complete mush. I e-mail the CO and got no reply. Also there was no activity on their account since last Sept.
Since I was going to go find that cache anyway (it's been on my list for awhile), and I had an extra lock-n-lock and log book, I just decided to replace it. We are coming into the busy season of caching and I want people to have good memories of caching, not another gross, wet, moldy, cache.
Anyway, when we got there we found the cache...it was indeed disgusting, a plastic gallon jug inside of a plastic shopping bag, completely soaked. We replaced it with the new one. When I logged it, I said the CO could contact me if they had any questions. I am drying out the log book but it was so soaked that it has become a solid little mass, I don't think it can be opened.
I don't know if I did the right thing, but tried to use my best judgment and I hope the CO will be happy if they check on it, not annoyed with me for "helping".
I don't see a problem with that. The cache didn't go missing, it was just narsty, and you made and effort to contact the owner first.
I am just concerned about my hides being somehow altered or messed up by well intentioned cachers, but it seems I'm just taking a previous thread way to seriously.
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I have a purse with a long shoulder strap. So I can carry it hands free.
I geocache wherever I go, so my purse must also include a geocaching section.
You wear it diagonally? My cute designer handbag has a short strap and barely holds my day-to-day essentials. But I would like to be able to cache spontaneously.
yes, diagonally. this particular one is canvas, with beading and a floral pattern, it's about as girly as a geocahcing bag gets.
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It's not that I wouldn't mind someone putting in a new bag, or that sort of thing.
I was more refering to the thread about the "throw downs" in wich a cacher believs they are replacing a missing cache.
If one of my caches was suspected to go missing, I would rather varify that myself than have someone else replace the whole thing.
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I seldom trade, I'm a less is more type. I trade geocoins and tbs but that's about it.
I have made a rather large cache container, and just can't seem to think of what to fill it with.
Most of the swag I find is just junk, but maybe people like junk, I have no idea....
Anyway...
your ideal starter swag would be...?
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I have a purse with a long shoulder strap. So I can carry it hands free.
I geocache wherever I go, so my purse must also include a geocaching section.
a tip for lower van isl cachers
in Canada
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I got dragged with my muggle husband to BC assett recovery on Glanford Ave in Victoria yesterday.
Normally I freaking hate going to all of his little junk shops, as I would rather be out geocaching, but to my surprise, the store is a treasure trove of really cheap cache containers!
Seriously, metal amo boxes for $1. I picked up a tackle box type thing that must have been used by someone as a tool box, it was less than $1. I hear that lots of people are looking for places to get their hands on amo boxes and the like, well the BC government is willing to sell you their used ones at rock bottom prices!
(Also while we were there they were selling off all of the furnature and bedding from the olympic village, we are talking like $20 for a table and $30 for a queen size duvet.)