Treasure Hunters Inc.

I know several of them disappeared almost immediatly, even before all of the hat coupons. Are there any treasure chests still out there? The closest one to us is a 3 hour drive so I'm not likely to go check. It was still there when we got one of the last few hat coupons. It was in the Akron Canton area.

I think ours should be obvious Unless of coarse your GPSr is alot better than mine.

Sorry we haven't gotten over your way much, but we only recently decided what we would use as a signature item after 2 1/2 years of caching. We just started leaving these locally. It's a 'Hint Decoder' wheel. I wanted to include a JPG of our item but I don't know how I guess. geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Just came back to this thread to see what was happening. I had a new suggestion. If the Monon trail goes through several zip codes, then pick the most central zip code and limit the radius of the search to just include the farthest points. Then download the search results using EzGPS. Put the waypoints into your GPSr and using the map screen you will be able to see exactly where the caches fall along the trail. Doing a search for benchmarks the same way would include those points which could be hunted as well. I'm assuming you don't have any mapping software which could be used in this same way. geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I hope you are able to recover your cache. I know that we must adhere to the regulations of the ODNR. I just wanted to comment on the placement you chose. We visited the cache and were the second ones to log it. The area that was chosen was a stand of large Hemlocks. There was essentially no ground cover type plants there, only a carpet of needles which obscured any and all traces of the the FTF person's tracks. You put the cache in one of the best places in the park to prevent/reduce impact to the local environment. But of coarse that was still NOT OK. I just wanted to give some credit for your good choice of cache locations. geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I did a search for a thread on this but didn't find it, so here is my suggestion. I think it would be helpful if the travel bugs which are currently held by a person/team, were listed "My Cache Page". This might help to remind them that have a TB to put somewhere. I know they show up at the bottom of the page when you are logging a find, so could they be displayed along with TB's you own and TB's you've found? Or instead of TB's you've found which you can always see on your stats page. geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

We have been caching for almost as long as it has existed, and we only recently decided what our signature item was going to be. We just started putting them out last weekend. We created a 'Hint Decoder' wheel. I make them my self. I figure they can be functional as well as collectable. Just rotate the wheel and get the letter pairs. They are inexpensive to make and look pretty good with our caching name and the groundspeek logo on the front. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

cannot commit just yet. We missed the other one but will try to make this one $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I'm not local to your area, but the best way to find caches near each other is to first search by zip code. then pick one of the caches like Monon #1. Go to that cache page. look at the map and see if it is actually near where you want to hunt. Assuming it is, close the map and scroll down the cache page to where it says nearby caches and when you click on that you will get a list of all the caches near that cache. Note that they will be listed by the distance they are from Monon #1. They are also marked as being N,NW,E, NE, ETC. so be sure that if it says one cache is .5 miles and another is .6 miles, that they are both to the East or whatever. Hope that helps. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

If your wearing out your refresh button and having to re-login each time try the 'view all lost treasures' and you can reclick the treasure you want and get a fresh page load. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

One thing to think about when looking for a good spot for a cache is, "what will the area be like in other seasons like late fall and winter when the leaves and stuff are gone. (unless your in the warm south). $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

The Santiago treasure could be within reach for us. I'm hoping it is in Indiana near Mt.Holden. That would be around 200 miles or less from a lot of cities. Of coarse a lake area doesn't HAVE to mean lake Michigan, any lake area would fit. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Sorry. My bad. Both "onathreedaypass and donutdog made the same suggestion about adding a stage to the cache. I hope this isn't improper, but here is onathreedaypasses email to me. User onathreedaypass has contacted you with the following message: I was feeling happy that I had placed my first cache and now this issue arises. Now I feel badly and I am sorry that this has happened to you. Apparently you have put a lot of time into your cache preparation. Since your cache is at least partly a virtual one, I don't see why there should be a problem. There are caches all over Westerville and some of them overlap one another. What if you added another first site with coordinates leading to your original first site? Or, do you think that I should bow out? $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I got your email (Team Donutdog)(which should have said Onathreedaypass) and you were more than generous even suggesting that you might bow out. YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT DO THAT. I am not suggesting or asking you to. This whole mess is not our fault, it was the admin's. blunder. I had already thought of your solution to the problem, ie. add another stage to the multi. but the whole thing already requires parking three times and that has been worrying me. Adding a fourth seems a bit much to me. I think cachers might find that unpleasant. I feel that BOTH caches should remain where they are/were. Having your cache there will help mine and mine should help yours. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle [This message was edited by Treasure Hunters Inc. on July 03, 2003 at 01:05 PM.]

I hope you will accept my sincere appology for my unwarented comments which were in poor taste to say the least. In my defence I can only say that I was very upset yesterday and let my near rage get the better of me. I am truly sorry. If I had ANY reason to suspect that my cache was subject to being permanently archived I certainly would have take some different measures. But you people haven't really subjectively looked at this situation. Your just being totally defensive and trying to misdirect attention away from the fact that the admin who archived this cache acted improperly. Where does it say that a cache has to have a FIND logged on it in order for it to be classed as ACTIVE ?? Also you are now reading the totally edited version of the cache. In the original cache the second site was an ammo box which contained the log book, and the cache page clearly stated that anyone who found the second site could log a find for the cache. This was done because during wet seasons the final three sites could be unreachable without wading a creek possibly as much as above their knees, which could have been unsafe. Anyone who was able to do the entire 5 sites would reach the final ammo box which contained better stuff to trade, like mapping software, rechargeable batteries, book tapes, etc. I believed that my repeated editing of the cache page as I gradually worked out all the new details for the cache were evidence of the caches viability, and there WAS a log entry which I deleted that stated the reason it had been temporarily archived. I only recently deleted it while doing the final editing of the cache page just a few days before it got permanently archived. It was temporarily archived for almost 60 days. During that time there was a note posted explaining why. quote: 10 months isn't correct, but as I said the last person to have posted a find when this cache was archived was in Sept. but someone may have found in Oct.? But in any case the cache was disabled without explanion for a few months As I already state there was an explation on the cache page until about June 26. The cache was FOUND on April 27 (only about 65 days ago) and logged as a note. But that note, before being edited on July 2, stated that they had signed the log. They have every right to log the find now no matter how far in the past they found it. Is there some limit about logging a find within a certain time period. They deserve the stats that they would not get if my cache isn't reinstated. Quote: "Keep in mind that there is no precedent for placing caches. If a cache has been posted in the past and break any rules listed below, you are welcome to report it." There is a big difference between preceDENT and precedENCE. The guideline you have quoted talks about reporting caches which violate rules for caches. My cache didn't violate any rules, wasn't inactive and DID have an explanation posted until June 26 when I thought I had every thing ready to go. Then found out the new chart/table wouldn't print properly. It took me until July 1 to get that kink corrected, and even now it isn't right unless you use printer friendly printing. I still believe that an existing, active cache has precedence. There would be no need for a .1 mile rule if it didn't. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Keystone Approver - Thanks for your reply. I didn't think you were the admin who archived my cache since I had gotten an email informing me the cache had been archived by someone else. Actually I was desperately trying to correct this unjustified and unjustifiable action taken by the other admin. I have been actively working on the cache page for GC878F for some time now and, I actually thought that my continuous editing of the cache page would be apparent and obvious that the cache was in the process of being prepared to reactivate. How can my cache be archived when there was a log entry only 63 days prior ?? Now you tell me that my cache has to be moved since the other admin has essentially given away my cache location, by stealing it for someone else. Why didn't they even post a note on the cache to see if I responded??? Why do I now have to change over a months work??? My cache has precedence over the new cache in my opinion. It shold be made to move. If my cache had actually been inactive for 10 months I would not be so adamant about this situation. The given coordinates for the cache are germain to the whole multi-cache. The first site is essentially a virtual site at which the seeker gets information to determine the coordinates of the second site. It cannot be moved .1 mile away !! $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Thanks for the vote of approval Team Donutdog. I am trying the decide which caches are my current top ten favorites. I'll get back to you all on that soon. But right now I have been very busy with GC878F "Finally Proof Aliens Exist" which I was just ready to reactivate yesterday and email Donutdog about, when I was unable to because TPTB decided to PERMANENTLY ARCHIVE it, and now I cann't re-activate it unless they remove it from the archives. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Well apparently TPTB do read these forums. THANKS a whole lot RB. They have permanently archived my "Finally Proof Aliens Exist" cache. It was logged on April 27 by Team Donutdog but since they didn't complete the final leg they only logged a NOTE and not a FIND which they should have since they signed the log book at the second site before continuing on to the rest of the stages. And since the county parks dept. put a ban on caches in their parks we had to temporarily archive it while we worked on reconfiguring the cache to comply. Apparently you didn't enjoy the cache, although several others who attempted it did. We were ready to re-activate the cache yesterday. After spending a lot of time and effort on the new cache configuration and editing the cache page repeatedly over the last couple of weeks, TPTB has PERMANENTLY ARCHIVED the cache as of yesterday and we are now unable to reactivate it. Why don't you quit griping and complaining all the time, and nit picking. If you only like 1/1 level caches and cann't stand bugs, mud, weeds, or other natural features of the great outdoors and can't click on page two of the nearest caches just sell the GPSr. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle [This message was edited by Treasure Hunters Inc. on July 01, 2003 at 07:46 PM.]

Maybe not in ten years (this may take 11 or 12 ) GPSr's being in everything and the entire world linked up with virtual realtime data on everything, You will navigate to the nearest available un-occupied parking space via the GPSr in your car. You will then proceed to the cache following the virtual reality display on your handheld/wrist mounted/HUD device (depending on personal preference). Upon reacing the cache you will not need to post your find or pictures of your hunt since this will have been done automatically for you, and people watching this cache will have been watching your hunt ever since you got within the proscribed distance from the cache. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Since we are only one county east of you I suppose they have visited most of the local mounds already.?? But here is a list of the ones we know about in Licking Co. I can't give you exact co-ordinates right now though. Great Circle Mound Heath OH Octagon State Park (a private golf course)Newark Write Mound Newark Oh Alligator Mound Granville OH Unknow name mound in Dawes Arboretum Jacksontown Unknow name mound in Taft Reserve somewhere Fairmont mound @ Fairmont church Jacksontown $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

Yes I have Delorme TOPOUSA 3.0 which includes all continental US regions on CD's $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

If it were just a tad closer I would be glad to, but it's about 10 degrees of longitude west of me right now. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I have lived in licking county for 56 years. The Licking Parks District people are the very same ones who have vastly exagerated, twisted, and otherwise distorted the facts (as any good propaganda expert would) in order to achieve their desired (and personal) objectives. In this case it was to get geocaching banned. I see it as a very childish responce to finding something they didn't know was there. this encroached on their very fragile ego's. So they (one or two) have twisted and exagerated the facts to make them look as sinister and illeagal as possible. The park in which they found the cache "near a main trail and picnic area" which they reported having a "weapon" in it, and had been placed off the trail and "a trail had been cut to the site", was Infirmary Mound Park. The truth of the matter is this. The cache originally contained one of the smallest swiss army knives made. you know them. tweezers,tooth pick, nail file, scissor, and one blade. the kind you can use as a key chain fob. the cache was placed about 100 feet off of a main trail down a VERY prominent footpath made by deer, humans, other animals etc. and is a path which has been there in the park since as far back as I can remember. ( I know I walked on it at least 15 years ago) It may not be one of their new trails which lead you along wonderfully scenic old fence rows at the edges of bare meadows, but it was NOT cut through sensitve habitats to create a path to the cache. The cache was however placed about three steps off of that path behind a tree. During the 6 months the cache existed 19 people total visited the cache. It should be pointed out that every year they have a Civil War Reenactment in the parks 400 or so acres. During this event hundreds of reenactors, walk, run, and stomp across most of them, doing much more in one day than those 19 cachers ever could. It is too bad that they were able to establish a policy based on distortion and exageration, for now it will be an up hill fight to change it. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle [This message was edited by Treasure Hunters Inc. on May 01, 2003 at 07:10 PM.] [This message was edited by Treasure Hunters Inc. on May 01, 2003 at 07:12 PM.]

Basically, they would be a key chain knife... A small blade, nail file, tweezers, tooth pick and scissors. Nobody has complained yet and they seem to go fast. That is EXACTLY what was called a WEAPON by the Licking Parks District of Licking County Ohio $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle

I would have to say that I also think you have to be VERY paranoid to think that a knockoff or actual smallest of all swiss army knives is some kind of danger when placed in the "wrong" hands. Sure you could cut yourself, maybe even need a stitch or two, possibly even poke a eye out (if you're really from the shallow end of the gene pool). But get this now. Our local county parks dept. has banned geocaching in all county parks, and one of the reasons they cited was that they found and confiscated a cache which stated in the log book that one of the ORIGINAL items in the cache was a mini pocket knife. It wasn't even in the cache when they found it. They referred to it as a WEAPON. With people of this ilk in charge of setting policies which are based on gross exageration, parannoia, and other falsehoods, I guess TPTB may be wiser than some may think for putting such innocent items on the list of no-nos $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle