Ed_S
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I recently noticed a curious thing - cachers with low "find" totals DNF'd a cache of mine, and after checking on it I wanted to reach out to them, thinking with the low count, they were new to the game. When I open their profile, they haven't been on their account since 2019 or thereabouts. But they have finds in 2022, 2021, and so on. How the heck do they do that??? (Never mind, WHY do they do that?) I'm thinking they're just a bot of some sort, but even so, how does one log finds on one's page without logging in?
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Go to Geocaching.com and call up a map of your area. Find the cache listing that corresponds with your location when you found it. Open that cache page, and you should see the owner.
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On 9/5/2022 at 2:11 PM, teamdassie said:
Does anyone know what the point is of bot accounts that are just used to fake log a single cache once? And why fake log as DNF or NM? Is there anything I can do to make it stop?
Why do some people drive 10 mph under the speed limit in the left lane? Why do some people sit directly behind you in an almost empty movie theater, then talk throughout the movie? It's because they're jerks, and they're doing it because they can. If they get a reaction from you, it's all the better for them. Sadly, there's not much you can do about them - jerks will always find a way to be a jerk.
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On 4/30/2022 at 4:06 PM, GeoElmo6000 said:
I can't stand team copy & paste logs on my caches. If they found the cache it's their right to do a boring copy & paste log, but those logs are just dumb.
I'm a lot more likely to write a longer, more detailed log when I find a cache that's clearly had some effort expended on its construction, hide, and so on. A bison tossed in the weeds at the side of the road every tenth of a mile will get a copy and paste of something like "EZ find." That's just how I usually do it. YMMV
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On 8/7/2022 at 11:42 PM, K13 said:
When I look at each of those pages, and click the cache owner name link, I am taken to the profile of Geoguin Jones. It looks like these two have been transferred.
Yes, indeed. I don't know what I was doing wrong at first, but I ended up able to make the transfers.
I appreciate the help!
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I apologize for not getting back here sooner - yes, my problem has been resolved. Thank you to those who helped me, especially Max and 99 (I was a big Get Smart fan, back in the day, so thanks for those memories coming to the forefront again, too!)
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Well how about that?? I'm back to the box where I can enter my GC number, and I entered the number. It automatically appended the (correct) name of the cache, which made me wonder how it couldn't find my cache if it was able to match it to the correct name. So anyway, I erased the name and other wordage, leaving only the GC number. It seems to have gone through!!
File that one away under "who'd a thunk it?"
Thanks for the help - I'm going to try and get the others out there before this worm hole closes again!
Ed_S
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6 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:
You obviously asked yourself to adopt your cache!
Ha! Maybe I have to go ahead and adopt your Waymark Cache #5 to make it go away?!
Here's what I get:
Geocache Adoptions
Max and 99 has invited you to adopt the listing:
CONTROL's Waymark Challenge Cache #5
Do you want to complete the adoption?
Yes. I have read and understand the guidelines for listing a cache.
Yes. I have read and agree to the terms of use agreement.
Yes. I am willing to assume ownership and responsibility for this geocache.
Don't worry - I'm down here in the Texas panhandle - I don't want to adopt any OK caches!
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I signed out of my geocaching dot com account and signed in again. Same as before.
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Here's an amusing wrinkle: When I scroll up to the "/adopt/" link, I get the questionaire part of the new owner's email. Three questions with checkboxes, and "accept" and "decline" at the bottom. I don't get the box where I would enter the GC number any more. So I opened a new browser page, and by hand entered geocaching dot come slash adopt and guess what? The same three questions with checkboxes and the accept and decline boxes at the bottom are there.
Now how the heck did THAT happen?
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I got the test adoption - that's the part the new owner would get. "It looks like there's a geocache that needs a new owner - are you up for it?"
I'm going to go try to enter the number by hand, even though multiple tries and multiple copies-and-pastes leave me pretty sure there are no errant spaces. For the sake of being thorough, let me give it a shot.
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FWIW, I've tried using both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and zilch with both of them.
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Uh huh. Same as last time - I get this:
Geocache Adoptions
We could not find the listing from the code you provided.
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It's me! Computers don't like me!
I was thinking maybe there was some maintenance being done or something, I'm going to give it another shot, and see if anything's changed.
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1 hour ago, Max and 99 said:
Are they archived?
No, none of them.
I did the paperwork on this one, so it's in my name, and I'm trying to give it to the other cacher who's listed as an owner. We did all the work together.
I also tried this one, which I also want to give to that same cacher:
There are a couple more as well.
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On 2/23/2022 at 11:24 PM, Keystone said:
For cache transfers, use the do-it-yourself adoption tool found at http://www.geocaching.com/adopt -- you (as the existing owner) will need to go there first, and enter the GC Code and the name of the transferee. Then, an email message is sent automatically to alert the new owner to go to the same page and accept the transfer. No involvement by Geocaching.com or a volunteer cache reviewer is needed.
For more information on cache adoptions, see this Help Center article: https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54
I recommend posting notes on your cache pages to let readers and prior finders know that you are interested in adopting out your caches.
Hi Keystone,
I'm trying to have another cacher adopt a few of my caches, and can't proceed any further than entering the GC number of the cache I want to adopt out. When I click on LOOK UP it says it can't find the cache. I don't have any trouble finding it - I went to the cache page to copy the GC number, and all is as it should be. What am I missing? I'm using Google Chrome, if that matters.
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On 9/22/2021 at 5:43 AM, Andy324 said:
Started this with my niece who I'm now homeschooling and we just made our first stop at a place but couldn't find it anywhere. It was said to be an easy one and I can see lots of activity but we couldn't find anything anywhere. What are we even looking for?
Where are you located? If you're anywhere around Amarillo TX I'll take you guys out caching and show you what's what. I'm sure some of the others here would do the same.
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This topic, as they seem to do here, has strayed off into "What-If Land" - we all know the tiny magnetic cylindrical cache container that holds a rolled log a quarter inch (6 mm if you prefer) wide. That's the nano to which I referred, and it's the one that comes to mind when someone mentions "nano."
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Really enjoying the Jethro Tull memories. I wonder how many caches are hidden on railroad steam engines and are called "Locomotive Breath?"
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12 hours ago, colleda said:
Another hint I could have used would be "Short on intelligence" = _ _ _ _ _ as a _ _ _ _ _
Sorry for OT.
Thick as a (rhymes with "thick") Come on, you can do it!!
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12 hours ago, colleda said:
Jethro Tull was a person but not the one in the hint. If you were my vintage you would know immediately to what it, the name, refers.
Think 60's rock band headed by a flautist who plays while standing on one leg. Hmm?
You mean Ian Anderson? (yeah, I'm that old, too!)
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Some caching buddies and I were talking the other day, and this subject was tossed around. What does everyone here think?
Me, I think it's not a bad idea, because just as a micro can be hidden in a lot of ways and places a small cannot, a nano can be hidden where a traditional micro (bison tube, etc.) cannot.
Yes or no?
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17 hours ago, colleda said:
"Other" gives no indication of size at all. It gives no indication that it can accept trackables or could contain swag.
"Other" is meant to give you the idea that it's not just a simple micro/small/et al. A conscientious CO would include pertinent information on the cache page.
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18 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
A special case, yes, but I have three caches hidden in a national park where one of the parks service's rules is no swag or trackables. Should these be listed as micros even though they clearly aren't?
When I go out caching, my goal is to find the cache, not somewhere to dump a load of swag. I want the size rating to indicate how big the thing is I'm looking for so I can narrow down the range of places I have to search at GZ. If it's listed as a micro, I'm going to be focusing on places someone is likely to poke a micro into, like a knot-hole in a tree or small honeycombing in a rock, rather than the larger hiding places like a deep rock cavity or a tree stump, especially if it has a low D rating. I'm not interested in swag and rarely have trackables to drop, so insisting the size rating be based on those makes it useless to me.
Here's another one of mine:
If I filled it with water it would hold a few hundred millilitres so I've listed it as a small. The logbook is rolled into a cylinder, put inside a small plastic bag along with the pencil and pushed into the crocodile's mouth. No room for swag or even a trackable, but I'm not going to change it to a micro because that would make it too hard to find. Anyway, it's not in a place where someone is likely to bring young kids looking to swap toys, it's meant for cachers who want to take on the interesting hike through the wetlands and get a bit of an idea of how big the thing is they're looking for so they can find it, sign the logbook and get back to civilisation before the tide comes in.
A "few" years ago I did a collection of caches in a rather large park, called Monty's 50. There were/are 50 caches that are micros, but are hidden inside something. I think Monty must have raided his kids' toybox or something! Here's the first in the series: https://coord.info/GC4JQ0Y If you're in that area, on the Ohio/PA border near the Ohio River, I highly recommend checking out this park. There are a lot more than just these 50 caches in there, and no matter what kind of terrain you like, you'll find it!
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Here's what I get:
How do they "find" without their geo-account?
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Thanks, everyone! My curiosity is now satisfied, and I've learned something. It's all good - I appreciate all the information!