jawa6306

I'm incredibly picky on my hides. I use 3 different GPS devices to mark a location and often re-mark several times for each one. I use an etrex vista, a tom-tom one, and an iPhone 4S. The iPhone and the etrex are both quite accurate and with a clear view I can get both of them to within 10ft, which is why I make my hides on sunny days. The tom-tom usually stays in the car so I can verify they're acting appropriately before I step out to "hunt" my own cache. I tend to turn my units on before I even make my way out to GZ, it helps. I usually hear good things about the location later. Granted not every cache is placed out in the open on a sunny day so your coords are at the mercy of the cache hider. That's also a big NO on soft coords. Unless something is physically keeping you from standing on or next to the cache and getting a read your coordinates should be as good as you can get them within the limitations of your device and condition. I found one just a week ago where the owner had hidden the cache underground and the coords were dead on the above ground location. It really baffled me for a bit before I thought to travel several hundred feet away to find the entrance to a massive storm drain. This sort of out-the-box tactic is how you can increase difficulty while still being dead on. If you're really concerned about it being too easy then why not post a multi-cache? Use clever riddles or something to add difficulty. There was one cache that did a multi with coordinates to each stage and the last was so well camouflaged it took me several hours across two tries to find it. The goal is to present a challenge but not to ruin the fun. Think outside the box and you'll figure something out. =)