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Hi all Is there any way to not show any caches other than those generated from a search, for example a pocket query? I suspect there is a simple solution, but it would be great if I could ONLY show those caches I'm interested in, in a particular area. So what am I missing? Thanks Russell

Simply Paul, thank you, illuminating. Everyone else, glad it's not just me

I've hidden one multi, which is proving troublesome but findable, so I'm persevering and leaving it for now. However, I have an idea for another but not sure as to how to do it. Almost all the multi's I've come across are actually offsets and where there is a trail or series, the "bonus" is often listed as an unknown with clues in the other caches. I have in mind one where there are physical containers, the first giving a hint to the position of the next one, then the next and so on (looking at 4, maybe 5, stages). In that instance, would each need to be listed as a seperate traditional? That has the advantage of a higher number of smileys but then would the last one actually be a multi? Thanks for any advice/comments/leg-pulling Confused of Hove PS at least one of the caches in the series is going to be a puzzle, which should be work-outable in the field.

Didn't find it Stymied by illegal barbed wire, straight across a footpath (which was labelled as "Public Access land" no less). Maybe next year... But I have set up a PQ for local caches which haven't been found and the Surrey cache is on the way home from a meeting in a few weeks time, so might still manage my little self-set challenge.

Ah, yes, that was it, thanks! Wish me luck, and Little Brown (4 and 3/4), she'll want to come along.

Off to Somerset in a couple of days. There is a cache that hasn't been found since March 2010 that I'm going to go looking for (GCNZTZ). I thought I'd seen a thread about caches like this (ie in need of rediscovery) but can't remember what it was about. Anyone any idea what I'm on about? Also hoping to do my first night cache a few miles south of that one...

Thanks everyone. Since posting, I've had a muggle relative check it for me. Went round with them, no hints allowed, making notes of their comments. And they found it with only one minor query, which I've now rectified or rather clarified in the listing. So infrequently visited multi it is!

Gosh, that was quick! Thank you everyone, that is very encouraging. I will make no hasty decisions. Yes, I have contacted the finders, I THINK my descriptions are ok, modified slightly after each contact. I also had my parents actually follow the instructions without trouble. They're not cachers, but keep an eye on the cache for me on request, so they did have the unfair advantage of knowing where it was! I'll email the DNF cacher and ask whether particular problems. Chris, that's very useful, thank you. I have amended the description (2D is indeed 2xD, what other interpretation could any rational being have? Oh, wait, we're talking cachers... ) and waypoint names. I think that will be helpful too, hadn't thought of that. About to add a checksum, good idea. Thanks again Russell

Morning all I am still quite new to this game. I've hidden 4 caches, 3 of which are doing ok. But I thought I'd try a multi, and so far only 2 people have found it, another 1 hasn't and feedback is that clues are not obvious. The cache concerend is Run, Rabbit, Run!! GC2Z19F The idea was to get people to have a (short) walk before finding the cache, can all be done inside of 15-20 minutes. But the things to be counted would seem to be less clear than they could or should be. Its a big container too, a 2 or 3-litre tupperware, so I want people to find it and use it. So I'm wondering whether I should either a - stick a physical container at one end of the walk with the cache co-ordinates in it (which has a supplementary question: does that count as a chache in its own right or not?) as so make it a proper multi rather than what is really an off-set b - make it an ordinary traditional cache and just describe the walk and let people decide whether to bother doing the walk c - find an appropriateely themed puzzle and turn it into a puzzle cache But is this acceptable etiquette, to change things around after publication and 2 finds? Comments would be appreciated.

Speaking as a noob who is using an iPhone 3GS and the official app, it is fine, provided (as per Graculus) you are patient with the GPS acquisition. But then, I haven't done any where I've needed to get closer than about 20 feet to find any. Looking at the satellite maps helps significantly, the GPS is a tool and not the cache. I think that is called "navigation" I'm not sure that I need a dedicated GPS unit at the moment, and if I upgrade my phone in due course, I may never need one. But then I'll be caching with my kids (tinies) for at least the next few years, with urban micro's when I'm on my own.