
Printess Caroline
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Welcome to the fun! Don't forget to log your find of the TB. I have a lot of fun moving and watching those little guys. I bet your daughter will, too! She'll probably want to send out one herself.
Upon getting home, we promptly got online and logged the Bug retrieval. Pretty cool...the bug started its journey in Ohio.
C.
Yay! Enjoy!
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If your cache is still unpublished, you shouldn't place the TB in there. Since it's published, you can use the "write note" option to drop the TB.
I've done it both ways. I see little difference except that the owner of the TB won't be able to see the cache until it is published.
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I have picked up a travel bug and finished up my adventure today! I am in the process of creating a Multi-Cache and want to know how to register this travel bug to my brand new cache. When you go to log your visit on other caches it shows the option to drop the travel bug in. I went under place a new cache and don't see a option to place trackables. How do I go about doing this, Thanks!
-CreativeOne
Write a note on your page and check the bug name in your inventory that appears at the bottom of the "write note" page. (This assumes that you have logged picking up the TB already. If you haven't, you'll want to do that first.)
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Thanks for the informative replies. I wonder how many geo-cachers are actually interested in caches
that have a historical theme. Has anybody done a survey of the different levels of interest or core values
of geocachers?
Maybe if there is enough interest in historical themes we could set up a discussion group here.
Anybody had experience with setting up new discussion group here?
Maybe the better questions is how many people reading this message are interested in historical themed
geocaches.
If so, reply to this message and I will use the responses to advocate a dedicated discussion group here.
Historically yours,
-RKO
"Live from Cape Canaveral"
Why don't you bring it up in the web site forum here? An historical interest icon might be a useful and interesting additional option for cache pages.
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Welcome to the fun! Don't forget to log your find of the TB. I have a lot of fun moving and watching those little guys. I bet your daughter will, too! She'll probably want to send out one herself.
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Welcome and enjoy your new GPSr!
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I would like to set a 5 gallon bucket out as a cache, but it's size makes it to obviouse in the child friendly locationI have in mind, and anything smaller would not fit the swag I have in mind either. What I am thinking is having it2/3 of the way buried, leaving about 3 -4 inches uf it above ground. Any thought or comments?
It's better to beg forgiveness than ask for permission.
No, it's just easier and cowardly.
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I would like to set a 5 gallon bucket out as a cache, but it's size makes it to obviouse in the child friendly locationI have in mind, and anything smaller would not fit the swag I have in mind either. What I am thinking is having it2/3 of the way buried, leaving about 3 -4 inches uf it above ground. Any thought or comments?
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Sometimes you just shouldn't ask.
Or sometimes it wasn't the best idea, anyway. There are other ways to camouflage a big bucket. I think that coming up with a more creative solution would be much more fun for you and the finders.
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As I see it, there are a couple of different types of "spoiler" photos. I think most consider posting a photo which is a spoiler for where the container is located (thus reducing the intended difficulty of the placement) is considered bad form. However, in some cases a photo can spoil the experence while not necessarily make finding the cache easier. One of the common sentiments express about placing a cache is "give me a reason to visit a spot, other than just to find a cache". That might be a great view, something unique and interesting in an unexpected place (for example, a unique sculpture off in the woods), or just a great trail. Posting photos on caches like this can spoil the experience of discovering exactly what makes a particular cache a cut above one that might just be a difficult or innovative hide. As nice as some of the photos are I've seen posted in the forums, as a cache owner, sometimes I would prefer it that photos of the area around the cache not be posted to allow finders to discover the view, interesting trail, or unique feature while in the active of searching the cache.
This is certainly true. I don't think that an owner should be too shy to request the removal of a picture that might spoil the cache either in regard to its placement or its uniqueness. Generally, a considerate and well-worded note to the poster will result in the photo being removed and a note of apology to the owner. Sometimes, I guess a poster's feelings could be hurt and they might respond defensively, but I think that would be unusual. At least, that's what my positive thinking leads me to believe. Ultimately, it is the owner's responsibility to protect and preserve the experience for searchers.
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I have had some photos that may be viewed as leading to the hide. So, I have actually put in my post that the photo may contain a spoiler. When I go to look at the photos, I have already found it or need a spoiler.
I will often look at the photo gallery of a cache to determine if I want to look for that cache. It doesn't happen very often, but occasionally, I will come across a spoiler picture that diminishes the experience of looking for the cache. I will not necessarily read through all the logs, so if the cacher posts that his picture is a spoiler in his log, I may not be adequately forewarned that I could see a spoiler.
i have not posted to my logs a lovely picture taken at one of your caches. you know which one.
you work is beautiful enough, though, that i had to post the picture somewhere because i found it so striking. it's kind of hidden, but if you know where to look, you know where to look.
Aw, shucks. Thank you! I found that I knew where to look. Lots of really wonderful photos there! I'm happy to see my silly little cache included with them.
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I have had some photos that may be viewed as leading to the hide. So, I have actually put in my post that the photo may contain a spoiler. When I go to look at the photos, I have already found it or need a spoiler.
I will often look at the photo gallery of a cache to determine if I want to look for that cache. It doesn't happen very often, but occasionally, I will come across a spoiler picture that diminishes the experience of looking for the cache. I will not necessarily read through all the logs, so if the cacher posts that his picture is a spoiler in his log, I may not be adequately forewarned that I could see a spoiler.
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I try to be sure that my pictures do not give away the hide so that others will have the same fun that I had.
I had one occasion when a photo of my cache, nicely hidden in its hiding spot was posted by a new cacher. I sent a polite email to her welcoming her to the game, informing her of the general practice of keeping the hiding spot of the cache out of photographs and asking her to please remove her photo. She sent a very nice email in return after she had removed the spoiler picture.
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I am not fond of useless hints either but what I find even more amazing is that everyone here thinks everything is rude.
Is there another term for deliberately trying to inconvenience other people for laughs?
I can think of a few: inconciderate, impolite, smart-alecky, offensive, antagonistic. I know I could think of more, but I think rude covers it all. Plain and simple, it's just not nice.
I will use a hint if my cache is located in a place that takes some effort to get to. I don't want them to have to log a DNF in that case if I can help it.
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I've tried wearing a geocaching t-shirt. Never caught anyone's attention, but considering no one else logged the port caches it wasn't a surprise.
I like the geocaching t-shirt idea!
Let's say I met someone else on the ship who was also into geocaching and had a TB on them. Could you just exchange TBs or do they have to be logged through a cache?
You can log them as a "Discovered It".
Or you can exchange TBs and "grab" them from each other. Doesn't sound nice, but it is a friendly act in this case.
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The best idea, whether you are new to caching or an old-timer, is to hide the type of cache that you would like to find.
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I'm travelling to the Caribbean soon for a holiday and I plan to take some TBs and Geocoins with me. There are only a couple of caches where I'll be travelling and the closest to where I'll be should have a few TBs but apparently has none.
Would you take a chance on putting a couple of TBs in it, or are there some caches where TBs continually go "lost" and it would be a waste to add any more?
I would assess the situation when I got there. If the cache didn't seem to be in a good location for the TBs, I would "dip" them rather than drop them in. By virtually adding them to the cache and immediately retrieving them, the TB will at least have a record of going on the journey with you. I'd add a picture, too. It's almost as good as being there!
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I don't know. Certainly, less than 10, but I can only remember two. Those two were awesome caches that made me proud to be the first to find them. The rest, obviously, were forgettable.
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I'm glad you brought this up, as I just awarded an EXCLUSIVE ATTEMPT AT A FTF to a cacher a few days ago. Did you just happen to find my listing or something?
I'm only a 28 finder, so I won't be surprised if someone "calls me out" for breakin' da rules.
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I own 4 caches.
As I published #4, I listed right on the cache listing, "FTF gets an exclusive attempt at a FTF on a future cache hide of mine"
The #5 listing is already hidden & posted, is just not activated (Im waiting for the snow to cover my footprints)
What I've done with #5: It will be posted as a Mystery Cache, (with GZ posted as a hidden waypoint)
It will be a regular, published listing BUT, only one person will have the coordinates for a total of 24 hours. Once those 24 hours are up, the coordinates will be disclosed to the public and it's fair game.
Because it's a mystery cache, I can publish the listing and not have to worry about a continuity error in the publish date and the FTF date.
I didn't see anything in the the rules saying I couldnt do this, I've found nothing that states it being unethical.
The EXCLUSIVE ATTEMPT was part of his FTF reward, as a way to motivate people to get out and do some winter caching in sub-zero tempedratures
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Once I email him the coord's, it's up to him if he wants to grab it.
This reward wouldn't motivate me, but I'm not a big FTF hound. I have no problem with it, though. You will give the one cacher a 24 hour notice before hand and, then, when the cache is published, all are welcome to look for it. That is the way it should be. Once a cache is published, EVERYONE should be welcome to find it.
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Common practice is NOT to find the cache until the "honoree" has logged it in the book and online.
Now that you have logged the new cache, even if you signed on second line, YOU are still the FTF.
Its not in Geocaching.com rules, but can get you in a bit of trouble with local cachers
I've never heard of such a practice. To me, it seems quite uncommon, weird and unfriendly. I would not think well of a cacher who would place such strange requirements on a FTF log. There are much better ways to honor other cachers.
Well, then. You wouldn't like us downstate cachers then, I guess we're "unfriendly" in your eyes.
Though thats hard to figure since we honor a lot of cachers down here.
To each their own; in this neck of the woods ITS common practice
Yep, I guess I'm another one of the "unfriendly" ones since I honor tribute cache requests. The last time I remember this coming up it was specifically about leaving FTF for a local Long Island cacher. People from far away lands were furious, a couple even vowing to make a trip of hundreds of miles just to spoil the FTF if they could. What was funny was this: No one here would CARE if an outsider was FTF, either by accident or on purpose. The tribute request is just that, a request. Yeah, we have some local customs, but mainly we are an easygoing group of folks who play a silly game. After the party, everyone moves on to something else.
Oh, yeah, to anyone who is terrified that I might honor them with a request to save FTF for them on a new cache... Don't worry! I won't do it! We pretty much know the people we do that for.
That sums up the UNFRIENDLY customs on NYC and LI cachers.
So, you're only unfriendly to EACH OTHER you're saying?
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But if you guys say its a "5", then a 5 it is, even though I'm reluctant to rate it a 5. Thanks.
But do you still think it's worthy of a 5 in the winter time, too?
Let me note also that this cache is a LAME MICRO!
Just by show of hands, who here would pass on a 5 star terrain Island Cache to retreive a lame micro?
If it is in an interesting or beautiful spot, I would gladly find a boat or strap on my snowshoes to go look for it.
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Even better!
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I like setting up caches with a theme of some sort. It helps me focus my thoughts and stretches my imagination. The original contents of the cache, therefore, follows the theme. That is part of the fun for me. For instance, I had a beaver themed letterbox cache that started out with a carved beaver, a set of hillbilly teeth, some wind-up chattering teeth, carpenter tools, some foam stamps and a few other things that I can't recall. For me, all those items related to the cache in some way. I don't list the original contents on my cache page and, except for one cache, I haven't requested that a swag theme should be kept by future cachers. It's primarily for my own amusement, but I hope that the first finders get a little kick out of the items.
I, personally, don't care much for the practice of listing the original contents on the cache's page. It isn't interesting reading nor is it important information. If I were one of the first finders, I think that it would actually lessen my enjoyment of finding the cache. I've never had that experience, though. By the time I've found a cache whose original contents is listed on its page, all that stuff is long gone. The primary reason that I can think of to make such a list is for the benefit of the owner so that they can remember all those great "gems" they left. However, the list is usually something unremarkable like:
three erasers,
a yo-yo,
a red glow stick,
a green bracelet,
some stickers,
the logbook,
a pencil
The only time that I have found the original contents list at all interesting is on one of flask's caches that tracks the evolution of the swag in the cache. Interestingly, that swag hasn't seemed to degrade in the same way that the swag in most caches tend to.
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Common practice is NOT to find the cache until the "honoree" has logged it in the book and online.
Now that you have logged the new cache, even if you signed on second line, YOU are still the FTF.
Its not in Geocaching.com rules, but can get you in a bit of trouble with local cachers
I've never heard of such a practice. To me, it seems quite uncommon, weird and unfriendly. I would not think well of a cacher who would place such strange requirements on a FTF log. There are much better ways to honor other cachers.
Well, then. You wouldn't like us downstate cachers then, I guess we're "unfriendly" in your eyes.
Though thats hard to figure since we honor a lot of cachers down here.
To each their own; in this neck of the woods ITS common practice
While it is very nice and friendly to place a cache to honor another cacher, the FTF is not part of the honor unless the coordinates are given to the honoree before the cache is published. To become upset that someone other than the person for whom the cache is named claims FTF is plain odd and not nice. I think that it is friendlier to be happy for whomever is the first person to find the cache. Whatever. I'll keep your odd custom in mind when we cache downstate. Don't want any irrate cachers on my tail! You're right that I wouldn't feel real friendly toward people who are upset with me for no good reason.
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Common practice is NOT to find the cache until the "honoree" has logged it in the book and online.
Now that you have logged the new cache, even if you signed on second line, YOU are still the FTF.
Its not in Geocaching.com rules, but can get you in a bit of trouble with local cachers
I've never heard of such a practice. To me, it seems quite uncommon, weird and unfriendly. I would not think well of a cacher who would place such strange requirements on a FTF log. There are much better ways to honor other cachers.
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