fratermus
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Note: I do not prefer one type of cache type to another. I have no particular love for hunting micros, nor have I ever cached any.
>The reason people hide micros in an area that would support a real cache is
>beause they are to cheap to spend a few dollars
Is that what they said?
Is there a way we can accurately judge the motivations of cache placers?
>to hide a real cache.
Ah, I see. A micro is not a real cache. I smell a holy war coming on. Infidels beware! No one expects the Geocaching Inquisition! :-)
>They get an empty film canister for FREE, then they might spent ten
>cents on a copy of a log sheet.
Film canisters aren't given out at wal-mart for free.
Even if they were, should we ban ammocans that were received for free? Should we require that each cache placement cost X dollars? "Please tape a copy of your cache container receipt to the log for minimum expense verification?"
>Then they stick in under a rock so that when it rains the log gets soaked and no
>one can sign it.
Wet logs are a problem in cache containers in general.
>It is one thing to find a creative why to hide a micro in and urban setting, but
>sticking one under a rock in the woods is a sign of a LAZY and CHEAP
> cacher.
Is sticking a free ammocan in a treehole in the woods covered with bark a sign of a lazy and cheap cacher?
>A real problem with micros is that they are being placed areas that encourge
> cachers that are looking for them to trapple down plants while looking for them.
That problem is not specific to (or overrepresented in IMO) microcaches.
>While most of these hides are by Noobs
This might be true, but I doubt anyone has done the number crunching to prove it. I assume this assertion could be tested, for some numerical definition of "noob".
>how about not letting a nob hide a micro until they have found 50 caches, this
>would allow them to hide some large caches while they are in the learning
>process.
I have no problem with requiring a certain number of finds before a first placement approval.
Requiring a certain type of cache as a first placement, however, smells like an organizational enforcement of personal taste.
fm,
who has a splinter of the One True Cache in a locket around his neck.
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Gps
in How do I...?
Does anyone else have trouble with the gps draining the batteries. We have used both rechargable and regular. Do you have any advice.A good peak detecting charger makes a huge difference in battery life.
Easier on the battery, and it gets topped off perfectly.
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HEar Hear, If you don't like micro caches then don't look for them. Check on the topo map first to see if it's hidden in the woods or not.
HEar Hear, If you don't like micro caches then don't look for them. Check on the topo map first to see if it's hidden in the woods or not.
Nodding. I don't mind micros, as long as they are identified as such. I am interested in the find and the log, not in doodad trading, so larger caches do not have a better payoff for me.
I skip multis.
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Fair enough. Thanks for the quick replies.
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I'd like to leave a "swiss army card", a flat plastic jobber with toothpick, scissors, etc, and (yes) a tiny blade in it. I assume you could hurt yourself with it if you tried very hard, but I don't think anyone would look at it and say "that's a knife".
My gut feeling is that it would be ok to leave, and fun to find. Since I only have 2 finds to my name, I thought I'd get input here before leaving it in someone's cache.
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I stand corrected.