MightyParagon

I like the mun zee game. If there are no geocaches nearby, I look for munzee. This wallabee thing looks like foursquare and go walla made into a game. I think I will pass. True that nothing beats a cool geocache.

Ahh, thank you.

I was listening to a podcast about geocaching for the very first time today, and they mentioned a game called wallaby. I can't be sure of the spelling, so I can't find anything about it on the web. What is this all about?

I have no kids, but just recently took a newb and some kids out on their first hunt. Kids do have a short attention span. I picked out the larger ones so that they could trade for items and so that we would not spend forever looking. If I had had time, I would have gone out alone and found them, in case I needed to guide the kids to it. As it turned out, it wasn't necessary. When the 7 yr old got cranky, his grandma called it quits, but we had already gotten 4 or 5. It was a good day. I love going somewhere and then using my phone app to search for nearby caches. Maybe the local McDonald's has one hidden. So then the trip is really to eat, not to cache. Looking for the cache is just a bonus activity. Don't find it then? Well, there is always next time you go for a treat at McD's. I'll just second the other good advice you have received in this thread. I just wanted to comment further on pairing necessary trips with a bonus cache hunt.

Can't say I am creative, but I don't always want to call attention to myself by having a long conversation about geocaching. I just say something that everyone understands: "scavenger hunt". I have used it several times, and muggles go on their way.

Pick up some AA batteries at the dollar store, too. It might be just enough for someone whose GPS is dying to get another cache.... I came across some little suncreen packets one time in a store....then found some little first aid kits for .50 in a thrift store....

I often do, and for the same reason as some have mentioned: so the cacher knows that I have taken their item--you know, took an interest in it. I am very picky about what I take: if some youngster will get more out of it than I will, I will leave it. Or I will just add things for people.

I have one of those "gopher" type things, that they advertise for getting things out of high cupboards. Janitorial and custodial workers use them, too (call them "pickers"). Mine is the standard length, and I find it handy to reach into bushes to grab the cache. Also works to get a high one, if you can see it. That is a good point about putting it back. A mirror on a stick is good for looking (also google inspection mirror). I like the milkcrate idea....just have to get one rated for the right bodyweight.

Maybe the owner thought that you felt that just because you couldn't find it, the cache must be gone....but I am not sure why anyone would be upset about that. No, not all cache owners are like that--the vast majority just want their hides appreciated--a lot of work goes into most of them. You can elect not to hunt any more of that owner's caches, or just put in a generic "thanks for the cache" for the log entry. Don't be discouraged.

I won't answer each question. I like the idea of virtuals. I did some of the virts at WDW and it was neat to be able to cache while there. I have been there so many times that I like having something else to do. In the Bahamas, I did two. It was just as good as the physical cache, and I learned something, too. But I also would not like to see every fence post be a virt--there has to be a real reason for it to exist--something to offer the cacher. Photos? My phone is my GPSr and my camera, so some of those requirements don't work for me. But one I did in Epcot had that, and I explained my situation, and it is credited to me anyway. I don't mind the idea of photos to help validate and reduce the "armchair" caching, but let's not shut out the smartphone users.

I have seen one proxy, and I just sent it along on its journey, as if it was the real thing. I want mine to travel, but I have only the one, and I like it. I have resigned myself that it will travel only with me, so I dip it into the caches I find. It does have some mileage on it after having gone to GA with me, and it will go cruising to the Caribbean with me in January.

Mirror on a stick is great for seeing under things without crawling on the ground--or if you have a bad lower back. Great for seeing behind things, and on top of things (I'm short, too!) Look around for an inspection mirror, telescoping ones can be had. Until then, a pen is bare minimum.

I think if you ask for help, state how much help you want. I have had a couple of COs pretty much tell me what/where it was. And I just needed a bigger hint. I have learned now that I may ask for help, but all I really want is a small hint to get me going--especially since the iPhone can jump you all over the place. I am embarrassed to ask the CO, to be honest. In my head, it's like posting a DNF--marks me as a dumbhead. <well, that's how it feels!> I am willing to give up and go back another day. But after that, if I really want to see the cache (cool container or something), I would ask for a hint. I'd be a little upset if the CO refused to give me a hint. I doubt I would bother looking for any more of his hides, that's for sure.

Unless you go down to Office Depot, you might be hard pressed to find a pen *without* a logo. I don't pay any attention to them other then to read them (curious). I also never remove them 'cause I figure they are there for log signing (wear and a spare). Plus someone might have forgotten a one on their adventures that day, and needs one...

.45 if you're not a good shot. .357 if you can do a head or heart shot. Plus, with a revolver, we can do custom loads designed especially to take down large ape like critters, and more easily clean out mud, swamp water, etc. when in rough terrain...Wait! what is that SMELL????? WHAT smel----oh, no.......I'm not looking behind me....

.357 Magnum? Pffft. Everyone knows that you need a .45 to take on Bigfoot. Or did you mean .357 SIG? I DNF one yesterday. Really stumped me....maybe our local hider will take pity on me and give me a hint. It's supposed to be a unique container....

OK, I can't go thru two more pages of this. Many moons ago, when I worked in the Magic Kingdom's Emporium, there was an oval cash wrap that was filled with: souvenirs. Back sratchers, keychains, MM rulers, all that crap. We called it: (get ready) "souvies". I have used that term for 21 years now. I am not gonna stop. There. Carry on.

There are nanos, and there are nanos. A film canister and a little tiny tube are listed as the same size when you are searching. You have no way of knowing how small it will be until you find it. Since there are so many nanos out there now, in some areas there will not be lots of fun small and regular size ones to hunt. If it's too small for the log to be manipulated with painful joints, what's the big deal if someone skips it and mentions it in the on line log? It's not as if he is doing it on every find. Heck, I opened a PB jar today and the log was folded into a tiny bag about .5 inch by .5 inch. Seriously.

I'll just say that signing the log is the whole point for me. Sort of "Kilroy was here". That is what gives me the feeling of accomplishment, when I can prove I found it. But I suppose others may feel differently.

Well, I guess it saves on batteries for the GPSr.....

Oh, that would be awesome! I am wanting to try orienteering. Is there anyway to make it iPhone friendly? I don't believe I can enter coordinates into the phone...

I have been lucky so far, then, to be able to sign. But I say I would log it as a find, with a NM note. After all, how would you know it needs maintenance if you didn't find it?

I like "moo-glay". You know, like "fra-gee-lay" for you Christmas story fans. Otherwise, don't struggle with a muggle.

LOL! Simple solution: just start walking around, looking at the "phone" and muttering "are they landing here?" "How many will get probed...?" The muggles will clear out licketey-split.

this is what i said: i don't think its the root of all evil but there is a small link between the two, in the sense that while a gun is intended for personal protection, and most use it as such, there's certain people carrying one that would use it for the wrong reasons...so all i'm saying really is that the fact that it is legal to carry a gun it does make it easier to commit a crime as opposed to a country where is illegal, sure if someone really wants one they could get it but not as easy as walking in a store down the street i hope this clarifies my point of view It does, but it is harder to get a license to carry a weapon than it is to get a driver's license. They don't just hand them out to people. Also, a person has to meet certain criteria to even buy a gun from a dealer, much less carry it (they could buy it from a private person, of course--still have to have a license to carry it). Only three states that I know of do not require licensing to carry a concealed weapon. The others do. The fact remains: licensed toters ARE NOT the ones commiting bank robberies and muggings. Why on earth would a criminal go through all the licenseing nonsense just to use his gun in a robbery or home invasion?