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They usually show up right away for me but there are better ways to track what you have and haven't found.

I have to find them all

You didn't have a 'Retrieve it' option because the previous finder hadn't dropped it yet. When this happens, I'll usually e-mail the person that has the bug in their inventory, tell them where I found it (GC#### and Name) and ask them to drop it. Most of they time they have forgotten where they dropped it and are thankful for the e-mail. If you don't get a response for the current holder, you can always 'grab it'. A 'discover it' doesn't put it into your inventory and you will not be able to drop it into a cache.

Um....you can't. Traveling caches are not allowed.

Havne't run into one like yet, so as long as no one could hear me sing I'd look for it.

My first find I actually had to trip over in order to find it. Don't give up.

If you can afford it yes. There are lots of people that would love to have one.

Don't be too concerned about getting a read that says you are 2 feet away. Anything under 20 is good.....30-40 is acceptable unless you're looking for a micro in the woods.

Try setting the GPSr down at the cache site and let it settle in. It should do averaging on it's own. If you've got a lock on a lot of birds you should get a good read.

There are caches in 221 countries. That about says it all.

Quick Tip: Don't scratch I looked at the stuff, thought PI and then walked right through it. It's almost gone now, but that was four weeks ago.

hummmmmmmmm! Let's see. I searched for the cache, I found the cache, I opened the container, I pulled out a pen BUT BECAUSE THE CACHE OWNER DID NOT MAINTAIN HIS/HER CACHE I should log a DNF. Sorry, not buying that one.

When I'm having trouble locating a cache in a wooded area, I'll often move off 60-70 feet and then spiral in. This seems to work better for me than the spiral out technique especially if I can't get a good lock on the birds. If I'm looking for a micro in an urban area, I'll often set the GPSr down and let it settle in as I'm off searching the area. Good luck and don't worry about the DNF's, log them all....you'll enjoy laughing at yourself later on....

Well there goes all your free time (assuming that you had any). Welcome!

You could also use the Virtual as a stage in a multi if you can't actually put a container there. The seeker would have to use some information found at that location to solve a puzzle of some sort.

Note the last sentence of geognerd post "You can also connect your GPSr to your computer and send points to it that way. Another topic for another time." Uploading waypoints is the way to go. You can load hundreds in a few seconds. There are several good threads on this topic.

You don't even have to be a person. Some dogs have their own accounts. I'm assuming that they may need a little help in actually typing in the log entry though .

You can also add a Travel Bug to your watchlist.

One of the cachers posted alternate coordinates. N 33° 26.028 W 111° 50.678 This would put you a few feet one way or the other. I'd agree with the other posters, micro's are not a good place to start unless you have a high tolerance for frustration. I spent an hour looking for one today that was listed as a 1/1. It's a great sport, but not everyone is good at every type of cache. (I stink at Suduku Puzzles). Find the one's you like and ignore the rest. You can't do them all anyway.

Next we'll have someone intentionally setting up a record run. Why not. Drive a stake into the ground every .1 miles and call it a cache. Drive up, slap a sticker on it through the car window and off to the next one. On second thought, why even bother to drive a stake, think of all the rural mail boxes out there. Just snap a waypoint and have it posted to gc, drive up and throw a 3x5 card in the box.

I avoid anything that water will hurt or that can't be washed. I also tend not to leave anything in caches that are not maintained well. Lately I've been leaving all the DVD's that I don't watch anymore but most of the caches aren't big enough.

Also consider starting with caches that have been found reciently. They are usually much easier to spot and are more likely to still be there.

I am compelled to return, have to finish what I start.

I'm in the "every time" camp however I made 15 trips before finding Roselawn Micro. I didn't log them all, but I did log five times in total. It didn't make sense to log that many DNF's in a row with no one else finding it inbetween.

On the flip side, when you find a bug that isn't in the correct location, e-mail the last person to have it and offer an opportunity to drop it before you grab it. I've done this on many occasions and the compliance rate is near 100% and the offer is appreciated.