SeekerOfTheWay

i'm planning in doing my first earthcache this week on my bday. It's pretty close to home but i've got a problem. One requirement is to take a pic of my GPSr so that the coords are visible. Another is to have a pic of myself with the cache. i use my BlackBerry as my GPSr and it has a camera (i take a lot of caching pics) but obviously i can't take a pic of my phone w my phone. And may not be able to take a pic of me with the cache if it's huge. Any suggestions? i don't own a PC or camera and i cache alone. i don't want to buy anything either. Thanks for ideas.

i would be annoyed and sad too if my cache went missing. i hope you figure it out soon and/or it's returned to you. Sorry.

Turn it around - someone pays for a premium membership for the purpose of stealing/destroying caches. Utica/Rome (NY) Cache Thief Paul Repak did it for seven years, and he's not the only one. If you're of the belief that cachers are destructive and dangerous to the environment and must be stopped, $210 over the course of seven years is peanuts when you're that serious about the cause. His "probation" period expires in another month or two, will be interesting to see what happens. i never heard of that happening before. Wow. What did he do with the caches then? Throw them in a landfill. Geez. i don't understand how caches are considered trash. Aren't they the same as, say, playgrounds? They sit there until used and enjoyed. And empty until then. i wonder what the cache thieves theories are...

Could an animal have gotten to it? A park ranger? Teens? i can't imagine a cacher that pays for a premium membership would steal a cache. Or any cacher for that matter.

As long as people have fun hunting/finding my caches, i don't care what they say in the logs. i do enjoy longer logs but i'd never delete any. Also, i love knowing who is caching with their BlackBerry phone since i do as well. Then maybe i can exchange BBM numbers. But smartphones is another hobby of mine...so i really do like the logged from my phone logs whether that's all they say or not.

Thanks for the insights. Gives me something to think about. i will for sure edit the mission to simplify it. i think i'll delete the back to FL part because they might be too many steps! It is a pretty coin and i hope i get it back after. i am willing to take the risk and trust it will move along! i will keep the second coin i received for now though.

First make sure that that the person you're trying to add has edited their account to be ABLE to accept friend requests. i believe that option is OFF my default. Once your friend enables allowing friend requests, you will see the little check box when mailing them (send friend request).

First make sure that that the person you're trying to add has edited their account to be ABLE to accept friend requests. i believe that option is OFF my default. Once your friend enables allowing friend requests, you will see the little check box when mailing them (send friend request). When you send that message, make sure you check the little box below the text box that says "send friend request." If you do that they'll get the friend request along with your message.

If i looked and did not find, i post a DNF. If i looked 5 times, i post 5 DNF. Hurts my geoego though! Ha If i wanted to look but could not (trail flooded), i post a note saying so. If i looked but was called away i don't post anything but a field note to remind me to go back. i like posting DNF and notes to keep track of my geoactivities. Also to let the CO i was there and enjoying (or trying to enjoy) their work.

i received two neat geocoins for my birthday yesterday. A Lotus Compass and a silver hiking one (haven't activated that one yet so not sure of the name). Do i send these out on missions? i activated the Lotus Compass and would like it to go to Tucson to an ashram, then the Hotel Congress then back to FL. Is this a reasonable mission? Will i get the coin back? Or are they for trading only? What does "set collectible preference" mean when i'm editing details? Thanks for any insight.

Do you like virtual caches? Wish that new ones could be hidden? Sad when one of the existing ones gets archived? You can thank couch potato loggers for a percentage of that angst. For fans of virtual caches, it DOES hurt someone else's game. i've only done one virtual cache. i can't find many. i really liked it and wish they'd be allowed. i wasn't around when they were banned and i don't know why there were.

Part of the fun for many geocachers is pawing through the cache contents even if they don't take/leave something. Some of us actually like leaving something. Why not clear out the junk, put in a smaller logbook and leave some room for those who like to leave stuff or trade stuff. Why remove some of the fun aspect of geocaching that many cachers enjoy, by filling the can with a big logbook? That's a good idea. i'll probably do that. And just check it occasionally for trash. i understand the fun of finding things, i just don't have the money to keep replacing swag. But i think a lot of cachers will leave neat stuff so i'll give your suggestion a try. Thanks!

Thanks for this question and reply! i didn't know a wap version existed! Awesome.

i still agree with the rules that CO must be able to maintain. But i just remembered a cache i found at an interstate rest stop. 35mm film canister inside fence post. It seems the community was maintaining it. i did really enjoy finding it! i suppose if the cache stays dry, logs replaced, and not broken then i don't mind who placed it from where. But i would hope that if that maintenance stops then it be archived. i wonder how that cache got through review?

i'm most concerned with the impact to the environment there. i recently hid in a nice park and i purposely made my hides on, or just off, established trails and made all but one a D of 1. That way the area won't get destroyed by vigorous searching. i'll do the same with the cemetery if allowed.

i don't think it's inappropriate to hide in a cemetery but i do respect people's wishes to not want their loved ones plot trampled. i'd hide so that searchers would be on the path. i found a cache in a tree in a cemetery in VT recently and i loved it! i've also done a virtual cemetery cache in my town. i like the historic aspect of cemeteries, i don't necessarily agree with burying bodies or find cemeteries sacred. But that's not the point. i'll contact my reviewer on this issue. i would think that plots are privately owned but i'm not sure. A tree should be ok but i'll find out the FL rules.

i don't mind. Saves me from having to buy rubber bands. i just hid my first ammo can (all my other hides just have logs). i placed what i consider good swag in it ( 2 DVDs, unactivated travel coin, gold dollar, new kid toys like stencils and glitter, CITO bag, foreign coins, coupon for health drink, geo lanyard etc) but i fully expect the swag to degrade. And when it does i will trash all the swag and leave a log book that take up the entire ammo can. i'm just not into swag though. i like the view, hike or just the hunt. Sometimes the swag creeps me out.

i agree with the reviewers denial. You need to be able to maintain your cache ir it just becomes garbage. If a cache isn't being maintained in my town i log a needs archived.

If they're doing they must have their own reasons. i don't know the reasons nor do o care. It doesn't hurt my game. Unless they falsely log a cache that i hid. Then i'd just delete their log.

Ok, thanks. That's a start and i can now check into the specific cemetery!

What is the rule for hiding a cache in a cemetery? So far i've found one virtual in a cemetery, and one in a tree, both in different states. What's the deal? i'd love to hide a large cache in one. Thanks.

i recently did one called River Rat Night cache. Coordinates were to parking. We followed small reflectors on trees down a sandy path with water on either side. So spooky and so fun! It's in Florida, east coast (space coast). River Rat Night Cache

i like knowing who else is using their BlackBerry to cache. i use Geocache Navigator by Trimble. i used to leave the tagline on my logs since i use only my BlackBerry to log. Now i usually remove the tagline. i like it but i don't want to annoy local cachers. While i enjoy writing longer logs, i have NO issues with other cachers leaving only TFTC or Logged from phone. Doesn't bother me at all. To each their own. As long as they had fun finding my cache i don't require detailed logs.

See, this is where I have an issue*. "It's the internet". The notion being that the internet is full of jerks so let's just all be jerks with the rest of them. Can't we aspire to something better than that? And I know you can't mean it this way, but to then use the "wittle feewings" comment to evoke the image of small children or child-like concerns. Is this another way of broadcasting the "toughen up" or "get thicker skin" sentiment? I mean, baby talk? Really? I've communicated with other cachers either in person, on local forums, or via Twitter and there are many of them that avoid these forums because they have either been told by others like them or they have developed the opinion from lurking that the forums and its members are viscous, rude, snarky, obsessed, jaded and nit-picking. This isn't some isolated opinion that I've conjured form the ether because I'm thin-skinned or over-sensitive. Blah. I guess you either see it one way or the other. *Not to be confused with a problem. i agree with this post, especially the bolded portion. Admittedly, i am not thick skinned and am a little sensitive. i can deal with internet tough guys or wisecrackers though because i know how group mentality works and the protection of hiding behind an avatar makes folks sometimes behave unlike they would in real life. i'm just soured because my first week i logged a Needs Maintence and was called a newb who needs to be slapped in the logs. Then on another thread i was told adding "Logged from my BlackBerry" was annoying and elitist. Lastly, recently, i agreed with an OP's suggestion and was told maybe i needed to be in the game longer before i made suggestions about the site. i have also had friendly replies too, and i appreciate that. i've just had more not so nice replies. i know it's annoying when a newbie starts a new thread on an old or "dead horse" topic..but to just scold the poster or come in with NI or take the thread totally off topic is rude, in my opinion. i'm all for leaving links, and i love reading through old threads; but to take the tone of "search stupid newb" is ridiculous. If you're (you're is general) tired of seeing old topics pop up, just ignore the thread. Sometimes a new thread about an old topic is refreshing, and better than rereading a 2 year thread on the topic. No, i'm not a fan of sarcasm either. That's just me. i don't think anyone who is curt or rude on here would be like that face to face though. i try to remember that. Here's an example of the most recent: No, the doesn't soften it up for me.

i'd love a Dawkins, Darwin or atheist coin. i didn't know there was a FSM coin! Very neat.