keithandlaura

Hi! We have a geo club meeting coming up soon and I was hoping to honor two of our members. This couple has just found caches in all fifty states. The husband is suffering cancer and we wanted to find an appropriate award to note their accomplishment. Time is not our friend in this situation. After surfing many sites I still can not find coin, plaque or reward reflecting the milestone. Any suggestions will be appreciated.Email me

Thanks folks that really clears up a lot of factors that I had been wondering about. Averaging coords for a cache location makes good sense.

Thank you for your honest straight foward answer.

[8D] While trying to establish some caches for my fellow cachers I would go back several times to set the coords for a posting only to have them vary several feet at any given time. What are some of the factors that come into play on this task???

This will be my last post on this topic since the "forum hounds" have unfairly treated the discussion in the wrong spirit. My original objection was raised by the fact that after logging 15 other caches with this reviewer I felt that a certain understanding had been established. The fact she requested a name and contact number to verify rankled my dander making me decide that no of this was worth the aggravation. I still have the deepest apperciation for the work of our reviewers and in no way thought that any of my questions should be regarded as ranting. As to the issue of privacy brought up in this forum it is only my opinion that the information was leaked only by the collusion by reviewers involed in this forum issue. That is a matter for Groundspeak to decide only and not by the general membership. I never ask the reviewer to be judged but only was asking if this was normal protocol so I may learn what is expected and normal in any future listings. If any one feelings were hurt by this topic disscusion I am trully sorry. I had never meet a real Geocacher that I would not want as a friend until I made the mistake of landing on this lily pad. My bad and it won't happen again!

you are right and I am wrong so it is back to taking and forgo the agravation of any further involvement in trying to give back.

All right lets get a few more facts stated,all I wanted was to understand why the reviewer approve 15 other caches and suddendly wanted the name and phone # of the manager at the location of the cache. I introduced myself with a Geocaching brouchure in hand and asked permission to place the cache. While I am new to the game I have found 200 caches without placing any for others to find. All take and no give does not sound fair to me. When you take in consideration the amount of time and expense to set up a new cache I could have just went on taking and forgo the hassle involved in placing a new find for others. The other caches listed in my plea were examples of caches placed without the same scrutiny as demanded of my entry. At no time have I questioned the reviewers authority to single out this listing but have only asked if the additional chatter on terrorism, vadalism, and drug trafficing was really necessary. I may be new at this but at 58 years old I do not feel that I was treated in a fair manner. Also why is this forum so rough me simply asking for advice and guidance. So much for brotherly love!!!

....Always a bit more. Nothing like a few facts.

While out caching I came across a faux cover plate on a light pole in a parking area. What a neat cache device I thought and went home to make one for myself. Well after placing the cache in a similar enviroment I was heavily berated by the reviewer for creating a dangerous situation. She went on saying that this type of device give Geocaching a blackeye and brought possible suspicion on cachers for drug drop planting, vandalism,and utility terrorism. Was I wrong or did the reviewer over step her bounds? Some how I felt this was somewhat heavy handed. Any thoughts or suggestion would be helpful. Thanx