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I think a lot of times people don't actually think about the hint they have been given. Although i have been caching a few years im still new at this and as a new cache hider I gave a hint of "think outside the box....errr tube?" the cache is located in the only open tube along the path, not a small tube mind you but a 3 ft diameter opening tube. the third or 4th person to log the cache ranted about how nothing made sense in the hint or description. I guess you cant please everyone, but i do understand why people don't put clues of any sort now.

several years ago when i first started I had said in a log that i left a treat(a couple stickers and army guys), several people here scorned me for leaving candy in a cache. I never understood why until i had a few finds under my belt. I have found all sorts of candy as well as half smoked joints and every thing in between. never underestimate what people "think" would be good souvenirs for others.

so I guess ill try to make myself a little clearer, some didn't quite read the whole post but seems they skimmed over the top. there was no cache, I found a single 1/4 page log discarded in some tall brush with nothing else anywhere around it. do i hold the log or just toss it? as far as knowing exactly where it goes? not quite rocket science when i have the exact coordinates and pictures of where it was. not to mention i grew up in the area and know this particular park like the back of my hand. I find it pretty amazing that after reading your forum for a couple days quite a few people here come off as elitist or snobish? what give's? I have offered to at least put a container with the original log that is left back where it should be until the owner can get to it and you guys are telling me it's a bad idea? I'm a range officer for my local uspsa shooting club as well as for the local idpa matches and if i treated people the way they get treated on this forum i cant imagine them ever coming back. the deal with this park and spot is that it is located right next to a park for disabled children that was built completely by volunteers including myself. really is a nice park as long as you don't go there at night. the spot the original cache was located at gets more foot traffic then most so i cant imagine anyone ever finding this cache without others seeing them and investigating themselves. sorry i might come off as a jerk but I am calling it as i see it and there seems to be a lack of good ambassadors for your hobbie. thanks you to those who did take the time to actually read the post and respond.

So im pretty new at this and today was the day my sons and i decided to hit up our local park to find the couple caches hidden there. one was found with ease the second we looked for about an hour even though it was supposed to be an easy one to find. the last person there couldn't find it either so i figured it was gone with all the local transients and gangbangers that hang out in the area. as i was walking away i noticed a log sheet that was in good condition half covered in recently mowed 5 ft tall sticky/thorny weeds. i had to climb under a bridge in order to get to it and i grabbed it and logged it and added a note that i would replace the actual cache with a new metal tin as the original was and replace the logsheet. is this a good thing to do or is this frowned upon? this particular cache is pretty special in where it is placed and it opens peoples eye's to things around them in the world, I would hate to just see it go to waste.

I think the agency is to busy busting disneyland and all the other parks that have penny smashing machines to go after small timers like us