CamoChimp

I never knew there was a Sharpie PEN! I will look for one. Is the Fisher Space Pen worth the money?

I pack a few needles and tweezers for digging out cactus needles.

So I am guessing the *real* heavy duty tupperware is okay? We found a pretty big one and all the contents were dry and bugless. The obvious good ones are ammo cans and military match stick containers and any of the official Groundspeak ones sold online.

No but we go chewed up by chiggers! Holy moley! We are now well protected and have not gotten bitten again. That was a rough 3 weeks.

Those Bu Babies are awesome!!!

Forgive me if this is covered somewhere, I am (we are) new to geocaching. I was wondering...I have come across some caches that have absolute trash in them. Some even damaged. Is it proper etiquette to replenish a cache with new stuff and toss the yukky stuff? I am talking about damaged stickers, expired coupons, plastic McDonalds toys, etc. I know some kids (including my own) would like some of those toys but they have been very dirty and buggy. I'd love to replace some of the toys with new things. But, I totally want to follow the rules and won't do it if this is not acceptable.

Wow, some really nice items. Are these strictly for FTF? I will most definitely carry a couple valuable items with me. I have some nice bike tools I have won at races I am sure somebody would enjoy. Duplicates for me. I am guessing it's okay to leave something way nicer than the item you took?

We are new to geocaching and are in Cedar Park (north part of Austin). We are doing this with our 8 year old son and several of our friends who are seasoned geocachers. Our teenage daughter has enjoyed some of the parking lot ones because she doesn't like bugs. We appreciate there is something out there for everybody. However, the harder and more climbing we have to do through the woods is what my son craves. The dirtier, the better. We got a kick out of this one and is our favorite to date: GCA7F9 It put us in a section of a park NOBODY would ever go unless they were geocaching. And it was BEAUTIFUL. It was tricky to climb and a little scary to pull out the cache. But it all added to the adventure.

We found one of those and the last person screwed the top on crooked. Everything was wet and full of bugs. Yuk.

Are y'all referrring to the logs IN the cache itself or the notes that everyone can see online? Sometimes I write a quickie on the physical log but go home and add all my notes and details. I agree, there isn't much to say about a cache under a lamp post in the parking lot, other than thanks. On another we found I could have said, "it was really a good hide because the paint you used to disguise the nano really matched the object." On the easier ones I hate to say too much otherwise it will just give it away. I do like to see if it takes somebody more than 20 minutes to find it (not including the hike) or if the coordinates are off. We're pretty new to this and I am learning from other logs what to say. I really appreciate all the advice in the forums.

We have two iPhone 4's and bought the $10 app. We've been having a ball geocaching. Although I cannot comment on real GPS unit comparison, we have had no problems locating GC. We are doing urban and city park caches-->not in the mountains. Our only problem, we are obsessed.

We got a Canon D10. Waterproof to 30 ft., drop-proof to 6 feet and has a great video camera. It's about $275 but a great little camera and easy to hold onto. We took it to Hawaii and used it in the ocean, pool and waterfalls. Only thing, it sinks. So you HAVE to keep it tight on your wrist if you swim with it.

Probably coincidence they followed you. Maybe he was looking for the same geocache. My husband is a police detective and we geocache together. As long as you are on public property, not trespassing or being destructive you are fine. But, a policeman that doesn't know what GC is, may ask you what you are doing.

Travel Bugs? You can buy them from the online Groundspeak store or at REI if you have one in your town.

I make jewelry out of glass beads and semi-precious stones and love leaving them in caches. I do some hand-knotted keychains out of all-weather tiny gauge rope as well. It's fun making them knowing somebody will be happy to come across it in a cache. I like leaving useful items. Oh and I do leave them in a ziplock baggie.

We are new to GC and learning all the rules. My 8 year old son actually likes the micros and nano's. If we come across one with trinkets we leave something of similar value. Sometime we don't take things, just sign the log. I make jewelry and figure that is worth a trade for a small sheet of stickers. So far our items we leave are probably worth more than what we take, but we don't care. We went into GC knowing it wasn't about the "stuff" but about the hunt and creativity. I made several knotted keychains with fancy stones, plus all the beaded jewelry that can be worn by kids, adults, male and female. I like leaving cool stuff. It doesn't cost much to be creative. So far, this little sport has brought our family together. Which is what it's about for us. We've enjoyed every cache, found and unfound, crappy trinkets and good trinkets! We'll continue to read the forum and make sure we follow the etiquette. I am sure we'll goof up along the way at some point.

Thanks! We've been leaving handmade jewelry for our trades, the ideas are endless.

I have another question regarding FTF. We are new to caching and are putting together our first GC to hide. Is it good etiquette to put in a FTF coin? Or can we just put items in there?