!mike

theUMP of course - does a super fast job.

True. You need to start off by using Pocket Queries to get all the caches within the area you are interested in. Since you can only get 500 caches at a time and you need to start back in the year 2000 say (depending when the first cache was placed), this could mean several PQs to get them all. Once you have your database correct up to the present time you only need to update for new caches and updated ones.

With my first TB I actually proudly posted that I had collected TB number XXXXX etc. I had no idea that people would cheat! I very soon received a polite email explaining about TB etiquette. I apologised for my naivety and immediately edited the log. The other problem mentioned was logging the TB. If I go away from home it may be a couple of weeks before I can log on to record my finds and placements. Getting to a computer each day is not really an option when travelling in remote areas of Australia. I have no real answer for this. If someone picks up a TB I have placed and logs that fact, then when I try to log that I have found it, it is no longer in the cache - if you see what I mean. It has not happened to me yet, but I suppose I could always log it as "Grab it from somewhere else"????