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Scooter Rider

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  1. This morning I decided that I would try geocaching! Since I was new I don't have a GPS yet, so that was a little challenging! I found 2/5, but 1 was GONE... And I ended up hiding 2! Can't wait to search some more :(

     

    Delon Congrats on your first finds and welcome.

     

    There's and old saying ,Even a blind squirrel can find a acorn every so often.

     

    Depending on sat maps your like a blind squirrel to lessen frustration and to increase your fun a hand held GPS device is a must. For finding and placing.

  2. Read my logs from the field. Stop picking on mobile phone cachers.

     

    Logged from my BlackBerry using Geocaching Navigator by Trimble

     

    I am not picking on any one. I don't like logs reading like spam.

     

    Here's one form one of my hides

    (Found and logged with my new android incredible using the c:geo app. This is a pretty good free app for geocaching)

     

    There are places to discuss the gear you are using so there is no need to do so in the logs

    No matter what you are using.

  3. Probable nothing unusual but they can very and I wasn't about to assume for other states.

    I just looked up the law for my home state .

    The state that blows me away is New York. Some excerpts:

     

    Geocaches may not be placed directly on mountain summits or right at an overlook.

    No caches may be placed above the tree line.

    All caches must be clearly marked "GEOCACHE".

    All caches must be labeled with the cache owners real name and address as per NYS DEC Part 190.w.1.

     

    New York State Parks:

    Caches may be placed on State Parks managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. A geocaching permit is required and may be obtained from the park office. Please indicate your permit number on the cache page.

     

    And, of course, the famous "No Climbing Trees" rule in NYC.

    Ummm, we were discussing tresspass laws. There are lots of other laws and regs that stipulate where caches cannot be placed.

     

    And this is why you should not assume any thing until you check things out in your neck of the woods.

  4. Well never assume any thing here is the law on trespassing for the state of Ohio

    Criminal trespass

     

    They can very some what from state to state. Google you state to be sure.

    Good advice regarding checking the law. However, I don't see anything particularly unusual about the Ohio code.

     

    Probable nothing unusual but they can very and I wasn't about to assume for other states.

    I just looked up the law for my home state .

  5. What happens when some one with evil intent brings there own chirps to a multicache. And places them high in a tree to increase there line of site range . Any one picking it up could then be sent on a wild goose chase.

     

    Then the DNFs and has gone missing logs will show up. And the evil doer sits back and laughs.

    Waits a few months retrieves them and moves on.

    Sooner or later this will happen if these things catch on.

  6. I'd rather see souvenirs available to those that live in other parts of the world. So far the only souvenir that I've seen that isn't in the Puget Sound area was the GeoCoin fest in Minneapolis. How many geocachers in Europe, Austrailia, Asia, Africa, South America, and even the east coast of the U.S. do think will ever obtain souvenirs anytime soon other than the 10/10/10 souvenir? Granted, there are a few from far that were able to attend the big bash earlier this year and got the triad (and the special icons) but for probably well over 90% of all geocachers a 2500 miles trip to the pacific northwest to get the current souvenirs would be financially prohibitive.

    I guess that you missed MissJenn's post just a few before yours:

    From the relevant Knowledge Book article:

    Keep in mind we're starting slow to make sure that our infrastructure can handle a lot of souvenirs before we release a large set of them.

    :huh:

    Obviously, aouvis will be released world-wide and many will be made retroactive.

     

    Why can't people be a little patient?

     

    And what miss out on a opportunity to wring ones hands and whine. :)

     

    What are you thinking :rolleyes:

  7. Not for what I was planing . The dumpster is behind a historic building with a strip park in front.

    And there is only one place to put a small. Moving .1 mile ether way would be just another micro.

    The site could also would have been good for a multiply but some one botched the whole works

    by placing a micro were they did. Ether they weren't thinking or just lazy. take you pick

  8. There's a lot of discussion on the forums about whether cachers should have 100 or so finds before they can place a hide. Inevitably discussion turns into argument and a conclusion is never reached. But the main points made involve some combination of the following: 1) newbies need to see lots of caches before they know how to hide caches; 2) newbies place too many LPCs, GRCs, etc.; 3) newbies place too many C&Ds; 4) newbies select bad containers; and 5) good cache locations are wasted.

     

    I think, however, that I figured out the true root of the problem after experiencing a disappointment today.

     

    The real problem is that cache locations are more easily taken by those who do not take time to plan a cache. The number of finds makes no difference. When a cacher wants to work out a creative hide, it takes time and effort. Perhaps a week or two or more are needed to make this cache worthwhile. In the meantime, someone slaps a on a sign, and --POOF-- cache site is gone.

     

    I had a beautiful hide planned and a sweet, scenic site chosen that required a hike along a creek. The selected container was a well-camouflaged ammo can. I had a lengthy description written and planned on taking some photos of the site to include in the listing. I have 20 finds, by the way.

     

    But what happened? I just waited too long and planned too much. Someone slapped a nano a few feet away. They have over 200 finds.

     

    And my sad, homeless ammo can lets out a lonely sigh. . .

    edited for typos

     

     

    Oh I hear you I had a great site scoped out with a nice view and local history.

    Than I find its locked up by a magnetic nano in a back alley . That's been there for three years.

     

    I have 5 hide out there that folks seem to like I just went with what I would like find.

    I only had 20 finds when I put them out.

  9. Hi everyone!

     

    People have been wondering about our plans for souvenirs. I'm happy to inform you that starting in early November, we'll be rolling out more souvenirs for everyone to discover!

     

    MissJenn wrote up a Knowledge Book entry for souvenirs, so check in there if you have any questions:

    https://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=272

     

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    There is this one line that got me (you do need to be patient).

    Good luck with that B)

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