[I took a TB?]

I took a TB from a cache that has instructions to travel around Scotland, I am visiting England this weekend. I am heading home tomorrow up to Scotland and have notified the owner that i will be taking it up there from tomorrow. My question is.......... can I put it in to a cache of my own that I plan on putting out this week, i have checked the co-ords for my cache over a number of weeks. OR do i need to put it in to another one that has already been set up and do I then need to log it again as being in a Scotland cache.

thanks for any info

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

As someone mentioned, it could be a "dummy" if they sell geocaching supplies. you said it has the TB image on it, so it's definitely a Geocaching Travel Bug, right. So, next time you go there, ask about it. You'll have a story to tell, about how persistent you had to be to actually log it!

Just done a night time geocach tonight, so I mentioned the TB in the shop window, the person organising the event is going to call in to the shop to ask them to activate it, they are apparently new to geocaching as well.

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

It could also be that it was never activated, so you won't be able to log it. Stop in and ask them. Is the car for sale?

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Yes it is the correct way around and a static cling in their window. 2 of us checked it, I have thought of calling in next time in that area, just tried again with no luck to log it, so maybe they haven't activated it.

strange to have it in the window but not activated.

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

Just back from a geocaching couple of hours. Whilst out we checked the code in the shop window for the TB. ...........Yep I have written it down correctly. But still it is showing as not in the system. So I am stuck, well and truly

 

Huby just aasked am I putting the code in the correct place, I think so.

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

Has it been activated? If not, it may not show up in the system.

Just a WAG on my part.

 

I was told there was a TB in this shop window by someone who is a Geochacher, so when i was along in that area I looked and spotted it in the window. It is a cafe.

i have tried all ways to put in the code, but I will look again at it in the window at the weekend in case I did write it down wrong, but I stood and cheched it before I went away.

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

The one with all those wiggly legs?

 

I wonder if OP remembered to log in?

 

Would that not 'cancel' the discover, since site wouldn't know who to credit.

 

Doug 7rxc

I remember standing and looking at the TB sign and writing it down then looking again to check, but hey maybe I wrote it down wrong grrrrrrr

I will have another look at the weekend, oh and I so wanted to log it

i want to catch up with other folk

one day ......one day watch this space

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

I'm not sure exactly where you mean by "the tracking page near to the bottom".

 

Look at this link below: There are three boxes... Put the tracking number into the top box and click "Track".

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/default.aspx

 

MrsB

Thats where I put the code but it will not work. hmmmmmmm

I am just about to try it again.

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

Are you using a O instead of a 0 ? I believe that zero is used in TB tracking numbers but not letter O.

 

If it's not that and you're sure you've copied the rest correctly then I don't know what to suggest. Somewhere further down this forum you'll see a topic by minpin who recently had a similar problem with a TB which is activated and has been moved but they are getting "not in the system" when they enter the tracking number.

 

I think BlueDeuce is on the case... He might be able to comment further when he returns here.

 

MrsB

No zero in the code I have tried all combinations with no luck. I was wondering if I am putting in the code in the correct area, I scroll down on the tracking page to near the bottom and type in the code and that is when i get the message that it is not on the system. Someone told me about this one in a shop window last night so I assume it has been there for a while and they have probably logged it online when they spotted it. I saw the TB in the shop window this morning and I am sure I copied it down correctly.

thanks anayway

[Ok help please re TB in shop window]

I know last night I managed to log a TB I discovered on a car...........but......... I have slept since then and cannot remember what to do!!!!!!! ............ i have looked at the trackable part of the site and it just tells me the number isn't logged on the system,,,,,,,, I am sure I wrote it down correctly (it was in a shop window) I kept looking at it and double checked it,,.... help please how the heck did i log the one last night???????

I am putting in the code that was beneath the symbol for the TB in the window.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr wish i could remember how I did it, even reading the info on the site doesn;t tell me how to log a discovery or do i have my thick head on AGAIN !!

 

many thanks

[Found a TB on a car]

You'll want to do a Discover on the tracking number that you got from the car.

 

The reference number won't allow people to log it. You would use that number when you want to refer to it, like in a cache log. That prevents people from logging it without having found it.

 

Thank you i see

 

So I log a discovery and use the number from the TB on the car.

 

many thanks

[Found a TB on a car]

ok tonight with help I found a TB on a car, my first

I have the TB number

 

but what do I do now?

I went to the trackable site and put in the TB number.......ok

I clicked on "log it/discover it" on the RH side of the page

It then asks for tracking code......now is this the code from the bug on the car or the ref number that came up when i put in the code from the car.

 

desperate to log my new find

thanks for any help

[What do you leave in exchange?]

I have left tiny plastic toys when I have taken something out,or a Vegas keyring was another thing which I left.

With christmas coming and in Britain we have christmas crackers, I will be looking to see what comes out of the crackers and hopefully "pinch" them to put in any caches I find, saves throwing the novelties away after dinner lol

If they are only worth putting in the bin after dinner, then they're probably not worth putting in a cache.

 

But if you get the more expensive crackers, some do have some worthwhile goodies in them. M&S premium crackers are normally quite good.

Trouble is, people will want to hang onto those items after dinner, not bin them or donate them

I would make sure they were at least reasonable, sometimes there are nail clippers in the crackers and decent ones at that

[Three Epic Fails out of Three tries]

Couldn't find it. This is my third fail in a row. I'm 0/3. 3 attempts at 3 different caches all

In different areas and couldn't find a single one! I thought this would be fun for the kids and I. But it's NOT because we can't find them! Thought it was the gps on iPhone so brought tom-tom and still nothing. I think they are all buried under leaves and stuff and I'm not up to battling branches and leaves with two small kids and a big puppy. I'm glad you're all having fun but I just feel like this is

A very silly waste of time!! Yes, I'm bitter!! What are we doing wrong? The iPhone says we are literally ON TOP of All three caches but we see and find nothing every time! Pls help before I just give up!

Frustrated!

Thanks

I felt the same way and now I am up to the dizzy high number of 16 !!!!

There are a few in my town which I (we) have been back to time and time again and I will find the little blighters yet

Don't give up, I thought the same, what am I doing wrong, but once you find your first cache there will be no stopping you I was jumping up and down at my first find. look also for clues in the logs online that other geocachers have written when they have found a cache, that can help as someone told me to do that. You can sometimes find a little clue here and there by reading the logs online.

Don't give up, I know how you feel oh and they all seem to be micro here in the town so that was difficult but we now know what to look for as some are very very sneaky lol

[If I find a TB]

I know it has to be moved a few miles away at least preferably another town/country and quick quickly.

 

Any movement is better than none, even it's just .10 mile. Take pictures, tell stories, have fun.

Thank you all for the input. I will try to remember next time there is lot in the box that there might be a TB in somewhere, as i don't always remember when I put the co-ords into my gps to make a note. i suppose if it is moved a little way then the next person to find it might be travelling somewhere and take i,t errrrrr if you follow that but I know what i mean

many thanks everyone, will keep an eye out for a TB.

[If I find a TB]

I am still new to geocaching, my question is........... if I find a TB in a cache, I know I don't need to take it, but if I did take it do I put it into ANY cache ? I know it has to be moved a few miles away at least preferably another town/country and quick quickly.

i am so excited when I do find a cache and it wasn;t until i was home to log my find that i noticed one of the caches had a TB in, there were a lot of items in the box and I missed the TB but I wouldn't have taken the TB as i wouldn't be able to move it on at this point. Just wondered how it works.

many thanks

[Am I no longer a "newbie"?]

I'm a newbie and all the ones in my home town are micro okay we have found a few of them that are lock lock containers which is great when we do find them, but some in the town are so tiny (yes we found that one!) but it takes a few visits back to find them, there are still a few we cannot find

I feel I need to be on the "nursery slopes" as I only have 13 to my name so far,but hey its climbing

[What do you leave in exchange?]

So I'm just in the process of putting out 5 new caches...our firsts.

 

I think they're pretty neatly "stacked". We have scrapbooking brads, a little bundle of 7 crayons(new of course), an oriental trading foam craft kit, and a couple of those new "shaped" bracelets - what are they called again?!? - oh ya silly bands.

 

I have some extra craft kits & some crayons to put into other caches we find as a family...so I'm looking for more ideas - what do you guys leave?

 

I have left tiny plastic toys when I have taken something out,or a Vegas keyring was another thing which I left.

With christmas coming and in Britain we have christmas crackers, I will be looking to see what comes out of the crackers and hopefully "pinch" them to put in any caches I find, saves throwing the novelties away after dinner lol

[My daughter geocaching now]

My Dad, Sister and I are all Geocachers and live in different States. We have a friendly competition going and like to compare strategies and types of hides. We have had the opportunity to cache together on 3 occasions (vacations in each others State during the holidays) and loved the camaraderie. Enjoy the game the way you play it, share your stories big and small with your caching family, and don't worry too much about the numbers. I rarely go out solo caching, it's just not as fun for me. My kids usually tag along or my husband if he is off work, but I am the only one in my immediate family that really enjoys the hobby.

 

My daughter just text me this morning to say they are out and found another one .

a beautiful morning here so will try one or two today.

I see by your profile that you have now found 12! Good for you. How is your daughter's caching going?

 

thanks all for your replies. Yes I am up to the dizzy heights of i think 11 could even be 12

Deep down my hubby enjoyes going out I think he is in control of the GPS and we both hunt lol twice he has been asked "What are you doing" by folk walking by. A couple of times a text has come in when we were searching but I had to say "will text later, under fallen tree at the moment!"

Our daughter now has a GPS instead of using her phone, her husband bought her one as a surprise so she is happy I am not sure what number she is up to.

I am so enjoying the sport.

[Mistakes commonly made by a newbie.]

On more than one occasion, we've bushwhacked through brush and briar following the GPSr to the cache only to find the nice clear trail that went by GZ from a different round-about direction. At least it gave an easy way back out.

 

Also, keep a mind when putting your hands in dark recesses that look like they could hide a cache. They sometimes hide other things too.

 

If there is a difficult or and easy way to do something you can guarantee I will do it the hard way, yesterday I scrambled up an embankment only for my husband to say "Come back down this way" where he was standing at a different area to where I had climed! ........yep is was a much easier route, but I found the cache

[My daughter geocaching now]

My Dad, Sister and I are all Geocachers and live in different States. We have a friendly competition going and like to compare strategies and types of hides. We have had the opportunity to cache together on 3 occasions (vacations in each others State during the holidays) and loved the camaraderie. Enjoy the game the way you play it, share your stories big and small with your caching family, and don't worry too much about the numbers. I rarely go out solo caching, it's just not as fun for me. My kids usually tag along or my husband if he is off work, but I am the only one in my immediate family that really enjoys the hobby.

 

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My daughter just text me this morning to say they are out and found another one .

a beautiful morning here so will try one or two today.

[almost but not quite]

Hey those milestone caches are the most fun Wait 'till you're at 99 cache finds & looking for the century cache!

 

 

hmmmmmmm ask me in 4 years time if I have got there

[almost but not quite]

Almost at the dizzily height of double figures for my cache finds

slow but sure ........... I am getting there, takes me a few attempts but never mind lol

[My daughter geocaching now]

Yes looks like a competition between me and granddaughters and I just know they will beat me!

Enjoy the fact it gets you out, and is FUN.

Enjoy the fact others in your family can enjoy it with you, and take part with you.

Enjoy the fact you can talk about the caches you have both/all found, but found when not together.

Enjoy the fact you can talk about the caches one of you has found and the other hasn't!

 

If they do find more than you, you have the perfect "PAF" for when you can't find the cache!

 

PAF = Phone A Friend.

 

Unfortunately they live in England and I am in Scotland so will not be out geocaching together until we meet up either down there or up here when they visit. But it is such good fun, even though hubby isn't as keen on the sport he will tag along with me for support.

[My daughter geocaching now]

Caching is a great activity to do with your kids (or grandkids!) May you be blessed with many neon fingers! Happy caching.

 

thank you all oh I wish I could go out just now, beautiful day here, as i so need the practise but have the joiner here working so need to be in, but tomorrow hubby will be off so I have said he can wait in and i will try to find a cache, note TRY !!

Yes looks like a competition between me and granddaughters and I just know they will beat me!

thanks

[My daughter geocaching now]

One of our daughters is now geocaching in England after joining here just at the end of last week , we are up here in Scotland, she only went out on her first hunt with our little granddaughters and hubby and found their first cache on Saturday!!!

My first two I needed a big helping hand and almost a large finger, neon lit pointing down to where the cache was/were.

So i cannot let her beat me I have so far only found one without help other than from my hubby and you would have thought I had scooped the lottery when I did find my first one myself, I was so excited lol