ayrbrain
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1. Participating Date October 17
2. Received Name Date November 15
3. Mission Complete Date
4. Mission Received Date
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1. Participating Date October 17
2. Received Name Date November 15
3. Mission Complete Date
4. Mission Received Date
Ok a senior moment here as I put in the wrong received date, then couldn't see how to delete the whole thing! Sorry about two replies.......as i said.......
A senior moment
Let the fun begin..........oooooooooh wonder who has my name 
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What a sad little TB
If i found one like that I think I would try to give it some TLC if possible.I got an email yesterday of a TB we placed in Sydney 2 years ago, it moved about a bit but the email told me it wasn't in the cache it was listed as being in
Such a shame when they go awol but I know that is the chance you take when you send one off into the unknown. -
G'day all, I don't normally hang around in this corner of the forum too often, mainly because Trackables have never been a huge part of the game for me.
Till today of course. Took a TB that was in a cache I found today and to be perfectly honest, it's seen better days. It's just the dog tag, not even a chain attached to it and its stained and dented. Normally that wouldn't phase me too much but when looking into it it has no goal, no sort of description and reading through the old logs it looks like the owner never dropped it properly in the first place, it just appeared like a man that's lived in the jungle for 40 years. The owner has not been around for 18 months, not that that means much, he hasn't ever logged any finds (on this site anyway) but has moved/discovered 3 trackables.
So the question is; Is there any sort of retirement plan for TB's? Is it acceptable for an orphaned, crippled TB to aimlessly wander the world or should they be put out of their misery?
As I say, TBs aren't a huge part of my game, I can log them but that's about as much as I know about them, thoughts would be appreciated.
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That's fantastic. I put a TB out a couple of years ago on behalf of our 2 older little granddaughters, it's stuck in a cache and been there a while. So there is hope when we read your story. Hope you manage to retrieve the Tb that has made it home.
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Until I was sure if I would take up geocaching I bought a secondhand Etrex on ebay, it served me well, in fact I still have it, Hubby bought me another dearer one which was even better, but I use my iphone now for caching and hubby uses my gps. Although he is not a cacher
I must say I do not like the opening on the back of my newer gps as I managed to break the little handle so had to get a new back for it. Even now I am nervous opening the gps so usually hand it to hubby to open then I can blame him
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I like to find a TB in a cache, and if possible and I know I am going out caching soon then i will take it to move on.
I have some that are MIA, but reading on here of some that turn up months or years later gives me hope for my missing TB's
Annoying to read in an online log that someone has written "left a TB" in a cache but do not log it properly online. It is only by asking on here or asking a friend or looking at the Q&A on the cache site that we learn how this all works.
I only manage to geocache through the autumn/winter, so i do get rusty and think 'how does this work again?' But a quick search on the internet and the answer appears. Thankfully
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A couple of years ago we were in Sydney Australia, we found a TB hotel within a public building, where I was able to sit in a comfy couch and take my time looking through the box and signing the log. Plus we had made arrangements to meet up with a Sydney cacher before leaving the UK which was fun.
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Lol that is certainly different
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My Finnish caching buddy's found a nice one. CO was fed up with micros in bushes - so his container is a micro... wave oven in a bush. I'd post the page but it's all in Finnish and no pics, sadly.
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1. Participating Date October 17
2. Received Name Date
3. Mission Complete Date
4. Mission Received Date
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Have sent you an email as requested, this sounds like fun. Thank you for organising it.
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In the UK caches in Churchyards, graveyards, cemeteries and war memorial sites require explicit permission, with relevant contact details sent to the reviewer.
We have not been allowed to place caches in or near to Dry Stone Walls for a long time!
Yes I knew that.
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I wish I had never bothered trying to place another cache, as I am getting confused. But I think I have now sent it to be reviewed again.
It isn't in a cemetery, I wouldn't do that.
It is in a small popular dog walking wood.
It isn't on or in a wall, again I wouldn't do that.
Fingers crossed they receive it and approve it.
Thanks all
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That was the problem! I couldn't see where to reply. But I followed someone else's directions and went through the page for the hopefully new cache. Got there in the end, well I hope so.
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We put in place a geocache yesterday, then I sent in all the details etc. This morning I have an email back saying they need to check I haven't placed it in a cemetery or a wall (which I haven't). It is in a popular dog walking small wood.
My question is, I have just clicked reply on their email, will this get to them or should I go through a different route, although in saying that I cannot see a different way to contact them other than clicking rely,?
Hope this makes sense? Many thanks
The reviewer usually explains how to contact him/her in their communication with you. It's best to follow those instructions.
Help Center → Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache
4.5. Working With the Reviewer: communication
http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=74
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I think they should get that, also you can go to your cache page and post a reviewer note (use the same dropdown as you do when logging a cache) with the same explaination, that may be better as it will stay on the page history - but won't be visible to anyone else.
Now posted a reviewers note on the page. Many thanks.
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More than likely that email was a copy of the note the reviewer posted on your cache page itself. It was generated automatically by the site. If you reply to that email, your reviewer won't see it.
To reply, you will need to add your own reviewer note to the page. That is done with a log. At the upper right of the page you will see a link "Log your visit". Click that, and select "Post Reviewer Note" as your log type. Answer his concerns in that note, like describing how you have the cache hidden or any permission issue he's asking about, and click submit. Then you wait. If he has further questions, he'll respond with another reviewer note to you. If everything is satisfactory the first round, your cache will probably be published then.
Hope that helps.
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I think they should get that, also you can go to your cache page and post a reviewer note (use the same dropdown as you do when logging a cache) with the same explaination, that may be better as it will stay on the page history - but won't be visible to anyone else.
Many thanks for your reply.
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We put in place a geocache yesterday, then I sent in all the details etc. This morning I have an email back saying they need to check I haven't placed it in a cemetery or a wall (which I haven't). It is in a popular dog walking small wood.
My question is, I have just clicked reply on their email, will this get to them or should I go through a different route, although in saying that I cannot see a different way to contact them other than clicking rely,?
Hope this makes sense? Many thanks
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SorryI should have said whereabouts it was on my profile. It would be nice if there was some way of adding a note to the notice that I have already informed the Tb owners, ages ago.
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Just looking at my profile etc, and noticed on the right hand side a notice that a TB I have at the moment hasn't been placed into a cache, and would I move it on or notify the TB owner. The TB owner knows I have their TB as I asked if I could hang onto it for a couple more weeks as I will be able to move it on a good distance. They okayed this. I have never noticed these notes before, mind you I do not keep a TB this long usually.
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what is so special about 12/12/2012 surely the 20/12/2012 is a more significant arbitrary set of numbers? especially if the cache is published at 20:12 hours.
Yes, but then you'd have to live where you write the date like that!
i live where we write it like that
I STILL get mixed up when I see it written as folk write it across the "pond" 
going for at least one tomorrow….well that's the plan
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When I started out caching I looked in Ebay and found a secondhand gps. I wanted to make sure I was going to enjoy geocaching so did not want to spend a lot and then not enjoy caching. I had my faithful little gps for a year which served me well, now I use an iPhone. But the little gps was great to start me off.
Let the fun begin..........oooooooooh wonder who has my name 
If i found one like that I think I would try to give it some TLC if possible.
Such a shame when they go awol but I know that is the chance you take when you send one off into the unknown.
2013 Travel Tag/Bug & Christmas Card & Postcard Mission
in Trackables
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I had to try a couple of shops here as well before finding one suitable. Then the man behind the counter told me that the company printing them here was going out of business! Maybe folk don't bother sending cards. Usually we are home before the cards are if we send any when on holiday.