StarBrand
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found an unlogged cache. looking for info
StarBrand replied to Cheeky's Dred 3's topic in General geocaching topics
...only if you intend to offer to send it back to the owner. Just because it experienced geo-migration doesn't change ownership. -
I once rather accidently found one of my Travel Bugs about 1000 miles from home while on vacation. I had no idea it was anywhere nearby. Small world. Of Course I took it - and dropped it off at another cache.
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Waypoint Distances: Reviewer vs. Online Calculators
StarBrand replied to stevebass's topic in How do I...?
No - as long as it has been out for 4 or more months. If it has been less than a reviewer may invoke the cache permanence guideline. Although, as long as you do not make it a habit of doing so, - a one time archive and re-submit for the same area is likely not an issue. -
This is incorrect. The 528' radius circles around caches can overlap (there can be an intersection of the circles). See the example above in Post #125. A given circle cannot overlap the center of another circle. {edit for stupidity] If you go with a 528 foot diameter circle - then no 2 circles can overlap and that defines a cache's area neatly. If they overlap - then caches are too close together. That area can only be 'owned' by a singular cache or stage of a multi with respect to other caches (bringing this back on topic). If you use a 528 foot radius circle then they can overlap each other but not the center points. Either statement is correct. I keep wondering (for arguments sake) - what issues do you seeing cropping up if for some odd reason the saturation rule for stages of a multi goes away?
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This page under step 4 makes it clear you should place the cache prior to submitting the form. http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx Most all reviewers will be glad to let you know about any saturation issues if you contact them with your proposed coordinates.
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Worst thing you've ever grabbed while searching?
StarBrand replied to Buzzy204's topic in General geocaching topics
"Staff" as in stick, or "staff" as in the posse of assistants you bring on your geocaching expeditions? -
Waypoint Distances: Reviewer vs. Online Calculators
StarBrand replied to stevebass's topic in How do I...?
I ran the math through my own calculator and 3 online ones I googled and all confirm about 459 -
Once in while I do - particularly for those that followed the movement instructions or posted some photos online. However, as a general rule - no.
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Make certain you are logged on as a premium member. If necessary log out and back in. Go to any cache that you have previously logged as 'found' - on the right hand side - just under the logging options -- is a place to add a favorite vote. You are allocated 1 favorite vote for every 10 caches you log as found. It should list "Add to your favorites" and just below - the total number of favorite points you have available.
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I have hidden 165+ over the years. I have just around 1300 finds as well. Some folks are just not hiders at all and after 10 years and 10,000+ finds - they have no hides. Some accounts have 5000+ hides. I do not think 'average' can really describe the norm for anybody.
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By "precious swag" I mean TB's and GC's. I don't know if you own TB's or GC's but they have a certain value. If you own only 10 of them it costs you something like $40. So... yeah, it can be "precious" in a way. How do you want TB's/GC's to travel if you don't put them in caches? I think what they mean is put out trackables with the full expectation that they will become lost - rather than expecting them to survive for a long time. I know 80% of my TBs are gone. I stopped worrying about who had them or where as long as they moved around as little as 1 time per year to show signs of 'life'.
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Worst thing you've ever grabbed while searching?
StarBrand replied to Buzzy204's topic in General geocaching topics
I grabbed a Prairie Rattlesnake once early in my caching career - luckily it was like 38F degrees out so it was just trying to warm itself under a sagebrush near ground zero and was slow to move. I wasn't. I learned to use my staff to probe such areas. -
One cacher I know in a nearby state never ever ever leaves any hints of any kind on any of his hides. Almost all are difficulty 2 to 3.5 and his coordinates are typical 20 to 30 feet off (poor equipment). That is frustrating to me.
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Leave it there and log an NM. Some creative soul may easily find a way to replace it with a new can in the same spot. SBA should be reserved for guidelines violations that are clear and obvious.
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Perhaps one of your finds ended up being a retracted cache?? I've seen differences in the totals from retracted ones before but I thought they fixed that somewhere along the way.
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Pocket Queries are the answer - here is a great tutorial: http://www.markwell.us/pq.htm Set a day for it to run and you should get a single file with up to 1000 caches in it as a result.
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I agree with this. Over the years I have personally found 5 caches that had been outdoor unpublished for 1 or more years that after some checking turned out to be rejects for either proximity issues or were placed as vacation hides. I've also found 3 archived caches that were all listed as missing before the archive.
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I once set out (around 2006) about 10pm when 18 new caches were published within 30-40 miles of my house and all off to the north northwest in a fairly rural area. Late fall and a bit of drizzle. By 3 am, I was FTF on 5, DNF on 10 and STF on 2 and third to find on 1. That was the last time I put much effort into being FTF. All in all a fun night lookling back but I was wet cold and more than a bit disappointed by the time I got home.
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How to prepare for a day of caching
StarBrand replied to 3isamagic#'s topic in General geocaching topics
I usually just load all the caches in an area or along a route to my unit - check my caching bag(s) and head off. Really not a lot of planning goes into it. -
You can always search with Pocket Queries to get size.
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Exactly what I was thinking in my first post.
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I believe so - yes. But as the owner - you can still view them.