As a relatively new cacher who goes with her two young children, I'm a bit hesitant to chime in here, but since I live near Medford and 2 of the archived cache's were on my watch list, I thought I'd add my nickel's worth.
I've heard that Medford police are a bit hesitant about cachers. I suspect it is the secrecy that is involved. In trying to avoid muggles, we can also look like suspicious, potential thieves or vandals. That said, we've never had a problem.
There have also been a couple of caches that we've attempted to find and I've felt that we were getting uncomfortable close to private property, so I've called the heathens (children who believe the best path to a cache is a straight line, even if it does involve running through poison ivy) and we've gone on to another location. What can I say, I'm a wimp.
Grin and Bear it was noted that it was close to, but not one private property. Didn't want to attempt it during the summer with the humidity and mosquitos and certainly would NEVER attempt it during hunting season (as a runner, I wear very bright colours and frequently call out "I'm not a deer!" when trail running or even on the dirt road near my home).
Again, as a newbie, how does one know a cache is legit? Many that we find are in public parks, but they are still not the property of the person leaving the cache.
