michael612

Did the token return on Discovery from SpaceStation? I understand that the Doctor on board the final Discovery mission was a Geocacher and was aware of the token.

You enjoy, as I, the preparation. Nice work, I'll take two in desert sand, size medium, with an extra coat of UV protective mat finish spray! Just bring them down when you come sport fishing in La Paz.

I too would be interested in a Copy of this handbook in Spanish. I will subscribe and see what develops.

I understand obtaining the GC code ability to develop the listing before publishing. How about using my geocaching.com USER NAME as contact data? contact: geocaching.com member michael612 If anyone wants to contact me they can send me an email using the SEND MESSAGE. StarBrand "I've hidden 160+ caches and not a one of them has the GC code on it. At least 60 - 70% of the caches I have found also do not have the GC code on them." How would any 'accidental locators' of one of your caches report it they did not know the lat/long of the site? Would just going to www.geocaching.com enable them to easily find the published site data? Still a newbie.

If I understand correctly each cache of sufficient size is to have a label with some identifiers. Cache Name, Lat/Long of site, Person placing the catch (hidden by), Contact. AND GC CODE. Instructions are to place cache, return and complete the listing guidelines to get the site published. If this routine is followed it would necessitate a second round trip to the cache site just to furnish the GC CODE on the Identity label. The majority of the site I have in mind are 45-90 minutes travel time one way, would prefer to have the cache complete at the time it is delivered to the resting site. Is an email address sufficient for a contact or a phone number? Guidance for the newbie please.

On my older Magellan Color Trak there is a screen display of satellites the unit, GPSr, is tracking and the azimuth (direction / bearing) they are from the GPSr and their relative signal strength/quality. These will vary during the hour. This variance will cause your GPSr to show varying 'best estimate locations' Anything more than ddd. mm. ss. 3 (.3 of a second) is the unit using "Kentucky windage". A ddd.mm.mmm' display would only be accurate to .005' plus or minus 95% of time I believe that sat locations at given time is the key to accuracy. Weather,clouds,rain or shine have little affect on the GPS lat long reading. Sunspots are another subject. I suspect that comments regards the cache being misplaced could easily just be that maybe the GPSr reading was recorded or viewed by each user at times when distortion was the greatest. Many a time at sea, the GPSr fix would be off the plotted course significantly; a look at the satellites being tracked would show poor triangulation or maybe only 2 satellites active, usable above horizon, at that time, wait 20 minutes and the GPS position would come back in line.

Thanks to those above who shared links to some very nice files. I would sure like access to a .pdf download of 'muggle' cards in Spanish. Homebase: La Paz, BCS, Mexico

Is it permitted to use a link to a forum topic as part of long description when setting up a cache. Some interesting websites, noncommercial, have some data I would like to share with any searchers to make the site(s) more informative. Your observations for the newbie.

thanks for the ideas. Limited number of caches under 30 air miles radius from home. Maybe 3 resident cachers within same distance. Back to researching.

I am a newbie and have been looking for some locations and giving some thought to container for the cache. My locale, Baja California Sur is rocky and cactus covered. I have no idea of how difficult to make the location. Summertime will bring some quite hot weather. I am tending towards a cache location in plain sight but container camouflaged to blend with the the flora on which it is placed. Like maybe a section of PVC pipe or bamboo camouflage painted and placed it say between 2 to 6 feet off the ground. Ideally, maybe a location that would allow me to view the cache with glasses from a nearby roadway. I have no desire for cachers to end up covered in spines or slipping down a steep rocky slope. May you could share some ideas here or direct me to more related information. Thanks