[Fixing someone elses geocache?]

Just yesterday I picked up the remains of a cache that had been muggled. It was strewn about, soaking wet and pretty dirty. I brought it home, am drying it out and replacing it in as close to the original place as I can manage. My log includes a note explaining what I am doing and the cache owner is fully aware of it -

 

This seems to me the most reasonable way of dealing with this kind of problem.

(just my opinion)

[Most Northernly find, and furthest from home]

farthest from home: GCJ5T7 (arizona) 1552.656mi

farthest north: GCND1M N 42° 46.595 W 082° 56.407 (this one was actually close to home when I logged it)

[Signature Tokens/Coins left in Cache Etiquette?]

 

 

Heyyyy,

 

 

I have one of those on my refrigerator.

 

glad you got one - and that you use it!

[Swapped GPS]

I use a Lowrance - I don't see those around much - not sure why, they have great features and good prices

[Signature items, what do you leave?]

 

(it's a magnet - I have been known to leave them on vehicles and other odd places, too)

[Cache finder]

 

What is the difference between raspberries and trees?

 

mostly the flavor

[puzzle caches]

geez Louise - if you don't like puzzles, don't do the puzzle caches

duh!

[take a guess]

I always mark a waypoint when I put my GPSr down - that way all I have to do is look at it

[Signature Tokens/Coins left in Cache Etiquette?]

I always leave something when I take a sig item - and in addition leave my own sig magnet - I figure anything removed from a cache should be traded for

 

[Not to offend]

if you want to be sure that nothing in your new cache will offend anyone, don't place the cache

[Area 51]

Duluth is out there

[Quick Question]

 

What we always do:

 

TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

 

BRAIN: are you thinking what I'm thinking?

PINKY: I think so, Brain, but burlap always chafes me so

[URL]

... due to IE's suckitude.

 

<offtopic>you are being entirely too kind about internet exploder</offtopic>

[Posting pictures]

I usually make sure I take at least one photo that does not give away any details if I plan to post one with my log.

[How important is a compass and altimeter in geocaching?]

I find that the electronic compass need to be recalibrated too often to be reliable - I use a magnetic compass when I want to shoot a bearing.

 

The altimeter may be useful if you are in steep country - along with decent topo maps - but again, only if it is calibrated.

[Aquacache?]

Here in the water-rich Netherlands I know of a cache in a lake (recreational area) where, in the

summer, you can swim. Under water is a floating cannister suspended on a wire connected to

something very heavy. So the cache floats two meters (six feet) under water. You have to swim

and dive , attach a wire/floating bottle to it, unhook the cache. Go ashore and log. Swim back,

unhook your own contraption (so you can find the under water hook again) and replace the cache.

Want to try it this summer (don't have a wet suit). Idea?

 

[hope my english is understandable ], cache nr = GCX2YW

 

Good luck!

 

your english is very good and this sounds like an excellent cache - love the water!!!!

[What do you use for making a medium sized cache?]

I use lock-n-locks - bu that is because I haven't found a good source for ammo cans locally and don't relish paying for shipping on them.

 

of the ones I have hunted and found, the ammo cans are by far the best

[Can I use the G emblem that ?]

use it freely

check out this thread

 

and this one

[Hunt Globally (hide locally)]

(yeah, that's the one I like best, too)

 

for those who combine flying with geocaching:

 

[Hunt Globally (hide locally)]

I just thought it might be nice to have a geocaching image that included a globe - so I bashed a few together:

 

 

 

 

 

if you like them, take them - no strings

[Molds for lead geotags?]

tin melts almost as easily as lead and is not nearly as likely to cause health problems - on the other hand, I have worked with lead most of my adult life and routine tests for lead in my system invariably come up with levels well below anything that would trigger alarm among healthcare professionals.

[Can anyone recommend a good cryptology and/or puzzle cache solving book?]

I like singh's book - and have the cd (it came free when I joined the American Crypotogram Association) - it has many useful tools as well as descriptions of a number of ciphers

 

here is a website that is also useful: Rumkin cipher tools - you will find a goodly number of tools for manipulating text and solving ciphers

 

Good Luck - have fun!!!!

 

BTW - the Dunin book is available at amazon.com for US$11.86 - the Singh book for US$10.85 - there are used copies of both available for lower prices.

[L'horror!]

Falkland Islands? Do you mean las Malvinas?

[Animal Encounters]

found a cache with a rubber rat fastened to the top of the lid - the whole thing hidden in a hollow log - does that count?

[Is it still around?]

my first is currently archived - no telling if it will rise from the dead or not - I notice that it was a micro, within a mile of where I lived at the time and obviously before I learned how much more fun a REAL cache could be. chuckle