Friday 13th

Make sure that the batteries are in the right way. Make sure the batteries are fully charged. Try holding down the button. Thats all the help I can give.

I have used Gorilla glue and I hate it. I can't stand how it expands and bubbles and makes a big sticky mess. I've also tried Marine Amazing Goop and had a camo job self-destruct in short order. I applied the gorilla glue last night. I used epoxy, not the regular glue. It seems to be working great. It will be completely cured tonight. It doesn't foam so there's no sticky mess.

You obviously haven't read the posts above, again... If people don't have a smart phone they can use a code they copy from the container when they log the find on their computer. And if they choose not to participate that's up to them. Kind of like some people skip Premium only caches because they don't have a premium account. Or they skip night caches because they don't have a flashlight And about cheating, you contradicted yourself so I have no answer for your statement/question. You said what does it matter if people are visiting caches, yet there is a logbook logging rule. If it didn't matter you wouldn't have to log the find in the cache. Lol. Okay, you've caught me. I didn't read all of the posts. I still think that people would be cheating themselves more than anyone else by not going to a cache.

Yeah, I know, but I've tried other adhesives and this is the only one I can recommend. I haven't used it for geocaching but 3M 5200 adhesive is frequently used in marine environments for bonding plastic materials. A lot of commercial polyethelene kayak companies use it to bond and seal bulkheads in their sea kayaks so you know it would withstand a wet environment. BTW, what's that green ivy leaf going to look like in the fall when all the natural leaves turn red? Ummm...ivy leaves don't change color where I live. They stay green all year.

I would try this, but I want to try using an adhesive first. If epoxy works, why put wire through the leaf possibly giving away the cache? Well, I'm not sure what sort of leaf or what sort of container, but it seems like you could thread it through or around the primary 'spine' of the leaf so that it would only be seen if looking closely. Sometimes it's surprising how effective some minimal amount of camouflage can be when put into context. One cache near me was a simple lock & lock container with camo tape all over it...and not even all that good a match to the surroundings. It was hidden in a bush and I swear I must have searched a five foot radius for ten minutes before my eyes finally hit it just right...I couldn't believe I actually missed it. Okay, that makes more sense. I don't know why I didn't comprehend that before. I thought that you meant that I should poke holes in the leaf and thread the wire through that. I still want to try the adhesive first because I know that I will use it again. If that doesn't work, I'll try fishing line.

If geocaching is a game, what does it matter if people are visiting the caches or not? They're simply cheating themselves by not being able to enjoy the experience of finding the cache. Also, isn't the log kinda made to keep people from cheating? You could always go and check the log to see if it has been signed. Some people don't have smartphones, so how would they be able to log a verify found?

I would try this, but I want to try using an adhesive first. If epoxy works, why put wire through the leaf possibly giving away the cache?

I have just found out that Home Depot has a Gorilla Glue Epoxy and it has a short curing time! Gorilla Glue AND Epoxy... and a short cure time! It's the best of both worlds! I'm going to try to get there ASAP to get some. I'll make sure to post how the container turns out.

I'm going to try to use gorilla glue, but I can't find it in any stores near me. All there is is PVC gorilla glue. Is this the same or should I be looking for something different?

I believe that the container is what is referred to as a "Snap Cap Micro". I had another container that used the same fake Ivy and it was not discolored.

It's a fake ivy leaf bought from my local crafting store. It's made of fabric. The container is a small test tube thingy that you can buy in bulk on eBay. I'm not sure how else to describe it. I've tried to use super glue. It doesn't work on the fabric. I will try Velcro. I'm also going to try epoxy. I will wait on this to see if the Velcro works of if anyone else has a better suggestion.

You might be a geocacher if you hide spare change in small containers all around your house.

If you go the the edit cache option, there is a small box that you can un-check to make it available to everyone.

I've been working on placing some caches with interesting camo. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to attach a small plastic tube to a fake leaf. I've tried several types of adhesive and nothing has worked. Is there a special type of adhesive that would work for this of is there another way to attach it?

That wasn't supposed to be a face...whoops

Micros and nanos have become a part of geocaching. I personally enjoy looking for them if they are: A) in an interesting location in an interesting container C) in a tree You can't really stop people from placing micros. They are easy to place and cheap to buy. That doesn't make them bad. If people make them interesting to find, they don't have to be viewed as a stain on the shirt of cache containers. My three caches that I've placed so far are all micros but they all have favorites. Why? Because two have very interesting camo that makes the search harder and more rewarding and one is in a tree. If all micros were more interesting instead of magnets stuck to a guard rail, everyone would enjoy them more.

First of all, caches can't be place in such a way that the area would be harmed if many people were to come searching for them. I've seen some underwater caches that were simply rope tied to a cinder-block attached to a water bottle. Second, you would have to obtain permission from the landowner for any hide. For a hide such as this, you would need to clarify exactly where the cache is when explaining it to the land owner. It would also need to be in an area that is safe enough to reach. I know from experience that the ocean isn't safe in some places in northern California. Thirdly, In 15-20 feet of water, how much special equipment is needed? It's really not that deep and could be done easily compare to some other underwater caches. Depending upon the visibility and the size of the container, I would say it would be more along the lines of a 2 Difficulty: 4 Terrain and a 3.5 Difficulty: 4.5 Terrain. You don't want to have your cache rating any higher that it has to be. Finally, you might want to find some high difficulty and terrain caches before placing one. It will give you more of an idea of what yours should be rated in comparison.

Ummm, I meant program, not system in the first step.

These are the instructions for mac (I think that PC is somewhat along the same lines of this) 1) I use Pocket Queries from Geocaching.com. I download them to my desktop, not any system. 2) When you plug the GPS into you're computer, a little icon with the name "eXplorist" or something along the lines of that pops up on your desktop. If you open that, there should be six (6) files. One for geocaches, one for map, ect... If you open up the one for geocaches, you can add or delete the geocaches on your GPS. 3) Open up the folders on your desktop and the Geocache folder on your GPS and copy or drag the information inside the folders on your desktop into the geocache folder on your GPS. I'm happy to help, I had trouble figuring this out too

When I'm updating my eXplorist, I just download the file to my desktop, open up the geocache folder on the eXplorist, delete any old files and put in the new ones. I use a mac so I'm not sure if this works on other computer systems.

My first GPS was a geo-mate jr. It worked fine for a while. Then I updated it using the update kit, went to Seattle, came back and was unable to update it again because the company had closed down and was not allowing anymore updates. I'm not sure when they started back up. I'm much happier with a slightly more expensive Magellan eXplorist GC. The one problem with the Geo-Mate jr. is that once you're at or near GZ, it will get confused and jump 80 feet in all directions. It's really hard to find caches with it since it offers no clues or description. The Geo-mate jr. was around 60$ and I got the eXplorist for 120$ off of Amazon. The eXplorist GC relatively cheap for a GPS that will last years. I've had mine for two years and I have no complaints.