Bill & Tammy

I haven't tried the poison ivy block but I found an inexpensive urushiol rinse that I purchased at Wal-Mart to be very effective after contact. I even used it on an area which had started showing a reaction and it halted the irritation.

A Cacheterva from the latin "caterva" meaning troop, throng, group or flock.

I guess I am struggling to find a correlation between finds and forum posting and why they are connected as you seem to be proposing. I don't see what one has to do with the other. In fact a person could be very involved in the hobby without ever even finding a cache and may have plenty of reason to participate in the forums. For example an individual who is enagaged in the growing hobby of geocoin collecting may never go near a cache and still have plenty to say here. Now leave me alone while I go back to not caching.

Walmart also has them in the crafts section. You get quite a few in a bag and they are very reasonable.

As an avid O gauge collector and railfan I would definately be interested in this or any coin that has the theme. Would love to see a Lionel coin come around the bend sometime.

Until today I had never heard of such a ban. Does anyone have an idea why metal detectors would be banned? Not replacing the divots?

Don't be so hard on the newb. I think many of us have had a few misguided notions when we started the game. I hate to admit I left fireworks in the first cache I found (I returned to remove them when I was scolded in a regional forum).

No, but often the "publicity" and attention that these actions bring is just what the offending party is seeking, so often the less said, the better.

Not from the cache site, but sunset from my place after yesterday's ice storm:

Thanks, good to know a cache is appreciated on any level.

Most of my hides are fairly easily found, especially by those with some caching experience. However there is one cache I have which has eluded everyone without assistance. Still waiting for someone to find it unaided. And yes, I do get a kick out of the DNF's on it.

This got me thinking because I had a similiar experience when living in my former city. I went about seeking permission in placing caches in the public parks by attempting to get a meeting with the local parks director about policies, etc. He wasn't really informed about it and I got the impression he really couldn't be bothered. A subsequent call I placed to him which was answered by his secretary indicated he didn't care "as long as our city workers don't think they are bombs". I think many land managers have this attitude... don't make more work for me or cause a problem and it's fine. Anyway, what I have thought about in the future, instead of asking permission when no policy is in place is to just send them something like a "geocache placement notification" with the location and all pertinent info. Then it is up to them to respond if they want it removed, at least they know about it and it won't cause a bunch of red tape cutting and hoop jumping.

Congrats on that milestone Starbrand, that is quite an accomplishment and shows your dedication to the game and the geocaching community.

I would agree that is something worth looking into to but it wouldn'y have helped with a situation I have found myself in; Before I got my smart phone with internet capabilities I at times ended up at caches that I hunted on-the-fly because I had the waypoint in my GPSr and I happened to be near it. In this case I had no cache info and then found when returning home I had not fulfilled a logging requirement such as this cache can only be logged on your birthday etc. I guess on the whole I really don't care of caches with additional requirements as they only tend to limit the number of visits.

No way to filter the contents of the cache description but I am assuming this cache may have had a higher difficulty which can be filtered.

Tam is very disappointed now, she was hoping to swap me for the butler.

I have made a number of my caches into MOCs after some muggling problems in my area. Did this help with the problem? I can't really say one way or the other in an educated way, but I haven't had any of my PMO caches muggled since they were made MOC. I also like to think that perhaps it helps with the quality of trade items since the folks now visiting my caches were at least willing to pony up a few buks to find them and maybe are less likely to be cheapskates in trading. Again, I would really can't say if making them MOCs has helped wit that or it is just because they now have fewer visitors.

I agree, to kids going caching it's all about the trade items. We always leave our "signature" item which is worth about 3-4 bucks I suppose, no matter if we take anything or not. But I always carry a few toys for the kids to trade. The play and "interest shelf life" in most cache toys, as most parents will also tell you lasts about as long as the car ride home, so I wash them and recycle the toys into other caches.

Well, not to offend but is is clear the TB doesn't belong to you. I personally wouldn't alter it no matter how good I thought my intentions were unless it is specified by the TB owner that alterations are acceptable.

If the toy is unbroken and clean I see no reason it can't be left as swag, frankly that would be better than much I have found.

I agree a lot of these issues seem theoretical and I also agree most orphaned caches are the result of cache owners that went on to other things. But I also know of at least 20 caches that were archived and relisted on another site according to a now archived cache (ironic, huh?) called Convert-A-Cache (LCN) on that other site. I happen to own a cache as I mentioned before that is now archived here on GC and relisted elsewhere, if someone were to take it upon themselves to remove it I think I would be a bit upset.

Another reason why caches shouldn't be made of PVC tube.

Echoing everything that the wise Clan Riffster had to say above. I really appreciate it when an individual has the resources and generosity of spirit to share their geocoin by placing it in a cache for others to discover... but if one has developed an attachment to a geocoin and it would cause distress that the coin may go into the black abyss I would suggest just keeping it for your personal collection perhaps share with other cachers you meet (they can a log a "discovered" note and it will show up in their TB tally if it is registered). Putting the geocoin into a cache will create the possibility that it will eventually be lost. Sometimes the coin vanishes in very short order, either by dishonorable intent or accident. Sometimes they live a long life and travel great distances. It's all up to the whims of fate I suppose.

There is also always the possibility, not of cross-listing as discussed but the cache being archived on one site and then relisted on another. I did that to one of my caches after a GC cacher had an unrealistic and unfounded objection to it. I simply archived it here and relisted it on the other site. I know of a number of caches that have been archived and relisted.

I suppose the only issue I have with leaving a business card in a cache is that unless they are a collectable signature item they tend to remain in caches forever collecting moisture, grunge etc. until they deteriorate to a point that they should be thrown out. Of course if they are laminated or made of a durable material this shouldn't be a concern.