Polar B's

Just to add my two cents in.... The mailbox is a good idea, however may be have it be a multi cache where the combination is found along the way (on billboards and street signs). I only suggest it because a mailbox size object might not be all that fun to find (kind of obvious). But the hunt for the combination would allow for a hunt without making in unhandicapped accesible. Just a thought

I just adopted a cache through this link. If it doesn't work you probably just need to try it at another time

Here is the press relese from Palm site... From this it looks like it is just the TREO smartphones

From this it sounds to me like a magnetic keyholder or the like, stuck to a pole about 9 feet up. What's going to happen is the next guy will just knock it off with a stick, and then replace it about 6-7 feet up. Now it no longer needs a ladder. The cache sits on a ledge of sorts so it has to be replaced at the same level.

Yes, I basically see it as a convienence. heck I know some geocacher that don't even enter the coordinates manual, they just read there current coordinates.

I have seen th clayjar rating system, but it doesn't give the definition any clearer. It only references scuba gear and climbing gear. Is anything other than needing a GPSr considered special equipment or is there a limit?

Not to beat this to death....but Ok I can agree with the fact that if the peagravel is part of a landscaping, it would not be cool. However, If the cache is placed in a more public space, not proofessional landscaped, and covered in gravel (or other material easily moved, sand and such...obviously soil is not considered since even if it was easy to move when placed, at some point it would require something pointy to retrieve) how different is this from moving leaves and twigs to cache a cache? edit: spelling

not sure what you mean "old" and "new" maps. If you follow the instructions on where the OP is going to get to maps....What maps are they?

So all the caches that are covered in things are now supposed to be archived? The rule is pretty clear If using your hand is considered a pointy object then 95% of the caches in my area have to be archived.

Do you not get any of the map? or do you just not get a map when you try to pan/zoom? If it's the after trying pan/zoom, that probably has to do with the fact that your not a premium member. Other wise I can see the maps fine, including pennslyvannia

Yes, and unless it's changed, it should be archived. The accuracy of the GPSr is not enough to tell you that you're in the right spot to start pushing gravel around. This means you must root around in the gravel looking for the cache and that disturbs what sounds to be a private company's landscaping. Even if they gave permission for the cache (and I doubt it), I doubt they knew what they were allowing when they go out to find all the gravel shoved about or out of the box later from cachers who started searching in the wrong spot and did poorly to recover the situation. I don't agree, How is peagravel any different than leaves, bark, or trwigs. Where is the line that an items is covered as opposed to burying? I think that since the peagravel can be move with your hand it's not burying. Besides the reason for the rule was to protect the land for people digging holes to place caches, how is anything destroyed is the peagravel is move and then replaced? I mean peagravel moves if it's stepped on, so movement to find a cache would not be noticed.

So my question is what is considered as special equipment? The definitions I got of special equipment are things like scuba gear, climbing gear. These seem like really specilized equipment needing training and knowledge. Would it really be special equipment if the cache is high on a pole like thing, that might need a ladder? I mean I can reach it by jumping, but then again I am 6'-2". Just wondering do I need to rate it a 5 or something lower and just let them know it fairly high?

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Not that I agree with geocaching nickname being "archived" but I would like to point out that email address are treated differently. In most cases, depending on the server, email addresses that are left abondoned or most likely unpaid for 3 - 6 months are released and available to use again.

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