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Very cool work, SeventhSon. The fact that no two are alike makes them eminently collectable. That sure looks a lot like work, tho.

You do nice looking work, M&M Hunter. I will definately keep you at the top of my list, if I nail down a design I like enough to have a bunch made. If its not a trade secret, would you mind sharing how you print them?

Where did you get your stamps? Did you use any custom graphics, or just stock text?

Thats a possibility. My wife is into rubber stamping. We've got a few gazillion stamps. Her: How much did that GPS cost? Me: about 3 stamp sets She gets to spend money on her hobbies, I get to spend on mine. (: Ah. The $25 I mentioned was for a pre-mounted, self-inking, 1.5" dia, round, stamp with custom graphics.

Being an old D&D player, I find this idea interesrting. It could be a lot of fun if done well. I also like the idea of the virtual stage that Zartimus mentioned.

Not by a lot, unfortunately. I looked into custom stamps a little and they seem to run about $25 each in the size appropriate for a wooden nickel. Burning the imprint in is a neat idea. Certainly waterproof. I wouldn't have a clue where to go looking for a custom woodburning brand. I imagine the price would make custom stamps look positively frugal, too. Clear labels sounds nice. No significant investment in tooling. I already have a color printer. I can change my design at will. I would think that a coat of clear sealer sprayed on after the labels are applied would help with water resistance too. More ideas? Keep 'em coming!

I would like to make my own wooden nickels as sig items but I don't have funds in the budget to have a few hundred of them professionally printed. I found blanks available locally at Michael's crafts, but I'm not sure how to put my artwork on them. I want to do something more than drawing them by hand with a sharpie. I'm imagining some kind of transfer I could print out with my computer and then apply to the blank coin. I wonder if the T-shirt transfer material would work on wood. (Do they even work on T-shirts?) Suggestions? Anyone? Bueller?

That should go into the "most spent to place a cache" thread!

Now that idea I like!

I routinely get a satelite lock in my single story, wood frame, house with my Garmin Geko 201. I think I have an idea whats going on. When you're in the forest, the clearest path to the sky is straight up. As the angle to the satelite gets lower, the distance the signal has to travel through cover gets longer. This means that signals from satelites which are somewhere below vertial (i.e. most of them) are going to be much weaker. In your house, the amount of cover (ceiling, roof, walls, etc) between your GPSr and the satelites is relatively constant no matter the angle below vertical. This means that you will get relatively better signal from more satelites when you're in your livingroom than you will deep in the forest.

It's on sale for $54.99, too. and I just paid $45 + shipping for a CABLE to connect my (cluetooth capable) PDA and Garmin Geko GPSr Crud Crud Crud!!!

3rd time's a charm

Hmmm...

Testy Test Test

I have a Geko 201 that I use in conjunction with my Dell Axim pocket PC. I've got mapping software on the Axim, and the appropriate cable to connect the two, so I can do street navigation. I also have software to transfer waypoints to/from the Geko. My only real beef with the Geko is the power button. It is very easy to accidentally turn the unit on in a pocket or pack and have the batteries run down. There is no auto power off timeout. A simple 50 cent fix is to get a 3/16" ID rubber O-ring from your local hardware store and glue it to the case around the power button. This prevents the power button from being pressed accidentally. I agree with IV_Warrior's comment to avoid the Geko 101. It doesn't have a computer interface. Manually entering more than a few waypoints is tedious. The Geko 201 is my first GPS so I can't compare its performance with other units. Overall I'm satisfied with it. It seems to be a nice inexpensive entry level GPSr.

Or, to borrow a punchline from an old joke, "Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet, Watch"

Its not my cache. The owner is rickrich. You'd have to contact him for details, I guess.

I would suspect that it is just as possible to find a geocache by divining as it is to find anything else by divining.

I'm a newbie with only 3 finds to my credit, so far, but they have all been micros. I'm in it for the hunt, more than the swag. A micro in the park has more of a "hidden in plain sight" appeal to it. Anyone can slog deep into the brush to stash a cache where no human is likely to go. To hide something where there is frequent traffic seems like a more interesting challenge, to me.

Ugh. There are enough cameras watching us already. Is no place sacred? Personally I'd be annoyed.

There's a two stage cache (GCGWME) near me where the first stage is fixed, but the second stage is intended to be moved to another area in the same park by the finder. The finder then returns to the first stage cache and writes the new coordinates for stage 2 into the log.

D'Oh! And so it has. Just not in the last 30 days. This newbie failed to notice that searches default to limiting to the past 30 days. My apologies to this deceased equine for inflicting further flogging upon it.

I'd like the ability to store multiple sets of "Home Coordinates" that I could click to quickly search for neaby caches. For example, I work 30 miles away from home, so I'd lke to quickly be able to search for caches near work. We have a cabin on the lake 100 miles from home, we have relatives in the next state that we visit several times a year. It would be nifty if I could store coords for all of these locations in a "Favorite Coordinates" list, or something like that. On a somewhat related note, why isn't the "search near home coordinates" link on the search page in addition to (or instead of) the My Account page??

I thought about leaving one of the tiny single serving bottles of Tabasco sauce, but I guess that would be considered food. Animals seem to have very different reactions to hot stuff than humans do. We tried using habanero pepper suace to discourage our dog from chewing on stuff, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

Newbie from Coon Rapids checking in. 2 finds, so far.