Team LegoMINI

Man, I wish I had some popcorn.

It would be difficult as I've often seen the person who claims the FTF end up being the second, third or even later person to post their find. With the ability to log via the smartphone, those who wait to log when they get home often end up out of the correct chronology of when they actually found the cache. Groundspeak would have to add some sort of FTF radio button and you can only imagine the fun that would stir up....

This horse is already putrid with maggots.... But, it is entertaining to read all of the comments. We should all be so lucky to have one of our caches get so much attention ten years later.

Click Menu in the top, left corner. Choose Settings and make sure your Search Filter is set to Show All. That is the only setting I can think of that might be filtering out member-only caches. They show up fine on mine.

As someone else mentioned, we bought each child a trackable that we use to "visit" as a representation of which members of our family were actually at a particular cache. I used to travel quite a bit, so I logged everything under our team account even when I was alone, but when the kids are old enough for their own accounts, they can have a record of caches they found before. Then, they can decide if they want to go back and find them again or just log them under their new account.

Personally, I think you are better off putting it in a case of some sort (clear plastic, vinyl, leather) and putting your printed mission statement/description in the case with it. But, no matter what you end up doing, just remember that once you release the coin, you need to be prepared for it to go missing. I've seen coins that have been out there for years and others that go missing after they leave the first cache.

They will make exceptions to the Friday policy if you have a good reason. I was only in town for a couple of days last summer and they let me come over on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Just send them an email telling them your situation and they will work with you.

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon. I am very excited about this series, can't wait to see what you've come up with! And to be a part of it if we're chosen (hmmmm, is there a way to get my name in the ball more than once? lol)

Edited because I didn't have enough coffee this morning so my reading comprehension is minimal. I am in Georgia and VERY interested in helping!

I have used Wikipedia for irrelevant, fluffy info like who's the lead singer of a certain band or the like. I do NOT use it for hard facts on important things, and I will be teaching my kids not to use it as a primary source for any of their research. Exactly my point. I'm sure there is value to OSM and perhaps someday I'll come around. I tend to be a skeptic first about anything new. Like I said, I'm just having difficulty right now accepting the concept of anybody and everybody editing maps.

I will start by saying my husband, the other half of Team LegoMINI, disagrees with me and thinks the OSM concept is pretty cool. But I just don't get it with OSM. People keep saying it's really wonderful because anybody can edit the maps and add new roads, etc. Really, that's a selling point? I want just anybody to be able to draw on the map and suddenly that's my new route? No thanks. I'd rather leave it to professional surveyors and the like. I looked at my neighborhood and while all the streets are there, several are not named and many are in the wrong spot (for example, a street that in reality branches off in the middle of one road, shows on OSM as branching off almost at the end of the road instead). Yes, as my husband pointed out, I can change it myself. But then someone else might come along and think I'M wrong and change it back. Or change it to something else entirely. Regardless, I don't use the maps that often anyway since I use my phone for 90% of my geocaching. I just am finding the whole concept difficult to accept.

I have had success with Flea Stoppers, I think it's similar to the borax mentioned above. Vacuum your carpet then immediately throw out the bag. Do that several times, then apply the Flea Stoppers all over the carpet (it's a dry powder and it says to use a "carpet rake" to work it into the fiber, but I just used a broom). I can't remember when you can vacuum again, but the directions will tell you how. This should kill all the fleas in your house. For your dog, ask your vet for a Capstar tablet to kill all the fleas on him immediately (it's very safe), then use Frontline or another flea preventative of your choice. A tip: the all-natural ones made of citrus, etc. are not very effective, sorry. There's another product made by Novartis that's basically an injection (given by your vet) that doesn't kill or prevent fleas, but it renders fleas sterile so if you dog gets a couple fleas while in the woods, they won't be able to reproduce and cause an infestation when you get home. I used to work at a vet that dealt only with cats, and since cats are generally more sensitive to chemicals, etc. than dogs, I learned a lot about safe flea control.

We have the TB sticker, not the magnet, on our car. We have gotten several logs in random parking lots, as well as a few during geocaching meet-ups. It's fun! We have also spotted a few on other peoples' cars and logged them. We put ours on the right-hand side of the car, near the back. I wouldn't call it tacky, but then if you click on my profile and look at my car you would see it's hard to call any additional stickers tacky.

What, no love for the educational flash cards? I see how it is. Maybe the other homeschooler in this thread will come back and appreciate them.

I'll take the stretchy lizard, my son will love it. In addition to our signature Lego, we will leave a new pack of educational flash cards (something fun like US states or landmarks or Presidents), in a ziplock of course.

That really stinks, but I guess it's just like with trackables: once you put them in a cache don't grow too attached to them. That being said, console yourself with the fact that your cache sounds fantastic and is, in itself, the real "prize" for future cachers that find it. I wish I lived closer, it would even be worth a day-trip for me to go find yours. Keep up the good work!

As our user name suggests.... See TB4BCFN for more information if you are interested.

Being in the southern US, I not only see a lot of religious "advertising" and swag in caches, but have already run across several caches with religious themes -- hidden at churches, telling you to feel free to join them on Sunday after you find the cache. I just sign the log, ignore the message and move on....

I think it will come soon if it hasn't already happened. The advances in smart phone technology and the availability of an app put out by Groundspeak itself is going to make those new to the game more apt to start with the phone. I am using an iPhone and in my 42 finds so far, it has been spot on every time except one -- and I suspect the coordinates are wrong on that one because when I checked it on several online mapping programs they put me in the same place my phone did, about 60 feet away from the actual GZ. I haven't been out in the wilderness yet, so for those times when I may be in an area without a signal, I may buy a normal handheld GPS as a backup, but I suspect most people that start with the phone will stay with it for most of their finds.

Congratulations! As someone who has only been doing this for two weeks, I hope to enjoy it as much after my first year anniversary as you obviously do. Good luck on the move!

We had a cache we looked for twice and couldn't find it anywhere. Same as you, we figured it wasn't there until we saw it had been logged after we looked. I went back today, with a little more experience than the first two times and there it was, right in front of my face. You will find that some cache owners have really evil senses of humor....

Yes, each member of my family has a trackable that we have "visit" each cache we see. You'll get some folks who don't like this practice, but the great thing about geocaching is that you play the game the way you want. As long as you are happy, you will continue caching and the game will live on for future generations.

I posted this elsewhere, but we have ordered TBs to represent each member of our family. Since my kids are 6 and 2, neither are quite at an age where they really understand the logging thing, but I want them to be able to take credit for caches they were part of when they are older. Also, since we have a single family account and not everyone is there for each cache, we plan on using the TBs to "visit" each cache that an individual actually sees. That way, we have a good record of what caches the kids saw when they are ready to log on their own accounts.

We discovered the obsession one week ago and as of this writing had 32 finds under our belt, including our first event. Needless to say, it was a fun-filled week for myself, my wife and our two kids. The six year old really enjoyed finding the caches while our two year old just enjoyed being outside with the family (of course, she liked picking through the trinkets too). We found at least one cache everyday, so our "streak" stands at 7! LOL!!

So far, I've found them hanging from branches in trees and bushes, under bushes, in the hollow of a tree, under fallen logs, and under piles of rocks. If you aren't going to look for those types, you will pretty much have to stick to the really urban ones. There are some cache hiders out there with a seriously sick sense of humor.