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this topic was discussed in-depth at the MIGO forums a while back but the site appears to be down at the moment. In short TDE said he wasn't planning on slowing down looking for FTF's based on this idiot's threats. Also several Migo members searched and could find no one from Georgia who was even close to 4000 finds.

You spelled my name wrong, that's where I stopped reading your post, come back when you get it right

I wish virtuals were back too, I found a cool spot that could be used for a great virtual but because they are not allowed I have to place a physical cache. I checked out the Waymarking site, and I have to say, while some of the categories were interesting, the whole concept really was not. My main reason for wishing they were back is I like better the fact that these places of interest and the caches are all on one site instead of two seperate ones. As others in this thread have said, I know lots of other cachers who feel the same way.

I've been using a Michigan Geocoin for this purpose. I was going to backlog all my cache finds with it, but have stopped doing that because it's pretty tedious. I'm thinking I'll delete the milage logs and just leave it for logging for cachers I've met.

sure and it comes with it's own icon! The traditional cache icon with DRR on it

well, I was thinking they could just change their design, it would more accurately reflect the numbers for sure like this

obviously the fact they are planning on making and selling a geocoin out of this

Final rules should never change the basics of geocaching, which is to sign the logbook. Isnt that what the purists always talk about, and is the reason why virtual caches were frowned on? A logbook had to be signed. Some things are basic. Signing a logbook is in geocaching FAQ's as stated here. What are the rules in Geocaching? Geocaching is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the rules are very simple: 1. Take something from the cache 2. Leave something in the cache 3. Write about it in the logbook Where you place a cache is up to you. Very uncool. And signing the logbook doesnt fulfill that? I dont think this is much of an accomplishment. Kind of like taking a bus part of the way when you claim to be running a marathon race. ditto everything he said, you guys owe a lot of cache owners an apology, I don't care if "there was no harm to stealth factor of the cache" or not, what you guys did is just uncool and you should be ashamed.

well, wait until the owners of those caches go out to check on them and find DRR in big, black letters on the container and no entry in the logbook. One member of the "record" run's logs: (wait why am I saying one of their logs? This was their log for EVERY one they found. it'll be obvious to the owners who did it thanks to their lame cookie cutter logs, hopefully some more owners will hit some delete buttons. by the way does anyone have any pics of the containers they defaced? Just curious.

interesting I was just looking at a found log for a cache in this "record" run.... Found this Cache as Part of the 24 Hour Recordrun. Thanks for these great Caches that made the Recordrun possible. We found 312 Caches in these 24 Hours and had over 40 DNFs The Team consisted of: Ed, The AlabamaRambler (AKA NatureFish) Max, Poppy of Nonnypoppy Mike from Cache&Keri Mike, Golf from GolfNutz Roland, darth_maul_3 Tammo, Spuchtfink Michael, M.Zielinski Carsten, geoPirat All caches were signed DRR (Dallas Record Run) for the team. Greetings from germany I've said it once, and I'll say it again this record run did not impress me, even less so now that it comes out these guys were too lazy to open the container.

ditto, that's what I'd do, and believe me I'd be REALLY PISSED about the signing the container thing

I have no problem with cemetary ones. One of the locals has archived a bunch of his, when I asked him why he said because the geocaching community isn't gonna put up with those type of hides much longer. My first cache find was a cemetary cache. Personally I enjoy the history I see in a lot of them. One cemetary near here has 4 active ones in it, it's a beautiful, hilly cemetary. From the road you can only see back about 80 yards. But once you go in, you find the cemetary continues about 300 yards back into the woods. There was a great view from the top and some neat old stones to see. Not one of the caches was actually in the cemetary, but in areas too steep for graves in between flattened out areas in the top. I spent almost 2 hours just exploring the cemetary, the farther back I went, the higher and older the graves got. Now this is only about 10 miles from home, but if it were not for geocaching I never would have gone back in there. If they are done respectively, cemetary caches can be a lot of fun and very educational.

you know I continually hear about the member bashing here, let me say this forum's members are tame compared to some message boards out there. Don't believe me? Just do a search for a video game board and start a PS2 vs GameCube vs Xbox thread THEN!!!.... you'll see some REAL bashing going back and forth!

I had a local place out two hides exactly like one of mine, didn't ask permission but I don't care. I found it quite flattering actually, you know you did something right when the veteran copies a newer cacher.

yup, my Alien Alphabet cache is like that, it's pretty new but it's had a very good response so far. Also, there's a bonus cache to that one where the puzzle is in the final of the first one. Alien Alphabet 2 That one has gotten an even better response than the first one despite the fact it's taken everyone a second trip to get it. Go for it, I mentioned everything involved in this cache to the reviewer, there was no trouble at all.

Found with a detector in an area loaded with caches, which area? I'm not saying, there's still stuff to be found there

yeah I never said it was easy to do, but I'm not impressed. And cookie cutter logs for that many caches are just a waste of space on the web.

oh, here's his cookie cutter log responses, I guess all 312 will be identical. My question is, why even bother? Found as Hanseatic Cache Team from Germany (HCT) on our first day here. THX for cache! No trade. 5:34 pm - 2006-05-18 After a long flight from Frankfurt, we have start our cache assault in Dallas / Texas.

Lemme guess, those 312 logs all read something like this: TNLN SL TFTC #145 of the day sorry but I'm not impressed in the least by this

lol I've not only found that one, I've also met the cacher in the photo in person before.

I do that quite often, it can be pretty rewarding some times, incredibly frustrating at others. I found my first cache blind actually, had no idea what I was looking for but I found it, a matchstick container in a cemetary.

I think it would be helpful to have a list of the more famous cachers and why they are famous here too. I don't know anything about The Leprechans. I knew about Dave Ulmer already, that's pretty cool. I saw his profile a while back there were only 14 finds logged. Does he not log online?

neat topic, I thought I don't have anyone famous in mine, but then I remembered. The #1 Travel Bug movers in the world have visted a few of mine: MaxB on the River. They don't live too far from me and I've visited their home cache. I took pics of the log entries last time I was at this cache. They actually visited this one twice, the second time was for a bug swap.