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    Aliens

    in General geocaching topics

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    Ya know you all think you are being funny, but think about it for minute. Doesn't it make sense that aliens would engineer the free use of GPS and use of the internet to set up something like this as a "game", or "hobby" just to see who plays it?

    We are the cream of the techno crop. we are athletic enough to go out and hunt these things down and have the tecno savy to be able to use these resources.

     

    Folks they are out there and they are looking for us specifically.

    Laugh if you want, but I w ill be checking the rest of you out very carefully to see if you have been replaced by pod people, Briansat has already had another incarnation.

     

    edited for spelling

    Verga is right we are the cream of the techno crop. :laughing:

    I Am A Complete Idiot.

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    I started what was supposed to be a relaxing caching afternoon with my daughter. Despite the problems with new roads not being in the Map sourse data base we found the cache, OK even if we went in the back way, we found a trail out that required no bush bashing and should have cut down the "Spider" alarms. Unfortunately the trail turned into a quagmire. Cat, with me as always, headed straight into the goo and sunk up to her snout. she wiggled out only to sink to her belly several times. Kym and I are were meanwhile working along the side staying high and dry,..until she let out a squeal because she had a spider on her shirt. I turned, too quickly, lost my footing and joined Cat in the foul smelling viscous ooze that filled the center of the trail. I landed in the pushup position preserving most of my clothes and none of my dignity, and I thought "not so bad" then I remembered I still had the GPS in my right hand.

    Caching cut short, laundry made long. I'll be down by the washer.

    That is a good story and a laugh.:anitongue:

    Decoys

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    So far I've only encountered one cache that had deliberate decoys. Basically as I approached the coords for the final, I spotted the good old "suspicious pile of sticks" against the base of a tree. Whoo hoo! Zipped on over, and behind the sticks was ... nothing. Hmmm... Looked up, and there, a short distance away, was another "suspicious pile of sticks" against the base of another tree. Hey-hey, good to go! Quick-stepped over, and behind the sticks was ... nothing! Hmmm.... Started turning around, and saw several more trees, each with a nice neat "suspicious pile of sticks" at their base. Frankly, I just started laughing at that point, and took a fresh look around. Soon found the cache, hidden in a rather different (still traditional, but more subtle) manner in the same area.

     

    Would I want to find decoys on every single cache I did? Heck no. But encountering a decoy setup every now and then, especially something so tongue-in-cheek, would continue to tickle my geocaching funny-bone. :anitongue:

    I agree with Munin. <_<

    New cachers who place geocaches with little or no experience

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    I didn't read the OP as saying to mandate the number of finds, but rather what advice should be given to a new cacher. I think that a freshman cacher should be encouraged to find a few caches before hiding any.

     

    Yes, some great caches have been hidden by folks with few find. Yes, some of the worst have been hidden by cachers with hundreds of finds. But, these are the far ends of the spectrum. As with any endeavor experience helps improve our abilities.

     

    To tell a beginner that they can't hide a cache till they have X number of finds would not ensure good cache hides. But encouraging a beginner to gain experience first can't hurt, as long as the encouragement is gentle. "It is a good idea to find some caches before you hide any. That way you know what types of caches you enjoy and will enjoy hiding." as opposed to "You can't hide any till you are an experienced cacher worthy of the privilege."

    I agree with gof1 because I am freshman cacher with only 53 found/2 hidden. I found 26 caches before hiding my first cache so I think some experience will help a newbe cacher.

    Anyone Else Find Something Illegal While Out Caching?

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    Well the other day I decided to go out caching with my 5y/o daughter. It was her first time and she loved the idea of "treasure hunting". We were going to the last cache of the day and it was about a half mile hike to the location b/c of the soft ground. So we're getting closer and we start to look around the brush for the cache. A few minutes into the search my daughter asked me if a soda bottle was the cache. I went and looked and saw a 2L bottle with a garden hose and a small metallic hose sticking out of it. I looked a little closer and sure enough found a Wal-Mart sack with a Mason jar that was clouded over and Lithium battery wrappers. Sure enough we stumbled upon parts to an old meth lab. We logged the coords, found the cache and quickly got out of dodge.

     

    Has anyone else had a similar experience while out caching?

    No,not yet. :blink:

    Anyone Else Find Something Illegal While Out Caching?

    in General geocaching topics

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    Well the other day I decided to go out caching with my 5y/o daughter. It was her first time and she loved the idea of "treasure hunting". We were going to the last cache of the day and it was about a half mile hike to the location b/c of the soft ground. So we're getting closer and we start to look around the brush for the cache. A few minutes into the search my daughter asked me if a soda bottle was the cache. I went and looked and saw a 2L bottle with a garden hose and a small metallic hose sticking out of it. I looked a little closer and sure enough found a Wal-Mart sack with a Mason jar that was clouded over and Lithium battery wrappers. Sure enough we stumbled upon parts to an old meth lab. We logged the coords, found the cache and quickly got out of dodge.

     

    Has anyone else had a similar experience while out caching?

    no :blink:

    You Write The Caption

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Three GPS receivers.....................................................$780

    Three Vehicle Mounting Brackets...................................$60

    One Pocket PC.............................................................$200

     

    Knowing where you are without a Garmin in sight.......Priceless

     

    Some things money can't buy.

    For everything else there's Magellan.

    That.is.funny. :blink:

    The Funniest Cache Story Ever!

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    Posted

    When I place a cache that requires a long hike, I like to load it with cheap hiking supplies: bandages, duct tape, hand warmers, and the like.

     

    A friend of mine was hiking with a muggle from another state near one of my caches. The muggle ripped something and discovered that she hadn't brought any duct tape. No problem, says my friend, there's some nearby. She goes a few hundred yards further down the trail, pulls out my ammo can, extracts a roll of duct tape and re-hides the can.

     

    The muggle is standing there with mouth wide open. What, asks my friends, don't folks stow emergency hiking supplies in the woods where you come from?

    That is funny!!!! :angry:

    Geotune

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Here is what I sing:

     

    Dashing through the snow, Garmin shows the way.

    Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.

     

    Got my PDA, unit's on backlight

    Oh what fun it is to sing a geo song tonight

     

    Geocache, geocache, geocache all day

    Oh what fun it is to find a geocache today

     

    Its sung to the tune of Purple Haze.

    That is funny!!!! :angry:
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