BStheTech

1) Premium Membership 2) Some kind of camera (some caches lead to spectacular views, areas of interest) 3) Decent trail shoes/boots with proper socks (Cotton is your enemy)

Last time I went caching I hit 11 caches in one day. The stats were 7 needed new logs and two needed new containers. All were full of garbage. Maintaining other peoples caches here would be a full time job. It's become a game of numbers. Nothing more.

The only thing wrong with the $30 Premium membership is that it's too cheap. It ought to be $100! I'm tired of the unwashed clogging up the forest with their unimaginative caches stuffed with trail garbage and pocket lint. Bring on the Platinum Membership!

LOL! That just gave me a brilliant idea! Put out a new cache, stocked with a known amount of money. Ask clearly that people trade equal or better, or don't trade at all. I wonder how much money would be in the cache after a year? Around here it would be empty in less than a week with nopthing to show for it but an oxidized rubber band and a bent and moldy Mudkip card.

I agree 100%.....there are jokes about " Platinum" membership but it should exist = you must have been a Premium member for at least 5 years than you auto. become Platinum, then have Platinum only caches. 5 years is a bit extreme, but 1 year is def do-able.

Related thread. If you try SEARCH you`ll find a few other good ones. Birdseye

If the coin says `Geocaching.com` on it and the o/0 numbers check out it`s yours. If it doesn`t say `Geocaching.com` on it then it might be trackable on another site. People don`t usually leave a unactivated trackable in a cache unless it`s a FTF but you never know.

I guess it comes down to Geocaching meaning different things to different people. To me the value of trade items should be $5+ (or a high cool factor, but have fun defining that). Having said that I see tons of people; a) complaining about having to spend more than $100 on a decent GPS, b.) stating that $30 for a Premium membership is internet robbery, and c) they left a quarter in a cache and want others to `step up to the plate`. My suggestion is stick to premium caches, both searching for and placing, and let the garbage caches disintegrate into anarchy. They also need to lose the Premium trial membership. People are just using it to pocket query their home State/Province and then let it expire. It`s $30 people! And it supports this site. Membership should be mandatory.

I believe you have it completely backwards sir. `Reasonable Doubt` is the measure a Judge uses to NOT convict someone. If the defense can raise a reasonable doubt in the judges mind then the judge CANNOT convict. Are you thinking of probable cause?

Foreign? WTH? Fine...next time I go to the States I`ll drop off Loonies, and Toonies. B.

I've read the logs on some Chirp caches and more often than not the cacher walks past the Chirp without getting a response causing him/her to go back and forth trying to make the Chirp connection. kinda defeats the purpose if you spend more time looking for the Chirp than the cache. Sounds like they need more power.

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1)Puzzle cache that takes some effort and leads me to a beautiful or historic place I've never been to before. 2) Fun multi that takes some figuring out and maybe lead to a new feature of my GPS I didn't know about. 3) Traditional hidden cache in an area with several others that I can quickly find and get some much needed exercise. Is that what you wanted? B.

Na...I say considering your evidence if it walks and talks like a duck.... Email the guy and ask "What up?". See what he says. Whats the worst that can happen? That way if it did happen the way you think he'll know he got caught. It's not like you're going to file a report with the police or anything.

This reminds me of a Psych study I was part of in University. They had set up a computerized fishing simulation back in the late 80's (very simple as you can imagine). The idea was to log in and try and catch fish. 30 minutes of fishing usually got you a couple fish and you could trade in each fish for $5.00. I thought this was a perfect study for me as I came from a family of commercial fishermen. Even in the 80's I was all about renewable resources and being a broke student quickly realized that if I only took what I needed I'd be ok for coffee money for the rest of the year. The computer was not restocked, but the fish did reproduce at an unknown rate. The computer was "fished out" in three days. Says a lot about the human animal. B.

Or just load the web browser plug in and click "Send to my GPS" and it will be there waiting for you the next time you turn your unit on. I use "EasyGPS" to send pocket queries to my 62st. Makes it fast and easy to load 1000 caches at a pop. B.

That`s garbage. Can I ask if it was a Premium Cache? I`m doing my cache as a premium to hopefully avoid the cheapskates in my area. I have a kick-butt container, a very rare FTF geocoin from the other side of the planet, and a bunch of collector pins also from a long ways away. It will be an awesome cache and I don`t mind putting out the expense but it would really PMO if it got raided by the McToy crowd the first day.

Check out this epic thread for an idea of what works. Epic container thread

Winner, winner, chicken dinner. But... last log states this whole thing may have been removed by construction workers, so moot point. Edited to add: no hot glue sticks lost their life in the construction of this cache. What resembles glue blobs is just... well... other stuff. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

The server is REALLY slow ever since the update. Check back in a few hours. Same thing happened to me. B.

I think he means submerged in the ground which is also against the rules. I agree keys are a bad idea. I`m doing a similar cache and will have a `reworked`ammo can fitted with an electronic combination lock. The cacher will have to do some simple research before searching for the cache in order to know what the combo is. The info is actually common knowledge for most people over the age of 30. A hint will also point them in the right direction. Simple and self contained. B.

Is it possible you have the wrong datum or something set? Should be 84. B.

Logs are often wet or moist, or full, or non-existant. Not to mention Muggles might be creeping up on your location. I prefer to leave a quick name and date and then leave a nice "thank you" on the caches web page. B.

I thought a knife would be cool, but I saw they are forbidden on the swag knowledge page. Ponchos would be awesome. Hand warmers could be good as long as they don't deteriorate in the cache. B.