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Because you can never have too many stickers, bottle caps and used golf balls.

Because you can never have too many stickers, bottle caps and used golf balls.

about what ktjensen was expecting. Really, I'm not trying to be sly here or set him up or anything, I'm just interested in what his expectations for geocaching were. Care to share??

Forgive me if I'm backing up too much here but do you know how to log your visit? The icon's kinda small... If you are confused about that, go to the web page of the cache you found. Up in the far right-hand corner are to links: log your visit and watch this cache. Click on the "log your visit" link and follow the steps from there. Again, I apologize if I'm explaining something you already understand.

'If you stop looking between legs of a cache then this is either "nothing" or a log entry if you feel compelled to do so.' criminy.

There's a type of log-removing equipment that's becoming quite fashionable: it works in any weather *you* can work in, minimal polluter, can handle just about any grade of hill, has variable horsepower, minimal impact and gets into some pretty tight spots to help with selective cutting. It's called a "horse." Who'da thunk it??

There's a type of log-removing equipment that's becoming quite fashionable: it works in any weather *you* can work in, minimal polluter, can handle just about any grade of hill, has variable horsepower, minimal impact and gets into some pretty tight spots to help with selective cutting. It's called a "horse." Who'da thunk it??

I remember this confusion when I got my eTrex. Pull out the manual and take your time reading it but really, it's pretty simple. Go to the "set waypoint" screen (or something like that, sorry, don't have my GPSr here with me) and you'll get the "flag and finder" image. You will need to set an icon for the waypoint, name the waypoint and finally enter the coords for the waypoint. After you have done all this, you hit "ok" and it stores the way point for you. The trickiest part was moving between all the buttons-- I still exit screens I meant to enter on. Anyone else?

"Hmm, I just thought of a potential problem with the micro idea. I'm assuming the finder takes the coordinate card with them, so no one else tries to find it. But what if they can't find the micro? If they don't go back and replace the card, the micro never gets found!" On the card it says that if the micro isn't collected by a certain date that I'll go back and get it myself. I think I'll start doing this. Yes, it's a shame someone won't be able to add it to their "Found" tally (something I hadn't thought about) but as that's not as important to me as the hunt, I'll just have to let that go. Thanks, all!

On the way to a cache I'll be impressed with the site and think, "That'd be a great place for a micro cache!" So what I'd like to do is leave a card in the cache giving the coordinates for a micro-cache placed on the way to the original cache. The coordinates would never be posted to the web and the person who found it would take it with them. An easter egg, in a sense, because it's just for one person to find. If I hadn't heard that it'd been collected within a reasonable amount of time (a month? two?) I'd go get it myself, to avoid littering... What do you think? And are others doing this? Would owners of the original cache be ticked that there was another cache so close? (Even if it is only for a little while and for just the one cacher.) What do you think? And if this is something common, I apologize: I tried a couple searches and couldn't find anything like this.

...should arrive in Altoid tins and contain the coordinates for the party, imho. ...golf balls & McToys for party favors. ...party site should be under a log with sticks piled up on it. ...water and PowerBars for food. ...cake shaped like a GPS. Anyone else?

...I'm gonna tell you how I got lost last week-end and how I found my way out. Mistake One: I didn't allow enough daylight. I *thought* I could find the trail with no trouble (hadn't I walked in on it?) but everything changes when you lose the light. Yes, I had a flashlight but things look very different in flashlight light. Mistake Two: I didn't set a way point for the car. I did set waypoints on the way into the cache and that helped me but a final destination waypoint would have been better still. Mistake Three (Almost): I almost panicked when I realized I'd left the trail about 500 feet back. I suddenly understood why people go running through the woods when they realize they're lost. How'd I get back on track? I remained calm. I made my way back to the last waypoint. And, most important, I REMEMBERED THAT THE dadgum TRAIL WAS MARKED BY BLAZES!!! The most important piece of equipment you can take with you is your brain. Don't forget to use it.

...I'm gonna tell you how I got lost last week-end and how I found my way out. Mistake One: I didn't allow enough daylight. I *thought* I could find the trail with no trouble (hadn't I walked in on it?) but everything changes when you lose the light. Yes, I had a flashlight but things look very different in flashlight light. Mistake Two: I didn't set a way point for the car. I did set waypoints on the way into the cache and that helped me but a final destination waypoint would have been better still. Mistake Three (Almost): I almost panicked when I realized I'd left the trail about 500 feet back. I suddenly understood why people go running through the woods when they realize they're lost. How'd I get back on track? I remained calm. I made my way back to the last waypoint. And, most important, I REMEMBERED THAT THE dadgum TRAIL WAS MARKED BY BLAZES!!! The most important piece of equipment you can take with you is your brain. Don't forget to use it.

Is it just me or does "this cache description" link to my cache page?? Am I missing a message here??

Is it just me or does "this cache description" link to my cache page?? Am I missing a message here??

"This is exactly why no-finds were invented (at least in my mind) because those attempts before you actually find the thing are the best stories." Funny you should mention that. Last night I found the cache I didn't find the previous day. I wrote a thorough account of my first (failed) and second (successful) search to send to the owner for approval (don't want to give away too much, but would like everyone to know what I went through to find it). Hit the "send" button and geocaching.com said I wasn't logged in. Message gone. I'll post my first (unsuccessful) attempt as that's part of the search. But not right now. Right now I have a headache...

New sneakers: $50 Garmin eTrex: $80 Being able to walk straight to my car in a Penn State parking lot: priceless.

I'll log a NF when it's clear I'm never going to find it. Otherwise, I'll just keep going back until I find the cache. Went out last night to find a 3.5/4 (or is it a 4/3.5) and not only didn't I find the cache, I almost got lost in the woods to boot. I haven't logged a NF on it yet because a) I'm waiting to hear back from the owner to confirm I was in the right area and 3) I haven't given up. If I haven't found it after tonight (when I go back to look again), I'll probably post a NF...

"If you place the cache on public lands you need to contact the managing agency to find out about their rules." The people who don't play by the rules make it much harder on those of use who do. Please don't try to circumvent this problem in this manner.

... be sure that any seeds you plant aren't something your local extension office considers an invasive weed. It'd be just like some cacher with a twisted sense of humor to drop some kudzu seeds in a cache! We don't want the green equivalent of the zebra mussel taking off!

... be sure that any seeds you plant aren't something your local extension office considers an invasive weed. It'd be just like some cacher with a twisted sense of humor to drop some kudzu seeds in a cache! We don't want the green equivalent of the zebra mussel taking off!

Planting dessicant seeds could trigger a drought! DON'T DO IT!!

Wish I could get people to figure this one out. Went out to a cache this week-end and was having a lovely time stumbling through the same little patch, wondering where the cache was, looking, seeking and then WHAM! my gaze is arrested by 8-10 parallel sticks. I don't think you could be more obvious if you stuck a neon orange flag on the thing. So, when it came time to re-hide it, I pulled it less than a foot away from where I found it (wrong of me??) and pulled a tree branch down and anchored that with a single branch. Standing ten feet away from it, I couldn't tell where it was. Now. Was that so difficult??

Wish I could get people to figure this one out. Went out to a cache this week-end and was having a lovely time stumbling through the same little patch, wondering where the cache was, looking, seeking and then WHAM! my gaze is arrested by 8-10 parallel sticks. I don't think you could be more obvious if you stuck a neon orange flag on the thing. So, when it came time to re-hide it, I pulled it less than a foot away from where I found it (wrong of me??) and pulled a tree branch down and anchored that with a single branch. Standing ten feet away from it, I couldn't tell where it was. Now. Was that so difficult??

"HINTS???? Morons. Its in a mine shaft, but i aint tellin which one. If you find the shafts, though, you're close." Perhaps someone's spying on your efforts? I noticed the "red" theme in the DVDs, too. O Brother Where Art Thou seems pretty clear but I'm not sure what the significance of Breakfast at Tiffiny's is... ...you haven't been taking weather reports to shady older fellows in jail, have you??