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When not in a park you can certainly expect a lot of searches to take you off the track and through weeds, etc... However, due to the signs, I would have to agree with Tricia's points, I'd say it's more likely either A. they have permission but not mentioned it on the cache page. or B. the signs are only a suggestion? But nothing to feel guilty about, you're not the first person to detour from a trail. Also it's likely that other people have taken different routes to the cache area, maybe in a place that there isn't a sign. I know one of my hides has about 5 different ways leading to it, most are steep banks which are all open and public access, the 5th is a much easier way, though does include climbing over a fence into a horses field to cut through as a shortcut. It's upto the finder to find the easiest way for them and a way they are comfortable of reaching GZ.

The coolest things I hope to find when I open a cache are trackables, coins (normal, foreign or GC) or signature items. Coins are by far my favourite thing, I just love the different designs and the feel of them. Usually when setting up caches or trading into caches, I leave things such as keyrings, £1 shop swag (bouncy balls, little miniature toy mazes, bags of marbles, novelty pencil erasers). I also set up a cache with some slightly better swag in it, a Watch, Hand made and hand painted opera style clay mask, and a few other things. Most of which are still there despite quite a few finds. I think it proves that a large majority of people aren't as bothered about the swag, or at least in my area. The fun is all in the find.

My TB dissappeared a while back, I haven't set off another since, but I defo will be at some point in the future, the fun in releasing them is seeing how far they go and where they journey too before they're muggled, stolen or lost. As soon as you release it into a cache, its basically lost from then on.

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Honestly, I'm not nitpicking. Let's drop it. Most people on here nitpick, it's the only way you'll find the nano's.

Agree completely. Why else would anyone really care if they found a proxy or the real coin? Sure, the real coin is nicer to look at and hold in your hand, but if you're just going to drop it in another cache what difference does it really make to you? Well, I collect coins (normal coins, not GC's yet), found my first GeoCoin the other day, going to be moving it on either tomorrow or Saturday. I love the designs and the feel of coins, in all honesty, if it was a photo I just wouldn't have picked it up. Even just having a hold of a coin for a week before I move it on is worth it, I get to admire it for a short time. It might not make a difference to me in the long run, but I cache for the experiences, and picking up a photo of a coin isn't really an experience in my opinion, in which case I just wouldn't bother helping it in it's travels.

wow, the colourless version looks amazing, would love to start a collection at some point, though cash isn't on my side at he moment due to car insurance and mot/repairs. But if when I have the money there's any left I would definitely love one of them.

Once you send out a coin out a coin or tb it's pretty certain you're not going to see it again. But isn't that the point? yeah it will likely go missing eventually, whether it was muggled, stolen, someone traded it not knowing about trackables, or a new cacher was going to move it on but lost interest in geocaching while still having the item. There are many reasons it could go missing. But it's the journey and the logs that are the reason for putting it out there, if you're sending anything, send the real thing, it's much cooler, I like finding cool items, and pictures are just no where near as good.

There's always the small chance you may place in a location too close to a part of a multi, best way to guarentee not doing this, go find all the multi's in the nearby area. It's an excuse to go geocaching too Other than that, just trial and error, make sure you're far enough away from normal caches and just keep scouting locations, place cache and then submit for review until it gets published. You could also get into communication with your reviewer before you submit for review again to double check if a location is suitable, though I don't think they'd be willing to tell you the exact location of multi's, so there's always the chance your new location could still be too close. So, yeh, only sure fire way I know of, go find those multi's and keep note of their co-ords

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just googled the "not another micro" coin, looks pretty cool, though I prefer the realistic circular looking coins, thats why I'm so glad the one I found was a realistic coin one . In all honesty, I was expecting it to feel light and cheap when I picked it up, but it's actually a very nice quality coin I have a small regular coin collection already, this has made me want to buy some geocoins to start a GC collection at some point, though I really need to be careful with my money until after my MOT and insurance are sorted next year.

It's not just the fact of the 1 DNF that makes me say the CO should go check on the cache, t's the fact of the 1 DNF being a year ago, if it was a few weeks or so it would be understandable not to check after just one DNF, but after a year you'd think they'd have at least check it once, just to at least be able to put cachers minds at easy for the travel, so they know it's still there. After a year and no log since the DNF it will put many many cachers off searching imo, you know where you hid it, all you have to do is head to GZ and check on it, post a note or if needed owners maintenence log saying the cache is still fine or if needed say that you've replaced or sorted any issues, much more likely to get people looking for it or even get the DNF logger back to retry his/her search.

Well, just found my first GeoCoin, I've been looking forward to finding one for a while, came across this totally by accident. Was just out walking and exploring a new area as my sister had just moved nearby, wasn't even planning on caching. Found a nice place I thought would make a good spot for a hide, so did a nearby scan, I was standing within 40 meters from a cache, so decided I'd search for it and found it within minutes. Had no idea there was even going to be a GC inside it, opened it up and geocoin was right on top. it's a bronze Las Vegas Strip Benchmark coin. Definitely worth the wait to see, will be moving it on shortly, but hopefully it's the first of many xD.

As you say, it's likely one of the new cachers that have traded for it thinking its just normal swag. If so then just let nature play its course, I'd guess that in a few weeks or months once they're more familiar with the trackables and game then they'll remember what it was, log it and put it back out there. the other likely possibility they'll do is trade it back into another cache if they see something else they like on another search. Then someone else who is aware of trackables will grab it and log it back into the correct cache again. --- So personally, just move on, maybe add it to your watch-list and check again in a few months, but I wouldn't worry about it, you did your job moving it on, all trackables will disappear eventually, the enjoyment is seeing how long they keep going for and how far they travel. I've only ever set off one of my own so far, it disappeared eventually and it's not the end of the world, I'll defo be sending more out in the future as I want to get them to travel to various places, a disappeared TB doesn't put owners off from what I've seen, everyone expects them to disappear eventually.

a lot of people still dont truely understand autism and put it down to learning or behavioural issues and leave it at that, maybe the co doesnt understand it and sees no reason to learn. im from an autistic family so I know how challenging some aspects can be for autistic people, but personally i'd just avoid logging this earthcache on this occasion, it seems like the co has made up his mind and I dont think one smiley is really worth the hassle. instead, hit a new location with better and friendlier co's and log some more finds.

I think the reviewer has every right to disable a cache if the last log was a DNF over a year or so ago, you could at least have left a note or something equivalent to at least state you would check on the cache if it received another DNF, but if you blatantly just ignore it then what are people going to think other than "oh, a dnf over a year ago, probably been more dnfs that haven't bothered logging" I think it is reasonable for a reviewer to expect a visit within a year if the last log was a DNF, as most people would only post a NM if they'd found it trashed or there were numerous DNF's before them. Not if it was missing as they have no way of being sure. If you're not willing to make a trip within a year, I don't personally think that you have an adequate maintenance plan. Those are just my views anyway. I had some of my hides disabled after not maintaining them a while back (before I got into caching as much and before I got my car), and reviewer gave me a warning about them saying they would be archived, so I voluntary archived 2 of them and let someone adopt the other as they wanted to maintain it. I didn't have a maintenance plan back then, so I had no reason to argue with the reviewer's actions. I've placed caches since and I maintain them now, If there's even the slightest doubt then I go check on the cache, you placed it there to bring people to the location right? well use it as an excuse to revisit the location yourself

Well, I just retrieved a TB attached to a hot wheels car that was set off in America back in 2009 as part of race. Really fun reading through the history and seeing how far the 7 different cars have travelled. The one I have retrieved didn't finish in the top 3, the race ended back in 2010, nice to see it still travelling though, and in great condition too. Looking through the other entries several have gone missing or been in a cachers inventory for years, so hopefully this will continue for a long time after I move it on. Also noticed that there have been no photos posted since near its launch back in 2009, going to try and correct that before I move it on. It's not my first TB and I've previously had one of my own too, so I know to keep the unique code outta the pic and not post it on logs or forums Just thought I'd share its cool journey as I haven't seen many TB's yet. Public Code is TB2HP0P http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=ebd29e16-69b5-409d-94a2-bb5e1f67eead

Well, depending on the weather I'm going to attempt my first circular tomorrow. I'll be driving there, but parking near the first cache area and walking the circular. I do my fair amount of walking, If I'm heading into town or something I'll usually walk instead of drive as it's only about 4 or 5 miles each way. As such I don't feel bad in the slightest when I feel the need to jump in my car and go somewhere, I've worked, I volunteer for the community, I've helped plenty of charities both through donations, fund-raising and voluntary work. I think I've earned the right to drive. Life's short, I enjoy my life, why would I change that just because of scare tactics used by the government and media?

Im hoping to learn a foreign language some day, preferably Finnish as thats where I most want to visit. Logs should be posted in Finnish until I learn Seriously though, logs should be in a language the finder is comfortable with, not everyone speaks English, it's a worldwide hobby, we shouldn't pressure anyone to learn our language.

One of my favourite fines so far was a one placed by scouts, container was just a usual tupperware container which is no different to a lot of hides, contents were dry, good condition and was a nice place to hide it. the hide itself was up to the standards of any other cache I found, but the location led me to discover a new favourite place for my morning walks before work. It's the only cache I've found so far that was placed by scouts, but was a good cache imo, and I'd definately have no issues looking for more scout caches in future.

If people want to play the game that way and do it in groups then let them, it's just a game after all, it's not as if you get rewarded for finding more than someone else. As long as you enjoy playing the way you play, why try and stop people enjoying playing the way they enjoy. Also, no I'm not one of these people, I only have 18 finds to date and I only ever cache solo, or occasionally with my nephew if he's off school, I just do it because I enjoy walking and it gives me something fun to do while I'm walking. But my point is, it doesn't affect anyone else how they choose to play the game, if numbers are so important to them, let them run their numbers up, it doesn't harm anyone.

And once you have the notifications set up to email you, then set up your email on your phone, mine's set to refresh every 10 minutes, so I will be notified within 10 minutes of a cache being published. Also my reviewer is usually online similar times each night, so I sometimes refresh more often during that period. Never actually attempted a FTF yet, but only recently became premium, so will hopefully attempt some soon. But you have to be prepared to cache late at night or early morning depending on your area and who the FTF hunters are.

Just with regards to that too, the reviewers are all volunteers of the community, there is no way they could physically check every caches placement before review. By all means if a cache clearly violates terms agreed to when setting one up, contact the CO or post an N/A to try and get it sorted

Well, never been approached, though I haven't really tallied up many finds yet, I assume I will get approached at some point. As for funny looks, I get them all the time, even when not geocaching. Im a 23 year old male who collects hoodies, so most of the time, even if it's a sunny day, I could be on a 10 mile walk with one of my hoodies on and my hood up, but I like the look thats all, it's stereo-types that make people look at me the way they do. As long as I'm not doing anything wrong I don't mind, when I'm walking I usually block out the rest of the world anyway, It's my way of some relaxing alone time with my thoughts. So unless someone draw attention to themselves I probably wouldn't even notice them much. If I do get approached then it happens, as long as I'm polite and explain what I'm doing I have no doubt it will be a pleasant encounter.

when I mentioned the lens was removable, I meant from my side of things (when the camera is dismantled) not removable for the actual cacher, though I have removed the lens, leaving a hole at the front of the camera, and super-glued a sharpie lid on the inside of the camera to create the hole for the micro to hide in. I'm going to be re-doing the glue using gorilla-glue a week on Tuesday when I get paid, literally skint atm. But wont be hiding it before then so it's ok. I just need to find something small and waterproof for the log container now, hopefully something that slots into the container hole nicely and is a good fit, but still easy to remove.