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T.D.M.22

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  1. Stuff happens, and it's not intentional. And you really have no right to expect them to do something you can't do, so if you can't help them fix the map and notification issues, how do you expect someone else to fix it? It's not easy to fix something that's worked fine for a long time then just stopped.
  2. The first name in the logbook?
  3. Look on the map? Create a PQ with the area just covering the island? Go there and find them all?
  4. Are you sure you're connected to Wi-Fi or have your data allowed? Also might help if you tell us which app you have.
  5. I've heard tof he use of the scuba gear required to denote power trail caches. This could be used to run a PQ to only include those caches, or if you don't like them, to not include them. Only Really works away from water, but I guess Florida you could use the snowmobile attribute for same effect (wouldn't work in Canada) I've also used attributes humorously. Have a hide titled cache impossible, and I'm pretty sure I have the scuba required and long hike and some other stuff, even though it's a easy cache. I've also had a puzzle cache where you have to look at the attributes to solve the puzzle. I don't think they enforce the addition of attributes, except for a few reviewers who would want front yard one used. But the system won't let you rate the cache with a 1/1 unless you have the wheelchair accessible attribute.
  6. It's because your carrier limits the length of a message. You could go the hard way and switch carriers or you could go the easy way. Download the gmail app (or your favorite email provider) aside from getting the full email, you can access it on phones, tablets, computers. It pushes notification so you don't have to keep checking. And if you get a new phone number (or get rid of your phone) you dont have to change anything on Geocaching.com to keep geetinf notifications.
  7. Events, Facebook, regional subgroups on here. ..
  8. Absolutely yes with the cable and lock for any interesting, homemade or valuable container. There's a saying that locks only keep honest people honest. I had one of those large ammo cans. More like a small chest. Put it somewhere that nobody other than a geocacher had any real bussiness to be, even had it cabled to a tree. Got a text from a cacher friend, turns out someone cut the cable.
  9. Open the container and look in. And I'm not being a smart arse. When viewing caches it will say if it has a trackable logged in. But there's the problem. There's people who leave them without logging them, and likewise there's people who take them without logging them. Those people make up a seemingly large portion of geocachers. Then there's the ones that get lost. Ones in caches, and the caches (and contents) go missing. On the rare time that people do log the, properly, they don't always log in the field, they may wait until they get home. On a trip or large event that might be a few days or even a week. So as you can see the only way to really know is to just come upon one in a cache.
  10. It's not pokemon players that are doing damage. It's bad people who happen to play pokemon. And there are geocachers who do the same thing.
  11. I'll be more than willing to help someone who's actually tried. I've even walked people through over the phone on night cache with a stage missing. I haven't had anyone (or anyone geocaching) wanting it now. But I do work at as place dealing with the public, and I have encountered the "Me me me. I'm more important than anyone else here, even more important than the people who paid for your service, but I haven't paid, and shouldn't have to." And I won't go out of the way to help those people. If I get that message from a cacher, I'll reply with 2 letters: OK. So what if they log a DNF? They didn't find a cache, and logged in as such, big deal.
  12. A bit off topic, but when in mobile view, scroll to the bottom of any page of the forums. On the bottom left it will say "Full version." Actually it looks like it says "Full version search" but that's 2 different links. Anyway, hit the full version link and you'll be sent to the desktop view where you can edit, and all that other fun stuff.
  13. Nope. If people need to be told that a cache is too small, or the container can't handle a trackable, the attribute won't help. The people who do care will simply look at the supposed trackable inventory and see there's 50 trackables logged in the cache, and get there and see there's none actually present, and make the decision not to leave one. Also unless the cache physically can't handle it, the caches are trackable friendly. It's the cachers/muggles that take trackables. That means the more popular a cache is, the higher chance it will have missing trackables. Not really fair to brand those good caches as not trackable friendly.
  14. Should have held up fine. You know what they say; A floating stone gathers no moss.
  15. Give them the co-ords, let them find it, and tell them to log it online.
  16. T.D.M.22

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    Caches don't get deleted from the system. They will stay in the system. Caches can get archived though. That's when it's removed from play. You really should know about the guidlines and log types (including archiving a cache) before you place a cache.
  17. What did your logs say (we can't view archived logs) What did the CO say to you? If your logs are valid, then contact Groundspeak and they could let them stay. Or you could just let it be. It really isn't the end of the world. Now I just know your side, so I can't say if the logs are valid, or anything else. Groundspeak may take this view as well and not do anything, or wait until they know both sides.
  18. Then where does it stop? Gadget caches? Church caches. Cemetery caches, airport caches, blue caches, green caches? Nope. The cache types are sufficient. I'd think it would be easy to just do a PQ with caches that have the field puzzle attribute.
  19. You don't have a USA premium membership. It's one membership. That's it, that's all.
  20. From experience I did a check on 100 caches in 2 hours. Stop, confirm co-ords, sign the log, pull up next co-ords. So with speed as the goal, you will use a stamp on the logbook. Have one driver, one stamper, and the third is pulling co'ords for the next cache. Powertrails are usually easy, so no GPS needed once you get within 20 feet or so. Doing that was can cut time in half. 100 caches an hour, so with enough powertrails (and fuel) you could potentially get 1800 in 18 hours.
  21. Why? It does exactly what it's designed for. You like the features of another app, then use that app. This isn't facebook, we don't need likes and friends and such. It isn't strava, we don't need any of that stuff. It isn't Geocaching.com we don't need stats or the ability to hide a cache. It's an app made to find geocaches. The more other stuff it does, the less it works overall and more it costs to develop.
  22. Start with a new account then. Deleting those finds also messes with the caches history. You did find it, let it stand.
  23. It's a different form of coordinates. There are several different types, each being written in a different way, but representing the same location. Just like using miles, feet, or kilometers to measure distance. Also, it's not really the app that gives you co-ords. All apps get it from the same GPS chip. It's really the same difference as saying my car is faster because it's red. Its just presented differently to you.
  24. Yes, it's possible, and probably easy for them to do. But that's not the point. It's about the hide themselves. If people don't want to do any work to make the page, it's not a stretch to think they won't do any work on the cache. Also, if you want to hide it in an app, you've got a wifi connection, and a phone with an internet browser. It's not really hard to do it on a phone.
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