dogdoins

"I grabbed my chain saw and other stuff and ran down the hill. I made my mom go check it out. It was just some kind of mushrooms!" I was going to make fun of you until I saw the pics. Creepy! Aw hell, I'm still gonna make fun of you. Your mom? Shame on you! Don't you have a little sister?

Ultimate DNF.

I've hidden a few caches (in Georgia if you're interested) and I agree that the feedback (logs) are the reason I hide them. You should log your finds, you earned them. I've gotten emails from people that needed a hint and I have emailed/called hiders for hints. It's kind of an "okay, you got me" thing. It's also important to me for cache maintenance/tweaking. I personally try to avoid micros unless I need a quick fix. I love the multi stage caches. As others have said, get within 40 feet and just start hunting. The cache is the answer key. If you find it, you did it correctly.

I usually hide it and mark it, walk in a big circle around it and come back and mark it again. I do this until I have 3 or 4 waypoints and kind of average it out.

I think I'd go with the "cover it and mark it" plan. What if you picked it up and you were the second person like you to find it? Now you're walking around with drugs in your pocket after someone has called the police. Not good. I also think that this would warrant a 911 call. The public is in danger in this case. What you found was already processed and ready for "use". It's not like a plant that would require some kind of processing. There is a genuine sense of urgency Don't be ashamed to call 911 if you don't know the local number. I think the police would understand in this situation. I think it's also important to mention that alot of meth labs are out in the woods with people camping nearby. (I watch COPS alot ) These are not reasonable people. They will kill you. If you see tents and smell chemicals, get out and call the police once you're safe and don't give interviews to the media.

They're not called the Cornhuskers for nothing.

You don't necessarily have to go outside unless you want to track the satellites. If you have the Yellow one, turn on the unit and press the upper right button until you come to the menu that lets you select "Mark" and select it. Then follow Peachy's instructions. Especially the part about changing the name. Otherwise you'll have a bunch of waypoints with numbers for names. The waypoint will be stored and you can synch up with the satellites when you actually go. I use a serial cable and EasyGPS at home and the above method when I'm out on a multi-stage. Be sure to become familiar with the manual method or you may experience a few minutes of panic when you have to actually enter the coords. Not that I know this first hand or anything.

Ah...Someone was brave enough to ask. We drove through our share of neighborhoods before I found out that I could click on the map on the cache page and get driving directions. Just remember to bring them with you. Have fun!

These folks are great. Don't know if they have what you want but I'm sure they can make it for you at a good price. http://www.gpscables.com/

quote: As for getting them to unclamp their jaws once they have locked on; stick your thumb up the chocolate starfish and they will release. That's an old dog fighter's trick that my friend told me about the first time I watched them when they went out of town. Unfortunatly, and I hate to admit this, I found out first hand that it works. Isn't the chocolate starfish on the other end of the dog?

dadgum! Now it's a duck for me too.

I hear Playboy is planning a "The Women of Geocaching" issue. The centerfold data is: Turn Ons- Finding caches Hiding caches Shopping for cache items Bubble baths with that special someone WAAS Turn offs- Smokers Rude people Getting up early Traffic People that whine about snake bites Hey, I can dream can't I?

I just avoid any caches with the words "Blair Witch" or "Toilet" in the title. I've had people ask about booby traps and the like before. Another person suggested that a good way to get a GPS would be to hide a fake cache and wait for Geocachers to look for it and club them over the head and take their GPS's. I know we've all considered that second idea. Especially when your unit is acting squirrelly and you don't have the money to upgrade.

That gives me an idea for my next DNF excuse!

Just wanted to say that it took me about 2 weeks to figure out what GPSr was. I thought that it was a particular model like GP Senior or something. I always refer to it as a GPS. I think this post enlightened alot of cachers that were too stubborn to ask. Take care, DD

I would definitely put a warning on the cache page telling people not to wear fur coats and antler hats. There is a cache near here and the owner of the cache is also the landowner. He allows hunting and geocaching on his land by appointment so he can coordinate who will be out there. I realize that you have no control over that aspect but you can suggest that cachers dress appropriately. Any real hunter won't shoot at what they can't see and should be aware of the range of their rifle. I have had a bullet whistle over my head before though. Hikers and hunters share the woods all the time. Shouldn't be an issue.

BrianSnat's inventory sounds like what I'm trying to do with my next one. You can't go wrong with batteries, ponchos, flashlights, bandaids, etc. I'll put toys in there too but I like to think that I helped somebody stay dry or revive their dying GPS.

Welcome to Geocaching! I use the E-trex yellow and also look at the cache map to get close. Before we started using the cache map, we drove around alot trying to find parks by following the arrow on the GPS. That doesn't work very well. There was alot of "turn here!". The cache map should just about eliminate all that.

It's a multi stage cache. Lots of fun. You can keep pointing to new sets of coordinates and finally point to the actual cache container. Have fun!

You'll find 'em! I went to one easy cache 3 times before I found it. I had been walking all over it.

Is this a prank post? When I was a kid I always got ticks. I just pulled them out. I never had one dig in that far although I know that they can. A friend of mine got one and it worked its way into his cousin. BELIEVE IT OR NOT Seriously. from what I remeber, ticks would dig in and make me itch. I would remove them. Our dogs, lacking thumbs, would have to let them suck blood until they looked like little grapes and then fall off. See a doctor. Your Geocahing insurance should cover it.

42. Hardware/Software tech support. Hmmm.... We used to turn the TV sound off and listen to the stereo. That was MTV.

quote:The variable is in the variables The number one assumption is often that the cache coordinates are always golden, which is not always the case. In fact, it is highly probable that a healthy percentage of the published geocache locations are inaccurate because of the owner's methodology, and the circumstances under which they attempted to figure out the correct lat/long. Given the usual number of distracters that are active when one is attempting to determine an accurate lat/long such as tree cover, condition of the GPSr, various expertise levels of the geocacher using their GPSr, time of day, atmospheric conditions, etc., etc. and you have fertile ground for inaccurate coordinates being earnestly recorded and passed along through Geocaching.com as golden. So starting out believing that the geocache coordinates you just entered were accurately determined in the first place is in itself a fairly flawed beginning. That being the case, it should come as no surprise when your GPSr is dead on for accurately guiding you to the published lat/long yet the cache is not right under your feet. Failure is not your fault, the fault of a crappy GPSr, or even due to demons inside your GPSr but rather it is because the geocache you are seeking is really at different lat/long location. The best approach for seeking a geocache, then, is you just have to remain facile in your quest, and take into account all the many variables that are at play in the process. Chief among your reckoning should be the strong possibility that the coordinates you have taken from Geocaching.com are a bit phony. quote: Man!! I'm with him! Well said RB! My credo is "Wait 'til the GPSr gets goofy and start eyeballing". Have fun DD [This message was edited by dogdoins on February 02, 2003 at 04:53 PM.]

I'm not sure. She just drools and farts since she started watching NASCAR and I just fart and drool since I started watching Sumo ballet.

I knew what he was talking about too. By the way, my search for "Garmin Street Pilot" only had about 19,500 results. I can see how that might be frustrating. Smell that? That's sarcasm. [This message was edited by dogdoins on January 29, 2003 at 11:03 AM.] [This message was edited by dogdoins on January 29, 2003 at 11:46 AM.]