gpsfun

I was about to post the same paragraph from the guidelines when I saw Teach2Learn's post above. The cache cited as an example (GC11N9K) is a legitimate multistage cache. It could also have been submitted as a mystery/puzzle cache.

I would look at these on a case-by-case basis. One of the inherent problems with using e-mail communications between the geocacher and the cache owner as part of finding a cache is the permanence or durability, if you will, of the e-mail address and/or the auto-reply function. Even with good intentions, players sometimes do drop out of the game, get sick, take vacations, lose access to their ISP, have their e-mail accounts disrupted, etc. An auto-reply mitigates some of these potential issues, but I would ask the cache owner to help me clearly understand how the ongoing functionality of the auto-responder is being ensured.

Now THERE'S a reasonable man!

South Carolina geocachers have been very actively involved in this issue, and the suggestion you offered has been thoroughly pursued.

It is my current understanding that the bill did not make it out of committee and has no effect.

In an earlier time, the site features were such that a geocacher could "grab" a travel bug from whatever cache it was in and then "drop" it into another cache. During this time, some travel bugs were taken to events, and several attendees might grab and drop the same travel bug. In the process, some persons might grab the travel bug but might not drop it back, leading to some confusion as to where the travel bug might really be. And then along came geocoins, which can be grabbed and dropped in the same manner as travel bugs. Since geocoins often have their own unique icon, the practice of grabbing and dropping these items ballooned. In an effort to simplify matters, the site created the ability to "discover" a travel bug or geocoin, which added the item to a persons found list without putting it into their inventory. Discovering an item does not cause its location to change. My assumption is that the owner of the geocoin did not want it taken to events where it might be discovered by multiple persons; instead, the owner wanted it moved from one physical cache to another. My assumption may not be accurate, however.

There is a possibility that the geocacher did not correctly interpret your request that the coin not be taken to events and how multiple "discover" logs might result. I would send the geocacher a polite note clarifying your meaning and that you welcome having the coin found and placed in another physical cache so it can be found again. If the geocacher wants to play the game with the coin the way you want it played, such a note may be helpful. If not, then all you are out is the time it took to write the note - and the coin, of course, but it is already at risk.

GGA meetings are typically scheduled for the second Saturday of the month, so I would suggest you pencil in January 13 on your calendar. I haven't seen anything on a location so far.

Well done, folks - very well done! Congratulations!

You got pretty close to a great idea in your 2:16 p.m. post. There are a number of highly experienced and well respected geocachers in Rhode Island. Please consider drafting your ideas in a preliminary cache page (not activated) and invite one or more of them to beta test it for you. If you don't give them the impression that your mind is already made up, they will most certainly offer you objective and helpful feedback. -gpsfun geocaching.com volunteer reviewer for RI & other places

An area search will show an icon if a green Jeep is logged into the cache; however, in some areas, Jeeps are being dropped into caches without being logged into them. In these cases, finding a Jeep is an unanticipated surprise that helps get Jeeps into the hands of those who might otherwise not find one.

Posted information relative to Delaware in error, but you will need to check the regulations for Maryland or Virginia depending on the location you have in mind. The Delaware regulations require a visit to the crab pot and removal of the crabs at least once per 72 hour period, and I would expect similar provisions in other states. A cache visit every three days is pretty high maintenance...

Take a look here for the Delaware Geocachers web site.

Why does it say CheshireFrog next to your post?

Thanks!

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could create an image of Mater (from the movie Cars) that I could use as a avatar. Thanks!

Since you have sent your message to the appropriate address, it would be well to await an answer. Please keep in mind that today is a business holiday, and that Groundspeak may triage incoming e-mail messages and respond to them in priority order. In the mean time, you may want to consider a continuing dialog with the local reviewer, as you may reach a resolution sooner that way. There is no list of allowed and disallowed questions that a reviewer may ask about a cache page submission, but it is up to the reviewer to determine to their satisfaction that all aspects of the cache are within the boundaries of the guidelines and do not create legal, safety, or other issues.

I decided to have a go at the issue; regrettably, I have encountered the same results that Keystone reported. There does seem to be a potential pattern in that queries that will produce a longer list of results (e.g., all of the caches you own) seem to time out more frequently than queries that search for a single cache. It might help Keystone if the OP could include the GC???? waypoint number in this thread, but then again it may not. It is probably worth a try. It is always a good idea to include the GC???? in any correspondence with a reviewer. We may like to think that our doctors remember our blood pressure reading from one visit to the next, but it ain't so - they have to look it up. It's the same when we are asked a question about a cache. Hope this helps.

Reviewers will not see your submitted cache pages if the "Active" check box is not checked.

The forums, or at least the link to the forums, has been removed from the SCGO web site. Edit: Or perhaps their ISP/web host has had yet another problem

I clicked on the "reminder" link and still have not received an e-mail. However, I tried entering my login name and the password I gave during registration in the entry boxes and then clicked on the reminder link - and I was logged in. And now I can log in at will. Maybe not all of the mice are running the same way in the wheel yet...

Same here...

Randy, I would like to agree with your appeal for more interesting and informative logs than the stream of abbreviations or acronyms you received in your inbox. Interestingly, a similar thread appeared this morning in the South and Southeast forums here. So you are addressing a topic of interest to others as well as yourself. That said, I also want to suggest that log writers utilize good judgment in describing their adventures, particularly by refraining from exaggerated writings that could cast the sport or hobby of geocaching in a negative light by those who may desire to do so. There are many public areas that have no formal rules or restrictions on geocaching activity that all of us currently enjoy. However, the stewards of these areas could decide on their own or be asked to regulate geocaching activity. Those who know little of the activity may decide to do their research through reading geocaching logs and fail to recognize the intended humor or exaggeration in some log entries. Worse yet are the admissions of guilt, e.g., on a cache page clearly stating that an area is closed from dusk to dawn, a geocacher writes that they went in over the fence and got the first to find prize at 3:30 a.m. Does everyone do that? Of course not, but persons intent on strongly restricting geocaching can and will point to such a log and paint all of us with the same brush. Geocaching logs written in jest, with over the top exaggeration, and boasting of real or fictional inappropriate behavior are currently causing significant difficulties for those of us who are working to achieve minimally restrictive geocaching policies with land stewards who are being pressed to "do something" about those maverick geocacher people who are doing "all of that stuff" on public lands. In summary, I join with you in encouraging descriptive and well written logs. However, I also encourage log writers to consider if parts of their logs could be perceived negatively by others, and to make suitable edits before clicking the submit button. Edit: Fixed the spelling of the words "negative", restrictions" and "stuff".

Welcome to geocaching in South Carolina! I'm the upstate area, near Anderson. Give me a shout if you are heading this way.

Generally speaking, physical caches that have gone missing are not subject to being adopted as there is nothing there to adopt. Think of it like a automobile that is gone - crushed, melted, and made into a new refrigerator. There would be no reason to transfer the title of the car that no longer exists. You might post a "needs archived" log to the cache page and state in the log that you want to adopt the cache; the area reviewer would thereby be made aware of the situation and could respond appropriately. You should expect your request to adopt the cache to be denied unless there is some very significant aspect of it that I have overlooked. If the cache page is archived, the area becomes available for a new cache placement with a new container, log book, and page one of a new history.