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Ok, I changed the name and re-archived. Let's see if that does it! Thanks!

I did archive it, but I was under the impression that it could still be seen and the new owner wants to use the same name. Have I got that wrong?

Help please! We had one of our caches stolen and disabled the cache. Someone else has volunteered to assume the cache name and place another box in a slightly different location nearby, so new coordinates. As this is basicly going to be a brand new cache, new area, new stuff, new person, we want to remove it from our log in so the new owner can comfortably do whatever he wants. How do I do that? I tried to hide it from view but that didn't work. I want it completely disassociated from our logon name. Thanks!

My husband and I are new to geocaching but we have enjoyed finding close proximity caches. When we plan a cache finding day, we usually look for those that are nearest to each other and try to hit three or so in one trip. It allows us to more fully explore an area without having to drive for miles between caches. When we placed our first two caches, we placed them in an area within 1 3/4 miles of each other because we thought if the people were out hunting caches in those hills, they might want to hit more than one while there. We had to move our first placement as we were told it fell within a 100 feet of Lake Mead National Recreational Area (which we didn't know because there is another cache placed further into the area by a couple of miles and no one vetoed that one) so it ended up a little closer to the second than we had planned. We didn't think our proximity of a few miles to another cache owner's placement would be a problem. Here in the Las Vegas area there are a lot of caches. There are some we have found that appear to be neglected as well as some whose owners check on them frequently. We deliberately placed our caches near where we live so we could check on them. One that we found appears to have been placed by someone from out of state who left a camera and a stamped envelope to mail the camera home when it was full. I don't know if some local is watching the cache or not on behalf of the out of state owner. In a high tourist draw area, this probably happens a lot. While we all appreciate the caches, maintenance should be arranged. One other thing that Red might consider to cut the placers a little slack is that when traveling, most of us won't have access to the web site to check for caches in the area if this was a spur of the moment decision on their part. It's not rude as much as thoughtless and unplanned because it means that someone else has to watch out for it or just let it be neglected. On the other hand, maybe they did arrange for a guardian or plan to come back...we don't know. One thing that does bug me is finding caches that are mostly empty and or full of what appears to be well-used junk. It indicates to me that people are taking out and not putting back in. We always bring a backpack full of new, packaged items to leave in caches like that to flesh out the contents for the next person, even if we take nothing out ourselves. And please, don't leave religious tracts or solicitations in caches. It's so tacky. We have also found a lot of drug company freebies in caches, like stuffed noses stamped with the name of a drug on them. I'm not sure what anyone would want that for but at least put things like that in a ziplock or plastic bag as things rapidly become very dirty from handling and dust in outdoor areas and then no one will want to take it except to throw it away. Especially here in the desert areas. And please don't leave stickers in desert area caches unless they are sealed in packaging as the heat here causes them to come loose from their sheets and they end up all over the cache and get ruined, so it's a waste of your effort. We do appreciate all the caches people leave for the rest of us to find and hope to enjoy this hobby for as long as we are physically able to do it. Thanks to all of you who take the trouble to do this for the rest of us out here!

My husband and I are new to geocaching but we have enjoyed finding close proximity caches. When we plan a cache finding day, we usually look for those that are nearest to each other and try to hit three or so in one trip. It allows us to more fully explore an area without having to drive for miles between caches. When we placed our first two caches, we placed them in an area within 1 3/4 miles of each other because we thought if the people were out hunting caches in those hills, they might want to hit more than one while there. We had to move our first placement as we were told it fell within a 100 feet of Lake Mead National Recreational Area (which we didn't know because there is another cache placed further into the area by a couple of miles and no one vetoed that one) so it ended up a little closer to the second than we had planned. We didn't think our proximity of a few miles to another cache owner's placement would be a problem. Here in the Las Vegas area there are a lot of caches. There are some we have found that appear to be neglected as well as some whose owners check on them frequently. We deliberately placed our caches near where we live so we could check on them. One that we found appears to have been placed by someone from out of state who left a camera and a stamped envelope to mail the camera home when it was full. I don't know if some local is watching the cache or not on behalf of the out of state owner. In a high tourist draw area, this probably happens a lot. While we all appreciate the caches, maintenance should be arranged. One other thing that Red might consider to cut the placers a little slack is that when traveling, most of us won't have access to the web site to check for caches in the area if this was a spur of the moment decision on their part. It's not rude as much as thoughtless and unplanned because it means that someone else has to watch out for it or just let it be neglected. On the other hand, maybe they did arrange for a guardian or plan to come back...we don't know. One thing that does bug me is finding caches that are mostly empty and or full of what appears to be well-used junk. It indicates to me that people are taking out and not putting back in. We always bring a backpack full of new, packaged items to leave in caches like that to flesh out the contents for the next person, even if we take nothing out ourselves. And please, don't leave religious tracts or solicitations in caches. It's so tacky. We have also found a lot of drug company freebies in caches, like stuffed noses stamped with the name of a drug on them. I'm not sure what anyone would want that for but at least put things like that in a ziplock or plastic bag as things rapidly become very dirty from handling and dust in outdoor areas and then no one will want to take it except to throw it away. Especially here in the desert areas. And please don't leave stickers in desert area caches unless they are sealed in packaging as the heat here causes them to come loose from their sheets and they end up all over the cache and get ruined, so it's a waste of your effort. We do appreciate all the caches people leave for the rest of us to find and hope to enjoy this hobby for as long as we are physically able to do it. Thanks to all of you who take the trouble to do this for the rest of us out here!

We are new to geocaching and have been doing our hunting in the southern Nevada, Utah and Arizona areas thus far, which is really hilly and rocky. After beating our Expedition up a little too much in the brush, we have decided to look for a used 4X4 for this weekend hobby. Does anyone have any suggestions or opinions about 4X4 trucks verses, ATVs, sand rails, etc. and have similar experience with terrain in this area? What has worked best for you folks out there? We have found ourselves frequently traveling narrow, rocky or soft "roads" with pretty steep inclines or declines, areas often heavily used by ATVs and motocross bikes so the ground is severely rutted. Since this will be a hobby toy, we don't want to spend a lot of money but don't want to break down out in the middle of nowhere either! Thoughts, anyone?