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Our thoughts exactly. Then we leave something else useful in it's place for the next hider. It really is that simple. Edit to correct fat finger error

OTOH, say the Mr. half of us (me) hides a doozy of a multi, then a few months later the Mrs. half goes out on a hike and struggles to find it after 3 hours of hiking and hunting without assistance from me. Do we log a find on it ? NO NO NO NO. I already have a bullseye on my back, and no need to enlarge it. She'll get something better than a GC.com smiley when she gets in. At least that's how we do it here in my house. Uh oh, it sounds like another case of someone playing the game the way they want to. I think the forum regulars should okay this "something better" before you continue. So what happens if someone finds your multi, but then they want to come drop off a travel bug a month later. They don't get to log another find, but do they get to come by your house for "something better" too? Hmmmm SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

PM sent, Dangerous Dale .

OTOH, say the Mr. half of us (me) hides a doozy of a multi, then a few months later the Mrs. half goes out on a hike and struggles to find it after 3 hours of hiking and hunting without assistance from me. Do we log a find on it ? NO NO NO NO. I already have a bullseye on my back, and no need to enlarge it. She'll get something better than a GC.com smiley when she gets in. At least that's how we do it here in my house.

I observed this when I first started, and have learned to use Google Earth just to get a base idea of cache saturation in an area. A proud daddy of a 60CSx here as well, and it is only as useful as the coords that were provided, I have observed If someone is still one-shotting coords to provide for location, instead of averaging a few hundred times like I do, you may as well be using a Garmin GPSMAP-175

Clan Riffster... we have GOT to get together. I was thinking of the exact same thing.

Its the theme from the old National Geographic Explorer TV show. I thought it was funny. "Float On" from Modest Mouse Thanks for taking the time to post it up!

What he said. Keep in mind the margin of error is +-30' as a rule of thumb. If on a bad day you take coords, and are actually 30' off, and I hunt for it on a bad day and I am 30' off, we could be 60' apart!!! In a thick patch of saw palmetto, that would be at least a good pint of blood and one large blue cloud forming over my head. PLEASE be as exact as possible.

:::kicks Jimear1e in the shin::: SHHHH Mother Nature plays the official caching song!!

Ammo cans are best, but at $12 for the 7.62mm, kind of pricey. The one I placed last weekend was one I brought home from Iraq in '91. Decons are $7 here locally. Again, WAY overpriced , but nice containers, as long as all four corners are snapped down. Matchstick holders are great for micros, and for stages of multis, but there is one I like even better than that. It is slightly larger than a 35MM, AND has a chain to hang it by. It is intended for boating, as it is waterproof/windproof, and they hold up exceedingly well (at least so far). I pick them up at my local Walmart, but here is a similar item . Less than a dollar, and piece of mind. I love 'em. Here is one that has been out in the woods for 9 months: . A lot of the paint is gone, (my fault), but I love these. That is a regular bison tube next to it for size comparison/scale. If you MUST use a 35mm, as long as the log is in a very small ziplock, it'll last longer. But if you positively enjoy neverending cache maintenance, forgo the ziplock crack baggie and have fun with all of the complaints of moldy, disintegrating logs.

I started out with EasyGPS as well, and found my first few caches with it, then discovered GSAK. True, the advanced functions and macros can be a bit of a bear, but the support I have received when I have questions is fantastic, and well worth the one time small fee. You can use it for free, but I personally felt obligated to pay for it, as it provided a useful function for me on a daily basis, and not just for geocaching. I would reccomend that you give the apps listed so far in this thread a trial, and find what suits you best. It's kind of like buying a motor vehicle...there is no such vehicle that will make everyone happy all the time, so get what makes you comfortable is my $.02 Please, no more trolling in this thread.

Great story, the Mrs. and I are definitely LOL. Thanks for sharing!

This one: Where The Green Fern Grows. It should be self evident what an epic this one is by the number of folks watching it. It is one of the most watched caches that I know of. As far as I am concerned it is considered a rite of passage around here. Just my $.02 (edited for fat fingering error)

A pair of new hips and more ammo cans!

I will second that...my thoughts exactly!

Well, you should know that by dropping the travel bugs into the cache, people can figure out the listed coordinates of the cache. (At least the coordinated listed at the time the bug was dropped) So, someone in your area could have a head start on a "found before published". The solution to this? I don't even bother to write one up or drop/log TBs in until it is actually ready anyway, so this hasn't been a problem for me.

I asked for a GPS for Christmas last year for fishing,and got one. Meanwhile, I had sold my boat, so what was I to do with this fine gift? I had heard of this thing called "geocaching" and thought I'd give it a try over my Christmas vacation. I was hooked after just one find. An adult easter egg hunt...a search for hidden treasure. So many beautiful sights have been seen, friends made, and the trail goes on forever. What could be better?

Without going into unwanted details, I'll just say "Ditto" same here

You said unibrow..heeheehee

A thread that shows how it ought to be done, hence the post from us.We did it with no hope of reward or recognition, but simply to help out a fellow cacher who was unable to maintain a nice hide at the time. It was worth every step just knowing that it was the right thing to do, as he had led us on a 17 mile adventure in a nice preserve, at no cost to us. Just trying to pay it back, is all.

Is this thread one of those quirky IQ tests?

A 6 mile hike to replace a cache and contents that had been muggled. See: The Cache

I nominate Smiling Little Perch, of Riverview, Florida. The biggest sweetheart I know, always a hug to greet you, and smiles from when you meet until you break for the night. All of that and a great cacher too! She broke her hiking stick as well, recently, and would surely love a nice one, she deserves it in my book.

Been using Mobipocket since day one on my Tungsten T5 and have NEVER had an issue like that. Sorry to hear about it.

Exactly...especially when a few previous finders of that same cache rave about spot on coords, cache found at ground zero