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colleda

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  1. I'd prefer to archive. It would give others a chance to place their own and also enable previous finders to revisit the islands. There have been some terrains changes since the originals were placed. One island has disappeared, gone, blown away.
  2. My experience is that birdhouse caches have a high attrition rate, especially gadget ones. And, I have come across real birdhouses stuffed with junk and bits of paper by cachers not realising they are not caches.
  3. It's eleven months to the day since I started this thread and I thought I should do an update on how my caching is going as there has been a somewhat recent change which is affecting my caching ability as far as maintenance is concerned. My mobility has been affected by a recurrence of rheumatoid arthritis which has affected my feet, imagine walking barefoot on marbles. Luckily, I can cycle ok. I have some caches (a series) on islands which I would normally maintain by kayak however the arthritis in my shoulders is restricting my ability to paddle. I may have to archive those. ATM I am doing my best to keep up the maintenance. I have a list of specialist appointments coming up soon which, hopefully, may improve things - rheumatologist, haematologist and urologist. Aging is a baitch.
  4. On our Danube/Main/Rhine cruise in 2018 I just loaded PQs for each city stop. We joined the (included) cruise tours which were all very interesting and mostly done before lunch. This left the afternoon free to do other stuff including geocaching which took us to not so familiar tourist spots which were still very intersting. We didn't feel like we had to find them all and, looking back, there were a lots of things in the tours of historical interest - to us. We could also pick up a few quick finds along the way. One thing I noticed were a lot of Virtuals however many were time consuming with many stages . We gave those a miss (it's all about the numbers init ).
  5. With this cache there is an additional hint in the description could help but I think most would miss it. "Cache is a small 375ml container ...."
  6. I like the magnets from old computer hard drives. Very strong.
  7. Those once wet, faded, stamped signatures come in handy when I come across a full log sheet.
  8. Correct on all counts. I don't like fake, or otherwise, sprinkler caches. And, as in Goldenwattle's example have dismantled a real one and spent way too much time reassembling it. This example was not immediately recognisable as a sprinkler nor was it in a spot where a sprinkler would be normally placed. I saw this as an example of throwdown, placed after a string of DNFs, saving a viable container (albeit a poor choice of container) where the CO is MIA. As found, this cache had no issues per se. It was easily located and the log was dry and signable although getting a bit tatty. Nothing really requiring a NM. BTW I am not a fan of community maintenance and if this cache had a soggy log I most likely would have logged a NM. Surprisingly the inside of the sprinkler had a volume about the same as a film pot. I don't know the CO personally but I have found a few of his caches and he does seem to pop up occasionally after a long absence.
  9. Here is one I re-found today. It had a few issues including soggy logs and rusty mint tin throwdown. Despite one NM a bit over a year ago, and a little cache creep, it remains a viable cache. The original, which is still there, was a fake sprinkler. On Thin Ice Traditional Geocache GC2EP8E
  10. My Android phone alerts me to emails. It then "pings" my Garmin watch where I can read them, with a little difficulty, if I don't have my glasses handy.
  11. They found the toughest one of the series, a D4, for which finders often need multiple attempts (Team 737 had four goes before your DNF). Plus a couple of others that are tricky and skipped a few easy ones. No pattern.
  12. Today, an experienced cacher (3k+) has finished(?) my Fernleigh Track series of 21 traditional caches (including one disabled). However, what concerns me is they have only logged 13 finds. I am now left wondering if they skipped some or DNF'd them. So, do I go and check or just wait for the next cacher to do them. I'll wait and think about sending the cacher a polite message asking if they DNF'd any. If people can't find my caches I want to know about it.
  13. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) Lennon/McCartney
  14. That was early days. CHS has had much tweaking since.
  15. Only 3 DNFs on a D3.5 won't trigger CHS. I recently had 5 DNFs on a D3.5 without being "pinged".
  16. Interesting (to me) is the CO's last find in 2017 was one of my caches. Maybe I put them of their game.
  17. I would imagine you have done better than me Jeff. I've only scored 15 out of the, IIRC, 54 Mega puzzles. Puzzles aren't my thing.
  18. There's only one way to find out. Suck it and see.
  19. The "moldy" log may have indicated a problem with the container or perhaps it was not properly closed by a finder, we will never know. The CO could have done something about it and didn't. How often have caches lingered in a sorry state before they 'died', we've all found them. But some cachers are reluctant to put them out of their misery. And, as someone once said. "You don't have to find them all".
  20. One log described the log as "moldy". Yuk. There is no shortage of caches in the area.
  21. I'm with you there Jeff. I too would not claim a find (if caching with a group) unless I had actually done the climb or abseiled or whatever.
  22. I have a cache hidden by a rock of that size. The cache is a bison tube in the rock. The rock has gone missing a couple of times but each time I have found it in a nearby creek. Apparently it's a rock not too big for kids to pick up then drop in the creek to see it make a big splash.
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