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Just been researching caches for a visit to India soon. This one was/is a vacation cache placed in 2011 by a cacher with three finds, including this one, and no finds since. Cache is apparently there but seems some can't be bothered to actually find it and sign the log. The CO's not about to delete the logs anyway.. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2PQB6_first-cache-of-bikaner

I think most Aussie cachers are on this site.

Ah yes, Timaeus, that's it.

We are going to India end of March. So I went to the old Find a Cache page and searched by country name. Would you believe it? India has a massive 233 geocaches that I haven't found yet.

I was under the impression only physical caches needed to be 160m apart.... Here's part of a map showing my cache very close to a mystery coordinate.... If that's the ? Cache "It's All About the Numbers" there is no physical cache or item there. The actual cache is more than 161 metres from yours which is why your cache was approved. Luckily, in our area, we don't have the saturation problems of our North American and European cousins. Must make a mental note to go and get yours.

It could be argued that they are bad containers since they aren't foolproof and can be so easily defeated. If the waterproofness of the container comes down to a quarter-turn of the lid, then it isn't a good choice of container. There's really no such thing as foolproof. The world keeps producing better fools.

Perhaps a good starting point would be to do a few first.

The Etrex 30 (and 20) are an excellent Geocaching GPSr when learnt how to use correctly. Very accurate and easy to use in the field. I've only ever use GSAK so can't help with direct to GPS PQ downloads (I really should learn how to do that).

I was thinking that also. Try setting Routing to off-road.

It never occured to me. I'll remember that for next time. Thanks It's that time again when we are again looking at doing more canal caching about May/June. We've been seeing all the flooding on the news and were wondering how it is affecting the canals. Is there a site we can access to get information on canal condition? We had in mind doing the Warickshire ring. I think THIS could be the best place for you to try....... Thanks dodgydaved that's what I was looking for. We feel for those poor people who have been flooded out of their homes. Looks really bad on the TV news over here where its getting a lot of coverage. Possibly a lot of NMs being logged in the future.

It never occured to me. I'll remember that for next time. Thanks It's that time again when we are again looking at doing more canal caching about May/June. We've been seeing all the flooding on the news and were wondering how it is affecting the canals. Is there a site we can access to get information on canal condition? We had in mind doing the Warickshire ring.

I've been using GSAK since we started which was also when we went Premium. I use GSAK for all my PQs and GPS loading. However, I find the Send to GPS very handy when some new caches are published, its a quick download and then out the door. Last week I plugged in our Etrex 20s and they weren't recognised by Firefox. Got the usual message about unsupported, need plug-in, etc.. After about 15-20 monutes of jumping through computer hoops I finally got reinstalled. Send to GPS is NOT useless.

We have a couple of Etrex 20s, just like the 30 but with the extra bell and whistle. You got 'em at a great price. They are an excellent GPSr for Geocaching, hiking etc., compact, light weight, long battery life, very sturdy and reasonably waterproof. No worries if you drop it in a puddle get rained upon. Forget about using one to navigate driving a car on your own. You could have a passenger reading out directions though. We also have bicycle handlebar mounts for ours and they are quite easy to follow when riding.

+1 Ditto

You said you set a waypoint, how did you do that? If you just used the Mark Waypoint on the menu it just 'snaps' a coordinate. The correct way to do it would be by using Waypoint Averaging. it may take a minute or three but you get an accurate coordinate. BTW one can Backtrack to find your way back to your starting point.

We are not new to geocaching yet we still shake our heads at many mystery/puzzle caches. There are so many puzzle types around that it would take volumes to try and explain. You will have to do a bit of research I think. Try the easier ones first like D1 & D2 and get used to them and work your way up the difficulty scale as you become more proficient. Nothing can be more disheartening than diving into a D4 or D5, spending hours trying to work out even a starting point and getting nothing. Then your head will start hurting. With many, many of the puzzles Google can be your friend. If you are desperate contact the cache owner for a hint or pointer to get you started in the right direction, most would be willing to help in a little way, afte all caches are meant to be found. Good luck.

We don't see our Turkey souvenir yet. Great to see Turkey added to the souvenir list. We were lucky enough to have two of the five featured caches when we toured there about three years ago. As it was an organised tour and pretty much full-on we didn't have a whole lot of time to chase smileys. We wholeheartedly recommend visiting Turkey, wonderful country and friendly people, at least in the places we visited.

Perhaps if you made your caches PM only it may have reduced the "vandalism" to a manageable level?

AS a CO, reading the same log on 21 caches in a series, each one unique and hidden differently to the others. Yes, it irks me but I can live with it. Logged by: zzzzz Log Type: Found it Date: 12/5/2015 Location: New South Wales, Australia Type: Traditional Cache Log: With xxxxx and yyyyy . TFTC. SL

Great idea, where do you get those? We usually leave pre 1964 Oz pennies.

We've cached on all 8 cruises we've done in the last 3 yeaRS. On our first cruise we used a Garmin Nuvi that we bought in our first port of call, Hobart and used it around New Zealand. That's how we started caching. When we got to port we would go to the nearest library or Internet cafe and write out on paper coordinates + hints and D/T of all the caches close by. We would then manually input the coords and off we'd go. By next cruise we had an Etrex. These days we load PQs into GSAK on our netbook for all the places we'll be. Earlier this year we put every cache in Mexico into our Etrex 20s. Also this year we cruised Canada/Alaska and Sydney/Perth via New Zealand. Caching this way can take you to interesting, little known places, scenic or historic, that you would never have found doing a ships tour. Also watch out for any events in your ports of call as other cruisers often set them up to meet locals and other cruisers. Check out your cruise roll call (on Cruise Critic.com)for other likeminded caching cruisers.

We've cached in Singapore and there's no shortage of puzzles there. We filter out the puzzles (and multis) due to, usually, time constraints and just go for traditional.

Can't have on board. They're usually at local park or coffee shop.

You can by aerosol cans of plastic primer from auto supply stores. Lightly sand the plastic and follow the instructions on the can.

We have Geocaching dashboard setup on our Etrex 20s. When map is on display it always displays the nearest cache and its distance. You can then select that cache to search for if you wish to. We almost always use the compass feature when seaching. There are quite a few features hidden in the etrex, its just a matter of trying everything so see what it does. I like the 'Units' where I can select metric for metres/kilometres etc or, when I'm sailing, I can select 'Nautical' for nautical miles or knots speed which then reflects in the Trip Meter feauture.