GrandPotentate

wouldn't this be illegal? the ground was broken when the supporting stake was inserted into the ground to support the sigh.

Perhaps the confusion lies with an assumption that the cache must be places prior to the creation of the cache page. I cache page can be created with can be discussed with a review and edited as many times as desired before the container is placed. One of the suggestions in thread about discussing the nature and potential location of a hide is to create a cache page with a title of "For Coordinate verification only". Once a reviewer has location has not proximity or permission issues, the title and description can be edited, the container placed, then the listing put into the queue for final review. Just creating the cache page doesn't mean it goes before a reviewer. I believe you have to check the box saying that the cache is in place and ready to be found before it is brought to the reviewer's attention.

I admit that I din't read the guidelines thoroughly and submitted a new cache because I've seen "grandfathered" virtuals and webcams and didn't think they were now verboten. I can't help but ask...... have you never checked off a box in your life without doing everything the box asks first? If yes....it would probably earn you the 2011 "smartest man in the world" which yo could add to your list of accolades. Why has no one noticed the the OP has no clue what "granfathered" means. A cache is "grandfathered" if it exists before the rules were changed. It doesn't mean, "since I've seen caches like this before, I can make a new cache and get it approved". Also, I'm sure if your reviewer is anything like mine (knows what he is doing), you would have been told specifically why your cache was not published. If you has asked, the reviewer might have even tried to work with you to get something published that follows the rules as stated at the time.

I can just see it now-virtual power trails. I could have 2000 caches with no wet log books or mugglings to worry about. I've talked to cachers that have logged over 500 finds in 1 day. He explained that he went out with a group, they split up at took off on ATVs in different directs and signed everyone's name on the logs. kinda violates the spirit of the sport.

I used to use that app, but everytime I did, I would get emails saying my coords are off.

Yes, you do need some sort of GPS. You obviously use your phone for geocaching so it does have a GPS built into it, however some phones are not as accurate. Best would be to use a dedicated GPS receiver to set the co-ords. While I don't think they should, there are many people who use their cell phones with lots of hides and thousands of finds without issue. Just make sure you have accurate co-ords. Maybe take 2 or 3 readings and average them out. Actually, you don't. I have placed 2 traditional caches and a multi cache with only using coords provided from Google Maps and have never had a problem with someone complaining about the coords being off.

while that may have been true a couple of years ago, today smart phone GPS is very accurate. It depends on the application that the cacher is using. Just using a turn-by-turn direction app is going to give general location, but using GPS Status & Toolbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2 this app also pairs with the c:geo app to give you "radar" navigation on a cache you are searching for. There is also a GPS averager that I have used, but I don't think that app is any more accurate that GPS Status. btw, have have hidden 24 caches using my Samsung on the Android OS and only have had to adjust a couple due to initial inaccurate readings. (mostly due to heavy tree coverage)

I was at my local Meet & Eat that I organize each month and was talking with a fellow geaocacher about an idea I had, but didn't think that I would ever be able to follow through since the cache container would cost more that $1,200. I told her that I wanted to take a 2,500 gallon water take, put it on it's side, also I wouldn't be able to hide the cache very well because of the size, so it would have to be on private property. Turns out, she has might have an extra water tank and owns several farms and would be willing to put something like that out. Has anyone else seen a cache this size or larger? I am wanting to call it the world's largest cache, but if I have to, I will settle for Ohio's largest cache.

I have been pretty busy, I went to the Ohio Renaissance Festival on Sunday and spent a good part of Monday typing up the story for the next cache in my Dr. Horrible Evil Cache series. I have not been to dissuaded, but I will probably create an anonymous account the next time I feel the need to ask such a question.

It's a morph suit. For my niece's 5th birthday, my sister had a Scooby Do birthday party and I got to play the villain who stole all of the birthday presents and left clues for the kids to find.

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Let me start off first by saying, I'm not looking to start a flame war or use this as some passive aggressive way of getting my reviewer's attention. I am looking for real advise. I have only been geocaching since May of 2012 and so I realize that I am fairly new to the sport, I occasionally need some advice or clarification on a Groundspeak rule when placing a geocache. So I follow Groundspeak's advice and email my local reviewer (or at least the reviewer that has overwhelmingly reviewed the caches I own) ask my questions. Never have I received a response from the reviewer. I have to wait until I submit the cache for review and then wait for the reviewer to find the problem with the cache. Is this the normal procedure? Should I be emailing all of the reviewers in my area with the same question so that hopefully I get a response from one of them? I also have run into the issue where a submitted geocache will violate the guidelines in some way and will not get any message from a reviewer for several days. Then when I do get a reviewer note posted explaining the issue, the reviewer has already published several geocaches during the time that I had been waiting for a response. I realize that the reviewers are volunteers and have lives outside of geocaching, but it would have been nice to have received a reviewer note letting me know that there was an issue and that the reviewer would address the issue when they had more time, that way I could have looked a little bit closer at my cache and possibly have found the problem and have it corrected. I know this isn't anything personal but I have heard stories from other geocachers about this same reviewer and I have no clue if this is normal and just something that has to be dealt with in the sport, or what. Again, I am not looking to start any drama, just looking for real advice.

Where were you able to buy the trackable number?

thank you everyone who helped me with this cache. it is completed and just about ready to be placed.

I suggest teaming up with a more seasoned cacher to help you develop your "geosense" I would look through this thread to see if there is a caching group in your area http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=198869 you should be able to find at least one person who is willing to show you the ropes and help you out. Happy Caching!

Are a couple of caches in my area that have an educational element to them http://coord.info/GC3N45K and http://coord.info/GC3V703 Both caches simply have the educational material in the description and take you to areas that the information pertains to. You could also include a small pamphlet in the caches that the finder is able to take that includes information about the local flora and fauna or about interesting local geological formations. As far as developing an interest in geocaching, some points to remember are: you are not going to be able to do this over night, may take a year or more to get a "consumer base" developed; include variety of cache containers, locations, difficulties,and environments you don't want new cachers to get board; begin to offer "Geocaching 101" classes at local libraries, schools, after-school activities, scouting groups, community centers, ect.; develop a program that you can offer to business leaders that involves geocaching as a team building exercise for their staff. There is a lot that can be done, just don't get discouraged.

I've had luck with using coyote urine (or a local predator's urine) which you can get at most hunting supply store or tractor supply stores. It only lasts a couple of weeks, but usually it's long enough to get the curious animals to leave the area alone.

Technically, if you have to insert something into the ground to hide the cache, it is illegal. The reading of the official rule makes it sound like if you even have to drive a stake into the ground to have something to attach the cache container to, it's illegal. So I guess if the cache container has a spike on the end of it to help keep it in place, then it is not permissible.

I am working on creating a puzzle for an unknown cache and need some help with the difficulty rating. If you have more experience than me with puzzles (doesn't take much to beat me) I would love your help my email address is bdyoung8 at gmail.com send me an email and i will send you the puzzle and the pertinent information that goes with the puzzle.

i completely agree with fotimyr, to find the geocache on International Space Station, you have to have some type of rocket that will propel you into orbit, and VERY few people have access to one of those. So I don't think you can say that qr codes that need a smart phone to scan are "illegal".

One more homo in Tiffin, Ohio. I love to see when others are forced to face their insecurities in their sexuality and ultimately in their own identities. I don't know if my ability to grasp and understand who I am and who I love shines a light into your soul that makes you squirm, or I the fact that I found the courage to question the popular idea that loving women is the correct thing for men to do. I know that my sexuality does not interfere with their sexuality, but rather it is the fact that I can identify who I am as a person that makes most people uncomfortable because they simply identify themselves by what is around them. To answer the question of "To be or not to be", one must first know "What to be or what not to be." Now mind you, I am rarely identified by others as gay and new friends will actually ask if I am straight or gay, so I am not a flamer nor do I flaunt my sexuality for the entire world to know, but I am apologetically who I am and will not back down when I see discrimination or the bullying of a fellow lgbtqao (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, asexual, omnisexual). It is not the fact that we wish to separate ourselves from society, but rather have learned that society will not accept, defend, nor protect us if we do not stand up and take care of ourselves. And there is always the rare and precious few who step outside of the status-quo and will defend and love those who have a different view of life, but to be expected to sit and wait for someone like that to come along places me in the category of infants, the comatose, women in the 1800's and the slaves of the South. Any fellow lgbtqao's in or who will be in Northwest Ohio, I would love to meet you; anyone else in or who will be in Northwest Ohio, I would love to meet you.

I actually have a multi-cache that uses scanned qr codes to get the coords to the next stage. I had no problems with getting it approved. GC3NHRJ