Ken-B

If I can add to that ..... If the TBs are placed in "Premium Member Only" caches non-Premium Members would not be able to locate them. This would take a bit of research prior to dropping the TB. I, and the caching community near to where I live, always make new caches "Premium Member Only". Having said that - my TB plus 30+ others were stolen by Premium Members !!!

Hi I have read this thread with interest. I had a TB picked up last October. [ I know who has it as they logged it as in their possession ] It has not come back into circulation. When I checked - this pair had, in their possession, well over 30 TBs ..........all logged and in their inventory. I sent regular emails to them and got nothing in return. I then decided to contact all of the TB owners and ask them to send similar emails - many did and got no response. I wondered if something had happened to the pair as everything seemed above board ......except that they were holding so many TBs. They had not done any caching since October either. I gave up hope and wrote the TB off. Then out of the blue, a few days ago, I get an email - my TB is now in a cache. I check - yes ...... along with 31 others !! The pair had "found" just one cache that day - I was suspicious. I was in contact with another cacher who had been contacting the pair too. A note was added to the cache asking the next cacher to confirm that the TBs were there - needless to say they were not. Last night I had a string of emails from the male side of the pair - basically I suggested that he still held the TBs which, initially, he denied. As the exchange of emails developed he admitted that he still had all of them. This pair were obviously targeting caches that hold TBs. They are having their own game at our expense. I did, months ago, contact Groundspeak who informed me that they had "written to them" Personally I would want them banned from Geocaching.com altogether - if only to stop them targeting TBs in the future. We know exactly who they are - it seems there is little we can do about it.

On the submission form there should be a box to check when you are sure that everything is OK. If you leave this box unchecked it will not be sent to the reviewer - until it is. This way you can make changes > add / delete details etc. When you are sure all is OK - tick the box and it goes to the reviewer. Once he/she has it and it is in the queue you cannot make any changes. Preview your details - you should see this:

Hi, I have just placed my first cache today and had the excitement of having it found I have a Garmin GPS which has a "Mark" button on it. When I press this I get an immediate readout of the Northings and Westings. If you have a GPS it should have a similar facility. You need to make sure that the co-ordinates are correct. I did this by approaching the cache from different directions and pressing the "Mark" button when I arrived at GZ. I did this numerous times ( the cache was under trees ) and took an average. Parking was a problem with mine - so I provided co-ordinates to the nearest safest parking place. There is a box that needs to be ticked to bring your cache details to the attention of the Reviewer. Do not tick this until you are absolutely sure that your cache details are ready for publication. You can also add a note to the Reviewer and ask for advice if you need to. Hope this helps