wildchld97

That bookmark list was originally created by a now banned member, and he let someone adopt it who dropped the ball, and abandoned it. Here is a better one that is regularly updated. EDIT: By the way, your link is bad, but I know which one you meant, by Rupert. It's a dead bookmark list. I didn't see the letterbox update at first, but now I see it. In my area at least, letterboxers are even bigger violators of placing them on private property without permission, what with their being no review process. And there was an LPC letterbox in my town in 2007, although I just looked, and I see it's been retired. Hmmm. Interesting. Letterboxers are bigger violators? I have yet to find a letterbox in my area that was hidden in a lamppost or one that was shaped like a pipe bomb. I'm not saying they don't exist (obviously ONE of them did) but they are the exception, not the rule. As for there being no review process, so what? If the review process worked as well as you seem to think in this game, LPC's, geocaches designed as pipe bombs, and those placed on private property wouldn't even get published let alone wait until they're blown up or someone complains. The GC reviewers do NOT ask what your cache looks like. They do NOT require that you provide proof that the land is public and even if they google your coordinates and KNOW that your cache is in a lamppost on Wal-Mart property, they will STILL publish it. The only time your cache is usually denied is when it contains a reference to a business, has an agenda, is too close to another cache or railroad tracks, or placed in a state park where permission is KNOWN to be required. The fact remains that in these types of games, geocachers are the worst when it comes to private property caches. Stores/businesses/parking lots/hospitals/dumpsters are NOT public property and hardly ever get permission to place them in those areas. They just hope that their cache isn't caught by the owner. I suppose I didn't think I'd be questioned by a letterboxer!! And keep in mind I live in a suburban area. So that being said, I guess my reason for saying they are "bigger violators" is because there is no review process. For one thing, I am shocked by this 11 box pub crawl (an cooperative effort with several planters). Eight of the 11 obviously have no permission, and a couple of these things are velcroed to the backs of dart machines and under tables inside of Pubs!! (Read the clues; if they had permission to velcro it to the dart board or stash it under a rock in the parking lot, you think they'd say so). And whatever you do, don't get me wrong. I'm one of the radicals who have been ranting against this websites "look the other way" policy for years. And I ignore all parking lot caches. Yes, by shear volume, we are much bigger violators. So consider me corrected there. Well...ok...just this once I won't spank you.

That bookmark list was originally created by a now banned member, and he let someone adopt it who dropped the ball, and abandoned it. Here is a better one that is regularly updated. EDIT: By the way, your link is bad, but I know which one you meant, by Rupert. It's a dead bookmark list. I didn't see the letterbox update at first, but now I see it. In my area at least, letterboxers are even bigger violators of placing them on private property without permission, what with their being no review process. And there was an LPC letterbox in my town in 2007, although I just looked, and I see it's been retired. Hmmm. Interesting. Letterboxers are bigger violators? I have yet to find a letterbox in my area that was hidden in a lamppost or one that was shaped like a pipe bomb. I'm not saying they don't exist (obviously ONE of them did) but they are the exception, not the rule. As for there being no review process, so what? If the review process worked as well as you seem to think in this game, LPC's, geocaches designed as pipe bombs, and those placed on private property wouldn't even get published let alone wait until they're blown up or someone complains. The GC reviewers do NOT ask what your cache looks like. They do NOT require that you provide proof that the land is public and even if they google your coordinates and KNOW that your cache is in a lamppost on Wal-Mart property, they will STILL publish it. The only time your cache is usually denied is when it contains a reference to a business, has an agenda, is too close to another cache or railroad tracks, or placed in a state park where permission is KNOWN to be required. The fact remains that in these types of games, geocachers are the worst when it comes to private property caches. Stores/businesses/parking lots/hospitals/dumpsters are NOT public property and hardly ever get permission to place them in those areas. They just hope that their cache isn't caught by the owner.

Aww geez..I thought this thread was going to be unique in some way. TFTC. (Too flipping toasted to care.)

Hit "edit" if you want to add something to your post. Otherwise I'll start thinking that I'm drinking too much again.

I'm not talking about the person who posted the log. What they did was bogus. YOU however should post a note explaining about the no tresspassing signs...and WHY it's safe to ignore them IF the finder is approaching in the correct direction.

How do you delete just a picture? You don't. It's the whole log or nothing. Really? Ok. I've never had to delete a log. My bad. Forget my advice...it was born in ignorance. My advice on posting a note stands though. If one person made the mistake of finding a no trespassing sign that gives them concern...others will also.

If I were you, I would have only deleted the photo. I would have left the log alone. However, I would have posted a note on the log that stated that the location of the cache was not in fact on private property...and explain why. For example: (The trail to the cache is on public property, do not access the cache by coming down from the north..etc.) Just my .02

Did someone say...RUM! I love caching, and I adore my rum...but I try not to mix them. We'll definitely have to get together!

Looks like you just moved here recently. Welcome to the area! We're having an event on Nov.11. If you can, come on out to Beaver and meet some of the local cachers. (You might even get a few numbers to help you babysit. lol)

LOL. No need to be intimidated. The "bumping it to a 6 star" was a bit of an exaggeration on my part. Even so, it would still bump it to a solid 5 if they chose the wrong way to hunt for it. In any case, there are a lot of areas that could seriously harm a person if they're not careful and I wanted to make sure people were prepared for something more strenuous and precarious than they might be used to.

This one is real close to where I grew up. I forgot all about "The Green Man", but remember it well. Might be one to check out next time I go home. Maybe even my muggle brother might come since he used was one of the teenagers driving around looking for the Green Man. Here's an article about the realGreen Man. It's really very sad, but kids will be kids. Yes kids will be kids, but by the time we came along and the story crossed into Ohio the story had evolved to the point it was a ghost story. I had know idea until I googled it there was in fact someone, a child, who was hurt. Like many teenagers, my brother and frinds were looking for the ghost. My friends and I did other "hunted" places. Oh heck..I have to admit that even I hunted for that elusive green man when I was a kid. However, I searched for him in North Park where he supposedly haunted a tunnel. The legend was that a man was electricuted on that site and he haunts it to this day. The green man legend is everywhere...but Beaver county, Pa had the real deal.

Looks like I've got a few more to check out near Halloween. The Baby Doll cache isn't too far from our cabin. The cache page for the Cry Baby is a bit ambiguous though. The cache owner didn't even bother to explain WHY the area is known by that name. He just put a blurb about how "the locals know why". Well...I'm not local and I want to know WHY! Sheesh. I don't know the exact story about Cry Baby, but supposedly twins are buried in the cemetery, but they are separated and they cry for each other on foggy nights. Thanks for the info! Curiosity would have killed me at some point. I even tried to Google it and it came up blank.

Sounds like a few that I've hunted before.

I'm not sure if it was the heat or the booze...but this cache inspired a bit of sillyness on my part.

dadgum, I WISH I could take credit for it. However, the award goes to CanadianRockies.

My wife thinks so, too. Here she is at her Gnome's Animal Lodge, which is supposed to resemble a rustic Purple martin birdhouse. (That's two sets of Lincoln logs attached to the exterior.) The birdhouse's roof comes off, and two of its sides fold down to become front and back yards. The tiny birdhouse inside the big birdhouse was my idea. As for getting images into your forum replies, you first need to upload the picture to some photo hosting website (or even to Groundspeak). Then copy-and-paste the picture's URL link into the dialog box that appears when you click the "Insert image" icon on the forum reply's editor. (I don't know how much sense that made.) Awww that house is sooooo cute! I really wish my kids would get busy and give me some grandkids. I have a whole lot of woods and trails behind my house that I own which would be perfert for turning into a fairy/gnome wonderland. I've always had a fantasy of taking those imaginary grandkids through the forest and introducing them to the world of the "wee folk". I used to love watching my kids faces light up when I told them stories. I miss that. Ok..time for more geocaching....I'm starting to get that empty nest stuff going on. Totally sucks.

Excellent! How about the excuse "it's not how big it is but how you use it.")

Well..if it's not really about the numbers, then there's no real reason to log our finds. We'll just geocache for the experience alone. I disagree. Posting an online found it log when you've found a cache tells the cache owner and others that may which to look for that cache that it has been found. Cache owners may plan maintenance activities on their caches and other caches may plan their day based on recent logs. Sure, you could post a note instead but not not use the type of log which accurately reflects what you've done? LOL. I agree. See post #24

I LOVE IT!

Just like a typical geocache...it was right under your nose the whole time probably.

Maybe this one? Willy the Woodland Gnome or this one? Gnome House

There will always be new geocachers and predictably they will always ask the same questions. A lot of the snarky people will sarcastically direct them to the search feature on the forums...but others will patiently answer the question again. Truthfully, if it weren't for newbies asking the same questions...there wouldn't be much for anyone to talk about here.

This one is real close to where I grew up. I forgot all about "The Green Man", but remember it well. Might be one to check out next time I go home. Maybe even my muggle brother might come since he used was one of the teenagers driving around looking for the Green Man. Here's an article about the realGreen Man. It's really very sad, but kids will be kids.

That is sage advice. I'd prefer you log online anyway, even if it's simply a "note". People say "my finds don't affect anybody", but they can. I may be trying to track down a TB, and knowing who's been to which cache is very helpful. I DO log my finds...I was just being mildly sarcastic. My point was that part of the game really IS about the numbers..but to me it's a personal issue and not something that I feel that I need to throw around in conversation.

I agree. Who really cares? When confronted by some of these people who boast of 10,000 finds or brag about getting 1000 in a day...I just smile and say "that's nice." You play it your way and I'll play it my way. If I were someone who was into numbers I think I'd care for that very reason. It would bother me that others would look at my accomplishments with a jaded eye and assume that I achieved them through questionable methods. In a way it's like baseball during the steroid years. Because a portion of players used steroids to bulk up and increase their power, everybody who hit a lot of home runs during that era is suspect whether or not they actually "juiced". Now, now Brian. Me thinks you read too much into what I said. I simply smile and say, "that's nice." I never said anything about having a "jaded eye" nor that you achieved your finds through "questionable means." I just don't care. If you want to sit down with me and talk about some adventures you've had while geocaching..we'll sit and talk all night. If you want to toot your numbers horn...ummm...I'm walking away. It's boring.