firestronaut

Thank you!

Have you logged out and back in? Usually resolves that problem

I'm looking to buy a Magellan eXplorist GC. I'm short on money so I need to make sure I get my GPS decision right! I've been reading reviews, and searching for information, but there's a lot of jargon that my non-technical mind can't understand. So I have a few questions, I hope someone can help me. Sorry if the answers are obvious, I have trouble understanding anything technical I'll be geocaching in the UK and perhaps some parts of Europe with it, is it reliable in these areas? Do maps need to be downloaded or are the built in? If so, is it easy to do this? Is it easy to use and understand? Can you search for geocaching on the go or do they have to be downloaded beforehand? Has anyone had an problems (that's not a manufacturer problem) with it? Has it led you to the wrong place? Does it contain all the cache information like the iPhone app? (size, hint, description, photos?) Can you send logs from it? Sorry, I know there's a lot of questions, even if you can only answer one, please help me

Panicky 30 minutes! Seems to be running normal now

I haven't come across one of these yet, and I'm unsure of whether I'd even go and find it (English man's home is his castle and all that), I'd probably end up knocking on the door and double checking that I was on the right property, so I'd prepare for people like me!

I went caching a little earlier and the cops showed up! Fair enough though, the cache was quite close to the airport. It sets off alarm bells if some routes around in the bushes between terminal 1 and terminal 2

Nah, it's fine. I just wanted to see what other people do when they need to rather than look for advice Normally I don't have a problem. With a toddler in tow, people barely blink if you're looking for something off trail

I agree with everyone else, it's about the find rather than the swag. I would have given up when I started if I did it for the swag

There are 806 caches within 15 miles of zip code 44281 (Wadsworth, Ohio). 734 of those 806 caches (91%) are available to everyone. 296 of those 734 caches are small, regular, or large. 257 of those 296 caches do not need maintenance. 31 of those 257 caches have at least 3 favorite points. That's 12 more caches than the OP has found during the past 2.5 years. What's your point? I think the point is that the OP already has plenty of nice caches to hunt within close range, and therefore no reason to 'complain' or throw out wild suggestions about 'old' caches needing to be archived based on age alone. But I agreed with your argument. OP said she's hit all the caches close to her, I said there's probably some PMO's she can't get. About 9% of the nearby caches are PMOs. Even without paying for a Premium Membership, it's very unlikely that she has hit all the close caches. Not even all the good, close caches. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just going off what OP said. I don't know, maybe some of them are beyond her skill level. Who knows.

There are 806 caches within 15 miles of zip code 44281 (Wadsworth, Ohio). 734 of those 806 caches (91%) are available to everyone. 296 of those 734 caches are small, regular, or large. 257 of those 296 caches do not need maintenance. 31 of those 257 caches have at least 3 favorite points. That's 12 more caches than the OP has found during the past 2.5 years. What's your point? I think the point is that the OP already has plenty of nice caches to hunt within close range, and therefore no reason to 'complain' or throw out wild suggestions about 'old' caches needing to be archived based on age alone. But I agreed with your argument. OP said she's hit all the caches close to her, I said there's probably some PMO's she can't get.

There are 806 caches within 15 miles of zip code 44281 (Wadsworth, Ohio). 734 of those 806 caches (91%) are available to everyone. 296 of those 734 caches are small, regular, or large. 257 of those 296 caches do not need maintenance. 31 of those 257 caches have at least 3 favorite points. That's 12 more caches than the OP has found during the past 2.5 years. What's your point?

Sorry! I live in an area with lots of jobless hooligans who pride themselves on how much damage and chaos they can cause, if I suddenly produced a tupperware box from under a tree stump, you can bet it would be gone 10 minutes later

So, I was wondering how everyone else shows stealth when it's required? I normally cache with the little one, so it's fairly easy for me to use the "are you sure you dropped it here?" line when a muggle walks past and looks at me funny. If I'm alone, I normally route around in my rucksack with one hand and feel around for the cache with the other. What methods do you adopt when you have to conceal your actions?

There could be a lot of PMO caches around that OP can't see.

Why would I want a cache just like others? But your hide *is* basically like all the others. It's under/in a stump. It doesn't matter that the conatiner is a lock&lock, or a bison tube, or a tube stuck in the ground. It's a cache under a stump. There's no cache similar to the one I'm placing in my area. There is ones similar to what you said. My question has been answered now. Thanks.

Wow! I wish I had found out about geocaching a lot sooner. 10 years! That's amazing!

Why archive a perfectly good cache just because it's old? Say they get archived, and new ones are placed. Then what? You find them again and after a while, run out of caches to find again? I don't know, maybe I'm missing the point, but I'd be quite happy if my caches lived to be a few years old, and I certainly wouldn't archive it because the locals had already found it and is rendering the 0.1 miles surrounding it as a no-new-cache zone. Personally, I'd try to get more people into the game. More caches will be placed soon enough.

Kids these days have no respect

Why would I want a cache just like others?

Why not just carve out the bottom of the stump to hide the container? Why do you need a tube that sticks into the ground? Because it's easier, plus the cache is more likely to stay in place.

I've done a large majority of those things! Conkers are these things: You put a hole in them and hit someone elses conkers. The winner is the one whose conker stays in tact It banned from most places these days as a health and safety risk

I don't know what possessed me to put white trousers on a three year old!

Thanks for all the tips and advice! I'll be starting my search for a ready-made hole soon, and I'll make sure to note this fact in the cache details

I've had one encounter with a muggle who was curious enough by my poking and prodding to actually stop and ask, rather than give me the sidewards escaped-from-the-loony-bin glance. They seemed harmless enough so I told them they truth. They had the basic idea of geocaching and went on their merry way.