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Yes. So is having someone else write your name when geocaching in a group. So is having someone else write an informal team name when geocaching in a group.

The guidelines about buried caches now include the following explicit exception: "The only exception is if a property owner gives explicit permission to create a hole to place the cache, which you must provide to the reviewer and state on the cache page. A cache cannot require the finder to dig to reach the cache. See the Regional Geocaching Policies Wiki for details in your region."

I have. I saw exactly where the cache had been hidden, and knew it was gone. Of course, I was wrong. The cache was still there, hidden nearby.

I named my lists "Solved Unfond Puzzles" and "Solved Unfound Distant Puzzles". Then I moved across the country and they all became distant puzzles, and I still need to sort that out...

I am reminded of another Favorite that I found years ago. It required finding the locations of 2 specific public sculptures on campus, then plotting a vector from the first to the second to the river. The cache was where the vector met the river. I spent a wonderful day exploring the public sculptures on campus, eventually finding the two in question so I could figure out where along the river the final cache location was.

Maybe an American game? I'm not sure where the name comes from, but the basic game goes by many names (Hunt the Thimble, Hot Buttered Beans, etc.). I never heard the phrase "huckle buckle beanstalk" until I started geocaching. As time goes on, our groups usually start offering "warmer" and "colder" hints to the people who are still looking. And sometimes, the remaining searchers give up before they spot it (especially in mixed groups where some prefer Huckle Buckle Beanstalk and others prefer Three Musketeers).

Sounds fun, especially with 5 Favorites out of 5 Finds. The description reminds me of a puzzle cache that I found years ago where the description went on and on about how screwed up the cache was, how screwed up the puzzle was, how screwed up the coordinates were, how screwed up the CO's day was when he placed the cache, etc., etc., etc. The final turned out to be a magnetic cache stuck to a public sculpture that was shaped like a giant screw.

I had to look that one up . New expression for me. But appropriate to geocaching . Yeah, when I started, there was a geocaching glossary (on a site that no longer exists) that described the two main styles of group caching: Huckle-Buckle-Beanstalk – A method of group caching, which takes its name from a classic children's game. When a member of the group spots the cache, they walk elsewhere (to not give away the cache's location), then call out, “huckle-buckle-beanstalk!” (or whatever word or phrase the group has decided on). This continues until everyone in the group has either spotted the cache, or given up, after which the cache is retrieved and logged. Compare this to the Three Musketeers method. Three Musketeers – A method of group cache hunting, which takes its name from the Musketeer motto, “All for one and one for all.” Unlike the Huckle-Buckle-Beanstalk method, as soon as one person in the group finds the cache, the hunt is over, and all members of the group log their find. When group caching, I always prefer the huckle-buckle-beanstalk style, although it can be frustrating with a group that is willing to go along with it, but that is REALLY BAD at hiding their reactions when they spot the hide.

Yeah, when I've been in groups that play huckle-buckle-beanstalk style, usually the last person to spot the cache is the one who retrieves and replaces it. And sometimes the last person to spot the cacher is the one who signs for everyone.

Technically, according to the guidelines, "Caches can be logged online as 'Found' after the geocacher has visited the coordinates and signed the logbook." So technically, visiting the coordinates is necessary. But practically speaking, Max and 99 is right. If they signed the log, or if someone else signed on their behalf, then they'll probably win if you delete the Find log and they protest to Groundspeak.

Changing the type of a cache is a pretty fundamental change. You can't do it yourself; you'll need a volunteer reviewer to do it for you.And unless the cache was published recently with the wrong type, I would not expect the volunteer reviewer to change the type of a cache. As it says in the Help Center article Edit a cache page after publication, "If edits to your cache page change the experience of your geocache fundamentally, it may be appropriate to archive the cache page and submit a new one."

Huh... I could have sworn that there was a Help Center article that explained that they restore only deleted Find logs, and not DNF or other logs. But now I can't find anything to that effect in the Help Center.

But note that Groundspeak will restore only deleted Find logs. DNF logs, Notes, or other logs are gone once they are deleted.

Welcome to the forums. Threads don't have points of view. Threads have topics. People with different points of view are free to discuss a topic, and to disagree about the topics.

See the Help Center article Remove a spoiler image from your geocache.

And the point being made repeatedly is that DNFs are not necessarily "reported problems", despite the CHS (and volunteer reviewers, when nagged by the CHS) treating them as such.

The point of ROT13 encryption has never been to make it difficult to read something. It has been used widely for decades even though automatic decryption has been available. The point of ROT13 encryption has been to make it easy to avoid reading something, unless you made a conscious decision to decrypt it. That conscious decision can be to decrypt it by hand, but more often has been just to push a button to decrypt it automatically. But reading it requires a conscious decision to read it.

Unfortunately, thanks to CHS, the topic of NM logs is related to the topics of archived caches and of archiving caches in cache-poor places.

Yeah, I wouldn't say "no way" because I've seen it done.

See the Help Center article When a cache needs maintenance.

Sure, as long as the reader can decipher the meaning through all the unprocessed BBCode that is now displayed.

I think an "Indoor Cache" attribute would be more appropriate. Yes, libraries are a common location for indoor caches, but visitor centers, museums, and other locations are used too.

And IMHO, dropping BBCode in logs (in favor of Markdown) caused more serious issues.

I have seen "replacement logs" added to containers that had laminated "This is NOT the cache" notes. As GeoElmo6000 pointed out, you have to keep human nature in mind.

I would be most concerned about the container with the paracord and magnet being considered by some to be the cache, and acquiring a "replacement log" that would then confirm to others that it is indeed the cache. And then the paracord and magnet would be considered a trade item. And then someone would trade a Happy Meal toy in exchange for the paracord and magnet.