Goldenwattle

Extrex 30 skips the photographs too. So although they are no help, they are also no hindrance.

LOL, as I am not bending over backwards to support new hardware and the data problem, and then the so wonderful descriptive logs of TFTC or Thanks or :) I'm keeping my photographs. Sorry phone users.

I agree. I can't understand why the CO didn't think this was an obvious thing to do. I walked away from one such cache, because the coordinates took me to the fence between two properties. Later, when I attempted this again, I found the cache wasn't even near the fence. Also, let the neighbours know about the cache to save an interrogation.

I agree, parking and trailhead waypoints are handy. Images for some sorts of caches are actually one of the features, such as the railway station for the SideTracked series of caches. It doesn't matter if they can't be seen on a GPS (I use a GPS), but they can be seen on the computer when planning the caching trip, and some photographs help me decide if that's a cache I want to visit. I like the photographs.

Check souvenirs. You need numbers.

I had a cache near a recycling depot. My first cache there was a miniature garbage bin , in theme with the location. It lasted until its tree was chopped down, but I found the cache and log; some distance from each other but I was able to place it at a nearby tree and update the coordinates. Then that tree got cut down and the cache went with it. Sigh...I placed a new cache and log at the neighbouring tree and updated the coordinates. Eventually that tree became unsuitable because of muggles, so I moved it to the roots of a nearby bush and updated the coordinates again. Someone dumped a big heap of garbage on top of the cache and bush. Had it; archived the cache ?!

Maybe they don't use the app. However, fortunately for me my finds showed on the computer immediately.

Add another cache to this series: https://www.sidetrackedseries.info/ I think NZ only has two so far. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC827PD_sidetracked-pomare https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC25DG0_papakura-sidetracked-south-auckland I have two in this series: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7HMHC_sidetracked-canberra https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7K10Z_sidetracked-queanbeyan Most are traditional caches, but there are multicaches (it's a way to add a cache when the station already has a cache), puzzles and I know of a Wherigo, although not fond of the later as I use a GPS and I can't do wherigos with it. Whatever type of cache you choose, find many of that type first.

We have one made mostly by traditionals near Canberra. https://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=-35.331817&lng=149.152183#?ll=-35.2989,149.281272&z=14 Some might call that a power trail, but others wouldn't. They are physically hard caches to get to because of terrain.Up, down, bush bashing off track and the like. Not all spread along a trail. The puzzle caches complete the kangaroo.

I found 180 caches before I bought a GPS. My car Tom Tom would get me to the area, and then I pulled out the map I had printed on (waste) paper and also looked at the ground to check for signs of where others had walked and followed that. Most confusing though for that method is when you get to GZ and previous finders have walked all over the place looking for the cache; then I didn't know what track to follow. Often I just stood back and scanned the area for likely hides. My GPS made it soooooooo much easier.

My father was manager of a small bank in a village called Nimbin, and the day before the changeover he brought all the decimal coins into the residence, attached to the bank, to show us the new money. I did hear that for a number of years after, people could still exchange old pounds for dollars at the bank, but I didn't know what shops did. I guess if some shops continued to accept pounds, they could take them to the bank to exchange. Looking for coins, one local used to regularly come and buy bags of pennies to check for a 1930 one. We never heard if he found one. LOL ?, maybe that's what our cat was doing, when he used to sneak into the bank and jump in the piles of coins that were being counted ?. Look for 1930s pennies. The humans ? mightn't have thought so, but the cat thought that was great fun ? .

It's fairly normal on power trails along roads, for the driver to stay with the car, often for safeties sake (some parking can be a bit iffy and they might need to move the car), but all the other geocachers should get out and search too; not leave it for one person. For individual, non-power trail types, I would expect all to search.

Or only after someone else logs the first DNF (back to my spineless comment). I've likely given this example before. I logged a DNF on a cache that hadn't been logged for six months. I calculated based on previous logging statistics for that cache there were likely up to 20 not logged DNFs during that six months. In other words, amazingly 20 people who were either too lazy, or two scared to log a DNF. Another clue to missing DNFs is when a cache has a number of watches on it, but not the corresponding DNFs. Within a few days after my DNF there was a second DNF! As I predicted there would be, after someone was willing to log the first DNF and was willing to accept being wrong about it missing ?!!! It was missing the CO confirmed.

Yes, I have also messaged some people who log DNFs an extra hint. I like to do that. Although, LOL, I had one reply to the hint I sent, from one cacher who said they didn't want the hint, as they like to keep returning until they find it without hints, but I think they would be in the minority who don't want an extra hint. I had one message though from a cacher saying they had searched several times and couldn't find the cache and would I be willing to give an extra hint. I checked, and no DNFs from this person, so I replied that if they had logged their DNFs I would likely have already sent them an extra hint, especially after multiple DNFs (or words to this effect), but sorry I don't send hints to people who don't log DNFs, as they should log them. I got a reply something like, "Whatever rocks your boat." Still no DNFs from that person and they never got extra help from me. I would consider it the height of presumptuous cheek to ask for a hint without logging a DNF first. I just couldn't do this. What is it with some people that they can't log DNFs? Are they that spineless and scared what others might think? I think they really are!

Many of us were like that once :). I joined in 2012, but even then some had been caching for many years and I would have been what you call a "noob" too. One day you won't be either. Oh, and well done for logging those DNFs. Keep up showing you are brave enough to :).

Are you logging those DNFs ? ?? If you are well done ?. Sometimes I read logs, such as, "I finally found this, on my fourth attempt" (or even more), and I check, and not even one DNF.

Wonderfully done coin, but that's old currency. The quote given says," Defacing or destroying current coins or current paper money." That money in the photo hasn't been legal tender for many years. I don't know the exact year when it lost its legal tender status, but decimal currency replaced it in 1966. There would have been an overlap time when both were in use I guess, but I don't know exactly when the day was that pounds, shillings and pence were last accepted in shops. Added: I found, " The government decided to kill off the dual currency period: the dollar ruled supreme from August 1, 1967." So the overlap period ended the following year. Then the penny in the photograph was no longer legal tender. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/money-exchange-when-australian-swapped-pounds-for-dollars-20160211-gmrm3a.html

Okay, now I get what you mean. I once had to move the false coordinates when a land owner complained. The cache was not on their land; only the false coordinates, but they found out about them. I had placed the false coordinates on a body of water on their property. I moved them to the nearby road.

I don't understand!

This would be one of my most difficult, mainly because my arms got scratched and my t-shirt destroyed. (photos.) https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC40BEF_amazon-adventure

If it's a big group that's a good idea having one group name, to save the log from filling up. I find that considerate. However, someone needs to list all the geocachers' names in their log, so that the cache CO can know who really was part of this group, and it's not some armchair logger seeing this and tagging along from their armchair, even weeks or more later, saying sorry, forgot to log until now.

I printed out the cache list and colour coded.

Miscounted for the days, as it's all on one sheet. Too late at night here. Should go to bed. But I got it.

I finished Mystery at the Museum today. I hadn't planned to do this, but I had accidentally just by caching as normal got the detective one and a few other finds, so yesterday I went out caching and found 30 caches. That gave me all of everything except the ruby. Didn't get even one of those in the 30 caches I found yesterday. So today I picked a power trail and after checking I would find rubies went out and found 27 caches. All completed now and I have returned the stolen jewels and "Case Closed".

Why's that? I just completed this (most caches found today and yesterday) and I used my GPS.