emmakiwi

*Can't find it?* "Oh bloody muggles stolen it again" Geocaches: Obvious containers hidden in obvious places masked by 15 digit numbers (to describe those caches that common sense should override the GPS) "

This reminds me of a similar situation I had once. I found a cache 2km down the road from me. It was a nano-cache (literally the size of my little fingernail) and after I finally got the log out (it was about 5mm thick) there was barely any room on the log AND my pen died. So, being 5pm - I left it with the aim of bringing a new pen the following day at 7am when I'd drive past to drop my mum at work. I logged a find (along with six or so others) so I wouldn't forget - but got an email from the CO accusing me of cheating. She must have checked it within...2 hours of me logging. After I explained to her the location of the cache and promised to log it the following day, she allowed me to keep the smiley, but this really stumped me. We don't win anything by doing this. There is nothing financial involved in this. For myself - not a serious cacher - it's something my mum and I do for a bit of fun. I've used this particular story many times - people who are leisure cachers or muggles think the CO of that one was a grumpy nutcase. I never intend to cheat on these caches and have never logged a find when I haven't actually held the cache and extracted the log - it would not be any fun if we cheated though - because half the fun is actually finding the box and opening it. It's like christmas 365 days a year (or however many days you like to go searching). BUT...i am not sure how important it is to be strict about it. Maybe I am mistaken - maybe some people take this really really seriously?

Please no to the selfies!!!!! Gawd, you don't want to see this mess destroy the beautifully created cache webpages. :anibad:

Believe it or not, there is actually a thread here somewhere about a very similar cache that was blown up by a bomb squad. I kid you not. It even had the fake outlet. I believe the cache you're talking about wasn't actually blown up - the report said a jet of water was used to open the microwave and then it was discovered it was the geocache. I am not from the states so I don't know about the location of it - but it does seem to be incredibly similar..!

To be fair I don't believe I have the 'right' to judge anyone who places caches as I have never done one myself - and I am rather inexperienced with under 200 finds. BUT - the one thing that is a bit annoying is people who place caches but do not maintain them. A few DNFs by reputable members should suggest maybe a drive-by check-that-it-is-still-there. I see a couple that have been MIA for over eight months, and another bunch with three DNFs from members with over 1000 finds. Where is the CO? Other than that - the only thing that really pisses me off is caches that are muggled. Bloody people - leave the caches alone.

Hello! My name is Emma and I am from New Zealand! I am 21, and have known about geocaching for about 9 years - after asking those people over the road if they had lost something as they had been poking around in the bushes for 15 minutes. Long story short - my friend and I set off down the road (with no GPS!) the following day and found a cache (EBPX) hidden inside a rock alongside the Leith River. Being at school, too young to drive and too young to really go off too far - the excitement was short lived and it wasn't until 2010 that I found another couple. I created this account in 2012 and got back into geocaching late 2014 after realising there was one within 50m of my house. 2015 really took off for me and I found my 100th cache at the start of 2016. I am now constantly on this site, always looking for a puzzle to solve or printing screenshots of a suburb that I can explore. I have found almost 60 in the last two weeks I have been on holiday. Absolutely hooked!!!!!