Lexmarks567
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How about this feature? No minimum # of finds to hide a cache, but if a cache owner has not logged into GC.com for a predetermined period of time, say, a year, their account is automatically flagged to the local reviewer. He reviews the cache owner's history and if it looks like they have "dropped out" the reviewer would send an email to the CO asking politely if they still intend to participate. No reply, the cache gets archived.
We have a local cacher who has placed over a hundred caches but hasn't been active for more than a year. Although some of his caches are getting archived through a long period of "DNFs" then "needs maintenance" then "needs archived" and the reviewer waits a month for a response from the CO (which isn't forthcoming) before it's officially archived, many of his caches are still being found. So archiving them isn't really necessary. And I don't know what the rules are, but I don't think a reviewer can archive a cache if it's still being found if the CO hasn't given permission. I think the other issue with this plan is that a reviewer would have to keep track of the logins of all the cachers in his ares (which could be thousands) to see if they are still active. A daunting task to say the least.
Or better yet, a notification is posted on the cache page "This cache is available for adoption" and see if one of the local cachers would like to take it over. That way a decent cache that is not having maintenance issues, despite an absentee owner, can be kept alive.That's a good idea but unfortunately, a CO has to place a cache up for adoption and/or invite a specific person to adopt the cache before it can happen. We attempted to adopt a cache that had had many DNFs but was in a nice location. We wrote to the CO and asked if we could adopt their cache but they hadn't been active in a long time and they never wrote back to us. Eventually we added a "needs archived" note and after some time the reviewer archived it freeing up the location for a new cache.
What should be done is instead of archiving it first the reviewer could post a note saying this cache is up for adoption and after a time if there are no hits then its deleted.
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SO if a person doesn't want to do puzzles or letter boxes they can't hid. fine they will just go to other geocacheing websites that don't have a requirement. I'm not a fan of math so I don't want to do puzzles. Also I do not drive I bike everywhere so I can't do multys cause who knows if the 2nd stage is 1 mile away or 30 miles away. That would be a unfair rule. Also so what if they do find a bunch of puzzles multys and 5/5s. Like that's going to stop them from going out and hiding a 100 micros on a power trail etc.
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Sorry but a Hint is supposed to help you not make it worse. If we weren't suppose to have hints then why is there space for it?
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Why is it people want to make "policys" and "regulations" where none is needed on everything? Who is going to want to place new caches having to jump through all the red tape? Next it'll be a cache tax! Leave it alone.
Or take their caches elsewhere like another website.
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just do what I do.Open a Seperate tab on your browser and go to google maps from there and then just copy and paste the coords.
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Mushroom420,
You don't need to give up on you cache placement. It can be accessed by boat only on the river. There are lots of caches that are landlocked which can only be legally accessed by boat. Keep in mind that it would be likely to have less visitors due to the restraints of access.
One thing that you definitely need to consider is if the location away from the tracks is actually on public property. If it is landlocked as you mention, most surrounding property is likely to be private.
If it's still within 150 it's still trespassing.
I have a question about this 150 feet thing. I live in a trailer park and my trailer is 20 feet from the tracks (they parrell my bedroom window) as are allot of the other trailers if you need to be 150 feet from the tracks then how did this trailer park get built.
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I think that the condition of the cache is not a primary qualifier to be "worst".
Caches which create alarm and cause someone to shoot at you, such as being placed on private property would be worst. Closely followed by ones that are called in to the bomb squad. It's probably silly these days to be stealthy looking for an urban micro, as mist of the time they don't have any value, or are especially difficult to replace unless they use some handcrafted camo. They would be followed by caches which deface the area and cause land managers to completely ban the activity. Something nailed to a tree really doesn't count, as they may look bad, but don't really irritate a manager as much as a hole bored into a large tree with a one inch drill.
Last is container condition. Sometimes all caches need maintenance, but covering it with a bag should only be a termporary fix until someone gets out there. Over time this causes the cache to smell really bad. However, I'd only say a cache was in the worst category if it needed both maintenance and matched something mentioned above.
A cache not far from here a cacher posted a note saying they were approached by the fence owner saying he would bash in anyone's head who came around there.
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I have a garmin Nuvi 265T and So far its gotten me to the area with a cache. Im using it in the city and In bike since I don't drive. I found about 14 caches with it. Yes it wants to take me through someones backyard to get to the location so then I have to improvise on how to find another route to the location without trespassing through someones backyard.
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No what?. No it's not considered advertising or commercial or no I can't place them in catches.
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Both caches I find and my own caches.
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I have a couple LED keychain flashlights I would like to include in the cach containers but they say ST.John community health on them.Is that considered advertising or commercial.
Rules for Placing Caches For Newbies?
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Some members are more mature then others. I currently have 6 lock n lock type containers ready to go. they got the green geocache labels. I spent hours using Google maps to spot wooded/forestry areas to place them. It was hard work just finding them on Google maps Now I need to physically inspect the areas I spotted from the satellite to double check. some only have 1 or 2 catchs in the areas some have none yet. I did my homework I just now need to wait for it to stop raining so I can inspect the sits I want to hid them at to make sure they will work. I'm picky as to where to hid them. I'm also very picky as to what caches I try to find. if I don't feel comfortable looking for the cache I don't go after it or spend allot of time looking for it ether. if its too close to someones property or has a hi muggle count or high chance of being caught I won't do it.