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Peanut butter jars are usually a bad idea. The lid isn't water tight and can't withstand the elements and the jar itself breaks if you let it drop on top of logs or rocks. Besides, if you don't clean it out well enough, it attracts animals. There is a reason you can't have food inside caches...

I seem to remember that caches close to railroads are not allowed either.

If it's a puzzle cache, there doesn't have to be a cache at the posted coordinates. All they'd have to do was explain to the reviewer how to get to the actual cache from that description and it would be posted if it is within regulation.

It's acceptable to post links to coins. Just remember that it is not acceptable to publish their tracking code by which you can log them. I typically don't approve of selling coins that aren't yours, especially when they are kept in a collection rather than travelling about the place. That said, I'm sure some people would make an exception considering the circumstances.

As I understand it, your PQ is placed in the queue after anyone who scheduled it before you did. Therefore, there is simply not enough time to run it in the time you provide.

Wenn du die Logtext verschlusslet, dan werdest du ROT13 darauf zupassen.

I'm not too familiar with that unit, but it seems that one does not include any maps, so apart from the compass and the distance to your cache, you could be flying blind when it comes to a solid approach of the cache. Take a close look at the options you use in your phone app and see if the unit offers them too. Have you considered buying a unit second-hand? My father was looking for a cable to connect his Etrex 10 to his computer and was able to buy one for less than 40 euros. Mind you, this one still doesn't have a map, but you could probably get something cheap if you happen upon the right deal.

Some people recently reported problems with the new version of Internet Explorer. If that's what you use, have you tried with another browser?

I don't know about you, but GPS actually helped me to improve the brain map of the areas I've been searching in. I was surprised to find that that apparently small alleyway actually lead to a place I already know. I've grown to recognize more spots on the map since I started caching.

Bovendien zijn sites als deze in strijd met de regels van geocaching.com waar iedereen mee instemt wanneer hij of zij zich inschrijft. According to section 2-D of the geocaching.com terms of use, "You agree not to: [...] xxiii. Publish on our websites the solutions, hints, spoilers, or any hidden coordinates for any geocache without consent from the geocache owner.”

Als een reviewer een cache op disabled heeft gezet of een discussie heeft met een CO over het publiceren van een specifieke cache, wordt dit dan overgegeven, of maken jullie je taken in het "andere gebied" zoveel mogelijk af?

Ik vind het een slecht initiatief. Het enige positieve is dat ze geen geld proberen te verdienen aan het harde werk van de cache owners die de puzzels hebben bedacht. Door een site als deze kan iemand de oplossing vinden door een beetje te Googelen in plaats van het oplossen van de puzzel. Het feit dat je geen eindcoordinaten mag plaatsen helpt niet als je de oplossing van de puzzel plaatst. Het coordinaat is dan een simpele stap. Bovendien weet je als je je inschrijft niet of ze je oplossing aannemen en vervolgens zeggen dat ze hem al hadden (en jou geen toegang geven) om een database aan te leggen. Je weet niet we de zaak runt en wat hun achtergrond is.

I cached in the heart of winter last year. My advice would be to make sure you have the proper clothes and shoes and be very selective about the caches you hunt. I missed out on a find because it was covered in at least 10 cm of snow when I visited the first time. The second time I came there, it was an easy find. Also, don't bother with Terrain 5 tree climbing caches during this type of weather. Your own safety should come first.

I wish Sarah the best in her recovery, but I have to question why she was in a farmer's field in the first place. They're fenced in for a reason and unlikely to contain a cache. I hope this will serve as a reminder to other cachers to keep in mind your own safety while out hunting.

I'd be glad he held onto it instead of dropping the bug further from its intended goal, but that's just me...

Let's be honest, you can meet wasps, bees and mosquitos pretty much anywhere. However, if some wasps or bees have decided to nest near ground zero, no amount of attributes is going to help. In that case, the best move is to move the cache somewhere else.

Why? You don't need a new cache type to figure out that finding a cache in space will be a challenge. The only thing that could be improved is the coordinate system for caches outside of the earth. If space caching is going to take off we need a coordinate system that allows you to find caches that are not located on the surface of the earth or ones that can not be found by clear directions.

I don't care much if you log a note or a DNF. The point of logging is to inform other cachers of the situation at ground zero. Safety issues because of rain clearly is something you need to share. How you do that sharing is of much less importance.

The problem with archived caches is often a lack of communication. A lot of caches get archived because a reviewer is made aware of an issue and the CO does not post any sort of log afterwards that addresses it. I'd be happy to see someone taking on maintenance, but if the CO isn't doing their job, it's still a waste of time, unless the general geocaching community finds the cache worth the effort entirely on its own merits. Whenever my caches get too many DNFs or need maintenance, I post a log that acknowledges the issue. When I have a handle on my schedule, I also mention when I'm going out to fix it. If you can't go out immediately, it takes little effort to write a note to that effect for the people who go out looking for your cache.

Yes, the community works. A muggle who worked near my father's cache location googled the word geocaching and eventually found the contact details for a team that lives some 40 kilometers away, who in turn contacted my father (who was on vacation). It turned out that due to some construction, the hiding spot would literally be removed from the site and thanks to the warning and everyone's help in passing it along, I was able to head out and retrieve it for him before it got lost. Unfortunately, we still have to find a new spot to place the cache.

This happened to me recently. I went to log a find, that was locked because the cache did not contain a logbook. It was eventually opened up again. However, in this case, the reviewer and CO were entirely open about the reasons. I totally agree with everything the opening poster said. We need to know a cache is locked before we try to write a log. We need to know when that lock was applied and why. Sure, sometimes things are best left secret, but the fact is that the lock comes as a total surprise to most of use exactly because it's so rare. Finally, if the opening poster can get the CO to confirm their signature is on the paper log, I think they should be allowed to log online. After all, they couldn't have known about the lock on that cache when they went out on that epic 10 types in a day hunt and they don't deserve to be a victim based on a technicality.

I'm assuming the first couple of nay votes came before you added the other companies, because commercial promotion is generally frowned upon. Now that you added to your description, I feel it's no longer an issue, but other people's feelings may differ. Do you know why people were against it?

While some people might like to find archived caches, for me archived is archived. Retrieve old caches that are no longer in play. Medoug: you might also want to check what got the caches archived. If the reviewer sent a message that went unanswered by the CO, the chance of them retrieving old caches is slim, since they didn't bother with maintenance either.

As a geocacher, I know it's impractical to write a log for every find without copy-pasting anything at all. Many logs would be boring if I don't tell anything about the overall trip in any of the logs after the first one. Also, if you do a run of 50 finds or more in one particular day, you might not have something unique to say about each and every cache. As an owner, I prefer detailed logs over short ones with only a couple of abbreviations. TFTC could just be said out of politeness. When someone actually tells me what they enjoyed (and what not) I can use that info on my next hide.

If the owner hasn't found any caches, I wonder how it got dropped in the first place. Is there any chance you misread part of the tracking code? I found a trackable a couple of months ago, of which the attached item had fallen off inside the cache. Might that have happened somewhere along the line with the one you found?