WildcatRegi

Well, the obvious comment Captain is that there must be something that the animals are smelling and find interesting. You might reduce the problem after making sure there's no food of any sort, no candles or anything else that has any kind of strong odor, and perhaps placing the whole cache in a ziplock bag (there's some big bags out there now). Good luck. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I don't understand - where did the cachers go that was not open to the public? Even the cache page said, quote: placed near an abandoned railroad tunnel. ---- the operative word is NEAR. Also, I don't know the area but a lot of abandoned rail areas have been made bicycle/walking trails, has this area become a trail? There was nothing wrong with what Manager had to say, but how often do we have to hear it and how often do we have to defend ourselves? "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Scout65 asked: quote: Just curious, how long would you estimate that it lasted? I likened the flare to about the same affect and time duration as a lighthouse shining it's light on you. You can see it coming, it gets bright, and then dims. I suppose the lighthouse analogy isn't too far off, it's just that the light source is passing parallel to you instead of staying in one spot and if you don't happen to be where it's pointed, then you don't see it. I did try to see a -6 in the day but it was too close to the sun, at least for my eyes. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

quote: After visiting the heavens-above website and entering my home coordinates, my back deck is 0.0km from a -8 flare tomorrow morning! That's what I said yesterday and I can't say enough how glad I am I got my little butt out of bed this morning! I still can't believe my luck, the first time I check out heaven-above site, a -8 mag (very bright) flare is going to happen the very next morning, I'm 0.0km from the center, and it's at an altitude high enough to be above the trees. Add to that clear skys this morning and I had the best introduction to Iridium Flares you could possibly ask for. At the appointed time, I'm standing on my deck looking in the proper quandrant of the sky and admiring all the stars. I see the satellite approaching as a steady, yet dim light. Just as it gets to where I figure the azimuth was specifying and just as my watch alarm was going off, the light got quickly brighter to where it was actually much brighter than any star/planet I've ever seen, and then it dimmed out again and I watched it go on it's way. What an intro! If you are just checking out this topic and are wondering if it's worth the effort to see a flare, I highly recommend you do it at least once! I will be checking out the possibilitis of seeing another one on my camping trips! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Well! I can't believe my luck. I'm going to have to check this out. After visiting the heavens-above website and entering my home coordinates, my back deck is 0.0km from a -8 flare tomorrow morning! Unfortunately, it means I'll have to get up at 5am on a Sunday morning but I gotta try this! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

One of the best I've seen! Kept a copy of it and have passed it to a couple of people that just couldn't seem to get the idea of the game. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I'd take it - my wife's been made at me lately "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Hallaluya! This morning I actually clicked on geocaching and got right into the site, clicked on discuss geocaching and got right into the site without having to relogon! Hope this means the problem has been solved! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

DapperDan said quote: If he actually dived down and placed the tag there, then it would be fine. I agree, for heaven's sake, how can a cache get approved, virtual or otherwise, if the cache owner has never been to the site - let alone all the other rules getting broken! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

by the way - thanks for your post. It got me off my butt and upgraded my 3.1 version to 3.4 - can't hardly wait till this weekend to see if it's any better! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I agree with the dog. There's all of 1 member only cache within 20 miles of me so I sure didn't pay the money for that. It is nice to get pocket queries so that I can keep my Etrex current every week so as I'm driving around, I can spot any cache in the area without having to download each one individually. Paying the money to help support an activity you like is money well spent. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Tough terrain is ok (I don't mean mountain climbing) but once I fight my way to where I want to be, I don't want the find to be outrageous (5/3)! I too find the 3/3 to be just about right, I'd hate to look for a 5/3 - a 5/1 is ok because you know it's a mind breaker, a 1/5 is ok because you know it's the physical attempt, but 3/3 seems to be just right for the overall challenge. JMHO "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

The originator of Virgin Airlines - but he won't admit it anymore! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Ordered mine last night! Hope they're good! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I too am still having problems and the one little twist that I notice is that after logging onto the main page and clicking on 'discuss geocaching', the forum page comes up and I'm not logged in, I click on log-in and the status bar shows that something is being done, but the screen doesn't change, I click on log-in again and then I get the form asking for my id/password. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Terrific idea! hmmmm, I wonder how hard/expensive it would be to make pre-printed trash bags with Geocaching logo on it? .... "This trash was collected by a member of Geocaching.com - helping to keep the outdoors clean!" nice PR "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Well, I'm from Michigan and I'm not really sure. Just because it would be a virtual doesn't make it lame, it would entirely depend on just how special these places are that you're thinking about. If they were interesting and if there was some special challenge to get there, I might be interested in paying them a visit. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Good point Searching_ut, he did mention that he was never afraid - why call 911? But then again, I hope I'm never stuck in a swamp overnight when I'm obviously not prepared! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I kinda liked the music too - but to turn it off, all you have to do is hit the 'stop' button on your browser. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

OK, there's been many threads about the impact that geocachers have on the environment based on the additional foot traffic in a certain area. Has anyone figured out what the average number of visitors is for a given difficulty rating? I've been bothered by this question since an individual took it upon himself to remove one of my caches because of "so many people driving down the road in front of his house and that he just couldn't live like that" (I calculated based on the number of logs that 1 extra car drove by his house every 3 weeks! of course in his mind, every car going down that public road was going to my cache). So anyhow, enough rant, I'd like to see a simple tablulation.... difficulty 1 is about 10 visitors a month, difficulty 2 about 8, diff. 3 about 7, etc. Jeremy - is it possible with all the data you have on file now that you could come up with some stats? (no made up ones now! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

quote: quote:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As far as the "99% Gone" statement originally made, everyone knows that at least 75% of the time statistics are made up on the spot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do we know that you just didn't make up the 75% stat Did I say 75%, I meant 72.6% "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Boy! You'd be right there bigred (if I actually bought one), but then, this would make a heck of a first finders prize! "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Here's another entry for others like me who love Altoid Tins (101 uses?).... Camera that fits in tin "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

Well, I have to get into this thread just a little - seems to me I'm getting some mixed signals from this Daley Ranch. On one hand, we're told "Now listen kiddees, don't bend the blades of grass", and on their website it's, "Common over, let's party with our mountain bikes!" Daley Ranch As far as the "99% Gone" statement originally made, everyone knows that at least 75% of the time statistics are made up on the spot. I think we are getting a little tired of being preached to for this topic or that topic or this other topic - or whatever. If the powers at Daley Ranch want to allow 'conditioning hikes' or mountain bikes or bird stalking hikes and ban small hidden tupperware containers because someone's footsteps might be noticed, I really don't care anymore. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

I haven't seen in these logs if this was really an in-tact cartridge or just a piece of metal in an aerodynamic shape that we call a 'bullet'. Being a Civil War guy, I was going to use an old CW style bullet as my sig item (just a hunk of metal - even the National Park Service sells them as souvenirs). I was going to make them by using an original Civil War bullet mould so they would have been authentic. After mentioning this on another thread, someone wrote and said about how little children might 'eat' this hunk of metal so I should be real careful about what caches to put them in! Give me a break! In any case, the guidelines says 'no ammo', a piece of metal is NOT ammo. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"