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    OK time to fess up

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    Posted · Edited by etphoneme2plz

    My first find was a LPC in a BMW dealership lot..... My daughter and I were going nuts trying to find it. I kept saying "No way would they put it on one of these new cars" lol Finally I said to my daughter, see if that lamp thing will lift up... Sure enough it did BUT we didn't lift it high enough so we didn't see it. We ran in circles for about 10 more minutes before we lifted it again, high enough this time, and made the find.... From that point on I was hooked........ :laughing:

     

    Edited to add my log... LOL

     

    "My first find!!! Log has been wet though and kinda wadded up, didnt sign cuz I was afraid it would fall apart, needs replaced. TYFC!!! We were so excited to find it!!!"

     

    My first find so I knew nothing about replacing logs, etc.....

     

    Edited again to add... I enjoy all my cache finds the easy ones make up for the hard ones... I enjoy them ALL (LPC, rebarb, key holders, micros, pill bottles, film canisters & even amo boxes!!) and totally appreciate that there are other geocachers out there that take the time to hide them so I can find them!!! THANKS!!!! :D

    Throwdowns

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    Around here people are saying they have "reset" the cache... Same difference and for the most part it is the original CO is the same for each reset.... I refuse to find those. Have messaged the original CO on several asking for confirmation. I see them logged on recently but they are NOT maintaining their caches.... Sigh......

    Police Officers

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    My only experiences have been to check if I needed help... Just said nope, just geocaching and they smiled and drove away... I did get one rent-a-cop at a local college out of her car to help look.... Sadly this cache had been muggled.... lol

    Amusing Wildlife Encounters

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    An excerpt from my log for Bird Haven (Finch Meander):

     

    I used the prospect of tame raccoons to entice my daughter to come caching with me today; she has been reticent to do so lately.

     

    From hers:

     

    I was disappointed by the broken promise of raccoons. We went to the river and I was going to cool off my feet in there but the crayfish were freaky. Large bugs of the water.

     

    The photo from her log:

     

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    The caption for the picture reads "Not a raccoon"

     

    BUT he is soooo CUTE!!!! I've never seen a real live chipmonk!!!

    New to geocaching - find the hobby bittersweet

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    I've been caching since Feb and have 245 finds, 1 hide. I have only found 2 caches with food items and yes I removed it. Food items attract critters and bugs... YUCK!!! I also remove trash & broken swag, pieces of toys, etc... I haven't found any of the gross or offensive items you have BUT I would remove them as well. Make sure you have some rubber gloves and baby wipes for touching that yuck stuff!!! I would also, if possible wipe out the cache with wipies after you remove that crap... Your mountain climbing cache trip should be free of all of that and much more pleasant!!! HAVE FUN!!! OH and when I log my find I make the CO aware of the clean-up I performed!!!

    ETREX 10 - How to use

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    I love my eTrax 10!!!! I typically cache locally and always check the maps on the cache page to see where I'm going. I get as close as I can driving and then only use the page that lists all my caches (click on geocaches and the cache list will come up with the closest one first), cuz the maps on this gps are stinky and useless!!! That page will tell you how many feet and what direction to walk toward. Never have had any problem getting to the locations, finding the cache, yes, but that's what it's all about!! :) I did some caching when we went on vacation this year and also had no troubles..... Hope this helps ya!!

    Home location

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    Hi. This may be posted in the wrong place but I've updated my home location multiple times but it keeps reverting to a random spot about 5 miles away. Plus my email's are still showing distances relative to my old address even farther away. Can anyone help please?

     

    Thanks.

     

    Mine does the same thing, changes my home location I mean..... Aggravating... AND I looked but didn't find a way to make it STOP doing that!! lol

    Deepest cave hide

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    Could you please share the GC-code?

     

     

    That cache is actually mine, I didn't want to advertise it. I was recently looking at extreme caches in Europe and after a while I started thinking that I may have hidden the deepest one without realizing it. Now I'm a bit curious, because I thought there were deeper ones.

    Here it is: http://coord.info/GC3P881

     

    Oh I understand that, but to find the caches you want, you need to find all the deep caves. Its a no brainier there.

     

    Anyone can say how deep their caches are in a cave. Yes, I dont trust the depth of any cache in a cave. :ph34r::ph34r:

     

    Yes, it can open up a huge debate of who got the deepest cache in a cave. Since it cant be proved without special equipment, so its all void.

     

    I don't really agree with that. If the cave has been surveyed with recent techniques and the maps are accurate, you can estimate the cache depth from the entrance. It won't be extremely precise, but you may still have a ~10m accuracy. That may be sufficient to distinguish the deepest cache if there's enough separation from the closest one.

     

    I must say that is an AWESOME cache hide!! Would love to find it BUT I'm too fat, no arm strength and waaaayyyy out of shape!! LOL There are some great really pretty cave pics posted!!! :D Cudos those those that have traveled this path!!

    Sign cleaner finds "bomb" (Geocache)

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    Someone actually pays people to clean signs???? :unsure: lol

     

    In Alberta, the GOV't takes bids to have companies contract for highway maintenance.

     

    They take a truck with a giant watertank in the back-kinda like a brush firefighting truck-with pump and pressure washer gun. One drives on the shoulder, and the other sits with the window open, spraying down every single sign from the speedlimit to the giant signs stretching across 4 lanes.

    Interesting cuz I don't believe I've ever seen that being done here.... We do have those street sweeper machines though!

    Platinum membership?

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    Posted · Edited by etphoneme2plz

    I was reading posts today I noticed a couple references to being platinum members. What is that?? Just asking, fairly new to geocaching and this is the first time I've seen that mentioned that I can remember.... :D

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