edscott

I think ALL caches should be in interesting locations. I guess that's why there are 586 "unfound" within a 10 mile radius of "Home".

I can't think of any reason for it to be "inconvenient". Other than traveling caches which are at least rare or perhaps extinct, and possibly some monthly gatherings that still use the same GC# every month, why would a cache need to be logged as "found" twice by the same account?

What is the world record for multiple logs on the same cache? I just deleted four of the five that appeared on one of my caches. It wasn't an application glitch as the wording was slightly different on each one.

Happening to me right now. Eastern Time Zone. Logging May 9th caches on May 10th, correcting the dates in the log, but the site sometimes changes it back to May 10. I correct it again and it may or may not fix it. Some have taken 4 corrections to make one stick. Frustrating.

That's a nightmare for those cache owners who do not wish to be contacted via the new message center but by e-mail. There should at least be links for both systems. "Message this owner" is quite misleading and many cachers will now use this link instead of e-mail. I would appreciate a way to opt out of the message system and to remove the link to the message center on my cache pages. I will not react to messages sent via this channel. Where's the like button???

Yes always. I print out a map to the area I want to cover then number the caches in the most logical order to do them. Sometimes it is a combination of driving and hiking sometimes it is an all day walk, but I never leave the house without a plan. Of course things happen and the plan sometimes has to be altered on the fly.

+1 Had an ammo can near a hemlock, and every time we did maintenance, we'd scoop out a handful of those tiny xxxpinexxx hemlock cones. fixed it for ya..

There are loads of toxic plants out there. Took a course on them long ago. The list for Pennsylvania published in 1986 has 44 that start with "A" so you can get a feel for how many there are. I agree with larryc even though he went to OSU.

I use maps, a lot. I do care. I find some real quality on the non-Google side. Probably depends a lot on what you want to get from the map. I like to use them to find the cache without having to resort to using the GPS. I'd really like the old aerial photos taken in "leaf off" seasons but those have been replaced in this part of the world with newer images taken in summer.

Yes, thanks for the help. Nothing bothers me more than a nearly useless map. Guess those that don't use maps don't care, but for those that use them for every cache need a quality product.

Open a map centered on my house and zoom out until I see an unfound cache.

See above.. and don't limit yourself to any specific one. Look at a dozen or so and see what clicks with you. As you get more experience you'll find more of them to be doable. Most experienced cachers still have a few filed away on a to-do list that don't seem to make sense right now.

GPS-less caching is much more difficult in my area now. All the Google satellite images in Southeastern PA are summer photos with the leaves out. The ground is no longer visible in wooded areas. Someone way up the thread mentioned Orienteering. Yes, I've been doing that since the early 80s which gives me a great advantage in off trail navigation. The technique for caching is to find a feature on the map that you are sure you can find on the ground. Go to that spot then do a simple compass bearing and pace to GZ. With good aerial photos that are properly interpreted, that last pace and compass part will not be very long... I try to keep it under 500 feet. Micros have also changed the game a lot. I carry a GPS almost all the time now and resort to using it when necessary.

Some times I go to a State Park specifically to cache.. sometimes I go to a State Park for other reasons, but usually look to see if any caches are there so I can find them along the way.

Thanks to whoever fixed this... Google perhaps??? It is now working on Safari 5.1.10. of course my new computer is on order and will be on line by Friday.. Lots of other issues will be fixed then.

Orienteering. I can often do a few caches after I finish my Orienteering run. And using the map makes finding the easiest route to GZ easy.

So off trail walking is prohibited?

Yes I see lots of filled poo bags along trails. To me that is worse than leaving the poo exposed to the elements to decompose. But what really confuses me more is that a dog can leave a cup of waste and it is a big deal, but a horse can dump a wheelbarrow full in the same spot and that's OK.

When the only caches left to find are parking lot micros.

Does it count if you have to pick it out of the guts of a snow blower?

Not sure how yours is set up. The only one I ever tried was solvable by using a map and a drawing compass.

I keep a spreadsheet. After the statistics page was introduced the only real reason I have to continue to keep it has been to double check that I've remembered to log everything.

Yes, this is how I did all my first two or three thousand caches. Found the nearest spot on the map that I could identify from the aerial photo then used pace and compass from there. Still do it when the spirit moves me, or the terrain is just too good to pass up the opportunity, but having a GPS has made me lazy.

If you find it, you've found it. My "best" example was a puzzle cache that I couldn't solve. I knew it was somewhere in about 400 acres of densely wooded hills where I often walk about, but didn't really make any effort to find it. One day when rambling well off the trails I saw something that looked suspicious. Didn't hesitate to sign the log.

I appreciate it when someone does some minor repairs to a cache of mine to keep it findable until my time schedule or the weather allows me to get there. I currently have two to check, but if anyone wants to dig in the snow, or climb an icy cliff they are there and ready to find... or wait a couple weeks and they will again be exactly as they were when I placed them.