maxx borchovski

Thats a quick DING, Calcium is an alkaline earth metal and the most common metal in humans.

My question is what is the most common metal in the human body?

Sorry I was under the impression reviewers actually went out to visit the cache.

I haven't been caching long and have yet to have time to do mystery caches, but it hasn't stopped me investigating or attempting to solve them. Clues can be hidden anywhere. Read the text carefully, decrypt the hint, look for extra photos, look for things that shouldn't be there and sometimes things are hidden in plain sight. I agree with the other posters, maybe try easier caches for your first trip, it can be quite disheartening when you don't find your targets. Caches with a difficulty and terrain of less than 2 would be the best place to start.

Magna, Do you mind me asking why you don't want people to be able to search via your name? With the amount of caches you have found and placed, I think you are an inspiration to new players. Personally I am looking forward to the next time work takes me north towards your home turf to find some of your caches.

The DVD I found was called 'Poor Cow' so my guess is the novel has the same name.

Correct me if I am wrong, but all new caches are supposed to be reviewed before being published. Surely the reviewer should act as a kind of quality control. Is there a mechanism in place to ensure the reviewers are only approving quality caches? Also if certain types of containers are proving to be unreliable due to water damage, surely better guidelines should be published on the Groundspeak website as to what makes a good container and which containers have proven to be a poor choice. Maybe we need a simple test for all new cache containers like, 'If the sealed container's contents are still dry after the container has spent a week submerged in a bucket of water, then the container is probably going to survive in the wild'.

I would be wary of placing a cache near a school. Think about the situation where you were spotted loitering near a school and the police are called. Firstly you would need to prove your innocence and secondly how would it sound if the story made the local news?

I found the answer to this on DVD whilst browsing in a local charity shop at the weekend. Mr Stamp's name rang a bell, which made me look at the DVD. Does this could as looking up the answer?

I am defending the humble urban cache. I appreciate that I am new to the hobby, but I get a buzz from every cache I find. There is an aspect of fun to be had from urban caches. Maybe it's my inner child still playing James Bond when searching for the hidden cache, I don't know. I am however on a very limited income right now and with the soaring cost of petrol and public transport, I am limited to how far I can travel for my caching. When doing urban caches, do you take the time to look at the place you are in? Does the city / townscape provoke any thoughts? Good architecture can be as pretty to look at as a beautiful sunset, even gritty inner cities can contain beauty. Whilst in the countryside we can happily sit and watch livestock meander past, but when was the last time you took a moment to watch people? They aren't just muggles out to prevent you from finding your cache, but potentially interesting people. Ok so maybe I'm laying it on a bit thick here, but the point I am trying to make is that it is possible to find joy in most things, with urban caches maybe we need to look in a different way.

I usually have my phone with me, so would have taken a quick snapshot of the cache in my hand and posted that with my claim. I did however find a use for this christmas present from many years ago. A Victorinox jelly card I had been sitting in my desk for a long time, but once I started caching it has become really useful. It has both tweezers and a pen in it. Its all smaller than a credit card and about 2 or 3 times thicker, so I have it in my pocket all the time now, just in case I find myself close to a cache.

I like both urban and countryside caches, each hold their own interest. A difficult urban cache makes me think of inventive ways to search the area without having local residents phoning the police about the strange guy loitering in their street. So far I have been a workman complete with toolbox, a street cleaner, a market researcher with clipboard (It's amazing how invisible you become with a clipboard, LOL). I like the urban caches as it takes me to parts of towns I normally miss. As to the lack of stunning vistas in urban caching, there is some really good architecture out there which many of us drive past every day without realising. For me a good cache should be in an interesting location, the cache should be well maintained and an interesting container is a bonus. Caches that are part of a set appeal to me, I will return several times to get the last tricky cache to complete a set. Caches that mark out a route to walk or travel are also great. I think everyone has their own reasons for geocaching, from the purists to the drive-by cachers, Personally I think there is no right or wrong way to geocache, it is a fun hobby that gets me off my a** and outside into the fresh air, no matter how I play the game, that's got to be a good thing.

I'm still new to this, so very cautious about getting things wrong. I was planning a walk and noticed from the logs that one cache I was planning find was reported as wet. I emailed the CO in advance and asked if I could be of assistance with some maintenance if it was needed. The CO replied that it would be very nice if I could help, and that if any of their other caches needed minor work, they would really appreciate any help. So now I always carry some spare logs, zip lock bags and tissues to dry out damp containers. I see minor maintenance as just good manners. I like finding caches in good condition, so it's only fair that I help to make sure other geocachers have the same experience.

Thanks for all the replies, I'll just try to learn to be patient. I did look through their caching history and they do only seem to go caching every couple of weeks, so I will keep my fingers crossed that the TB goes caching this weekend

I'm new to this and have recently set a TB on its merry way. Its been doing fine up until a couple of weeks ago. It was picked up and visited another cache, but has been in the person's possession for a couple of weeks now. I know not everyone caches all the time, but I was wondering when does is become acceptable to send a friendly message to the cacher to nudge them along?

On some of the caches that I found difficult, I asked for help from other geocachers.

I use a bluetooth GPS attached to my android, primarily to conserve the phone battery. But the combo works well and the gadget only cost me £12 on that well known auction site.

For urban caching you can use google maps and street view. That will get you to within a couple of meters.

I log my DNFs, I don't know if a cache is missing or not. I then put the cache on my watch list. Once I see it has been found I try to go back. If it is missing and a few more people log DNFs the cache owner can go fix the problem. How do they know its missing if nobody logs DNFs.

I store the cache data in my phone app at home via the WiFi. That way whilst I am out I'm only using my GPS and compass.

random letters out of the scrabble bag?

ok, i thought as we were on the net, then I had to make it a bit more complicated. Sorry. Ding for the burger king

Oops, I edited my post as your post came in. Will repost my question here so it all makes sense. Keeping to the Pharaoh theme, the Faroe Islands are one of the few countries in Europe to not have any McDonalds, if you are in need of a burger, which chain restaurant could you go to, and post the longitude and latitude to locate this Ozymandias.

ok, new to this, I am guessing that a ding means correct and its my turn to ask a question? If so here is my question... Keeping to the Pharaoh theme, the Faroe Islands are one of the few countries in Europe to not have any McDonalds, if you are in need of a burger, which chain restaurant could you go to, and post the longitude and latitude to locate this Ozymandias.

The poem Ozymandias was inspired by a statue of Ramses II, an Egyptian pharaoh. Isn't it amazing what you remember from school?