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A few razor blades were in one a while back, Disposed of them & didn't mention it in log, no glory to whoever put them in the cache. Lucky I wasn't caching at night.

Howdy, and welcome to the game. One aspect of the PQ is that you can retrieve a list of caches that fit certain defined criteria. ie: multi caches, or difficulty 3 & above, terrain 2 & below, or of a certain size, or of date placed, and many others. You can also use a PQ to get caches along a route, say, I35 from San Antonio to Waco. Lots of useful things to cull your search list to those types of caches you want to look for.

Found one a while back with a pair of children's size Cartoon underwear (Superman or spongebob, I think) The bad thing was several other cachers had mentioned them having been in the cache for a while! Sunflower seeds, candy, 'adult' items, various trash items. I remove this type of junk. Sometimes leaving nothing is trading up.

Back in '06 I was doing some research in a country cemetery. Nature called and I went outside the cemetery and into the adjacent woods for relief. I stumbled across an ammo can....I remember it just like it was six years ago.

Snarky comments from people who are newly in the game lend little credence to their comments. Given time you may come to understand...... The number of finds logged on the GS website has little to do with experience or activity in caching. Many finds go unlogged. Many may be logged on "other" websites.

Wow! I see you have been in the game for about 6 weeks. Welcome to a new hobby/game/activity. I hope you still around and having fun with it in six years. Before you place a NM on a cache, at least go out and search for it. If you don't find it, log a DNF. There is no way you know for sure if it needs maintenance unless you find it. If you find it and it needs maintenance, add a NM log after your Found It log. Before you start berating a cache owner here in the forums, you should spend a bit more time in the game. Many times a cache is fine, but the cache owner just hasn't cleared the NM flag from the page. Do you have personal knowledge of this particular cache owner? Your quote " A working man just can't keep up with more than 60 caches in terrain that varies from city to forest. " seems to impart that you know this man. I am aware of several cache owners who have over 250 caches active and are employed full-time. Not sure what you mean by this.

Let's see here.... We have a youth cacher, who found a cache, took it home to show Cacher Dad, logged his find and returned the cache. We have a Math Teacher from the same area (school?) who believes only a part of the youngster's story and accuses the youth of theft-of-cache. I know that if I were a kid who stole a cache, I wouldn't tell the story of my theft in the cache log. I know that if I were the owner of this cache, I would use some of my professional training as a Teacher to resolve this situation into a learning experience for the young cacher.

The point that most seem to overlook or pay no attention is that of perception. "4. Solicitation and Commercial Content [updated 7/12/12] 1. Geocaches do not solicit for any purpose. Cache listings perceived to be posted for religious, political, charitable or social agendas are not permitted. Geocaching is intended to be an enjoyable, family-friendly hobby, not a platform for an agenda. Cache pages cannot require, and should not strongly encourage, the placement of new caches. This is considered an agenda and the listing will not be publishable." It is only the perception of the reviewer that matters. If the Reviewer perceives the cache/event to have an agenda, then it has an agenda ....... Even if it doesn't.

The way I understand the game you are encouraged go on-line to tell the story of your 'adventure'. If your 'adventure' didn't end with a find, it's still a story to tell.... so tell it. There is no DNF stat to count against your score.

I would love to get that as swag. I might even remember where the your card went the next day [], and might even remember where I got the bracelet from when asked. I have seen business cards left as swag in way too many caches, so leaving one is a fairly common practice in my caching travels. To make do it more of what you want, I would make a few bracelets and attach the travel bug tags (available from the Groundspeak store) to them. Then release the 'bracelet travel bugs' (with your descriptive card attached) in various caches around your area.

A few excerpts from OP's Found It log..... "This was really not my style of cache. Difficult, certainly. Well intended, absolutely. It just wasn’t a good fit for me." and "I began to believe that finishing the cache was punishment for being stubborn." and "It just didn't work for me." Given these sentiments, WHY DID YOU COMPLETE THE CACHE? From your statements about it, you had to return home multiple times, so why not leave it alone and go find other caches? As to your question about how to make a cache fun or enjoyable for all finders, well that's like trying to find the ONE drink to serve at a bar. Maybe the best thing to do is to heed the words of Ozzie & Harriet's son Ricky,"You can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself." Create caches that YOU enjoy finding.

Very clever & creative!

I humbly suggest you wait to place a cache until after you commit to purchasing a GPSr. This commitment demonstrates to yourself that you will be more likely to stay in the game and maintain your cache. It is a long-term commitment to own a cache.

+1 "Daddy, I WANT a FTF, NOW!!"

If one wasn't allowed to log 'accidental' finds, I would not have learned of the game? My first find was by accident. Found an ammo can in the woods when looking for a "restroom".

Is there an easy way to find caches along a certain latitude or longitude line?

We had already discussed the idea of log owner consultation about spoiler photos and were looking to have a fall-back plan if the log owner was uncooperative. Thanks for the suggestions.

Especially with young kiddos, skip the micro sized caches at first. The smalls (an up) are usually easier to find and sometimes have trade items the kids love so much. As you become more practiced at finding, try the micro sized ones, but remember there ins't room for much more than a log sheet in those. Welcome to the FUN of geocaching!

I'm asking for myself and a couple of geofriends. What are the steps a cache owner takes to remove a finder's photo from the cache page? The spoiler photos take the fun from those who haven't attempted the find. Can the photos be removed without affecting the finder's log & find count?

IIs that where all the virtuals have gone?

The guidelines call for a family-oriented game.....Adult toys? not really family-oriented. How would I sign the log of your billboard? and, never place a micro where something bigger will go.

I wanna go fast!!

The 150 foot rule must be more of a guideline in my area. see: GCQPA9 It is within 50 feet of tracks, on the public side of the railroad's people-proof fence.

I saw one recently that had a link to this bookmark list US Oldest Active Traditional Caches by State

There is one around my area that is a tool box like the one in a pick-up bed. It's about 6ft. x 2ft. x2ft. in size. It is on my "Yet to Find List"