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It's a shame there is a guideline about not placing food items in a cache, I'm sure the non-cacher finders would have appreciated some Doritos or other snacks.

That is hilarious. If I ever get a log like that I would delete it. period. no hesitation. I would invite the to log a DNF and a NM if they think that will make them feel better. Concur. At least have the common courtesy to lie to me if you are going to log a find. Found it easily but didn't sign log - it was freezing! TFTH If they had just lied I'd have never known, but as it is, I deleted the log.

Yep. My first hide lasted two years. When I archived it to make room for other caches in the area in the log book was this log. "Pretty cool thing you guys do. Just out here with my friends partying. We didn't have anything else to leave so here you go." In between the pages of the log was a half burnt, hand rolled, other than tobacco, product. I disposed of it. They replaced the cache, didn't harm it in any way, and well even if they didn't take anything they did leave something and signed the log. Better than some cachers! Coolest muggles ever!

Kinda makes you want to make all your caches PMO caches.

It isn't important what caches you search. It isn't important the caches you hide. What is important, is how you play the game.

I have a V. What's your offer? I might not part with her, she was my first.

Inside a drug store? Just kidding, just kidding.

Said it before I will say it again. AMMO BOX! Pill bottles are a bad idea. Even the best bison tubes end up with a wet log in my personal experience. I know it's a micro but the reason I said AMMO BOX (not a micro hater, I'll hunt anything) is because I have one that has been hidden almost two years on an island in the middle of the Pee Dee river in N.C. We actually have a maintenance run coming up and I am curious to see if it held as well this year as last year. The AMMO CAN spent several days underwater. Ranging from 5 to 14 feet underwater. Everything inside was secure and dry. OH! No I can't give you one good reason for using a pill bottle!

show me one of my caches that require permission and I'll give you proof that I have it. Oh wait, I only have two, one located in a public spot that does not require it and another located in a public spot that does not require it. Then there is my cache to be, located on private property. I can show you proof that I have permission simply by displaying a lease agreement should the need arise. Fortunately I'm not digging or sawing, so it wont. THANKS FOR PLAYING! JOHNNY TELL WHAT THEY'VE WON!

Hate their cheese, love their knives and I would absolutely LOVE geocaching there! Creative! And as was said before, I have probably found a variation on the theme of all the ones posted by the OP. Cache and let cache!

Okay, everyone here show proof of permission for all your hidden caches.

I had five finds and hid my first cache then. That was back in 2003 under a different handle. It's not that hard to hide a cache in an interesting area and hide it well. You just have to be able to actually be thoughtful enough to hide something somewhere that others want to find. That cache stayed in the same place for three years, had favorable logs (never an unfavorable remark), was muggled more than once but put back in perfect condition by the muggles who actually signed the log each time. I think my favorite log was from some kids who were at the site smoking some non-tobaco products. They though it was cool and even left me a sample! Of course that was destroyed! BUT my point is that everyone who found that cache enjoyed it and I only had five finds.

Loren, I am not writing you to slam you about your recent piece on geocaching. I only ask that you go on geocaching.com and find one of the geocachers in your area with experience and do an unbiased piece on the sport. Yes, if golf is a sport, then so is geocaching. You might be surprised to find that we are a very open, friendly community of people who practice CITO (Cache In Trash Out) hold events, help within our communities on social projects, volunteer our personal time for the betterment of the environment. Give it a try! Scott RESPONSE! Morning Scott, My story was to inform people about what to be aware of when geocaching. I wasn't trying to make the fun game look like a dangerous one. I went with a couple of geocachers to play and think it's a great outdoor activity! I appreciate your e-mail. Have a wonderful weekend- Loren Loren Korn News Channel 25 Anchor/Reporter

You will hear everything from that's just wrong to people play the game the way they want too. Don't let someone else's way that they play the game deter you from a great sport. This isn't, for me, about the smilies or "points". I've met cachers with 10 finds that have a better grasp of the sport than one cacher that I know that has over 10000 finds. It's like anything else in life, you get what you want out of it. Welcome to geocaching though!

I would dare say, assuming I have it set to "off road", that my Nuvi 205W is every bit as accurate as my eXplorist 210, if not more-so. I would also dare say that me taking my time, averaging and using the Nuvi is more accurate than somebody grabbing coords on the fly with most handhelds. I've noticed that my Nuvis have been extremely accurate as well. Just as accurate as my handheld if not better. You can actually see that the Nuvi gets a better lock than the handheld if you know the Easter egg to get to that screen on your particular model.

Forgive me bflentje, for I have sinned. In 2004 or 2005, I posted a find for not only the famous "four windows" virtual cache, but also the "what in the world" virtual cache in Maine. Both were designed to be armchair caches. (Also forgive me for being lazy because I c/p'd this because it is exactly word for word my trangression, staring me directly in the face as soon as I opened the thread.)

My log for a local cache, way back when in another cache life. March 7, 2006 by Clan X-Man (290 found) [it's getting dark and I have a sprained ankle. Please look for me on your way out. In the event I have expired, there is a 60CS in it for you. X That's my log. I think this should be upgraded 5/5 so that I will feel better about being fat lazy and out of shape. I swear to God I thought I was gonna die alone on that hill. BUT! All things considered this was a great cache. Thanks for hiding it A. Also crossed the creek without taking my shoes off or getting my feet wet, R. Awesome puzzle, awesome hide. PS You could have killed Jon and Miki, but I bet they are in better shape than three other cachers I know.] X It would seem that I have not been totally honest. This afternoon began with an itch, a yearning if you will. I, like all of you, felt the call of the ammo box. Sitting there in the woods, taunting me with it's od green paint like the cheap eyeshadow on a lady of the evening in Amsterdam. I asked my boss if I could leave early. He had no problem with it but wanted to know why. I had to explain geocaching, again. Someone should make a shirt. What? Oh they did. I got to the cache site and thought, ".20 that's not that far." As the crow flies. Took off like we all do all set to find that cache. Bat out of hell. Fat on a hill was more like it. I've known that road was there since I was a kid, there at the bottom of the hill. Now I know what it feels like as well. That's one. Got to the bottom of the hollow and decided that I could jump flat footed between two rocks close to each other on different sides of said creek. This was both an optical illusion and a halucination. (A;ready getting that burning in the leg muscles.) It turns out I can start off flat footed AND I can land on my belly. (Can you say face plant?) Now the fun starts. Up this big a** long hill. Why in Gods name would anyone want to put a box of junk up there? I mean really. Cause idiots like me will work a full day and come out to find it in bad light unprepared and out of shape. Luckily there were lots of trees on the hill. I managed to pull myself up tree by tree when my legs started to give. I won't lie. I fell. You did too! Except I fell full face down out thinking I wasn't gonna make it. And I didn't care, that's how tired I was. Then I saw what I THOUGHT was a red tailed hawk. Nope, buzzard. Circling. I decided to get back on my feet. After clover leafing for awhile my GPS settled down and I found the cache. Actually this new GPS has proved pretty acurate in the last few days. I think after i settled down and stopped shaking like a druggie going through withdrawals from a heroin addiction the GPS lead me right to it. Nice hide. I took the two geocoins Richard left the other day to prove I was there. I'll log them later. They are in my jacket, in the truck, in the garage, and that's just to dadgum far right now. This is what caching is all about. I was out here with no road noise. Just me and the wind and the trees. The sun casting long shadows as it got ready to set. I actually wasn't worried about the time. I have a really good rechargable maglite and it will light up the night like day. I was just enjoying the fact that someone can still hide a cache and leave me somewhere to sit and think about what I want to write. There was even a nice log to sit on. This is really what caching is about. So anyway, rehid the cache, covered it really well. Grabbed my bag and GPS and started to make my way back down the hill. Here was my second mistake of the day. I say second cause I should have stayed at work. I tripped over a vine and started to stumble. Luckily there were lots of TREES on the hill. I swear I hit at least ten. Rolled for a good fifty feet. Got up, cussed a little, started to make my way and tripped on log. Again with the tumbling. I swear two trees high fived each other, or whatever it is they do. Well anyway, Made it back to the creek. Didn't try to jump again but found a nice little waterfall looking step over. There was moss. You know how that goes. Face meet ROCK. So a little scraped from that. Made my way back up the hill. I swear it was a lot easier when I was a kid. Made it back to the truck and sat there awhile reflecting on just how stupid we can be as cachers. I probably should have brought someone with me today and would suggest it if you are fat, lazy and out of shape like me. But you all know why we do this. Hope you enjoyed my little tail, I mean tale. Yes I think my tail bone may be broken. I am going to here it in about ten minutes when the wife gets home. BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! X-MAN

I would love to find one for sale. Tall order I know, but if you have one...

Adding to Clan Riffster. A cache can be remote that takes a bit if hiking to get to. Just because it is only found a couple times a year does not make it useless, not everyone will seek them. Puzzle caches can have a low find rate. But that does not mean they are useless. I've done a couple multis that have maybe 2 finds a year, but I would not say they are useless. I must say I don't think I have ever found a cache that I would class as useless, maybe a bit mundane or a number builder, but never useless. Jim Amen, I have one GC15RBB that hasn't been found in over a year AND it's only been found 7 times. Placed 9/7/2007. I would never archive it just because it isn't found often enough. What I get from the logs is a little of the adventure folks took to go there and find the cache. I'll "ditto" the other CR. If the cache is there to be found, it's not useless. It could the folks in your area aren't the types that like to get on the beaten path. Me, the longer it goes unfound, the better for when I find it. The beauty is a sturdy container will protect the cache until the next find, no matter how long that is. No need for maintenance. Ammo cans can withstand a lot of abuse. Another cacher and I hid two caches on the Pee Dee river between NC/SC. We went back a year later and both were still secure in their hiding spots with little wear to the exterior of the cache. Judging water levels on the islands they were on and by records online, both caches had been at least 14 feet underwater for extended periods of time. That's most of the summer, a hard winter for the area, then floods, lightning, hurricanes, smog (KILL THE WABBIT!). A secured, sturdy container, hidden in a proper manner will serve you well EVERY time. NO CACHE IS USELESS. Even LPC's can get you to a restaraunt, grocery store, department store, bridge to cross a river, exact location of stop signs.......

You know, it's kinda hard to act all tough and hard when you go and write stuff like this in here! Very touching. S

For us its been tracking down the Ice Age movie toys. Daughter loves them and even when she's not with me, I still grab them!

Can anyone give me a user review of the Garmin Oregon 550T? I am looking at upgrading for Christmas, it's been 4 years with the 60cs and it still runs great but I know it's just a matter of time.

Actually, the official reason is "it never happened". What?

I had thought that I'd either heard or read somewhere that it is actually illegal to caricature a sitting president. Is this true? I am sure that there is someone on here smarter than me and in the know about such things. For the record, no. I do not object to the picture. I have my own reasons.

There is no reason to take it to that level CR. If you don't think that people who enjoy Earthcaches aren't real cachers you have a very narrow view of the sport.