Nurse Dave

This is an FYI that the group working on an Oreogn Geocoin is getting close to having a final design and placing an order. I will post the design when it is finalized and give everyone a chance to get on it with us. ---Real men cache in shorts.

Ya, there goes 3 of the 5 best places for a nice STD swap cache. ---Real men cache in shorts.

quote:Originally posted by DeerChaser & Poni:If I arrive at the cache location only to find a note explaining that it has been removed, I will log it as a find. The cache isn't the key, the key is getting to the location is it not? If I found my way to that spot then it's a find. Ummmm, no. That would be a virtual cache which these were not. It's like people that see a cache up in a tree, decide they can't go up to get it and log a find because they "found" the cache. Finding the cache and finding where it WAS are two different things. If not, everyone needs make sure their ammo cans leave nice impressions in the dirt so everyone can still log a find when they find they spot it used to be after it gets stolen. ---Real men cache in shorts.

Also may I point out the person who placed the cache may delete the logs or ask the person to change it if they are placing multiple found logs. I think it's frustrating when you see people posting like that and the cache placer doesn't do anything about it. It part of keeping up the cache, just online. But then the numbers don't matter right? ---Real men cache in shorts.

1) No, one cache, one find. If people are going back to place a T.B. or to show a friend and they count it as another find they are boobs and probably the same people that go to the express check-out with 30 items. 2) That's fair. Everyone in the group get to count the find. ---Real men cache in shorts.

Wow, too easy. Thanks, we'll try to bring down some T.B.s to you guys. And I'm hoping to have our Orgeon geocoins done by then too. ---Real men cache in shorts.

No, will only want it for about 4-5 hours. Going to use it in the middle of our stay or the last day. ---Real men cache in shorts.

We will be comming to Vegas in a couple of months and staying at NYNY. We were hoping to rent a car for an afternoon of caching, but there are tons of retal companies. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a company on the strip or that will deliver a car. We were hoping to just walk to a place to pick-up and drop-off or pick it up our last day there and then drop it off at the airport on our way home. ---Real men cache in shorts.

George and his favorite knothole. ---Real men cache in shorts.

were brought up as places that one just couldn't place a real cache. My first question is why do you want to place a virtual? In D.C. is it a museum that is on any tourist map and not really a special find or is it a hidden old house not on most people's route that could have a tiny micro hidden under a trash can halfway down the block? Yellowstone I could maybe see, but it would have to be someplace that not every tourist sees or drives by. I think with any of these, if you would see the cache area in your normal travels there, the whole argument for needing a virtual cache there is mute. The larger problem is people not putting the effort in or not wanting work of a regular cache and just posting a virtual. Yes, maybe you can't place a cache any where near the parking lot right next to the neat waterfall, but there is a great place at a turn out 1/2 mile down the road that info at the waterfall could lead you to. Last idea, maybe not EVERY PLACE needs a cache. You're at Yellowstone and find a neat out of the way place, enjoy it and tell people about it. There seems to be this feeling that we deserve and need to have a cache at every intersting place. Some places are maybe okay without a cache. ---Real men cache in shorts.

quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight: It increases my work by having the email verification. Wherever you go there you are. If you don't want to put any effort into it, just post the coordinates on a forum and let people know it's a neat place to go. People that aren't interesting in continuing to support their caches are the reason for many issues that are brought up here. ---Real men cache in shorts.

Getting them numbered from the factory will add .26 per coin. I think I'm also of the opinion that these most likely won't be traveling around much. I would think anyone who found one would hold on to it unless they had bought a bunch also. But, I'll go with the majority. ---Real men cache in shorts.

quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic: I'm going to try to get a local geocacher to agree to maintain it before I place it, but the point is that a tourist cache might be of some value. If you do get somebody to watch it before you place it that would make all the difference. Otherwise it's just another unmaintained tourist cache no matter what your reason for placing it. I think anyone who has left a cache they couldn't maintain could come up with a good reason it was okay for them to do it. ---Real men cache in shorts.

I just got off the phone with Alan from Pressed Metal (the company that does the coins). I'll wait a few more days to see how many people I can get on the e-mail list and then send you all the info I have so everybody has a better price idea and we can start designing the coin. ---Real men cache in shorts.

You can see the face of the coin here. ---Real men cache in shorts.

People put caches in very urban settings so maybe you could put a hide-a-key under one of the benches, or a trash can etc... I don't really feel comfortable going to caches that are in public view, but for some people it adds to the excitment. ---Real men cache in shorts.

quote: Get off the cellphone and DRIVE! I don't have time to tear my eyes away from the GPS to dial the phone any more! ---Real men cache in shorts.

Nope, just American over here. I looked in my kitchen drawers and we have plenty of gorms. That's good, right dawg? ---Real men cache in shorts.

I hope it's a sign that GPS prices will be dropping if you don't want ones with games on them. By the way, what's a pillock? ---Real men cache in shorts.

That looks pretty neat and I think there shouldn't be a problem with anything like this as long as you need a GPS to get to the final cache. The only question I have is if you don't know the area and have no idea where the picture was taken, is your only option to drive all over until you see it? ---Real men cache in shorts.

I don't know the offical answer, but here in Oregon I seem to have a tougher time getting a lock on days with a sky full of thick dark clouds. I would think that the GPS signal can be blocked by any object and rain drops are a bunch of tiny objects. You can loose DSS signals with really nasty cloud coverage. ---Real men cache in shorts.

So I have been pursing this issue since we got rejected in using Moun10bike's design and were told there was going to be an approved design for all geocaching coins due to trademark issues. The time is comming! I just got off the phone with Bryan from Groundspeak and there is an approved die that is available. Quickly there are a few positives and negatives. This is with the company that makes the Canadian and Texas coins currently. I happened to like the coins that moun10bike did better, but I know some of you like this type of coin better. The minimum is 250 which is a lot higher we had before, but also the cost per coin will be a lot less. Somewhere around $1.50 - $2 a coin. I'm guessing since I will need to get quotes on making our die and shipping. I'm looking to start the email list all over since it's been a while. If you are interested in getting together to buy/design some of these let me know. I'm also curious if there are enough Portlanders that are interested in pursing a Portland Geocoin. Once I get a good list of interested people and some more details I'll shoot you all back the info. Also Bryan will be posting a message in a week or two with this info. ---Dave ---Real men cache in shorts.

I would think they don't pick-up any signals from the bottom side of the antenna, so if it's pointing up no problem. You point it at the ground, you are only going to get a little or no signal and some variation of those when it's anywhere on it's side. ---Real men cache in shorts.

This type of technology has been around since I was a kid. Remember Weebles? They wobble, but they don't fall down. ---Real men cache in shorts.

quote:Originally posted by Sissy-n-CR:I dunno... If I knew the package to be good, I think it'd be okay to consume. I have eaten a couple of things out of caches before--gummy bears and chocolate covered cricket. You just have to check things out before you consume. Just like parents have to check out their kid's candy at Halloween. I'm not saying that it's okay to put MRE's in caches as I have no experience with them. What I _am_ saying is you have to exercise common sense and don't let fear rule your life. If you know the person that put the item in the cache, or their reputation, you're more likely to trust them. We've yet to hear about people going around a boobytrapping caches, so I think the likely hood of someone screwing with a MRE is very slim. CR http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/72057_2000.gif Working in a hospital I find this pretty scary. There are plenty of things that would fit through a very tiny needle that could be put in/on this stuff that you wouldn't want in your stomach. I understand that there has been no instances of this yet, but who really wants to be the first. If somebody wanted to, they could read a log about food being left in a cache and then go taint it. I'll take food from any of you cachers at your house, but not in the woods. ---Real men cache in shorts.