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quote:Originally posted by ApK: It's been asked before, but I'll asked again: Is it best to archive http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=15131 and create a new VidEx2 cache page, or just update the exisiting page with new coords and a note that it's been moved? It depends. I lean towards starting a new cache page if you're going to be moving it a significant distance from the current cache location. If it's just a few feet away then keep the same page. The reasoning is if it is a different location then it'll be a new experience for all the area cachers and with a new cache page, they can go log another find with no qualms.

quote:Originally posted by ApK: It's been asked before, but I'll asked again: Is it best to archive http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=15131 and create a new VidEx2 cache page, or just update the exisiting page with new coords and a note that it's been moved? It depends. I lean towards starting a new cache page if you're going to be moving it a significant distance from the current cache location. If it's just a few feet away then keep the same page. The reasoning is if it is a different location then it'll be a new experience for all the area cachers and with a new cache page, they can go log another find with no qualms.

quote:Originally posted by King Pellinore: Who has placed the most caches, overall or in your area? Are they 'quality' caches, or are they flimsy? King Pellinore tneigel, most likely. More than 50 caches placed since December. It depends though on how 'my area' is defined. Most of them are pretty fine walks. I've also enjoyed a good number of Artful Dodger, BrianSnat, lucien and cache ninja caches.

quote:Originally posted by Geo Leo: On February 21, 2002, this cacher logged caches in Wisconsin (GC3244), Ontario (GC31A7), and Illinois (GC3097). Busy day I guess. Perhaps the onus should be on the virtual cache owner to make sure that the confirming info is not available via an internet search. But what then do you do about virtual caches with no info requested? There are indeed a number of those out there. Then again, does the 'find' number even matter? Are any of us in serious competition over that?

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: I've done probably 1/2 dozen of his caches, and would describe them as "normal." But for an expert opinion, let's wait for StayFloopy to check in; I think he's done most of this fellow's caches. Floops?? Of those I have found, a majority of them are normal and hidden under his regular coverings, which would be a pile of sticks/leaves. That is his usual style. I'd say there are one or two where the environment has been disturbed a touch more than necessary to hide the cache but that's just IMHO and not the subject of this topic. One of his recent caches was a two-parter where the first part was a rusty motorcycle on which he had written the coordinates of the final cache. Of course, I think the motorcycle was originally there so it shouldn't be too much of a problem unless someone gets the impression we are dumping old vehicles into a park area to hide caches. So this cache that we are discussing has no precedent, as far as I am aware, in his body of work. I do agree that whether or not the observers were there before he hid the cache, it might give others a bad impression of geocaching, and that adding to the observers would be littering.

quote:Originally posted by urbo: i'm wondering if any other geocachers were using LED lighting? I keep an LED flashlight in my backpack because it doesn't weigh very much and you never know when you need to look deep into a rock crevice or a hollow log. I find that it is not as bright as the Craftsman lantern that I use for nighttime caching.

quote:Originally posted by macro: Anyone else ever have this happen to them while off trying to enjoy themselves for the afternoon? Happened once. Not while caching though. Someone got in and took all but two of the parkway tokens.

quote:Originally posted by macro: Anyone else ever have this happen to them while off trying to enjoy themselves for the afternoon? Happened once. Not while caching though. Someone got in and took all but two of the parkway tokens.

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: Sorry, Floops! If only I had known . . . Not a problem... I did visit your second cache location a bit later. Now, I'll answer the question... if one of my caches were stolen or missing, then I'd archive it as I'm not likely to replace it. I don't think any of mine have had too many visitors yet and two of them are in rocky/bouldery areas where an excess of visitors shouldn't pose too much of a problem.

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: I've archived two caches. The first one I archived after several months due to a lack of activity. I think perhaps I hadn't selected the best location. A month or so later, I placed an identical cache 1/4 mile away, in the same type of location. It receives frequent visits, so go figure. Ironically, you archived the first cache just a day or two before one of my earliest visits to the Princeton area. I don't think there would have been anything wrong with keeping that one, if that was the only reason for removing it, as it's only a matter of time before more people participate.

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: Maybe we should all head up that way and place level 4 microcaches so that Floops can stay home one weekend. But... if I stay home, where am I going to get good crabcakes?

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: Maybe we should all head up that way and place level 4 microcaches so that Floops can stay home one weekend. But... if I stay home, where am I going to get good crabcakes?

quote:Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana: When in Map mode do you prefer _Track up_ or _North up_ I prefer North Up because I find that with Track Up, the display turns around so much that it is disorienting.

quote:Originally posted by Mopar: coughStayfloopycough Actually, I've been trying to get away from that. For the past few weekends, I have ventured out much further to DC, VA, MD, DE. I'm planning to go to other states in the coming weeks. But geez guys, if you're going to leave that cache down in Cape May unfound for so long, I can't help being the first finder.

quote:Originally posted by Mopar: coughStayfloopycough Actually, I've been trying to get away from that. For the past few weekends, I have ventured out much further to DC, VA, MD, DE. I'm planning to go to other states in the coming weeks. But geez guys, if you're going to leave that cache down in Cape May unfound for so long, I can't help being the first finder.

quote:Originally posted by King Pellinore: I'm sure Stayfloopy has several days of 30+. He's remarkable! King Pellinore Thanks but not quite. The best I've done in a 24-hour period is 21 finds.

quote:Originally posted by tneigel: Hi, Just wondering where people are from (in this Northeast category). I'm from Central New Jersey (Route 195). ... growing. Why don't you come out to southern Jersey and log some caches. Northern NJ here. Near the highest numbered exit on the parkway. Believe me, I'm trying. It's just that some of those South Jersey locations are close to 3 hours away from my place! But I have logged a good number of your caches below 195 even if I didn't get to all of them.

quote:Originally posted by mcb: I love poll post. So how many of you have hunted cached at night? Please feel free to add good stories as a follow up post. Some local cachers may have been surprised by my log book entries noting times like 2am or 3am. Most of the time though, it was just after sunset, and I was still in the mood for just one more cache. And oh yeah, once was near midnight in a park that had so well-lit that I didn't see how it could be any harder than caching in the day!

quote:Originally posted by mcb: I love poll post. So how many of you have hunted cached at night? Please feel free to add good stories as a follow up post. Some local cachers may have been surprised by my log book entries noting times like 2am or 3am. Most of the time though, it was just after sunset, and I was still in the mood for just one more cache. And oh yeah, once was near midnight in a park that had so well-lit that I didn't see how it could be any harder than caching in the day!

quote:Originally posted by dan_edwards_1966: That data cable is only for Palm. You need one made for the Visor. You can find one at http://www.thesupplynet.com/searchResults.cfm?prodMadeBy=248&SubString=&mySearch=mfg for many phones. The link I gave will take you to the Cool! Thanks for the info. Looks like just what I need.

quote:Originally posted by exConn: 1) What brand/model camera do you use? (specify digital or film) 2) If film, how do you get your photographs into a digital format (scanner? online service? burned to CD?) 3) What software do you use to format your photograph to 100K or less for the site? 4) What are your tips for achieving balance between picture quality and picture size (<100K)? Sony Mavica. It's the lowend model that only has 640x480 resolution so most of the pictures are below 100KB already. For the few that aren't below 100KB, I'll use Macromedia Fireworks (very old version) or Irfanview to reduce them.

quote:Originally posted by pater47: Ok, here's the deal. You can go do one cache today. Which one will it be? 1/3 or 1/4 would be great. A chance to stretch the legs after a long drive but no problem finding it once I arrive onsite. But who am I kidding? I usually end up with a lot of 2.5/2 or 1.5/1.5 anyway.

Fell so many times I lost count but never was seriously injured from any of those. Apparently, falling on one's butt, while undignified, isn't really so bad. Then I go to pick up a cache and break a fingernail. What irony. There was a time when a large rock rolled over my foot while I was up on the side of a hill in Harriman State Park. Fortunately, my foot just happened to be inside a small depression so there was no damage done.

quote:Originally posted by bunkerdave: How many caches have you had come up missing? bunkerdave I had a report that one of my caches was ransacked and maybe some cache items were gone. The cache is still there though.

quote:Originally posted by tecmage: What was your first item? Richard Oh my, it was so long ago... I forgot and had to look it up. I took a flattened penny.