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Actually, no. In other words, the helpful person had previously found the cache and learned that it may be missing. He and another person who had previously found the cache went up and searched the area for it and found it had been burnt in a grass fire. They had a replacement container the same size, shape, etc in their car. They walked back to the car, took the new container out, added a log, brought it back to the cache's placement and put it exactly where the cache had been placed.

A cache around here needed maintenance, and a helpful person went out and replaced it. The reviewer in our area decided to ignore the new logs saying they found it and it was fixed, and archived it anyway. A new cache was later placed there, and the old one remains a few feet away so someone decided to post the coordinates so people can go find the old one since it is still there and accessible. That's the only archived cache I've ever found.

They only have what the person who placed the cache gives them, which is often nothing other than "it's a small container in ____" Is it unfair that emails get sent directly to my phone, and I can then open them right into the app from that email on my phone, and then conveniently walk right over to it and read the hint and description without having to use a computer to load anything at all? He's playing the same game we're all playing. The only difference is he gets the coordinates slightly before us. I highly doubt he's that obsessed that he's out finding anything before he publishes it. Come on, now.

I like it. While I enjoyed the august souvenir challenge, and I enjoy that I have them all, it'd be nice if they turned them all into one at the end. Either way, I'm okay with my clutter

I loved when I was a non premium member, and I'd sit in my car decrypting a hint only to find it says "no hint" or "none needed".

I guess people snooping around bushes are cachers. When I pull up near a cache and see someone in the area. I simply hold my GPS in my hand as I walk over and if they're geocachers, they'll usually take notice and if not, they'll think nothing of it. Today, I parked my car in an area overlooking a highway off ramp and got out. I walked three steps before I heard a man yelling from the off ramp "CORDS ARE SLIGHTLY OFF, HEAD OVER TO THAT BIRCH TREE" and then he drove off. It was fun. Another time I was at a bus stop and I know of a cache that a local indie newspaper allowed to be placed in their paper box. I saw a woman look in it, walk around it, and then peer near the sides. I walked over and said "I know what you're doing." in an accusing voice. Her reaction was hilarious and then I helped her find it and we talked for a bit after. Ya know. It's easy to tell once you're part of the game.

I don't see what's unfair about it. They play the game too. The reviewers around my parts are all not from here, but I still wouldn't see a big deal about it. They have just as much information as you and I.

From what I've seen, people don't often take them. I always like seeing them though.

He got back to me. He didn't realize it was trackable, but told me to feel free to activate it. Has anyone experience tags as swag before?

He definitely checks his emails, because he was one of the first people to go looking for this cache after it was posted. He found it within an hour of the FTF and the 2TF. I'm gonna wait a week.

I have four caches out right now that would be defined as a history cache. I'd love for them to be noted as what they are, seeing as a lot of people tend to not read descriptions around here.

Yours was also not prickish. I somehow overlooked yours.

I have six, and in my area a FTF is a big thing because there's huge competition for them. I've showed up with four other people looking and made the FTF. The bragging rights are great, especially because there's a guy who has an obsession with being first. My 6th find was a FTF, actually. Only been caching since March, so it's going well for my FTFs, seeing as there aren't many posted lately.

Some of you are going to say this belongs in the TB section, but I'm posting it here because it's not about using the tracking bug or anything, it's about geocaching in general. I travel back and fourth often between two locations that are about 4 hours apart. During this past week, I put out a new geocache in one of the areas and one of the first people to find it said they dropped a tracking bug. I noticed they didn't log it, but I went over to grab it because I was traveling today and wanted to give it some distance. So I grabbed it and went to log that I have it, and it wasn't yet activated. I emailed the person who dropped it with no reply, but they've been caching since 2004 and have well over 3000 finds and over 100 tracking dog tags alone. What does one do in this situation?

Ah, yes. I forgot the forums were filled with miserable old whiners that can't be civilized even over the internet. Thank you, team tisri, for actually explaining it in a fashion that isn't attacking me or attempting to belittle me. Tall grass could be useful for other things, but I suppose you're right.

Many times, I've gone for a cache that has been labelled as a park and grab and on the map it looks like it's just on the side of the road, but it ends up with a small trek through tall grass. On rainy days or days after it's rained, this just sucks. You get soaked. I know, that's part of the game, but sometimes I'm just going out for a quick find and I get there and end up having to change my clothes. I think a tall grass attribute would be great.

My bag always has: A notebook Extra logs Extra baggies Extra Batteries Swag Items 550 Cord Package of pens Water Dry socks&Shoes Towel All of this(for the most part) are inside of a large black garbage bag which is put into the book bag to water proof it. I also carry a few zip lock bags to put my cell phone into if my adventure starts to get wet. If I have to cross deep water, the garbage bag gets some air into it (to help it float) and I tie it a certain way so that water cannot get into it. My bag also ties closed. My belt always has: GPS Gerber Multitool Mind you, for urban caching all of this isn't needed and usually stays in my car. All you need for urbans are the pens, papers, baggies (for repairing if you like to do that for people) and a GPS/Phone and a multitool.

Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia if you want it to take a trip through the maritimes.

I agree with this one. Also, if you know of really clever hides, go find those ones too even if you've already found them. People tend to appreciate geocaching more if the hides aren't just a guard rail cache. My uncle is now hooked after two days of knowing it exists because I took him to clever ones, and then took him to easier ones.

Best thing for me is it will email me whenever a new cache is placed within 50km from my home. That way, I race the others for FTF. Besides that, you can filter your searches which is great. I love premium. It has too many benefits.

Well seeing as I had to use my car to travel to each cache, and the fact that the trackable was in a bag that I take out of my car with me when I go find a cache... I would say the better part of every cache I've visited, which is over 200.

There's been a lot of theft of trackables in my area. By theft, I do mean actual theft as someone has left cards saying "Taken by the keeper of trackables", so I've become paranoid leaving them around my area. So there was one trackable I've had with me since late march, and it was in my car the entire time and I never found a cache I was comfortable leaving it in. Today, I grew out of that fear and put him out hoping he'll get passed along. Then, it hit me. I've been travelling a lot and having him visit caches while on road trips. I wonder how much distance he covered with me! So, is there a way that I can do this? If not, could I make the suggestion that it shows us when we drop them just how much distance we have personally added to a trackable's total distance?

I'm 23 years old and I look about 18 according to what I'm told. The way I look, people are going to think I'm a teenager. If someone sees a teenager lifting up lamp pole skirts as opposed to a 30 year old lifting up lamp pole skirts, I'm sure the "teenager" is going to look more suspicious. But I've only had one personal run in with the police, and it was when a guy happened to see me lift a lamp pole skirt and take an object, and then put the object back. I can definitely see why that looks strange, and when I saw the police pull up, I happily walked over with my GPS and explained what geocaching is, how to do it, and what I did there today. They checked my ID, everything checked out, and I left as well as the police officer. The guy that called the police happened to own a store within that strip mall. I went onto the cache page, logged it, and told them what had happened. The CO took the cache down, and that was the end of it. There's no reason to tell a complete stranger off for something they didn't do. For all we know, the park ranger could be a different ranger than who was there three years ago. That type of thing happens. There's no need to act like an a** to someone over a complete misunderstanding, which is all this was.

What do you mean, you wouldn't do it again? Those are the things that make caching fun! Well, not sure about the treading water for miles. It was a horrible island that caused us to maneuver through massive trees acting as cages that were knocked down as we bushwhacked from one side of the island to the other. Legs are torn to shreds and have some deep cuts on my arms. We thought it would be easier to take the shore, until the shore turned into not a shore. My father swam, and I had to scale up a cliff, up another cliff, and down a third cliff without any climbing equipment so that our cell phones in my back pack didn't get ruined. What should have taken three hours took seven. It was just a horrible day all together, but hey. Making memories. If I could go back, we would have just canoed around the island and picked up the caches as we went. At least then, I wouldn't be a 23 year old complaining about back pains today.

Well I just figured if they didn't log on since march, didn't find a cache since 2010, and this has not been found for a couple years, may as well.