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Don't look for micros if you want swag. Of course in an urban area micros are at least half of the caches. I've done member only caches and the swag was okay, I would not say great. But then I'm not in it for the swag. The advantage to a Premium Member is being able to get PQ's and in these PQ's you can filter out the micros. Another option for PM, is download all the caches, suck them into GSAK and then use GSAK to filter the micros out. You can go look for micros when you don't have the kids along. Jim

Is your Yahoo email dead? Have you changed your profile info to route the emails to your new address? Jim

Yes I think it is better to put the disclaimer on the bugs page. If you try to add a note to the cache log the cache owner will just delete it. Likewise a tag on the bug may mysteriously disappear while they are in the prison. On the bug page only the bug owner can change it. Jim

www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com. You upload your myfinds pq and then you need to download the image from INATN and host it somewhere. A little bit of HTML and there you go. If you need a place to host you can try flickr or photobucket. Snapfish will probably work also. Jim

In the state of Washington you can play frisbee in the state parks without a permit. You can place a cache WITH a permit. You can NOT place a cache without a permit. A cache placed in the state parks of Washington must display approved boilerplate on the cache page. So where does this leave us in the frisbee/cache debate? Oh, yes, the permit can be filled out online and takes about a week to get approved. Note, I said state park, not NPS. Personally for county and town parks I would prefer the managers know I'm placing a cache. I would even be happy to share the location with them. I would prefer they KNOW it is there so some maintenance dude doesn't wreck their jockey shorts and the bomb squad goes to DEFCON 1. This happened in the San Francisco bay area regional parks. Caching was immediately banned. After much effort and agreement to some ground rules geocaching was again allowed. I will ask land managers of the parks around me for permission. If I get a no then I'll go elsewhere, if I get a yes, fine. If I get no response then I will assume a yes, but at least I asked. I have placed a cache on a reservation, and, yes, I had explicit permission. Back to the normal program, Jim

Bear in mind the distance the bug travels is CACHE to CACHE, not CACHE to HOME to CACHE. Unless you have a cache at home that you dip the bug in. What this means if you haul the bug home 300 miles and then haul it back out of town 301 miles and drop it in to a cache 0.5 miles from the original the bug only traveled 0.5 miles, not 601. Jim

Mine is monopoly money on one side, (no $1 or $500) and my avatar with "jholly was here" on the other. I print them on dura-copy. (a plastic type paper from rite in the rain). Jim

Mike, To log the travelers, note the tracking number on the coin/tag. On the main page on the left side you will see Trackable Items. Click that and around the middle of the page you will see a place to enter the tracking number. (You do them one at a time). Once you log them they show up in your inventory. The next time you log a cache you will see near the bottom of the log page a list of the trackables in your inventory. You can click the one(s) your dropping. Unless you want to add to the trackable log there is no need to go back to the trackable log page. Jim

Actually I think TeamAlamo has the most found in the world. Something like 26,000 and counting. CCCooperAngency is #2. Jim

but make sure you log the TB's and geocoins on the trackables page. Jim

I don't believe these walls are particularly rare or important relics, and they will gradually deteriorate and eventually disappear. But there's no sense in hastening their demise through sheer callousness. There's no place else to hide a cache? are they any lamp posts nearby?

There is a nearby cache that has a combo lock. You need to go to the owners web page to get the combo. Jim

Some where on these forum was a fella that put out some software that allowed you to combine segments and load more maps. Not changing the limits, but working around them. Jim

Hi Mike and welcome aboard! If your gps unit is supported in mapsource you should be able to download it to your gps. You plan is pretty good. Just bear in mind when your gps says your on top of the cache, it might still be 10-20 feet away. Some even say 60 feet. There are errors on your unit placing you at the cache, as were errors when the cache owner took the co-ordinates. Yep be sure to sign the log. Swapping swat is fun, but not required. Bring your own pen or pencil just in case. This is not a micro, is it? If it is I would suggest you look for a larger cache as your first cache. Micros can be difficult for even experienced cachers. If you find a travel bug or geocoin you can take it (regardless of any cache "rules" of take one and leave one) and move it to the next cache. Just be sure you log the traveler on the travel bug page. Once you have logged it as retrieved it will appear in your inventory. The next time you log a cache you will see a drop down list near the bottom of the page. You can use this to select the traveler if you are placing it in the cache your logging.

Technically an earthcache, but Mt. Rainier summit, GCPZBX is probably a bit difficult. Jim

If it is not owned by the state, county or town(ship), the property should be listed with the tax assessors office. Bet someone has to pay tax You might need to dig through some maps to find the parcel. From that you should be able to determine who owns the property. If it is a government agency it might take a bit of web surfing to nail down the responsible agency. Jim

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So you marked your bug/coin unknown location and some time much later some one finds it in a cache and logs the bug/coin. Does it now move from unknown to the hands of the finder? If it does the mileage only the distance from the cache where it went unknown to the cache where it was found? TIA, Jim

Many (most? all?) park rangers are also peace officers. That makes it their jurisdiction. Jim Ever since Claude Dallas (sp?) I've seen a lot more armed rangers and I don't blame them. They do have the ability to enforce the law. However they are still rangers and not State Troupers. That was my point. I'm afraid I don't see your point. Yes park rangers do not administer the grounds of a rest area, generally that falls under the the state DOT. However, as a peace officer they are responsible for enforcing laws. That park ranger could pull you over and give you a speeding ticket even though that is not their "jurisdiction". Jim

Welcome to the sport! You go the the respective cache page and in the upper right corner you will see a log your visit link. Click it and fill in the log. Jim

the log is not very large. bring some tweezers and write small Jim

DING! DING! Give that man a kewpie doll. You found a blinker. Pull that little sucker off, unscrew the top, get out your tweezers to remove the log and sign. You probably won't be able to swap much in the way of swag The fun starts when you try to roll the log back up to put it back in. Hint - put the log in the top, the end opposite the magnet. Jim

Many (most? all?) park rangers are also peace officers. That makes it their jurisdiction. Jim