crawil
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Nope. Nothing for me either. Someone feed the hamsters!!
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KJ6PRQ from Orange County, CA.
I've been geocaching since 2006 and just got my ham license this spring.
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Not everyone will agree, but here's my answer:
If it was archived and given a new GC# then yes.
If it's moved a little but has the same GC# then no.
I realize it could be in exactly the same spot with either of the above actions by the cache owner.
We each have to make our own rules and limits... that's how I do it.
My thoughts exactly.
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Has anyone tried one of these yet?
There is no ink - they leave a bit of metal behind. No smudging, no running and only about $30.
My biggest concern would be soft, soggy logs.
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I agree with briansnat. I do turn on the averaging feature on my Garmin but within 2 or 3 readings it settles down to the same set of coordinates. When I get home, I enter them into both Google Maps and Google Earth to see if they are where I expect them to be.
I've never had complaints about coordinates being off, except when I key them in wrong on a new cache!
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We took a family hike some time ago and decided to reset the track log before we started. Being new to the unit, I erased everything! No waypoints for our upcoming hike!
Luckily, I had a PalmPilot (I think) with the off-line info on it so I was able to, one-by-one, manually input the coords for each cache we wanted to hit on the hike. It took 15-30 minutes and the wife and kids weren't too happy with me.
It happens.
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There is a multi-cache hidden near my house whose final location is several hundred miles away. It has been found by 3 cachers since 2004. Be prepared for very few logs.
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Not sure about cub scouts but the Boy Scouts are doing a Geocaching merit badge. Cub scouts would have a belt loop or a pin.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no award, pin or badge that Cubs can earn directly related to geocaching. They can take hikes, learn about nature, go on family outings, etc. while caching, though!
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2. Not sure how this one would work but it's an idea. I often would like to keep the geocoins that I find due to their design or meaning (I always put them back out for the record). Is there a way we could make copies of these coins available? ...or is this already happening?
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Take a photo or scan it before you put it back out. If you want to purchase a copy of the coin, there are many web sites offering them for sale. Start with eBay and Google.
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Or get an iPhone or Android-type device and do it all on the road with no local database at all.
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A few quick ideas:
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
"The Endless Hunt"
"The End"
The GC code of the cache
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Please keep in mind that some mobile browsers don't render the cache page the same way as a regular computer does. My (now old) Blackberry didn't show the large white area but just the background. Those cache pages with the "pretty" or "cool" backgrounds just become literally unreadable.
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Something to remember - many cachers are using mobile phones to view the cache page on the web. As scaled-down browsers, some have problems viewing graphics. If this is a going to be a traditional cache, please think again about using a special font just for the cool factor.
If this is a puzzle cache and part of the puzzle depends on the font, then go ahead!
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Open Excel. Enter the numbers 1 - 5 in increments of 0.5 down the left and across the top. Print. You can also make a table in Word or Powerpoint or OpenOffice (free) or Google Docs (free).
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Received my geocaching survey today - quickly filled it out and got it back to them.
Funny, I never got my 2010 Census form even though we've owned the same house for something like 7 years.
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harryflashman - I also live in the LA area, but down in OC. I keep an off-line database of the closest 1,400 caches or so and they describe a circle with a radius of about 12 miles.
To go out 50 miles from my house, which would not make it to the far end of the LA metro area, now you are talking about 14,500 caches. Your GPSr only holds 500 waypoints and you won't make it very far before you outrun your loaded caches!
Your best bets are either to carry a laptop, find free wi-fi, create a PQ and download it to your GPSr
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get a smartphone that just looks up the caches no matter where you are.
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I assume the badge is for 'geocaching' not 'signing up to geocaching.com website'.
I see no reason why the scouts should need to follow any Groundspeak guidelines or demands of the geocaching community. They could just as easily place their own temporary geocaches wherever they liked and keep it all in the scout community.
Granted having them list on geocaching.com would be a boon, but it's not necessary. It's a bit like getting a merit for camping, but only if you purchase a Vango Tent and camp at Vango approved camp sites.
Some of us may be more experienced at doing this but we don't own the hobby, it's something anyone can take part with or without our permission, way of doing things, or a specific website.
Flame-suit on.
The guidelines actually do specify logging on and signing up.
Are there guidelines on the geocaching site about how old you have to be to create an account? On the letterboxing site I'm a member of, it's 13 years or older.
Also, is maintenance specifically mentioned in the Scout guidelines? If so, are children expected to be able to maintain a cache they likely can't maintain without the help of an adult (driving, accompanying them to the cache location, purchasing supplies container, swag, logbook).
First, I can't find anything on the website about a minimum age requirement.
Second, requirement #2:
2. Discuss the following with your counselor:a. Why you should never bury a cache
b. How to use proper geocaching etiquette when hiding or seeking a cache, and how to properly hide, post, maintain, and dismantle a geocache
c. The principles of Leave No Trace as they apply to geocaching
so the Scout must at least have had a discussion regarding maintenance.
Third, they don't HAVE to hide a cache to get the badge. Requirement #8:
8. Do ONE of the following:a. If a Cache to Eagle series exists in your council, visit at least three of the locations in the series. Describe the projects that each cache you visit highlights, and explain how the Cache to Eagle program helps share our Scouting service with the public.
b. Create a Scouting-related Travel Bug® that promotes one of the values of Scouting. "Release" your Travel Bug into a public geocache and, with your parent's permission, monitor its progress at www.geocaching.com for 30 days. Keep a log, and share this with your counselor at the end of the 30-day period.
c. Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in the Geocaching merit badge pamphlet. Before doing so, share with your counselor a six-month maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for the first three months. After setting up the geocache, with your parent's permission, follow the logs online for 30 days and share them with your counselor.
d. Explain what Cache in Trash Out (CITO) means, and describe how you have practiced CITO at public geocaches or at a CITO event. Then, either create CITO containers to leave at public caches, or host a CITO event for your unit or for the public.
Hope this helps.
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The short answer is "No."
The long answer is to download Pocket Queries of the areas in which you are interested into GSAK and then filter for that hider's caches.
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I, too have been anxiously awaiting the final version of the requirements. I've already filled out the paperwork to be a counselor and all 5 of my current Wood Badge ticket items revolve around geocaching. One of them is to set up a Cache to Eagle series in my council. I guess I'd better hurry on that one.
I'm a bit flumoxed on the UTM requirement, too. I'm going to have to brush up on what it is and how to plot it on a map. Never had to deal with that in the 4 years and 1,500 or so caches we've been at this.
I think the pamphlet will be an interesting read and will help us counselors-to-be understand the direction the creators of the badge were trying to go.
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If you have to use a "pointy object" to hide the cache, then it is not allowed. If the hole is already there, then you are free to fill or cover it as you wish.
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Most of our caching is suburban with occasional forays into the wilderness. We've found that a field bag is the perfect compromise of a fanny pack and a backpack.
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Please remove it! Some simpler browsers, like my BlackBerry Curve, does not place the white box behind the text, making it just about impossible to read!
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Just got it!! Woo Hoo!