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This is a fantastic cache. The C/O is a bit sketchy, but he does good work. The previous poster is a bit sketchy but he occasionally posts a helpful note.

You can also try searching for "Restin'" or "Resting" or even "Bone Yard", not just cemetery. Nearly all of our cemetery caches here in Ontario have "Restin'" in their title. We even have one cacher who has created a public bookmark list of them which as of today now contains 349 caches.

From the Knowledge Books (bold emphasis is mine): "Challenge cache owners must demonstrate that the challenge is attainable. Reviewers may ask the cache owner to demonstrate that they have previously met the challenge and/or that a substantial number of other geocachers would be able to do so." I have placed 4 challenges of my own and for three of them I was asked by my reviewer to demonstrate that I had in fact met the requirements of the challenge. This wasn't possible for the fourth one as it couldn't be found for almost a year after it was placed. I think one situation where I can see a CO logging a find on their own challenge cache is when it is the complete 81 grid aka Fizzy grid challenge as that is a significant challenge to meet. It's not about finding your own cache, it's about completing your own challenge.

I call it an addictive outdoor activity, but you can call it whatever you like.

Yodel-lay-he-what?! requires two people to solve a puzzle but apart from each other. It's designed in such a manner that you yell instructions to each other atop two hills in a forest (in our case we used walkie-talkies). Take a look at the comments and you'll see why it has already rated 9 Favs out of 14 visitors. Contact the CO for detailed instructions on how he set it up.

Fireflies, Birds & Other Night Creatures is a Chirp Letterbox that is nicely done. Even if you don't have a GPS that can detect a Chirp, you can still find this cache.

Going for 9 different icon types?

ab/cd/efgh probably equals dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy (Canadian date format vs US date format). Say the date on the tombstone is Feb 15, 1899 then ab/cd/efgh = 02/15/1899 or 15/02/1899. Therefore Q=1+9 in Canadian date format or Q=0+9 in US date format. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO = 15 letters. Notice that co-ordinates tend to be 15 numbers. If I can make s suggestion given that you are new to geocaching, for now stick with Traditionals and simple Multis or Mysteries. This way you will avoid frustration at an early stage which might turn you off of this activity. You will experience your share of DNF's as we all do, but that is par for the course. Once you have a number of finds under your belt you will find yourself gravitating to more mysteries and multis. But even then, focus on the ones you are pretty certain you can solve. Finally, don't be afraid to ask the CO for help, but let them know what you have tried to do to solve their puzzle so they don't think you are just coming and looking for the answer itself.

And I think you are going to be the CO's of one of the most popular mystery caches on Family Day of this year. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

or, if you complete TWO grids: Twice as Fizzy Hmmm... do we need to create a "Triple Bypass" challenge cache? I know of one cacher who shall remain anonymous, (Lisdowney - oops did I say that out loud) who is working on their 8th grid!

You got to go to school?

How about an Oregon 550? Wait, got it. How about a Triton 2000? Wait, got it. How about a Triton 1500? Wait, got it. How about a Nuvi 750? Wait, got it. How about more time to go caching? Would love to have it!

Find Nearest to Home: GC13AC3 - A View To Lake Ontario (Ontario, Canada) 0.076 mi Find Farthest from Home: GC1HA96 - Butterfly Garden @ Changi Airport T3 Transit (Singapore) 9311.115 mi Find Farthest East (from Prime Meridian): GC119V6 - Rock Islands of Palau (Palau) N 07° 20.373 E 134° 27.512

Never be afraid to ask the CO for help - after all, we create puzzles so they can be solved. Some of us may not be forthcoming when FTF is still up for grabs but after that, well I've found nearly every puzzle creator willing to guide me along the way, as long as I show them that I have been trying to make an effort.

Seems pretty close to one of the ideas I ran past a reviewer. No doubt he would say it's the same as having 4 reflective containers hanging around, each with a number in or on it. But it would certainly make for a good night only Mystery cache.

"Hocus pocus" - how can you not love that term! Guess I know what my New Year's resolution is going to be - seeing as how I never managed to keep any of the previous ones this should keep my trend intact.

Blocking the lightsource would be an easy way to bypass that. How about a timer/clock or something to that effect? You would have to have it unlock after 15 minutes of darkness..... In our area, in November and December, darkness falls upon us as early as 5:30 pm, June-August, make it 10 pm. I'm hoping to avoid anything that requires a power source due to the elements (cold, rain, snow, etc.).

I've been racking what's left of my grey matter to come up with an idea for a truly night only Traditional. Given that the co-ords for a Traditional have to be exact this isn't as easy as it seems. Virtually every idea I have come up with winds up being a Multi or a Mystery. One suggestion that has been proposed is to put a lock on the cache and the cacher has to hunt for another container with reflective tape on it to get the combination - I checked with one of our local reviewers and this would be considered to be a Mystery. Another is to put the cache into a cave but then that could be done during the day with a flash-light so once again, it's not a true night-only Traditional. For those who want to know why I'm asking for ideas, I put out three night-only caches in the same area, a Wherigo, Multi and Letterbox and have a Mystery to put in this forest and would like to add a Traditional - that way cachers can get 5 different icon types if they want. Yes I know I could simply drop a regular Traditional in the area but I'm going for a nocturnal animal theme with these series of caches. Suggestions anyone?

Somehow I've turned into a grid fanatic - working on completing my third one now but there are some rare combinations out there to find. Going to have to travel far and wide for them. But I'm game and will take you up on this challenge.

The following can be done without having to upgrade to a premium membership (which by the way allows you to generate pocket queries which are the next best thing to sliced bread!) 1. Enter your home co-ordinates on the Your Account Details page. 2. When you are logged in, click on your username at the upper right corner of the window. 3. Below that click on the "Search for nearest geocaches from your home location" to show caches closest to where you live OR click on the Map It icon. 4. Click on a cache listing and once it appears and if it's one you want to look for, click on the Send to My GPS button (assuming you have already connected your GPS to your PC). 5. Repeat step 4. 6. For now you might want to consider searching for caches with low D/T combinations, perhaps 2/2 or lower, so you don't get frustrated with DNF's. 7. Check out the attributes for each cache especially if you have to contend with snow at this time of year. Look for caches with the snowflake icon which means they are winter friendly. 8. Make sure you have fun!

This depends on a number of factors including but not limited to: That you have provided all of the necessary information required to list your cache (if it's a puzzle did you include the co-ordinates for the final, if it's a multi did you include all the additional waypoints). If it's in an area that the reviewer knows permission is required to hide a cache has such permission been obtained? The availability of the reviewer(s) in your area (they have lives outside of geocaching). In other words, there is no definitive time frame, some take a few hours to be published, some may take a day or two.

I've done a bunch of night caches and only encountered one problem - where reflective tape only was used and in some places had come off the trees. If you're going to use tape, then make sure you use a push pin (or a fire tack) to keep it in place. Why use tape at all? Well you can get inventive and layer colours on top of one another which is great for a multi, or in the case of one one of my night caches, a Wherigo.

I concur - with one statement in particular. I'll leave it up to the CO to figure out to which one I am referring.

Careful....I think the geek still has an outstanding warrant in the NCC area. :rolleyes: I'm innocent I tell ya! Innocent! Even if I wasn't, those coppers will never catch me!

Why wasn't I invited along? Or maybe I was and I forgot.