Ry Dawg

Great topic! I will narrow it down the best I can. To start, living in the desert Southwest, I often come across abandoned thing; because I love to cache in the middle of nowhere. Rain Water Reservoir - abandoned during drought. Miners Cabin of Some Sort Abandoned Homestead in Nevada Pony Express Station Service Stations in Utah Abandoned Airfield in Utah

I also love the ghost cemeteries. This was one of my favorite find areas. Osceola, Nevada. Most headstone predate 1880, and are actively visited. Vibrant flowers left by distant relatives. The cemetery sits pretty high on the mountain, overlooking the Nevada Desert. It was quite beautiful.

If one gifts somebody a premium membership, are they notified from whom it was gifted? Can one stay anonymous?

“I think it’s its in this photo but I did not go any farther due to scorpions”. This is clearly a DNF, logged as found. Side note, it’s easy to carry your own pen with you. I have one every where I go..

Would anyone with experience be interested in viewing some screenshots of my unpublished cache? I would like some input or advice from somebody before submitting it to the land manager for viewing. Please email me via my profile if so.

Thank you for the information. I will look into that further. I’m not sure my phone is considered modern or not.

I’ve have seen it done once, here.

I use my phone for impromptu caching almost strictly. For unplanned, more remote areas, I will load them on my phone and use my garmin watch. Both work fine, I would just rather not search for a cell signal when I could be caching. I will never, ever list a geocache using my phones coordinates, though. (Most) Phones use triangulation, not actual GPS, so readings can and will vary drastically.

In theory, yes. Although, I would definitely mark the “additional tools required” attribute. There’s a cache around here 60 feet underwater. Obviously, those who cannot or will not dive, don’t go after that cache. Not every cache is for everybody. I think it sounds like a fun one.

The comment is fine, it actually made me laugh now that I know what it is. I just didn’t think to look at the encryption, as it’s automatic when making a hint. OPR is used a lot out here. “Obvious pile of rubble”. Usually, it is unnaturally stacked rocks.

Thanks. I did not consider encryption when pondering. all I could come up with were Best Cache Ever, which definitely doesn’t apply or Bad Caching Experience, which didn’t really work with the rest of the comment.

Always been a fan of typing out words to avoid confusion. I can decipher most terms on logs, but I’m racking my brain on this one. BCE? A new cache of mine, the second finder. Name and photo removed for finder privacy. Any ideas?

Going through some of my archives for inspiration, and found this gem. unfortunately, stuff like this is getting far more common around here; almost as bad as throw downs.

I hide mostly remote caches to highlight unique features. I try to make my caches need as little maintenance as possible. First I start with a log book, which I usually make in an old school, leather journal style with plenty of room. It goes inside a waterproof phone pouch, with a pencil. I will only hide with pencils, as cachers can sharpen them with pocket knives if needed. I usually opt for a vacuum sealed stainless steel “food container”. The Insulated type with the screw on lid for taking soups camping. If I don’t have a current budget for that and need to hide a cache, I will opt for a metal ammo can. Plastic just doesn’t last in the desert heat. It’s becomes really brittle and eventually leaks. I also do a water test by sinking my cache in the shallow end of the pool for a day before I will even bother placing it. If it leaks, it doesn’t get placed. I don’t mind doing maintenance, I just like my caches to last and stay pristine for my finders. I frequent them at a minimum thrice a year, usually more. It’s fun to find your own cache. That’s when I will compare signatures to online logs and contact suspects of armchair logging.

Update: I received a return email stating they’d be happy to work with me, and a cell phone number to discuss my plans! Time to write up my plans. excited!

Thank you for the suggestions! I have only placed physical caches on public land with openly published geocaching policies. This is a non-profit managed area, open to the public for hiking. Though there are a small number of physical caches on some of their local properties, I haven’t been able to find any posted policies, so I want to make sure it’s acceptable. I will reach out by email first. I don’t mind meeting person, however their office is in Salt Lake City, almost five hours away. It would be a long initial trip if they are uninterested. thank you again!

Beginning the planning stages of my first earth cache. My question is about obtaining permission. Those who have earth caches, what is your preferred method of communication? Email? I was also thinking of making the cache page, or a mock thereof, so I have something to reference when asking the permissions. Is that better or worse than a more vague request? thank you for your time!

Perfect, thank you!

I’m needing to search and pull up a list for caches I have found containing a word or phrase. This is for a challenge that I believe I qualify to log. havent done this in years and don’t recall how I was able to find it. thanks

I have, more often than not, seen just a “code” to be solved, without any to clue as to what it is or where to begin solving it anywhere on the page. I understand a lot of these are common so one assumes it’s self explanatory, when it is not to people who have found very few puzzles. I envy a world where things are hidden in html and page sources, etc, and admire hiders who can hide things so well. Alas, if I don’t know how or where to begin to search for something, even finding a clue, it will simply “pass” on that cache. This is why I avoid the majority of puzzle caches. Whether the overall waning is similar to my reasoning, I know not. Merely a suggestion. If there’s a lot of newer people (smartphones) they may also not know where to begin on these.

That’s the basis of my frustration with puzzles. In the guidelines it states that everyone one needs to solve the puzzle should be on the geocache page. Reading the hiders mind would not be included in this. I tend to skip over most puzzles for that reason, other than ones that clearly state what is needed to solve them.

I just adopted a cache. An inactive user signed in, archived his missing, and appears adopted out the active ones to different locals. One of them was me. I have his cache, the one I adopted, 4 years ago. Do I now have a "find" on my own cache? Should I go through and delete it if I do? What is considered "best form" for this? Thank you!

Dandy idea! I like your style! (: Nooooooo, it will only encourage more! There's a few here I've been avoiding. May at least have a benefit from then.

Dandy idea! I like your style! (:

If I want to place a multi, is it acceptable to pass the final stage (not knowing) and go back to it? My reason for wanting to do so: It's a multi to highlight a few neat spots in the area. The place nearest the end of the trail, would not be reasonable to hide anything but a log tube. I am more of a fan of multis that end with a larger cache. That was my plan. Opinions?