Fireflying
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the best thing to do when you are putting out a trackable...include directions of how to "pick up" or "drop" trackables...etc. Most of the reasons why they go missing is failure to log the trackable. You could put your TB in a plastic baggy with a piece of paper explaining how to log and please remember to do so...etc. That will really help.
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I was wondering if there was a way without purchasing the tracking bug, to just get a code and put it on your item. Or do you actually have to buy the tracking bug? I would just rather etch the code on my little bobblehead, and maybe put it in a plastic baggy with a paper stating that that was a trackable item. Are we allowed to do this?
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All things in moderation, please.
Would you go to church dressed like a children's entertainer?
I'm a little confused. Not sure what you are talking about here. Is it relevant to my question?
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I've seen logs with colored text. How do you get that?
If you also wand bold faced fonts font For larger fonts font
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have fun but ll these things add time toyour loging so I do not use these functions on all my logs
what?
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All things in moderation, please.
Would you go to church dressed like a children's entertainer?
Aw, quit clowning around!
While you're posting, do you see the fonts and sizes above the text area? Just to the right is a color palette logo. Click it & a choice of colors appears. Click your choice and go!
no I am talking about in logs...for geocaches. Not forums. When I submit a log there is not color or size or anything to.
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I've seen logs with colored text. How do you get that?
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In our area we've almost run out of interesting places to hide caches, so I am trying to make interesting containers.
Pics of the finished cache, ready to place.
The door on the front cannot be opened until you solve the puzzle.
The first three tiles are fixed in place.
Instructions in the cache box.
The last three tiles have strong magnets in them to unlock the latch. (thus the need to alphabetize the tiles.)
A large Lock-N-Lock will live there.
This is brilliant. Wish I had your kind of creativity. Where is this cache? I want to visit this cache... maybe see if some of my family can do it.
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This one was eventually muggled
It was made from a piece of a dead tree.
Can you spot it??
Now that's just plain evil> .... Good one
I don't see it.
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It wont let me see the pic
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Is 100 too many geocaches to put out? I would guess the most a hardcore geocacher would hide, would be around 40. What is it?
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I want to start a collection of some of the best geocaches or geocache containers. Please try to include pictures.
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Hi FireFlying, way kewl user name!
Carmex lip balm containers are not water tight.
The standard you should be reaching for, if you have an annual humidity rate exceeding 0.1% is water proof.
If you are looking to hide an itty bitty container, Google Bison Designs. They make great, waterproof, very small containers oft called Bison tubes. So good, in fact, that they are copied relentlessly, using inferior production methods. The cheap imitations are not much better than a lip balm container. Other micro sized quality containers are match safes and soda bottle preforms. Really good small to medium containers include real Lock & Lock containers, medium Therapak canisters and Nalgene jars. If you want the best container out there, I recommend the venerable ammo can.
Thanks for your input, but I am more looking for an old container of some sort around the house that I would normally throw away. I don't really want to spend much for a container.
Consider the number of times you will have to go to replace or dry out the logbook if you use a crappy cache container vs. using something that will last and ask yourself if it is worth the savings. Waterproof match container. 99 cents at Walmart. It will save you numerous cache maintenance trips. Heck, PM me and I will send you some decent containers. Please don't use crappy cache containers for your own sake and that of those who will be hunting your caches.
ok will definitely be thinking about getting a match container. Didn't know they were so cheap
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Hi FireFlying, way kewl user name!
Carmex lip balm containers are not water tight.
The standard you should be reaching for, if you have an annual humidity rate exceeding 0.1% is water proof.
If you are looking to hide an itty bitty container, Google Bison Designs. They make great, waterproof, very small containers oft called Bison tubes. So good, in fact, that they are copied relentlessly, using inferior production methods. The cheap imitations are not much better than a lip balm container. Other micro sized quality containers are match safes and soda bottle preforms. Really good small to medium containers include real Lock & Lock containers, medium Therapak canisters and Nalgene jars. If you want the best container out there, I recommend the venerable ammo can.
Thanks for your input, but I am more looking for an old container of some sort around the house that I would normally throw away. I don't really want to spend much for a container.
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Dollar-store containers:
This is my own cache, in a location which tends to be underwater several months of the year. I placed it on impulse and I only had a cheapie $1 container with me - a lapse of judgment I'll never repeat.
I've since re-engineered the hide to be much more submersible.
Gee I sure hope you took the lighter out too LOL
Why? It isn't likely to be at all hazardous anymore.
It contains lighter fluid...how is it not?
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Dollar-store containers:
This is my own cache, in a location which tends to be underwater several months of the year. I placed it on impulse and I only had a cheapie $1 container with me - a lapse of judgment I'll never repeat.
I've since re-engineered the hide to be much more submersible.
haha I see some sort of license in there as well.
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I am looking to hide a cache. I was thinking of using an old carmex lip balm container...cleaned out of course. Would that be a good container to use? Or will it leak? Any other suggestions for containers from household items I can use would be helpful. Thanks.
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Carmex lip balm tin. Yup, you guessed it - complete with lip balm residue still in the container. Also, attached to metal using a magnet - and the magnet was not attached to the container.
What's wrong with a carmex container?
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Well, that was a rather rude response. I do not recommend hiding a geocache with a smartphone, as you said yourself they are not always accurate. If you really want to hide one you could do a couple things until you can get you a GPSr. Make it an easy hide out in the open, nothing under tree cover. There are also waypoint averaging apps for smartphones. If you use an averaging app and stand in the spot until it shows a high accuracy then that should be good enough for a simple hide. In the long run you will want a GPSr, but hopefully that will give you some info and help until you acquire one. Good Luck
Thanks a lot!
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Do you know of any gps apps that are more accurate for the android?
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Hello, I fairly new and I want to place a cache. I don't have an actual gps and I don't have the money to buy one. I usually use 2 different apps to do my geocaching...the official Groundspeak one, and c:geo. I have the apps for my android phone. I know it is not really accurate...how do I get an accurate reading to place my cache?
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I am want to put a cache out and I need to know how far away in feet and meters please
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The app didn't show up in the Google play store So I don't think it is for android users. I would really like to find a good app for this as I do not have a gps.
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wow that's insane.
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Maybe they don't know how to log that they picked it up. a LOT of people fail to log trackables because they don't know how or they just plain forget. It has only been about a week. I am sure they are not keeping it to make you mad. It will turn up eventually don't worry.