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I physically have a TB in my possession. I then physically drop it off in a cache but neglect to log the drop. Records will still show the TB in my possession. You come along and physically take the TB. You will then log "grabbed it from cacher". Had I properly logged the drop-off, you would have logged a "retrieved it from the cache". Never hesitate to ask a question, either here or in "real" life. Better to ask a stupid question than to make a stupid mistake.

1) Is it nice to have a little kid out there worrying about a lost cat? 2) Isn't "help me look for a lost animal" the favorite line of child nappers? 3) Why not tell the kid about the cache and make him/her the cache guardian or something that would make him/her feel important?

I do not think the checker just gives you the co-ords, you have to type in your solution (guess) and it will tell you if you are correct. At least the ones I have used operate like that. Of course the cache owner must have put into the system the correct co-ords.

Contact the Cache Owner through his/her profile. Ask for an address. Make sure you have abled the "show my address" link.

Perhaps the person who told you your GPSr would not work overseas meant that it would not have the correct maps in it. Do any GPSr units use a recharger that is plugged into a wall socket? That would not work in other countries.

I believe NC style is in a depression in the ground covered by pine straw. The same as GA.

How on earth do you find a cache only by using your breasts? What if mine aren't big enough? I can always walk into a rest room intended for the opposite sex, I do not need anybody for that.

Next time you go caching, tell your wife you are going to a fancy hotel to see your mistress. NO - do not lie to your spouse. After caching, strip naked in your yard and have your wife inspect every inch of your body.

Are you sure the cache is really gone? Maybe people just can't find it.

You could very well have all DNF's if you expect your GPSr to put you right on top of the cache, or if your settings are wrong. Even if you are doing it right, you could have a high DNF rate on micros or on very hard caches. I have about 1,800 finds and there still are days when I DNF on 5 out of 10 tries for the day.

Keep in mind that not all plastic containers are water proof. Particularly coffee "cans" do not keep water out. To test your container: fill it with toilet paper, submerge it in water overnight. If the TP is dry in the morning, you can use it for caching.

There are two events coming up in NS. Are they close enough for you to attend? Events are the best place to meet people and to get hands-on help.

Write the owner for a hint. I am sure he/she would be happy to give you a nudge in the right direction. Did you go to the site? Did you find anything with numbers?

I have a tat on my ankle, too normal for a picture. The one on the ear should definitely win, I have never seen that before.

Even better is a hollow book in a library, but you don't tell people ahead of time that it will be a book. They have to find the spot using co-ords and the reference number.

I would not trust a search engine. For fun, enter an eglish sentence into one, then translate the results into another language, then those into yet another language, and finally back into English. The results will be quite different from the original. I would post any language question on the local forum pages for that language/country.

Definitely delete the bogus logs. Let the true FTF people know that they got there first. Do you know if any of the caches had a special price for the FTF? Do any of the following logs mention that the price was still there?

When I started caching six years ago you might have to walk five miles into the woods just to get one cache. You certainly could not drive from parking lot to parking lot and easily grab 100+ caches with hardly getting out of your car. The first 1000 took me four years. The next 500 took only about a year.

Do you really want a bunch of strangers wandering on your street and in your yard at all hours? If you do, you better warn all your neighbors.

Can you tell us which cache it is? Can you access your son's e-mail account? Does he/do you wish to keep this cache open? Can you visit the cache and make sure it is not dangerous? Can you adopt the cache from him? Would your son like to let somebody else adopt it?

Who would be stupid enough to log a pick-up of a coin and then just keep it? Wouldn't it be smarter to just take the coin and never tell anybody you even visited ther cache? Obviously these people know how to log a coin, they just choose not to. Obviously these people are not layed-up in a coma, they are actively caching with access to a computer. Simply put, they are thieves stealing other people's property. Can you post a note on a local board asking if anybody knows a cacher "imathief" and explain you have not been able to contact him/her. I have seen that successfully done here before for other reasons. I think a polite reminder from an 'official" person would be much more effective.

I would write the last couple of people who found the cache to see if they happen to remember whether they saw the TB or not.

You are more likely to reach Floridians if you visit Florida Geocaching Association FGA

Do you have a backup cache to look for in case you can not find this one or it is in poor condition?

1) Even if you have the tracking number (which you should always write down just for these situations), do not just grab it from the current holder, contact him/her first. 2) If you know that you will not be able to log the drop-off within 24 hours, include a note with the bug asking the next finder to please wait a day or two (or what ever time you need).