Cache-Bandits

GPS may not be prone to failure, but it is extremely easy to jam. It is a simple, fixed frequency with such a weak signal that a barrage jammer can easily overpower it, or spoof it.

Your business card is a wooden nickel. You are fluent in ROT-13 encryption. You are willing to stick your arm into a hole in a tree up to your shoulder, despite having no idea what is inside. You have bought any product and dumped the contents into the trash just to obtain the container. You have considered hiring a helicopter to defeat a level 5 terrain cache. Interventions have become so frequent, you leave the folding chairs set up. As a grown adult, you eat happy meals just to get the McToy for trading. Garmin sends you a Christmas card. You would not back down from a fistfight if winning meant you were FTF.

How about this one? We found it driving from Oklahoma to Washington. It seems to be some kind of abandoned silver mine complex. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...51-5f49ca08aeac

Allow me to add my condolences for this terrible event. I hope the healing process is quick and easier than is expected. I hope they throw the book at the drunk driver and get him off the streets for a long, long time. This has nothing to do with geocaching, and everything to do with an irresponsible criminal who deserves treatment commensurate with his regard for others.

It's the result of the WOW!!! Factor I believe. wow. I can't believe its a KFC. (KFC had to legally change their name from "Kentucky Fried Chicken" to "KFC" because it was determined in court the product they serve cannot be considered an actual piece of chicken because it is mashed up pieces and parts of processed chicken with broken bones and not actual chicken wings, breasts, etc.) Now, there is a place worthy of a Waymark. Actually, this is one ofa couple common urban legends. The real reason is that the Commonwealth of Kentucky trademarked their name in an attempt to gain revenue. As a result, KFC adopted their new name to avoid paying royalties. The Kentucky Derby also changed their name to "The Run for the Roses." http://www.snopes.com/lost/kfc.htm has the proof.

I recently had a micro find in the middle of a very busy park. The cache was magnetically held to the underside of a utility box on a post about 12" above the ground. It was the only feature for a good distance, so I was sure it was on the box before I got there. There were hundreds of people around though! I bent down and pretended to tie my shoe while I felt around for the container, grabbed it, and took it a couple hundred yards to sit and sign the log. When I replaced it, I did it in one smooth move as I walked by, then watched the site for about 20 minutes to make certain no one tampered with it. Probably my boldest public find ever, but I was ok with it since I watched so carefully afterward.

AHAA!! Thank you so much.....I can sleep now

We're not really newbies, we've been caching for a few years and have 300+ finds. However, this one acronym is still stumping us! In the titles of some caches in the Washington area is NRV or SRV, followed by the name. For example, NRV Spawn #13:Kiteline That's one we just completed. What the heck is NRV???? Please relieve our minds!

All I ask when I find a cache is that it contain at a minimum: Gold bullion, rare books, treasury notes, top-shelf liquor, deeds for real estate, swiss watches, or some combination of the above. My policy is if these things are not present, I do not trade my own valuable and rare swag of equal value.

Personally, hubby and I don't care about the swag ~ we go geocaching for the opportunity to get outdoors with the family and also to enjoy new places we've never been. However, the kiddos (one is 3, the other 5) LIVE for the swag. However big or small, they want to find 'treasure'. They appreciate anything people can leave, assuming it's in good taste and condition. And in return, they like to leave their own 'treasure' for the next person. In your terms, their "McToys" are crap, but we won't stop leaving them, as I know other small children appreciate them as well. Just my 2 cents