SageTracey

Enjoy the places that the caches take you to. The hunt is great fun but remember that the cache owner has brought you there for a reason. I say this on day that I found my first international caches which took me to an area which I don't need to visit on my business trip - it was a real pleasure to wander around an attractive golf course area in Florida and to pick up some caches along the way.

So if the other co-owner is receiving the notification emails, why can't the OP add the cache to his/her watchlist to receive notifications as well? It does seem like a bug if only one owner can receive owner notifications and the other co-owner cannot even "watch" the cache.

You must be on the navigate to cache page. Click on the menu, add waypoint.

Create a waypoint and select current location.

I can foresee people finding the mini caches before the main one, thinking that they have found it but there is no log book, so they drop in a new log book, log their find and never find the actual cache. Plus you would have no way of keeping track of the mini caches so you could end up with some geo-litter happening. Keep up the creative thinking cos I like finding different caches, I'm just not sure that this one would work as you hope.

I think it's the nature of online communications that is coming into play here. When we speak face to face with someone, we use a lot of non-verbal body language which lets us know if the speaker is truly annoyed or just being sarcastic. I am trying (still learning!) not take logs as a personal attack or message. A recent DNF on one of my caches said the cache would be better known as rubbish. I had ignored the previous DNF because the cacher had zero finds. But this cacher had several thousand finds so I did a check - and then logged an owner maintenance saying that the cache was where it was supposed to be and in good condition. I had to restrain myself from responding to their rubbish comment and I am glad I did because that would have just reflected on me, rather than them. Hopefully with a few more logs, their comment will drop off the page. Good luck to the OP with your hides.

I would prefer to be notified if any of my caches needed maintenance, including a replacement log, but if a finder replaced a full log, I wouldn't get in a twist about it. I would not be happy if someone took it upon themselves to replace one of my containers. All but one of my hides is within minutes of my home so I tend to do a check when someone logs just a DNF - as I did this morning only to discover that unauthorised works at GZ had resulted in the destruction of my cache. Same works also changed the structure of the hide, rendering it useless for a replacement so I have archived that cache.

No, definitely fly in and grab a car, rental or otherwise, and explore. It's the only way. You definitely miss out on all the most amazing scenery on a cruise. I hear you but have to take others into account.

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If you're going Orlando for a Disney vacation (I know that you mentioned the primary reason was for work) you're only going to find virtual caches within the disney parks. Caching in NYC can be quite a challenge with all the tall building interfering with GPS signals and blocking views to the satellites. There are some really good ones in central park though. If you're in Indianapolis, take a stab at one of Indiana Magic Mans Shelter caches. You probably won't find it but you can add your log to the long list of DNFs. An overnight in Washington might not give you much time but a visit to HQ is worth the stop if you have time. I'd love to visit New Zealand some day but if a cruise is in my future it would probably be something in the Caribbean where I could visit several different island (countries). Thanks for the headsup NYPaddleCacher. I won't be visiting Disney but it does seem as though many of the traditional caches in the area that I will be in are in need of maintenance so could be a challenging trip in regards to caching.

At least the OP had the sense to ask the question before just going ahead and doing it. I think he has probably got the idea by now that it is not a good idea. And some feedback about alternatives.

Would it be a once-off explosion or somehow repeat everytime the cache was opened? Personally, I wouldn't like it but as I read the cache descriptions (not everyone does, you know!), I would at least have the choice as to whether I opened it or not. Also, wondering how the use of the word "bomb" would go down in a cache description?

Good advice and a lesson that I had to learn for myself! It's too easy to take it personally when another cacher suggests that your coords aren't quite right. Better to go out and check them again.

I'm heading to the US next month for work so will get my first international caches then. A week in the Orlando area, three days in New York City, overnight in Washington state and then a couple of days in Indiana before heading home again. Also trying to convince geo-hubby that a cruise to New Zealand would be a good idea later this year.

Are you putting the downloaded file into the geocaching folder on your GPSr?

+1 on finding a few caches yourself first. It really does help you to understand many of the finer points of being a CO.

OP may have a lemon, but I too have a Magellan and have had no problems other than the learning curve!

And see if you can go out with friends who have different units so you can see how they actually handle in the field.

Welcome to the obsession! Sounds like you are off to a completely normal start but before you know it, your geo-senses and persistence will kick in. Once you have a little more experience, go back to your DNFs and you will probably be surprised at how easily you find them this time around. I went to one GZ three times without success but on the fourth visit, I literally walked up to the site and put my hand on it. Yesterday my geo-hubby and I went out to pick up a few locals. There was quite a mixture of hides, including some very clever ones, but we found them all fairly quickly. In fact, the one that took us the longest was out in the open but we just failed to look up for a long time!

Go into your settings and check that the coordinates format is the same as Geocaching. Also set your datum to 84

Have you set your location on your GPS? That should help it to identify where you are and the type of coords you need. Also, check your datum and settings.

To my way of playing the game, that isn't FTF, that's bucking the system. (Which is why I say that I am still waiting for genuine FTF on a puzzle cache I placed last November. The pair who signed the log just happened to be in town the day I physically placed the cache. Kind of wish I hadn't talked about placing the cache with them.)

The one important step missing from these instructions is that you have to create your cache page first, then come back into to insert your image.

Like the COs above, I will check if there is a reported problem or a couple of DNFs. However, I will also go out and check if they haven't been logged in any way for a while (length of time depends on usual level of activity and will vary). Unfortunately some people don't log a DNF which means that I have no way of knowing that they have searched and not found, and that there may be a problem. I have put some extra effort into most of my caches and I want others to find and appreciate them!

To be honest, I wouldn't have even looked for that particular cache after reading the logs of previous finders.