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If you search by state all the new caches list first. If you are just trying to get some FTF's you could bookmark your home area over at Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint they list all the established caches in red, and all the new caches are blue dots. Click on them and it will take you to the cache page. They also list caches from Nav1cache, and in some areas those are lsited way before GC.com lists new caches.

I don't know which GPS you have so I dont know what is available, but for accesories, I find the Vehicle Mounting Bracket and PC Data/Cigaretter Lighter Adapter accessories as must have "bare minimums" try ebay for cheap prices.

TB assassins? Paranoid much?

Try EHCACOG - it'll drive 'em nuts. It would drive me nuts too.

Those "Euro" stickers are everywhere now, (how many hundred thousand OBX stickers have you seen?!) I also don't really like the fact that they just say "GEO" or "GPS." Besides, not everyone like to put bumper stickers on their cars. I ordered the long geocaching.com window cling, but becaue of the tint on the windows of my SUV its not visible on the back window from outside the car. So I have to have it on the front window along the bottom. Hopefully thats an okay spot. I hope to get a personalized geocaching plate soon, but now I will have to think something up besides GOCACHE.. hmm....

If someone takes a TB and keeps it (Steals it) then they probably are not going to log it on the site. Or if a new person takes it thinking it is a trade item, or if someone throws it in their pack or car then cannot find it they can't/don't log it out of the cache. Or if someone picks up a TB and then drops it into a cache without noting its TB # then they cant log it out of the cache. (They could however email the bug owner and ask.) So the bug shows as in the cache when in reality it is MIA. So it is then up to the bug owner to either move the bug to a "travel bug graveyard," log it as MIA or simply do nothing. I think it usually depends on how active the cacher is.

Dont know if on your way back you are going further south then sunbury, pa but the cache Dirty Girty is about 30 miles south and is on 15.. I did that one on my way from rochester to baltimore last fall and it was a really quick and easy.

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Rusty o Junk has CACHER in NYS.. see my reply for further suggestions in your other post.

I actually had this convo a couple weeks ago in the NYGO chat room with someone, we came up with a few neat ones, but of course i can't remember them. There are a couple creative plates available for NYer's. Cach3r NYCacher WGS84 n43 w077 (or whatever) iluvGPS GeoCash (bleh) CacheHnt GoCache (hmm maybe I will get this) Go Cache Go@Cache (@ is the NY State symbol) I Cache I@cache GotCache (for safety sake probably a bad idea) Navicach (haha) gofindit LuvCache Edit to add: NY allows 8 characters including a space or the NY symbol (you can use one or the others not both) Ok I better stop.

click on the "Hide and Seek a Cache" in the top left it says by zip code: (US zipcode lookups can be found here.) click on where it says HERE, that will take you to the USPS Zipcode Look up. Then you can look up your cousins zipcode bt entering his town and state (assuming you live in the USA) and you can then enter it into the search box and be able to find caches in his town! Good luck!

Some of my favorite caches are the ones that take you either to or by interesting places. A couple of my favorite caches have been a multi that took you by an old prison, a traditional that took me to an "oak opening" one of only a few in the world, a cache that took me through an old army base where I could see all the old buildings, 2 different caches that took me right up to waterfalls, 2 different caches that took me through old abandonded towns, and one of my very favorites ever was a short hike through a really cool field of giant human and animal like sculptures.. It was one of the first caches I ever did, and is still my favorite. (If you're in Upstate New York check it out Walk with Giants GC8378) I really enjoy seeing new places, or things that were right in your backyard, but that you never knew about, or took the time to visit. Once I get to the area I like to be able to find the cache relatively easily (instant gratification). That said, I am glad there are lots of types. I like "challenging" caches from time to time, where you are really puzzled once you get to ground zero. However, I have brought my 80 year old Grandmother caching with me several times. She likes short walks (less then a mile round trip) and really enjoys the cache and dash type hides, where we get out of the car walk .2 or so miles find it, and return. My 11 year old cousin is my almost all the time caching partner, and he loves the trading . His favorite type of cache is one that is stocked with great items. Nice toys, first aid items, camping stuff, watches, tattoos, etc.. We have been really lucky in that most of the caches right around my area have all had really great things in them. We went out of state caching over the fall and hit a loop of caches over a few miles that had junk in them, and even though they were really clever hides, and spectacular views, he left overall disapointed. (I was happy though) I have also found that on long car trips looking for locationless caches out the window can be a great way to pass time. Last summer my family drove up to Toronto and we saw lots of Locationless Caches along the way. I made a print out of the checklist page, everyone read it over and would shout out when they saw one. We didnt even log them all, just had fun "car caching." Sort of like Travel Bingo. The great thing about caching is there are so many different kinds, you never get bored, and there is something for everyone! Edit to add: I don't think every cache needs to have that WOW! factor in them, but I don't think people should place a cache in a park just because there isn't one there yet. I have placed a few easy easy ones, and stocked them with great loot, and have stated the reason why i picked that certain area. All caches that are placed with care and thought have a good place in Geocaching. :-)

I was looking at the page for the Wisconsin Campout with the "1000" finds. When I first read that, I though WOW! 1000 cachers got together? Impressive! So I clicked the link to look and it says "49 teams" came to the event and "you may log a Found It! entry for each of the temporary caches you found during the weekend" I have only been to a very few events. Only 2 big organized ones with lots of temporary caches, but no one from either picnic logged multiple finds on the Event page for the temporary event caches. I figure, of course it's different in every part of the country, and this probably is "the norm" in Wisconsin.. So I was wondering if people did that in other parts of the country too? Or if it's more common to just log the Event itself and count the temp caches as fun.. Just curious how events go in different parts of the country. Please note this is not derogatory. We LOVE going to events, and are hoping to do several out of state events this summer/fall. Some people have even said to me "I doubt it's as much fun going to an out of state event." But it really is. Or maybe we are just event addicts. =) -OW

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I agree, I wish there was a seperate designation for micros. In fact I'd rather do a locationless or a virtual (which each have their own designation), then spend 45minutes looking for a pen cap wedged into a piece of tree bark 8 feet off the ground. Some micros are nice, but I'd like to be able to filter them out for the most part. I'd like to be able to see which caches were micros on the maps easily without having to filter things through tons of software. It would also make the pocket queries even more useful.

voted as well.

I need a PC cable and a cigarette adapter for a Meridian or SporTrak. I don't need the PC/Cigarette combo cord though. I am willing to purchase just one if you have one extra or both please let me know. Email me through my profile Email address. Thanks -OW

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I've been waiting almost a week now for 2 new caches to be approved. One is simple 2/2 and one is a multi, I posted the coords for each stage and everything. I waited 5 days now and have listed it on navicache.com where it was approved in only a day.

Nor have I.

I bought a Geko 201 for people to use when they go caching with me. My 11 year old cousin is the person who caches with me almost 100% of the time and he loves it. The size of unit is great for a child, and the colour is attractive as well. He understands it pretty well, I do all the downloading the waypoints into the unit though, but he can add waypoints for stages of multi caches. He can navigate the screens, and get the bearing and distance. When he is within about 50-100 feet he turns it off and puts it away. "It's better just to look" he says. (I however use my GPS unitl the last ten feet.) I have also let my parents and grandparents use the Geko. They all have found it relatively easy to use. It is simple, but it has alot of neat features. I use a SporTrak Map for my personal GPS, and the Geko 201 keeps up with it perfectly. In fact the Geko 201 acquires and holds signals better in tree cover then my ST Map does most of the time. I got the Geko 201 for $90 on ebay a couple months ago, and the ST Map I got on ebay last year for $110. You could probably find them cheaper. Both low price units. Both great for caching. He also has his own travel bug, his own pack, his own stuff to trade, and his own cache pending approval! The easiest way to get kids totally psyched about caching is to get them their own gear.

Why doesnt "New York State" have its own approver? I can see the NYC/NJ area having one. That alone has to be alot of work for a volunteer. But why doesn't the rest of New York state have its own approver? The submit a cache page says that it should take 24-72 hours for your cache to get approved, but the average approval time has to be at least 1 week if not more. Don't mistake this as complaint, because it isn't. I just don't understand why the rest of New York doesn't have its own approver. It certainly isn't for lack of expierenced cachers. I'm sure if someone contacted NYGO (the NY State Geocache Orginazation) they could reccomend several good candidates, who know the area well. Wouldn't an extra person be a BENEFIT to the GC community?

not to stir the pot.. but why is this a good offer? The newspapers just about everywhere are littered with "akc goldens" ranging in price from free to thousands of dollars. I can't believe you would trade a dog for a car.. I hope if you do this you screen the buyer, to make sure the puppy goes to a good home. I hope also that your sire and dam have health clearances (OFA/PENN hips and elbows, OFA heart, eye clearances) to make sure they arent passing genetic diseases or defects along to their pups. I'm sure they do have clearances, of course, but those are some things for prospective "buyers or traders" to consider...

I bought a geko 201 a couple months ago as my second GPS (first being a sportrak map) I bought it to have a GPS for friends or family to use if they cache with me, as its alot more fun when you can hold a GPS, and I hate giving up my ST Map. The geko has worked, all people really need is the compass screen, which also tells coordinates, and you can scroll through about 20 other choices including bearing, heading, coordinates, etc etc.. The Geko 201 grabs sats fast and keeps them, even in heavy tree cover, the Geko 201 works great! I love my ST Map, but if you don't need a GPS with bells and whistles Id go for a Geko, its not really that small.. After all cell phones are tiny and people type messages into them or play games, or whatever so why should GPS' be huge? Its a good little unit! The color on the 201 also makes its easy to find if you drop it or misplace it!

why are you selling? I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad the dreams in which I'm dieing are the best I've ever had.