Sileny Jizda
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Never had any problems loading anything into our Magellan. I call bs on the 'my list of loading is shorter' bit.
I download the info from GC.com, load on GSAK, and push the load to Magellan button and bang I'm good to go. Reliability? Still have my GPS 315 and it works great. I don't do 2,000 caches a weekend so immediate availability isn't an issue.
You do need to go with whom has the maps you're looking for. That I can agree.
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The cops did their job can't fault them there. Barney int he booth on the other hand... even after the first instance should have figured it out. I agree the churn rate with those guys is ridiculous.
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I my particular county it seems some would take issue with any cache within its boundaries. We're in Amish country and a cache anywhere here could easily be deemed 'tourist baiting' if that were the case. A cache in a tourist area is no different than a cache in a Wal-Mart parking lot in my opinion. Fact is a geocacher is more likely to walk into a Wal-Mart or what have you and make a purchase than a hotel to begin with.
I have yet to have seen a geocache with concierge or room service.
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I know of a cache near here that was placed, approved, and muggled in 6 hours. I'm guessing it wasn't a bright idea for the cacher to place the ammo can less than 15 feet off a rails to trail access with no camo whatsoever.
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I've had my hide stolen and they left the cache container intact. Funny thing is they had to take the cache container OUT of the hide container. They even went through the trouble of setting the cache container upright like the hide where it sat all weekend in plain view of muggles until I found it on a Tuesday on routine business.
A different cache a different deal. The cache was reported stolen and contents stuck in a tree. We went to replace the container only to find it sitting happily where we left it. After looking over the area we found the logbook in a sandwich bag in a tree 15 feet from the cache we placed. The previous cache was archived and we thought we cleaned up the entire area. It had been in the tree for almost a year from the date of the last log entry.
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Thanks a heap.
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We're looking for the link to a site that sells the replacement type tags for TB's. We know they are not authentic but we're interested in possibly buying a few. We're also looking for the black tags that we've seen on other tb's as well that encourage moving the tb.
TIA.
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I still don't see the difficulty in filtering out micro/nano caches. We do it when we are not interested in looking for them. We also take the 5 minutes it takes to look in Google Earth to see if it's actually in a park of interest. No sense in being lazy then whizzing and moaning about being surprised about finding crap under a lamp post. It's not like you're going to toss a regular in the parking lot anyway. The attitude that gives someone the idea that their way is the only way is the same type that I equate to the likes of Hitler and Stalin and this world can do without that. Just my two cents.
The only cache that rubs me are those that are constantly soaked because the container isn't adequate enough to hold out moisture.
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Just an update on the situation for this particular cache. I was completely wrong about the status of this cache. We went to replace it with another container, swag, log, etc only to find the original container exactly where we left it and on coords. We checked the logbook and found only one cacher had successfully found the cache and logged the find. Then using the previous logs about a logbook, swag, and such in a ziplock bag up in a tree we looked for the impostor cache. It was located just as quickly given we knew the area well. All that was left to do was pack out the geotrash someone left to use to log a find when in fact they didn't find the cache. Ironically enough, we could see the cache container from the location the impostor cache was located.
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I just donned some latex and went into the bag to find the logbook was indeed placed a year ago as a replacement long before our time. We'll most likely dry it out and save the logs for the cache. We must have walked right by the thing four or five times when we checked the area before placing the replacement the first time around. Then again it was up a tree.
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We've had ours a 1 1/2 month to 2 months and I had to yank emm. Both started peeling and were faded so badly that they looked frosted. One of them had even been cut almost in half from the process of scoring the removable back. We won't be buying them anymore no matter how inexpensive.
We bought the white window clings and two weeks going they haven't gone bad yet.
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One of our easy ones, The Librarian. Seems someone kidnapped the 'hide' and left our cache. Go figure. As boggling as the one we lost a few weeks back.
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I hesitate to buy anything new. As much as I love the Ford Mustang I didn't jump on the preorder list for the 2005. Yes, it's a lot more money but I don't jump on the first thing out because I know from beta testing the new release usually still has bugs to work out. It's called getting a product to market and repair with upgrades if applicable. If we all waited for a perfect product at launch we'd all be sitting on our thumbs a long time and that's for anything not just a GPS unit.
***Noticed TigerGPS is advertising a Magellan ship date of October now.
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Must have missed that one. I only see the individual models on tigergps discontinued not the packages.
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I suppose I got lucky that I have three working Magellan units over the history of their products that still work, if they really do sell such shoddy merchandise. Interestingly enough I've never had a trouble with the cable on the 315 or the 400 either that some report. Then again with carpal tunnel I don't tend to gorilla grip tighten much either. Who knows.
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I'm still trying to figure out how it went from a suspicious container, to had drugs, it coulda been a bomb (smart one there picking it up, taking it to headquarters, then opening it), to it's okay the drugs are fine (or never really existed) just paint it purple and know one will think it's a bomb. Funny how they'll take an 'anonymous' report of drugs in the middle of the woods but disregard any actual helpful information about something that pertains to the situation.
On a lighter note. Since the cache was in their custody could it be claimed the cache and the bug were technically 'arrested'? After all it was in a lockup.
:laugh:I tell you clear lock n locks look better and better every day.
Talk about a cache with some real history in it.
It's OK, you can call *me* Keystone. Oh, and thanks for the compliment!
I'll just call ya 'boss' unless it sounds to 'institutional'.
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I do beta test. I don't beta test something unless it's free though. That said I'll wait until the bugs are worked out of the Triton and it's software.
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We've got three Magellan gps units. One I call the black brick a GPS315 still works like new. The xPlorist 200, same as new, and the 400 works great. While I would like color I've yet to see them act up at all. and we use the 315 like a red headed step child.
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Looks like the owner got in contact or they verified the information provided we provided. First time I've ever seen a bug arrested.
Wonder what happened to the illegal drug bit though? Via the TB page this information posted...The Travel Bug's home is going to get a new paint job and some external markings to make it easier for people to identify. It is my understanding that it will be returned to its original location once that has been done. Perhaps with the improvements the general public won't think it is a bomb the next time someone see it....Post via the cache page...
August 21 by Team Lohnes (38 found)I retrieved the geocache from the police. In this crazy post 9/11 world we live in someone thought it was a bomb. To be safe we are going to paint it purple and stencil the side with a description. Hopefully we will have it back in operation when it finally stops raining in Wooster.
All is well.
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No offense, but you jumped into this thread with a pretty straightfoward anti-law enforcement position. I am not surprised that they didn't fumble all over themselves to accomodate you.
Once again, the cache owner is not MIA. Let's let him handle it.
Of all the cops I've known I can count the good ones on one hand. Just my experience in having to call on them for help.
I thought I would give these guys the benefit of the doubt. I never expected them to 'fumble all over themselves' as you so eloquently put it. I provided information regarding the cache I thought they would find helpful only to receive responses in an even more aggressive tone than they posted initially. Now all of a sudden they are using a 'drug activity' story via the tb page? Please. All I expected was some manner of professionalism on their part which they have not shown since jump in all of their posts. I've never said the owner was mia, instead only offered information that I would think they would use to help things along. Stupid me for thinking they would like some additional information. It's much easier to let them assume something that may not be accurate. Thus my reasoning of why bother in any future events regarding anything.
Just for kicks since you seem so bothered by it, sbell111....You're right about everything, I'm wrong about everything. What the heck was I thinking for even attempting to help them in any way, shape, or form. Stupid me.I'll never ever call anyone with a badge Barney or keystone again, including you. After all we know every single badge wearing individual is perfect and flawless. Does that make you feel better now?
True the Arboretum is still there. Would I put a cache in that location? Not in a hundred years. With a reaction like they had it's not worth the time, effort, or investment given that it'd probably happen again. That's why I try to stick to locations where I know the owner enough to explain, show, and place the container if large enough to have the above problem. And people wonder why micro's abound everywhere.
Here's a thought on the bug though...
Name: "Maura's flower power"
Assumptive power of reasoning of the name: Flower Power=Hippies Hippies=Weed Weed='illegal drug activity' or Willie Nelson whichever comes to mind first.
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We leave an assortment of things. We normally have a wooden nickel we leave that we make ourselves. We also have other swag depending on what the wife finds interesting to take.
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What about the TB?
From the way it reads they're holding on the TB until the owner shows up.
Im no fan of anything Ohio State, but do yall think there is anything positive to be gained by referring to the campus police as Barney or the Keystone Cops? Im sure they will go out of their way to help someone who was insulting them.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... I was trying to help them out and got an aggressive response back. I've shown the same information to several others that also feel the officer(s) have not acted professional based on their comments and feel they could have chosen their words more professionally. True they didn't blow it up, and I give them credit for that. However, this morning they post 'illegal drug activity' suspicion on the bug page as to the reason it was pulled as well as the container type(understandable). Granted it may be that's the case but I don't think it is given the catch all nature some use the 'drug activity' reason. Honestly, things like this make me hesitant to help anyone else in the future.
Wasn't anything like that when I visited about a month ago either. Some loser probably dropped a roach in it. Wonder if they'd be removing trashcans or flowerpots if they found one in those.
According to the logs on the 3rd and 12th there was no evidence of what the cops are implying either. Then again I guess a lot could happen in 6 days. Who knows. The only other thing I can think of is they swabbed the entire container and contents and got a hit on something that could have been there god knows how long. Looks like this cache bit the dust though. I wonder if the owner of the cache has tried to contact them.
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I got a response from the pd and it doesn't look good. The 'illegal drug activity' bit is a new one on me. When we were there we saw no evidence of that to that fact but that was months ago. Seems to me that they are coming up with whatever they can to permanently remove it and make something out of it that there isn't. Then again, anything is possible these days. At any rate I'm dropping it since they don't seem all that in a hurry to make right by it. It's a shame because we liked the Arboretum when we found the cache.
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Just emailed the overzealous "officers"... Seems everyone else but them knew about the cache and it's location.
Greetings,
Being one of the individuals in the area that have found this cache in the past I thought I would point out a few interesting facts about the cache that you have removed. First and foremost the cache you removed located at the Secrest Arboretum was placed with their apparent knowledge and consent back in 2002. It was even used as a focal point for several events located at the Arboretum. It would be a shame to have this cache removed because of some misunderstanding. If you wish to check for the information yourself a simple search on Google using the search terms (Secrest Arboretum wooster and geocache) will also present the links below to verify the fact the location was well known to the OSU and AG departments as well as anyone in charge of those areas.
Evidence of this fact is available in numerous locations both on their own the OSU website and in many print publications. The Arboretum website references it at this link...
http://oardc.osu.edu/geocache/
Other evidence to the fact it was placed intentionaly with full knowledge is also found at the following links below.
OSU Extension Release.
http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=2146
Ohio AG OSU Release of geocache
www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/files/Twig07-28-02.pdf
OARD Center provides link to geocache page.
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/websites.asp
Thanks,
A Fellow Geocacher
That's exactly what we're looking for.
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Cool free auto mount for GPS..
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We bought our first GPS to use as a speedometer. The bloody speedo would have cost $600 for the repair. The GPS was $150.