rick54

My wife and I are very new to this sport and enjoy it very much. I've punched in my zip code under the search options on the Geocaching site to find those in our area. For the most part, the wife and I are satisfied in finding what has been placed out there over the years. I'm now wondering how can one be notified when a new cache is placed within my zip code area. Can it be done by email, cell phone,etc.? It'd be kind of nice to have a chance at being the FTF. Thank you!

My wife and I are very new (4 finds) to this sport and enjoy it very much. We'd like to return the fun we've been having by putting out our first cache. Since she works at a bar, we were thinking about a small gift certificate, or lottery tickets, etc. which would go to the FTF. Are we obligated to replacing the same items thereafter? I could always duplicate those items from time to time, but I'd hate to think I'm going to have to do it every week. Especially if you FTF folks are way too good or I'm way too poor at hiding a cache! I could go broke! So is maintaining one's cache limited to the condition of the container or the quality contents or both?

I'm like a newborn babe to this caching game. I've never actually done it, but I'm looking into it as a reason for using my gps. My wife and I recently completed a local hunt for a big gold token redeemable for $1000 worth of gas. Local business folks put on this contest with two clues coming out everyweek. The search lasted for 9 weeks. Needless to say, the wife and I had a blast searching for it! I think it was all because it was something worth going after. Nope, we weren't the lucky ones! I've been reading the posts under this topic and find that for the most part, caching is a family event and the treasure amounts to nothing more than gumball machine items if that. I can't seem to get enthused in finding a button, piece of string or a ball of bellybutton lint! So I'm sure it's all about the walk on a nice sunny day etc.! But does caching ever go to an adult level? For example, I'd be willing to set out a cache containing a gift certificate to our local pub for a beer and a burger ($10). Or perhaps a couple of theater tickets ($18). Something that might put a spark into the hunt! Is there a way that one could designate this as an adult cache? It's pretty obvious a kid isn't going to be able to turn in a certificate for a beer and berger! I'm too new to this game to determine if the tendencies are to dumb it down or to make it better by upping the ante. I'm certainly talking about something that's not going to break the bank here. Your comments please