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Looks like a fun thing to add to my list of caching. I cant wait until the Creative Cache Contest. Like my sig says at the end of a comment "King of the Odd Caches"

Welcome to the G.S. forums Morning Dew. Sometimes things happen fast, sometimes they go slow. I think that our moderators might have been busy over the last 2 days and that is why there has been no response from them as of yet. Maybe they wanted to do some caching as well. I think that they also wait to see if it is a majority consensus that like the idea or not. I am sure on Monday or by the latest Tuesday we'll get an answer from someone in the upper ranks about the idea. There is also the possibility that they have already read this thread and thought it was a good idea and are just waiting for I.T. person to come in on Monday and stick it in somewhere. I hope it is Jeremy tells us his thoughts on the idea. Its always nice to get a reply from him, good or bad. Can't wait to be able to meet him at the GPS maze exhibit in Connecticut next Month.

It happens to the best of us. Don't worry to much about it

Its not the greatest pic but look at this one. U.S.D.O.A. marker Its near a NGS marker that cant be found yet

When the added the blotches awhile back, it helped to speed up the downloading time. Some people did not like this feature so they dumped it. I am still waiting to see if they bring it back as a additional feature you can use if you want to. I found it very useful and less time consuming.

I have also noticed that its harder to tell the difference between disabled and active caches. Just 1 little minor problem to be fixed.

This might be a silly question, but are you logged in?

When you do that do you also unplug both the power and the phone (DSL, Cable, whatever) from the wall too? If not, you're not really decreasing the chance your computer will be damaged simply by turning it off yup, no power surge able to get to anything. Ive made that mistake once. Luckily it only fried my modem when I used the old way to get on the Internet a long time ago.

Here's mine: Where are the moderators that are supposed to be watching the posts? This entire thread has vulgar words all over it and no one is complaining about it. Now I am.

I just got this e-mail from some one who asked that I post it for them so there name would not be known. This cacher has a tendency to get in trouble and doesn't want to be bombarded with e-mails again. Unknown Cacher: I thought that there possibly was a completely separate forum line on the www.earthcache.org web site as there used to be on the www.Wherigo.com (called discuss there) and www.Waymarking.com (called groups there) sites before they got merged into plain old forums.Groundspeak.com. And of course the CITO site www.cacheintrashout.org and Groundspeak site itself don't. Just another manifestation of inconsistency at Groundspeak.

The Leprechauns: I think we can go back and forth on if its a good idea or not until G.S. or Jeremy tells us what they think about it. I personally think its a good idea to add a spot, and you think its not a good idea to add a spot. We have both stated our reasons and we both see each others points. So to keep this from turning into a "watch your tone" or "Please keep on topic" notice from the watch dogs, lets see where it goes from here with other cacher thoughts.

Joranda: I think they gave it its own area because of the complexity in creating it. In the future I bet they will look like video games or even movies . I think Earth Caches are here to stay because of G.S. comment to the environment. So if that is the case why not have an area for discussing them. That's all I am saying. I understand that you believe there are two many different areas to talk about things but there is nothing saying you need to enter into an area that you have no interest in. I have no interest in the Wherigo forum, so I don't go into them. If G.S. likes the Idea to add a spot for them and it fails then I will admit it was a bad idea. If it does well then I hope you will admit it was a good idea Storms over now. I just like to shut down the comps just in case of a surge. It was a fast mover.

what about "rate my photo"?

I have edited the above to hit on your thoughts: 1) Sorry about the name it was a typo. Glad to see I'm not the only one who is bothered by having there name misspelled. 2) Then why does Waymarking and Wherigo have a section here as well on there respective sites? The Wherigo cache is only for the slect few cachers that have the equipment to do them. I am not one of them. Waymarks do not count on your finds Tally's if that is all you are looking for them for. 3) Like I said before, if there was a spot on EarthCache.org I would have never have asked if we could get one here. If and when EarthCache.org gets one, G.S. can close the one here if they chose to do so . 4) I agree there are a lot of things going on in the forums but if they are being used and people like them where they are then they shouldn't be a problem. Big storm here in Pittsfield Mass. so I will be back on after it passes

I realy wasn't asking for an entire area like Waymarking and Wherigo has, just merely an area like The T.B., Geocoin discussion, and Cache in Trash out. Just a small area like them. It could be merged into the General Geocaching Discussions area just like the C.I.T.O. is. In the future if G.S. sees it as an are that gets used a lot they can decide if it warrants an area all to it self like the Waymarking section has.

Just to get off topic for a moment, I have been to the Waymarking site many times and still have yet to see it user friendly I cant enter in coords and say search or a zip code. I do not hunt them to often because of this reason. When G.S. updates the site I hope they make searching for them a little easier. This is the main reason I think Waymarking hasn't taken off as much as regular caches have. That and they don't pop up on the G.C. maps

I think so as well. The only place I have ever noticed the HTML box is in the Cache Description section

The Leperchauns: Why such negativity towards getting an area for earth caches? If Earth Cache .org had an area for people to talk, I would not have asked for one here. Earth Caching is becoming very popular and I quite enjoy searching for them when ever I can. I have about 6 or 7 locations in mind in my area but sometimes getting help on the type can be a pain or maybe just wording it for others to understand can be a hassle if you are not a Geologist. I know of only 2 near me in Berkshire county. 1 lives in NY and can not get over here to check on stuff for me, and sometimes pictures don't do a location justice. It was just a idea more then anything to have a area just for earthcache Questions. This way people that are doing earth caches can talk to others that are doing them. Maybe even talk to a Geologist, Oceanographer, Zoologist, and what ever other specialists are out there that might be able to help them with a Earth Cache. Neos2: As I agree with you about Waymarks being added to the list of Finds (I have yet to do one) I need to respectfully disagree about Benchmarks being added. The only reason I have is the fact that they were placed many many years ago and half of them are on private property. G.S. can not be responsible for one dumb action taken by a Geocacher in the discovery of a benchmark. Nor do I think they want to go through the hassle of deciding which ones are OK for us to go after. They give us the list and we decide if we want them or not. Gene

I think that the idea of a "sponsor" is a good idea for anyone hiding there first cache. I think I placed my first cache after only 15 days of having an official GC name, and only 4 finds and 2 DNF's. Not wanting to have any problems I took about 5 different readings at different times of the day over 3 days, I also talked to my reviewer about it, and talked to another Cacher in the area to have him check on the cords for me. I think that a sponsor is a good idea. They might be able to catch something that you missed when hiding your first cache. As to how many you must find before you place your first cache, well I always recommend 10 finds to anyone before placing if you are not going to use a "sponsor/cord checker".

I was wondering if you (Groundspeak) could set up a small section here in the forums dedicated to Earth Caches. There are areas for Benchmarks, Wherigo, GPS units, TB's and Coins, and so on. I think it might be useful to others like myself that may have questions about setting up earth caches or maybe just have questions about things they have seen and are curious as to what they could be. Does anyone else think this might be useful? EarthCache.org does not have a forum so I thought it would be nice to see one here. As far as moderators go I would recommend looking at cachers that have placed more then 5 earth caches, but that's something I have no idea as to how you pick your moderators. Thanks for thinking about it. Gene G. aka... genegene

Ummmm, there is a lot of negativity towards mouse traps in caches here. Mouse Traps can be a fun cache to create if you know what you are doing. It makes a great stage to a Multi and the responses can be fun to read. YOU MUST DISABLE THEM COMPLEATLY!!!!!!! Some of the newer models can not be disabled, so you need to find the right one. The pressure lever needs to be cut as far back as possible to the spring itself to make it inactive. Once cut there is no way to have it be loaded. I have made 2 of them and only one is active right now. For the cacher that leaves them as sig items, I hope he deactivates them before putting them in a cache.

It worked for me at 9:00 am Eastern time

Its a great thing to carry in your car, I printed up 2 of them and gave one to a friend. We both use it. If we are going out solo into the woods and no one knows where we are, If there is trouble at least it will narrow down the time it takes to find you.

I have Just noticed the new look this morning and I have to say that I like the way it looks as of this morning at 6:30am Eastern time. It looks more user friendly with the broken lines in between each cache, and each GC# in a row. Now if we can get the bubbles back BUT have a box on the side that will allow you to turn them on or off. Also have the option to look for sizes, ie... 10, 25, 50, in an area. Some cachers like them, some don't. I was one of the many that did like them. I believe that new feature was pulled to soon for many cachers to decided if it was a good idea or not.

I sent a link to El Diablo that he might use. I will work on setting up my technique as well on the same site. I might also set it up on YouTube as well so you can watch it as well.