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.de-Cacheowner sind oft fies und zeigen gerne, was sie haben. Irgendwo habe ich das auch schon gelesen: man verwendet verschiedene UV-Farben so daß man 365 nm und 395 nm benötigt.

Du kannst sicher sein: ich bin vorsichtig. Und eine 365 nm 3W-UV-Diode erzeugt noch genug sichtbares Licht um sicher zu erkennen, daß sie eingeschaltet ist. Wer Bedenken hat, kann ein Stück bei UV-Bestrahlung leuchtender Folie an die Lampe kleben und damit selber festlegen, wie viel sichtbares Licht er haben will. Die selbstklebenden Streifen gibt es in jedem Schreibwarenladen.

A month late? I think he's 365 days early! Aha! I see Canadian Thanksgiving is on the second Monday in October. A month early, I say! Happy Thanksgiving to all, whenever you celebrate! Shorter summer, earlier harvest.

A month late? I think he's 365 days early! Aha! I see Canadian Thanksgiving is on the second Monday in October. A month early, I say! Happy Thanksgiving to all, whenever you celebrate!

A month late? I think he's 365 days early!

$30 annual PM fee. 365 days in a year. $30÷365=.082 When can I expect a check for the day I was without usable PQs? Thanks for fixing this right away.

Thought I'd revisit this thread - relevant to see what lumbricus says above about making new friends, as I've done a whole lot of high-terain caching since my last post with a local cacher I only knew as a prolific CO until my event a year ago. Much tree / bridge climbing, kayaking and tunnel-crawling later I'm now on 70/81 D/T, and you can't stop there can you? Friendships made and reinforced, caching ideas swapped, caches found that would be impossible or at least rather dangerous alone. 21 caches owned, about 60 FPs on them. 5 of them up trees. Just passed 2nd anniversary, about 2/3 speed compared to 1st year. (1050, 700) Over 100 multis, 99 mysteries, 10 countries. Date found grid 365/366 as planned; date, month hidden still not really a priority but their day will come. Junior on nearly 900, more than half my number and finds most of the ground level ones before I'm within 20m now. Ticking off a few challenge caches - some are plain daft but others quite interesting and, well, challenging. I think the teamwork, and the accesss that gives to harder more interesting caches like http://coord.info/GC4T7NM , is this year's unexpected bonus.

Hi all, I'm pretty new to geocaching but I'm having lots of fun with it. I was interested in the achievement coins you can get, specifically those from coins and pins (I've seen the thread listing all the geocoins available). I was wondered what the criteria is to get certain ones. I see there is a 31 days of caching coin. Is this from the event that happened in August 2013 or can it be done for any 31 consecutive days from now? There's a 7 souvenirs of August coin too so I'm guessing the 31 days one refers to the August before last. Also the 365/366 days of caching I'm guessing isn't a consecutive thing but about filling up your calendar in the statistics page. I know I can just say 'well I've one 31 days of consecutive caching so I'll get the coin' but I don't want to get it if it's intended for the August challenge. Thanks!

That wasn't quite what I asked, I was specifically asking about the 31-days-of-caching coin referring to the August 2013 event and also whether or not the 365/366 day coins were about filling up the calendar in the stats page rather than having to be done consecutively. Thanks

Since the beginning of time, only 365 cache listings have been submitted for locations in Aland. There are only 257 active caches there. This is not enough volume to justify having a dedicated local reviewer. When a region has several hundred new cache submissions in one year, then it might be time to look at having a local reviewer. That is how the system grew. When the number of caches submitted each week in Pennsylvania and Ohio grew to "many each week" in 2003, I was asked to take over reviewing for those two states. Before then, caches in my area were reviewed by someone from Georgia. They don't even speak Yankee there.

Many thanks for all your kind congrats. The liions share of the last 100 was done last month, and this month I have been taking it easy, only caching at the weekend. I'm hoping to step up another couple of gears again in June. To OzGuff, I will admit it, I am a numbers man, but the enjoyment of the hunt is still a part of it too. The numbers give me a focus and an incentive, that spurs me on and gives me the opportunity to experience the hunt over and over. When I started caching, I thought it would be nice to notch up 365 finds in 365 days, at the beginning of april, that goal seemed a distant dream, I had been caching for 6 months and only had about 50 finds. Then I met a bunch of local cachers who pointed me in the right direction for software etc to make life easier. I haven't looked back since. I should hit that 365 goal within the next couple of weeks, about 4 months early, but that is no longer my target, so I will keep going. I don't actually know what my target is right now, but I know that if I keep plugging away, whatever the target I decide upon is, I will reach it all the quicker if I keep at it.

I think the "problems" can be objectively summed up: 1 - Inconsistency: ALRs are not allowed except on challenges which are... 2 - Mystery Cache classificiation: meaning they blend in on a map and there is no quick method of differentiating them visually; they more of than not are just traditional caches with additional requirements and thus do not always seem to 'fit' with that classification. 3 - D/T ratings: these do not always adequately sum up the challenge portion, or it isn't clear to COs or cachers whether the D/T ratings are for the cache or for the challenge...or both. And here's where it becomes more subjective: * Challenge "credit": I would also argue that proper "credit" is not always given those who complete difficult challenges. Yeah, it ends up on your list of smilies, but those who DO go for the quad-fizzies and Jasmers and 365 day streaks often do so to brag...and rightfully so. Give credit where credit is due...points or stars or whatever rating system for challenge difficulty would quickly catch on (at least in my area). I'm not a big challenge guy and I don't really care who has the longest streaks, but I recognize the achievement and I'm pretty sure folks who do these things like other folks to know about it. Now...where did we put that pretty bow with which we can tie up all of this and present it to TPTB on a silver platter? Edit to add: 4 - Any time Reviewers are asked to be subjective and rule in "wow" factor, we've jumped a shark. This should be a sign that the process is broken and needs a tune-up (not to be cast off completely).

I think the "problems" can be objectively summed up: 1 - Inconsistency: ALRs are not allowed except on challenges which are... 2 - Mystery Cache classificiation: meaning they blend in on a map and there is no quick method of differentiating them visually; they more of than not are just traditional caches with additional requirements and thus do not always seem to 'fit' with that classification. 3 - D/T ratings: these do not always adequately sum up the challenge portion, or it isn't clear to COs or cachers whether the D/T ratings are for the cache or for the challenge...or both. And here's where it becomes more subjective: * Challenge "credit": I would also argue that proper "credit" is not always given those who complete difficult challenges. Yeah, it ends up on your list of smilies, but those who DO go for the quad-fizzies and Jasmers and 365 day streaks often do so to brag...and rightfully so. Give credit where credit is due...points or stars or whatever rating system for challenge difficulty would quickly catch on (at least in my area). I'm not a big challenge guy and I don't really care who has the longest streaks, but I recognize the achievement and I'm pretty sure folks who do these things like other folks to know about it.

They come in all shapes and sizes - some you look at the logs and noone with under 5000 caches has got it because it's so hard. I've done a 100-day stretch challenge, qualify for a 365/366; am working on rainbow (need indigo and orange OR violet as all must be from different trails); working on 50 church micros (zillions of these caches - clue in the name - in the UK; there are dozens of challenges based around them. IMHO they're over-valued as a series but that's another matter) and one where you need a cache in every 5-mile increment from home up to 250 (have about 20 missing - past about 60 miles it gets hard. 245-250 was in Paris!) So yes a good one encourages you to find more caches along a theme; some are just a bit too rarefied. 200-day stretch, for example. There are some on having a whole line or column on your D/T grid, that I think I qualify for but not worth the drive.

Is there anything I can do about this? I found a nearby mountaintop cache four months ago, and it was the only nearby example of that rare breed, a 2/4.5, on the day I found it. In the intervening weeks I finished my Fizzy grid and logged a few D/T challenge caches. Then, today, the CO revamped the page after doing owner maintenance over the weekend. In the process he changed the D/T rating to 2/4. I found a 2/4.5 darn it, not a 2/4. So what if he changed the hide and made it easier afterwards? He's entitled to make changes, of course, but shouldn't anything of this sort be a "from this day forward" change? I guess I'm not going to update mygeocachingprofile.com, the one the public sees, until I find a replacement 2/4.5, the nearest of which, I think, is 180 miles away in the desert in a sweltering spot I'd rather not go until October. I really don't want to unfind--and then later refind--a bunch of D/T challenges. For one, doing so could ruin my daily streak. I'm working on a 365-consecutive day challenge and I have many single-cache days in there, the loss of any of which would torpedo that effort, too. Is this the way D/T records are supposed to work? I didn't find a 2/4, I found a 2/4.5. Shouldn't I retain credit no matter how easy the CO decides to make the cache later on? Who's with me? I'm talking with the CO about this. He's someone I know, so I might be able to get it reversed. (No guarantee, though) Still, this incident begs a lot of questions. And, as a CO, I'll make sure I NEVER change the D/T rating of any of my caches down the road. I'll live with whatever rating I assign it at the time. Doing otherwise could mess up folks who have already found the cache.

Luckily for me, the most challenging challenges I have completed (so far) have had a final container and/or location commensurate with the awesomeness of the challenge itself; these are the first two that come to mind: Ontario Challenge - Yours to Discover Challenge: Ironman 365 Consecutive Days <--PMO cache alert - don't click if you are avoiding the audit logs I was going back through the 40 challenges I have completed to find an example of a lame location/container combination but I couldn't find one. Just lucky, I guess. We wouldn't know for sure unless it happened, but I'd like to believe that implementation of this feature would increase the quality of the final container/location given the greater exposure the cache would have in the new system. Is it problematic to you if people sign your log sheet and then post a note, with no intention of ever completing the challenge? Wouldn't you want the difficulty of your challenges enhanced by more Stars than just an average challenge? Wouldn't you want it easier for cachers to be able to find your challenges in queries and on the maps? If your containers and locations are that good, wouldn't you want more opportunities for them to get the recognition they deserve via Favorite points? My suggestion is more of an enhancement than it is a fix. Even without its implementation the system works almost flawlessly. Except for locating/filtering and the temporal anomalies between the physical logging and the challenge completing (which isn't an issue for me personally, as I do not pre-sign).

hi, i am using google chrome on my desktop PC to add it and i am putting the cordinates in using N/E (N51 54.365 E000 54.354 for example) but the cache pin shows up on the map with the red circles, its jsut the continue button isnt enabled thanks mrredrunner100

This is a list of all 72 current entries in the "All Geocoins" list on geocaching.com that contain the word "achievement". The list is ordered by the time the coin name was registered (id-numbers as shown in the source code of that page, there are some numbers without a custom icon as well, marked with a *) It looks like CoinAndPins and others(?) registered more icons than they made coins for so far. Some names are there twice with different numbers. |277|Geo-Achievement Finds 100 Geocoin |278|Geo-Achievement Finds 250 Geocoin |279|Geo-Achievement Finds 500 Geocoin |280|Geo-Achievement Finds 1,000 Geocoin |281|Geo-Achievement Finds 2,000 Geocoin |282|Geo-Achievement Finds 3,000 Geocoin |283|Geo-Achievement Finds 4,000 Geocoin |284|Geo-Achievement Finds 5,000 Geocoin |1155|Geo-Achievement Hides 10 Coin |1156|Geo-Achievement Hides 25 Coin |1157|Geo-Achievement Hides 50 Coin |1158|Geo-Achievement Hides 100 Coin |1159|Geo-Achievement Hides 200 Coin |2514|Geo-Achievement Finds 6,000 Coin |3075|Geo-Achievement Hides 200 Geocoin |3189|Geo-Achievement Finds 7,000 coin |3190|Geo-Achievement Finds 8,000 coin |3191|Geo-Achievement Finds 9,000 coin |3192|Geo-Achievement Finds 10,000 coin |3193|Geo-Achievement Finds 11,000 coin |3194|Geo-Achievement Finds 12,000 coin |3195|Geo-Achievement Finds 13,000 coin |3196|Geo-Achievement Finds 14,000 coin |3197|Geo-Achievement Finds 15,000 coin |3198|Geo-Achievement Finds 16,000 coin |3199|Geo-Achievement Finds 17,000 coin |3200|Geo-Achievement Finds 18,000 coin |3201|Geo-Achievement Finds 19,000 coin |3202|Geo-Achievement Finds 20,000 coin |3241|Pillars of Scouting Tag-Achievement! |4643|Geo-Achievement Hides 300 Geocoin |4644|Geo-Achievement Hides 400 Geocoin |4645|Geo-Achievement Hides 500 Geocoin |4646|Geo-Achievement Hides 600 Geocoin * |4647|Geo-Achievement Hides 700 Geocoin * |4648|Geo-Achievement Hides 800 Geocoin * |4649|Geo-Achievement Hides 900 Geocoin * |4650|Geo-Achievement Hides 1,000 Geocoin * |5058|Geo-Achievement Finds 25,000 coin |5059|Geo-Achievement Finds 30,000 coin * |5060|Geo-Achievement Finds 35,000 coin * |5061|Geo-Achievement Finds 40,000 coin * |5062|Geo-Achievement Finds 45,000 coin * |5063|Geo-Achievement Finds 50,000 coin |5064|Geo-Achievement Finds 55,000 coin * |5065|Geo-Achievement Finds 60,000 coin * |5066|Geo-Achievement Finds 65,000 coin * |5067|Geo-Achievement Finds 70,000 coin * |5068|Geo-Achievement Finds 75,000 coin * |5069|Geo-Achievement Finds 80,000 coin * |5070|Geo-Achievement Finds 85,000 coin * |5071|Geo-Achievement Finds 90,000 coin * |5072|Geo-Achievement Finds 95,000 coin * |5073|Geo-Achievement Finds 100,000 coin * |5226|Geo-Achievement 365 Days of Geocaching Geocoin |5227|Geo-Achievement 366 Days of Geocaching Geocoin |6067|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 24 Caches Geocoin |6068|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 48 Caches Geocoin |6069|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 72 Caches Geocoin |6070|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 100 Caches Geocoin |6071|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 150 Caches Geocoin * |6072|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 200 Caches Geocoin * |6073|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 250 Caches Geocoin * |6074|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 300 Caches Geocoin * |6075|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 400 Caches Geocoin * |6076|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 500 Caches Geocoin * |6515|Geo-Achievement 31 Days of Geocaching Geocoin |6590|Geo-Achievement Grid 81 Geocoin |7147|Mile High Club Geo-Achievement Geocoin |7188|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 150 Caches Geocoin * |7189|Geo-Achievement 24 Hours 200 Caches Geocoin * |7361|7 Souvenirs Geo-Achievement Geocoin * edits to erase mistakes/clarify

COs who think that beacuse they've put out a T5 cache, necessitating use of equipment such as ropes / boats, that it's automatically a 5/5. The 5/5 I've found was visible from about 100 yards away and the host from about 1/4 of a mile. 5/1.5 perhaps. But no, every last T5 in my area is a 5/5. Should I ever want to finish that column of the grid... well I've not even looked how far I'd have to go. In a similar vein there are 5 loops, total about 110 caches, near me, all lovely woodland walking, but EVERY cache is a 2.5/2.5... I think they were put down in a hurry for a Geolypmix but even so... Just to add my votes to mediocre hides / containers on tough puzzle caches (give us a prize after solving that dadgum cipher!), and bad maintenance / co-ords (there's some commitment involved in becoming a CO...) Overall though, nothing really spoils my enjoyment. I've just had a great weekend caching. 61st and 62nd D/T combos; my 1600th cache was my son's 800th - yes that took some synchronising - some great sunny picturesque walking; 2nd oldest physical cache; can get 365/366 on the calendar this lunchitme; a CITO to look forward to on Thursday; and 3 interlinked puzzle / challenge cache ideas brewing in the back of my mind with a "local cachers" theme. Happy caching and don't get too irked! It's just a game!

At lunch I ticked off #60/81 on the D/T grid, went back to project-gc and increased the radius to help me home in on the missing 21 and found http://coord.info/GC4X2BJ , a 365 challenge, only about 30 miles from home! Some challenges are daft (the ones I can't do... obviously!) but I'll gladly pick this one up for a 5/2.5 as a reward for my efforts.

I looked at this thread title and realized it was in need of something... So anyone still maintaining their streak has met the 365 day challenges (wherever they may be) but will still be missing Feb 29th.

I'll be attending Burning Man (again) this year, but there will be one major difference from previous years... I'm geocaching now, and not only that, attempting 365 days in a row. The Burn is about the only thing that may trip up my streak, but maybe... Just maybe if there are enough caching burners and there's at least one event every day of the burn (there are two already one on Friday and one on Sunday I believe) I may be able to make this happen... with your help! I know I could create my own events for every day but somehow that would feel like cheating. I know there has to be at least a small group of people with passion for both Geocaching and Burning Man. I'll keep my fingers crossed and keep looking for events to pop up on the map! Rosie/RuzNuz/Chicken Little

- zaliczone szesnaste województwo - w końcu! - uzupełniony matrix - 366 dni odhaczyło się 31 lipca - zaliczony power trail w górznieńskich lasach - około 420 znalezień w niespełna 14 godzin - zaliczony roczny streak znalezień - 365 dzień odhaczył się 31 lipca i jedziemy dalej - pękły 2000 znalezień - bez trudu i pośpiechu udało się złapać kolejne 5 FTFów - warszawscy poszukiwacze wybyli? Dzięki temu, w ciągu kilku dni wpadły mi 3 diamentowe badże i wpadłem na ostatnią prostą do złotego PTTK GCPL.

Today (Thursday, July 31), those of us who are still continuing a geocaching streak from last August hit 365 consecutive days with finds. Congratulations everyone!

Can we have the 365 souvenirs of 2015 next?