+Longfram Kev Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Is there any way of searching for cachers who live locally to me. I wondered if there was a way of searching for cachers similar to the way you search for caches ? I live in Northumberland so can I search for cachers say in a 10 mile radius of me ?? Thanks in advance LK Quote Link to comment
+*bingoboy* Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I dont think so and I hope not too Quote Link to comment
+Longfram Kev Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 *bingoboy* Posted on Jun 28 2005, 07:09 AM I dont think so and I hope not too Why ?? Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I don't think there is a search engine facility to do that, but a wee bit of detective work might indicate some local cachers perhaps. It's my guess that quite a few cachers start off by bagging caches which are quite close to home or to work. Looking at the early logs of cachers might give a clue as to their whereabouts. It's never going to be infallible and it will show many anomalies, but maybe there is a general pattern that most people tend to bag their local caches and then spiral outwards. to find new pastures? I seem to recall that the approvers use the pattern of finds when assessing whether a new cache-placer will be able to maintain a cache reasonably easily from home or work location(s). As I understand the situation, GC.com has a policy of not publishing the home location of geocaching members. My own weekly notification email shows that the system 'knows' the postcode location that I uploaded in my registration, but I don't think it's shown on my public profile. Probably just as well, because it might become a burglar magnet if one were to be caching a long way from home and filing logs which indicated that the home locus was unattended. Cheers, The Forester somewhere between Glasgow and Edinburgh Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 There's no way of directly searching, but most cachers only place caches near to their home / work, so that's the first option. The other option is to organise an event cache, and ask people where they're from whilst chatting over a pint or three. Quote Link to comment
+*bingoboy* Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 have you ever been to a Geocache meet I don’t want a lot of Fat hairy men in fleeces and boots, with muddy cars and long suffering wives stalking me Finding caches in a generic area would be ok but finding where my home coords i would not be over the moon with ps I am also a fat hairy man that often wears a fleeces and boots My car is muddy and my wife is very long suffering Quote Link to comment
+Longfram Kev Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 Yes I've been to a couple of meets, 1 in Newcastle and a CITO event in Ediburgh, both quite enjoyable. I'm also going to the 1 in Durham I'm not fat and hairy and am not into stalking LOL I wasn't trying to find cachers home co-ords I was just wondering if there were any other cachers in and around this area apart from the ones I already know. LK Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 (edited) have you ever been to a Geocache meetI don’t want a lot of Fat hairy men in fleeces and boots, with muddy cars and long suffering wives stalking me Oi... I've attended 26 events now and I can honestly say that I've never been to one that I didn't enjoy. Hairy...... OK, I'll allow that Fat..... I don't think so!!! A muddy car.... Yep! A stalker.... definitely not As for the long suffering wife.... she called it a day a long time ago Edited June 28, 2005 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
+Bekandian Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Hairy...... Other than on my head, nope. Fat..... Errr ... nope, small. A muddy car.... Who hasn't!! A stalker.... Nope As for the long suffering wife.... ummmm ... don't have one, but I do have a husband and we go out caching together. Bekie Quote Link to comment
+ANDYBUG&LADYBIRD Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Hairy.......only when it's winter!!!!! Fat.......Getting that way! A Muddy Car........a caching essential! A Stalker.........If only I could find out where Gary Numan lives!!!!!!! Long suffering wife........Me and Andy aren't married-but he's definately long suffering!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LBxxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment
+Beds Clangers Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Hairy...... Nope, have a number one, palms of my hands get very hairy but only when its a full moon so I don't worry about it NOOWWWWW!! Fat..... Not really, since I took up caching. A muddy car.... Nope, van which is very muddy but can go places no car would get!! A stalker.... Would that be John Stalker? As for the long suffering wife.... got me there, she was suffering long before caching!!! Nick Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Put all the caches that are in the area that you are interested in, onto your watchlist, that way you will see who the people are that log in your area all the time. I have all of the Edinburgh caches on my watchlist and know exactly who is coming and going, and also have a fair idea of who is from Edinburgh. This idea also allows you to say hello to newbies who have their first find in your area. Quote Link to comment
+tiddles Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Why not try & arrange a local cachers meet, You must have a good idea of local cachers & contact them? Love tiddles xxx Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Why not try & arrange a local cachers meet, You must have a good idea of local cachers & contact them?Love tiddles xxx that's got to be the easiest approach. pick a pub then set up an event cache and see who comes.... Quote Link to comment
SlytherinAlex Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 have you ever been to a Geocache meetI don’t want a lot of Fat hairy men in fleeces and boots, with muddy cars and long suffering wives stalking me That used to be me, but I avoid the mud these days. - Quote Link to comment
+ribel Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I have all of the Edinburgh caches on my watchlist and know exactly who is coming and going Err, couldn't this be a form of stalking??? Quote Link to comment
+Turkey Trotter Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Is there any way of searching for cachers who live locally to me.I wondered if there was a way of searching for cachers similar to the way you search for caches ? I live in Northumberland so can I search for cachers say in a 10 mile radius of me ?? Thanks in advance LK Serach for caches local to your Post code. The cachers who placed the top 10 caches should all be local to you. HTH Quote Link to comment
+Us 4 and Jess Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 hi kev, when the event for the durham meet went live i asked the same question and was told no basically so i went to the newcastle meet jotted down all the names of the cachers who attended then looked through several local caches and jotted down names then i emailed all the people through their profiles to see if they would be interestd in the meet i know it was advertised on the forums but a lot of caches dont use these, it was a long way round of doing things but after the emails were sent i had a good response so it worked for me mandy Quote Link to comment
+*bingoboy* Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I've just set up a meet for essex <Link> what i did was to look at some caches that have been in essex for some time and then looked thru the logs and emailed the people that had found them (that said in thier biog that they lived nearby) Quote Link to comment
+lathama Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Have been to 2 and organised 2 2 organised myself were actually held at my house! I had no problem with it and both times only 3 cacher groups turned up so muddy carpets were not a problem! Quote Link to comment
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