+Sommers Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 Does anyone know what they are? I guess I'm not includeing letterboxes, just caches. just curious. thanks Quote
+Airmapper Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 I was trying to look up a cache using waypoint name and accidently hit enter after typing only GC5, turned out to be a old cache, might fit what your looking for. Quote
+briansnat Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 This is more of a general interest question than a "getting started" question. Moving to appropriate forum Quote
+Kit Fox Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 GC8 Looking this up was like opening up an archive, pretty cool. If I ever take a trip to WA to log the Project Ape cache, i'll pay a visit to this cache. Quote
CacheNCarryMA Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 Mingo (GC30) hidden 5/11/2000 in Kansas Quote
+welch Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 beverly, gc28, near Elgin IL is still active. Placed 5/13/00. Quote
+dragonflys Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 oldest in Canada GCBBA placed June 18, 2000 Quote
+HugoBear Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 GC4 Mike's First - Hidden: 5/7/2000 not active Quote
+HugoBear Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 Mingo (GC30) hidden 5/11/2000 in Kansas 351 finds! The horror! "A 6" round container buried in the ground. Only the lid is exposed" BURIED! lol Quote
+wimseyguy Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that the most visited cache is somewhere in CA in one of those really dense 100 mile circles we keep hearing about, and is a simple guardrail magkey, or a Wally World lamppost. Simple laws of density-if there's a lot of caches there, then there must be a lot of cachers there too. The easy ones always get more traffic, sadly. Quote
darwinmay Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 Mingo (GC30) hidden 5/11/2000 in Kansas 351 finds! The horror! "A 6" round container buried in the ground. Only the lid is exposed" BURIED! lol It was buried before the guidelines prohibited it, I guess. Nice hide, and it's so desolate (exception being I-70 about 100 feet away) you wouldn't expect to find a cache out there. Quote
SCP-173 Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 How can Mingo (which I'm almost positive is the oldest active cache) have a higher waypoint number than Mountain Marsh, which was hidden 17 days later? Quote
+The Leprechauns Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 All geocaches listed on the discussion board or Mike Teague's website were converted over when Geocaching.com came online in September 2000. Jeremy did not assign waypoint ID's/cache numbers sequentially, however, to this initial batch of caches. Rather, they were added to the database country-by-country, state-by-state, beginning with his home state of Washington. So the waypoint is only a valid indicator of cache age from and after September 2000. Quote
4wheelin_fool Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 A search by state will list the newest caches in each state first, and the oldest last. Since you are in Mass. you could look here http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?state_id=22 Hmmm, the oldest one listed for your state has the date it was placed listed incorrectly as a joke http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...&log=y&decrypt= this one is the oldest one http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...&log=y&decrypt= Quote
+Ambrosia Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 GC8 Looking this up was like opening up an archive, pretty cool. If I ever take a trip to WA to log the Project Ape cache, i'll pay a visit to this cache. That was so cool to visit! It's still the original container, and has the originall logbook in it. It was like going on a geocaching pilgrimage. Aaaahhh... After superficially checking, Mountain Marsh seems to be the 6th oldest active cache in the U.S. not counting one letterbox from the 90's, which was before sattelites were even available. Quote
k_statealan Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 I lived about 80 miles east of the Mingo cache when I started caching early this year. It is in an area where no one would go except highway workers and there isn't a lot of maintenance that is done or needed on the high plains. It is an area that is devoid of anything interesting whatsoever (ok, that goes for much of W Kansas/E Colorado). However, being's that it is the oldest active cache it is a neat feather in the cap for anyone who has gotten it. I'm amazed that of all the places where early caches could have been, how one ended up not only in Kansas, but in this part of the state. KC/Wichita/Topeka areas I could see, but out in Mingo you are over 3 hours drive from the nearest town of over 20,000 people. Even today it is still an area relatively devoid of caches. Quote
+webscouter. Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 However if you have a WIFI card in your laptop you can actually log your Mingo find right from the cache site. I was waiting for ClayJar on his Alaska quest there and he was running an hour behind. Since I needed something to do I thought I would work on my website. Imagine my surprise when my wireless icon showed that I was connected to network. Seems a farmer has his sprinkler system "wired" Quote
Cracker. Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 GC8 After superficially checking, Mountain Marsh seems to be the 6th oldest active cache in the U.S. not counting one letterbox from the 90's, which was before sattelites were even available. Incidentally, the 5th oldest (placed 2 days before Mountain Marsh), is here in western NY. The Spot....Its in the heart of NY wine country...Well worth the visit. Quote
+RocketMan Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 There is a list of the first 100 here. Quote
+HugoBear Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 [snip] not counting one letterbox from the 90's, which was before sattelites were even available. NO SATELLITES? What the heck did people do for fun before caching?!?! Quote
+Ambrosia Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 [snip] not counting one letterbox from the 90's, which was before sattelites were even available. NO SATELLITES? What the heck did people do for fun before caching?!?! They letterboxed. Sad, but true. Quote
+welch Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 [snip] not counting one letterbox from the 90's, which was before sattelites were even available. NO SATELLITES? What the heck did people do for fun before caching?!?! stared at the moon ? Quote
+Sevateem Posted September 26, 2005 Posted September 26, 2005 The Sevateem just visited "The Spot" that Cracker mentioned earlier. Well worth the trip and only 54 non road miles from our home base.. We had no idea the oldest cache in NY was so close. And being the 5th oldest active cache made it even better. Quote
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