How Long Have You Been Caching?

2.3k · October 23, 2005

Hello this is Daniel from Us4andJess

We started caching in January 2005 and we have found 300 caches. How long have you been caching? And how many caches have you found? Also how many have you set?

thank for answering

D

:mad:

October 23, 2005

:mad: We started in March 2003 and up to now we have found 906 caches and hidden 34, we are looking forward to the next 900!!!!!!

AB&LB

October 23, 2005

Started caching in July 2005, found 23. Cache on my own, without my own transport, and only during the week. Got two webcam caches and hope to adopt a traditional very soon. Got my own traditional to hide soon having just got landowner permission.

adambro

2.5k · October 23, 2005

Joined the site on February 13, 2005, but did not go out until April 10, 2005.

I bagged my first 2 caches on that day and remember the day just like I remember my first ever kiss. :mad:

Milton (aka Moote)

Edited October 23, 2005 by Moote

1.7k · October 23, 2005

Me 23 september 2002 Found 262, placed 19 (that includes 5 events and 3 CITO events, including the very first CITO event in the Uk )

Space Wolf 1 July 2003 Found 89.

Dolly Girl 9 November 2003 Found 2002

Nette 4 January 2005 Found 112.

Dave :mad:

October 23, 2005

Weve been registered with geocache since Feb 2001 and only found 56 so far - albeit in four countries, with a tribe of bugs somewhere around the world! All good fun every one of them.

Brandwood

3.8k · October 23, 2005

Hi Daniel

I found my first cache 22/09/02 (3 years and 31 days) , I have only found 380 caches so far and set 10. I better pull my finger out :mad:

1.7k · October 23, 2005

We've been caching since August 03, have found 495 caches, 173 bugs, placed 38 caches and released 19 bugs.

October 23, 2005

We've been at it since 27th December 2004 and have found 57 and placed 4, we're just taking our time and enjoying the countryside

Carol

x

3.3k · October 23, 2005

We started in March 2003 and up to now we have found 906 caches and hidden 34

Very similar...

Started in March 2003, found 870, set 29.

October 23, 2005

Started due to accidentally finding a Wombles cache in March this year (2005), now on 276 and have placed out three of out own, two multi and one traditional. Addicted as they say and thouroughly enjoy it. :mad:

1.2k · October 23, 2005

Caching since April or May 2004, can't remember exactly - I got into it gradually -the 1st and second each took several attempts before I bought a GPS!

Found 247, set 6 or 7 including the 1st 2 UK earthcaches with Alibags. I've bagged 96 trigpoints as well.

Gone quiet now though, I used to have a great job for caching, but now I am self employed it's trickier - which is ironic as I thought it would be easier!

Edited October 23, 2005 by Kitty Hawk

3.8k · October 23, 2005

Started in December 2003

Found 365

Hidden 24 (2 of which were events)

Adopted a further 3

I have 12 TB's & 2 Geocoins

October 23, 2005

Started in July this year. Found 8 so far. Waiting for a bit more experience before placing our 1st cache, but found loads of brilliant hiding spots!

Like others on the board, we enjoy the walks and seeing parts of the countyside that are right on our doorstep, but that we've never seen before! Numbers aren't all that important compared to the walk and the thrill of the find.

8.6k · October 23, 2005

Well, Daniel, after reading all those very impressive stats above, ummm, erh..The Blorenges from down here in rainy SE Wales have been caching since May 2004 when we found our first ever on top of the hill called The Blorenge. (Although, if you look at the date under the helicopter, you'll see that Mr B found this group way back before then.) We've found 73 and hidden 11. So you can tell we're not in it for the numbers! :mad: But that's the good thing about Geocaching - Every individual cacher can play the game their own way - You can spend every weekend out rummaging in the undergrowth/sticking your fingers into muddy, slug filled holes/lifting up 237 identical looking rocks or you can just look at the weather in the morning and say, "Looks like a bright day - How about going over to Little Bogfartin in the Marsh to see if we can find that micro The Murdlegummidges hid last November?...." Mrs B

October 23, 2005

We started way back in 2001.

Before geo-geeking, Sue and I started taking longer and longer bike rides - this found us faffing about with maps every 15 mins to make sure that we were on the right route. This led us to using GPS to ease our travels and naturally led to geo-geeking. Now we find ourselves cycling to caches!

Mind you, when I (Bernie) find myself at a loose end at various corners of this country or other pastures further afield due to the job, I get myself out and about looking for tupperware rather than clogging up the bar. No doubt this is a sign of passing youth...

We do relish and cosset caches - we will happily wait until next year for those within bike range and for those further afield, we will plan trips from suitable supermarket carparks (free parking and cheap scoff).

We avoid "power trails", urban caches and micro-caches - we like stuff out in the countryside on obscure Public Rights of Way on meaninless pathways set down in year past.

We have reported 3 infringements of PROW on our travels - almost on first name terms with the PROW Clerk in Norwich now...

October 23, 2005

i started caching in feb 2005 and up to now have only done 118 caches which is way behind you and you only started one month before me well done i have also hidden 3

Edited October 23, 2005 by alma

October 23, 2005

Hi,

For those that might be remotely interested, GPG have accumulated 395 finds just one week shy of one year since first find. Have managed to pause and hide 20 so far and have a a few plans up the sleeve for a few more. :mad:

Hope to notch up 400 on the actual day and see where we go from there...

Go Pack Go

1.3k · October 23, 2005

Hi Daniel :mad:

We've been at it since Boxing Day 2004 and have found to date 164 caches and placed 26 (two have been archived due to muggling), one currently temporarily disabled again because it got muggled but will be up and running with a replacement shortly. It's great family entertainment for us and we have been having so much fun. We love searching out new spots to place caches.

Happy caching, Liane x

October 23, 2005

Logged onto GC.com 28 July 2004

Finds 61, hides 3.

It's a good job that it's not about the numbers :mad:

1.8k · October 23, 2005

Weve been registered with geocache since Feb 2001

Good to find someone who has been at it as long as I have - geocaching that is!

But although first registered in February 2001 it took me till April to find my first cache and that was over 100 miles from home, but then there were only 36 others in the country at the time.

The next 617 have been great fun (mostly) and I've made a lot of good friends. :mad:

3.1k · October 23, 2005

We joined on 18th Feb 05 and went caching the next day to find our 1st!

Since then, we've found 210 and hidden 4, although one is now archived. We have another 6 planned, and wonder what the heck we used to do at weekends!

October 23, 2005

We joined 12th Dec 2004, first caching trip and find 3rd March 2005.

Have since found a total of 126. Not yet hidden any, although we have adopted 4.

Most finds are within 1 hour lunchtime reach of work (at Watford), or suitable for dropping in to travelling home to Hemel Hempstead.

October 23, 2005

Hi Daniel, Since Jan 19th 05, 190 caches , 29 Hides and five tbs.Introduced into this mad caper by the `Bedlingtonduo` who we accompnied around Roamin Round Richmond and our first solo Easby View.Favourite finds The Kitchen & Woodwater both yomp`s in winter weather with the latter also being our funniest(see log), most surprising location Eaves Pudding,most frustrating, Roseberry Topping (2 no finds as micro had gone, so had our legs), best area for caches Bingley and most rewarding cache Scarfell Pike along with the gang that we went up with.Camping events we enjoy and can not wait till your mum sets one up

. We would not care to guess how many you will end up with starting out at your age, hope to see you soon..BFN Edited October 24, 2005 by WETHERSPOONERS

1.6k · October 23, 2005

Daniel,

Started March 2005. Hidden 12 and Found 320.

Oss!

2.2k · October 24, 2005

27 jan 04

found 222 hidden 18 just lazier than others!

October 24, 2005

Hi Daniel

We started in Nov 2003.Have found 439.Releases 2 bugs.Adopted 2 caches.Gaz works out of the country for 3 weeks of the month so most of our caching is done when he is home.Layla and me dont cache much as we do our other hobby (music....drums and guitar) until Gaz gets back.

Nes x

October 25, 2005

Hi Daniel

I started on Sunday 6th June 2004

I've found 229 caches

Own 14 caches and 8 TB including a new EU Geocoin

LK

October 25, 2005

Started in March 2003; I didn't have a GPSr for the first six months but managed to find around 20 caches without one. Now on 747 caches (Pooter and I are tied at being the highest scoring Scottish cachers); have set 22 caches (18 active) and organised 2 Scottish Geocachers' Days Out events.

Edited October 25, 2005 by Firth of Forth

6.2k · October 25, 2005

Hi Dan. If your avatar is a picture of you, it may be time to start shaving :laughing:

I started caching without GPS in May 2003 and set my first one in July 2003, after I bought a handset for just that purpose. I've found 548 caches and set 116(!) (plus two more with Dan Wilson, plus adopted two).

SP :laughing:

October 25, 2005

Hi Daniel, great idea for the forum - it's producing lots of interesting replies

Sam and I (remember Sam in my backgarden with Jess??) started almost the same day as you and for a while I thought I was keeping up the pace that you lot set, but Sam found it too exhausting ( ). So we have done 122 since January, set 19 and adopted 2

At least I got you into trigpointing on Catton Beacon next to my cache (shameless plug and what brownie points do I get for the introduction Deego :laughing: )

Sam is looking for the sausages, so must finish :laughing:

littlejim

1.5k · October 25, 2005

Began August 14th 2004. I have found 220 caches and hidden 14 (2 of which have been archived). I have got 6 (going on 7) TBs, and have helped initiate and organise 1 cache bash.

I got my GPSr many years ago to help me in my long-distance walking. I have lost interest in humping a heavy rucksack for days on end (all right - I'm getting too old for it! :laughing: ), and have found it hard to find stimulating walks which have campsites along the way. Geocaching has been more than a good substitute, combining walking with problem solving as it does.

Edited October 25, 2005 by walkergeoff

October 25, 2005

We did our first cache last august after buying a gps to plot speed and distance on a boat(excuse for a gadget), heard about geocaching on a forum for Norman boats,I think it was introduced as "anyone bored enough to try this yet?" now half the regular posters on there seem to be having a go.

Now done 145 and hidden 2(lazy sods we are), old magellan 2000 soon got updated to etrex vista soon followed by a laptop and a palm, and I thought boating was expensive!! I believe sailing is likened to sitting in a bath of cold water tearing up tenners :laughing: , I use engine power so get to stay dry.

Can't think of a better way to find all the interesting places the usual tourists don't get to find.

3.8k · October 25, 2005

Hi there Daniel,

I found my first cache (Nobby's 'Dilapidated Des Res') on 19th October 2002. Since then I've found 1081 caches including a whole heap of event caches. Deego did tell me that I held the 'Event Cache Record' a while back but that's probably been grabbed by someone else now. I've set 30 caches and adopted 3 more. The first one was set on 25th November 2002 after I'd found 21.

8 of those 33 have since been archived for one reason or another so I have 25 active with one more in the 'pipeline'. I'm really kinda chuffed that one of my caches is currently at the top of the G:UK ratings and has been for a month or so now.

I hope you get as much fun and enjoyment out of the game as I have.

Edited October 25, 2005 by Pharisee

October 25, 2005

hello from Halifax

we started caching on 12 may this year. We have completed 49 so far and have just set our first 2 this weekend (of which one has been found thankfully - it means I did'nt biff up the co-ordinates).

October 25, 2005

We started in July last year and we are on 233 and hidden 12. On a go slow at the moment, work seems to have gotten crazy!!!

1.7k · October 25, 2005

Hi there Daniel,

I've found 1081 caches including a whole heap of event caches. Deego did tell me that I held the 'Event Cache Record' a while back but that's probably been grabbed by someone else now.

Nope mate you still hold the record, have a look Here

Dave :laughing:

October 26, 2005

We found our first cache January 2003 and hid the first one in February that year. We've now found 862 and hidden 46, 3 of which are now archived.

So far the caches we have hidden have been found 2797 times by 490 cachers. We would love to hide more caches but we're having trouble keeping up with the maintenance, specially on the Kennet & Avon series which is really popular.

October 26, 2005

I started in September 2004 when a friend from an off road club I’m in asked me to take This Tb to Ireland.

I had no idea about Geocaching so we went to This Cache for me to see what I had to do. I’ve since logged 1 more of this series but I think I’ll hold a lap record for the slowest lap around Silverstone.

I then went to the then Dublin Airport Bug hotel and placed the tb in the cache just before I finished 2 airport policemen came by asking what I was doing so I started to tell them something I knew very little about, after a while they left and I went home and started to look into Geocaching some more and got hooked.

I’ve now just passed my 200 find not to bad I think as I can only cache in the winter months but its get to find so many interesting places that I never knew existed

Well that’s my story.

1.7k · October 26, 2005

Hi ya Daniel,

We did our first cache on 17th April 2004, having bought a GPS for my Birthday (10th April).

Since then we have only really done a few caches 1252, but we hope to catch up with the others soon

We`ve hidden 37 caches, but some have been muggled, 32 are active.

Pengy

October 26, 2005

Hello this is Daniel from Us4andJess

We started caching in January 2005 and we have found 300 caches. How long have you been caching? And how many caches have you found? Also how many have you set?

thank for answering

D

Well daniel, you are doing better than me anyway,

I also started in jan 2005 and have to date logged 240 finds and a fair few DNFs too.

but i have set none as i do not have regular access to a computer except at work, which i should get back to now

bye

Iain the Bargee

October 27, 2005

Hey Daniel

After a bit of scepticism about the game/sport/pastime we finally signed up and got started on the 11th April 03 and haven't really looked back ... well not that much :huh:

So far we've found 310 and set 4 (well 5 if you count 1 we archived and moved to a new location ) and, oddly enough, have recently adpoted the first cache we ever found!!! :unsure: We plan to set some more soon and suspect we'll be caching for many, many years to come!

cheers

m and m

October 27, 2005

1st find = 12 Jul 04 (472 days)

Finds = 406

Hides = 54

New members introduced = 4

Months with under 10 finds = 9

Most finds in a month = 115

Most finds in a day = 44

Feast or famine for me then

3.7k · October 27, 2005

Hi Daniel!

I already had a GPSr and Memory Map for use on walking trips, and found out about geocaching when researching some GPS info on the net. I signed up and found my first cache in January 2004 (only last year!). Living on the Isle of Man is a bit restricting: there were less than twenty caches on the island at that time. Even though there are now more than sixty, more than half are mine anyway!

I've managed to find 293 since I started, in 10 countries on 3 continents - which I think is quite good, as I can rarely get to an unfound cache without checking in at an airport first!

I've also hidden 36 caches, of which one is an event, one is archived and one is adopted (it's the only one off the island and was a joint effort with Team Ullium: The Musical Box).

HH

October 27, 2005

My first cache was on 18th June 2005 - now up to 102 and not ready to stop yet!

October 27, 2005

I'd had two GPSr's before I finally found a use for them in August 2002. On the Glocbalpositioningsystems website, buying number three when I read the link on geocaching and I've never looked back since.

It used to be easy, keeping up with all the caches in Scotland back then. Now its a cacher's market and you can pick and choose what you want to do.

Ps, Sally - 749 now.

October 27, 2005

Joined Friday 23rd August 2005 (1161 days I reckon).

Found 131 (average of 3.45 per month or less than one a week).

Set 5

...famine or famine for me then!!

Finding these boxes has extra pleasure due to rarity value for me - and DNFs hurt all the more!

2.5k · October 27, 2005

Member since August 9th 2004. Six hundred and eighty whatsit (cannot remember!) caches in. Life, what life?

October 27, 2005

:rolleyes: Hi Daniel

Phil and Jake started caching in October 2004 , he was introduced to the sport by a Scottish cacher who we visit. I started in Feb 2005 when Phil came back from one of his scottish stay with a TB and i was then hooked.

Not made the bottom of Deego's Hall of Fame table Yet !

187 Finds - none placed - due to release a Tb soon.

Michelle

2.3k · October 27, 2005

Hello Daniel again thank you :blink: for all your replys they were all very intresting and I'am looking foreward to more replys keep up the good work

Daniel

P.S

now go out and find more caches lol :huh: :rolleyes:

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