+PopUpPirate Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) GPS? Time caching? How did you find out about it? Most in a day? FTFs? How do you take your listings with you? Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Favourite 1 cache set? What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? How many caches in the dark have you found? 5 caching annoyances? 5 caching pleasures? Easiest find? Hardest find? Hardest puzzle completed? Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Edited October 15, 2006 by PopUpPirate Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 GPS? Garmin Etrex yellow banana. Time caching? Almost 2 years How did you find out about it? An article in Walking mag. Most in a day? 4 or 5 FTFs? 4 or 5 How do you take your listings with you? On a very cheap Palm Zire Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...de-0ab6749edcf5 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b0-bf4742f51353 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...1f-d5ab23803b3d http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b1-67c97a066b67 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b5-74fc9a5f5c1c Favourite 1 cache set? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...7a-0fb9fe315d53 What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? about 75 to 1 (I always try to go back and get the DNFs). How many caches in the dark have you found? about 10 5 caching annoyances? Not finding it. Not finding it. Not finding it. Not finding it. Not finding it. 5 caching pleasures? Finding it. Finding it. Finding it. Finding it. Finding it. Easiest find? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...63-03c61f7d4f32 Hardest find? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c8-000c39b78ad4 (but that was 'cause the cache setter screwed up the calculations & co-ords, still haven't been back to find it yet though). Hardest puzzle completed? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...7c-90c670c8bfd1 (don't do many puzzles!) Hardest puzzle yet to complete? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c5-8e35d1bcb092 Quote
+PopUpPirate Posted October 15, 2006 Author Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) GPS? Yellow garmin GPS60 - bog standard one in the 60 range, no mapping, no colour, but I find the black and white display easier to view in harsh sunlight. The lack of mapping is fun, too, because you never know what you are going to get! 500 waypoints limit is a pain though. Garmin i3 in the car. Time caching? 04 Mar 06, Yarrow Valley #1 How did you find out about it? Did a google for GPS games! Most in a day? 26 courtesy of Mongoose's Oldham Way FTFs? 4 How do you take your listings with you? I used to do printouts of Streetmap.co.uk, and write the co-ords and clues on each map. Worked ok, but just got an ipaq and gone paperless. I send an unmodified GPX file straight to the handheld GPS, to Memory Map on the ipaq, and to the car sat nav. If I tell the car to go straight to the cache, it'll get me as close as possible, even if its not the dedicated parking spot! Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Dottie's Delight Anglezarke is my favourite place for walking, and this cache is the perfect intro to the area. Round the Ruins, No 1. The Wisdom of Solomon My favourite series - hope it gets extended! You sank my battleship! The first real toughie I solved, very clever and some great locations. Old Fishermans Cache Red squirrels in the wild! Brill, muggle-free and varied. Oldham Way - Parking A great series of caches, plus great tea and great friends! Favourite 1 cache set? Springwatch, for the mischief factor alone! What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Probably 1 or 2 DNFs for every 5 finds How many caches in the dark have you found? One - Wait Until Dark 2 5 caching annoyances? Dog muck, prickles, angry animals, muggles, litter 5 caching pleasures? Sun, views, people, peace, excercise Easiest find? Merely There Hardest find? Lead Mines Clough well worth it though! Hardest puzzle completed? Dominoes and Dice probably just shades "Battleship" above. Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not Quite Motorway Mayhem its so difficult because I think I've almost got it! Edited October 15, 2006 by PopUpPirate Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) GPS? Usually, as I find it helps! (yellow etrex - a design classic ) Time caching? Is this caching in the 4th dimention? See below. (Since mid 2003) How did you find out about it? Was doing a web search on a wood where there's a sculpture trail which I do the web site for, but I think I may have seen Inside Out with Dan, Pid and others earlier in the year. Most in a day? 26, along a canal with SenseiTSCK and KiwiGary last month. FTFs? Yes please! Several, but they're not really 'my thing'. How do you take your listings with you? Handwritten on the back of an envelope. Really. It's environmentally friendly! Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Britains Highest Geocache (Ben Nevis), Original Alpha Quest Y (down a tunnel), The Ring (Just a good laugh), Funny Faces (memories of a wonderful day in Scotland), Scafell Pike - A cache to peak them all (Excellent day in the Lakes) Favourite 1 cache set? How can I be expected to choose between my babies? What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Guessing at 40:1 How many caches in the dark have you found? Loads. I like a bit of night caching. 5 caching annoyances? Price of petrol, Trads that aren't Trads, Forum moans about personal preferences, TBs vanishing, Muggling. 5 caching pleasures? Having a big dumb day out with some big dumb caching mates, Eating chips while caching, discovering unexpected places, Hitting a milestone, Setting a cool cache folks' logs suggest they got a lot out of. Easiest find? The SP series, which I did with Alibags. Pile of sticks? It was like a campfire! Hardest find? The one at the top of Ben Nevis. It's a long walk and a big climb for a single cache. Fun though. Hardest puzzle completed? Oh I don't know! There's been some stinkers though. Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Probably haven't seen the cache page yet KiwiGary's 'The Unusual Object' has been doing my head in for a while though. Edited October 15, 2006 by Simply Paul Quote
+Foinavon Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) GPS? Garmin Etrex Time caching? 10 months. Feels like all my life. How did you find out about it? I was trigpointer and noticed these little red things appeearing on the trigpoint page. Most in a day? Just 5. FTFs? Just one Little Mell Fell How do you take your listings with you? scribbled bits of paper Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) I like mountain and moorland caches. Cache in the Clouds Moel Gwy The truth is out there Back to back Pike Pike shine a light Favourite 1 cache set? I rather like my latest one Blankety Blank What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Not good. 13 to one How many caches in the dark have you found? none 5 caching annoyances? 1 gps in woods when you can't get a signal 2 muggles 3 trying to be to clever and driving further than you should and getting stuck. 4 DNF's 5 lack of time to find/hide as many as you would live 5 caching pleasures? 1 That first glimspe of tupperware 2 When you place one the wait to see who will be first 3 pointless statistics 4 finding new places 5 looking at maps to see where you could place one Easiest find? Skitters woods was one of those rare occasions when its in the first place you look. Hardest find? One of yours! The Elephant tree Hardest puzzle completed? Rotten14 Hardest puzzle yet to complete? As soon as I saw flipping cache I thought I knew what the answer was and smugly congratulated myself on how clever I was. However when I did my thing I couldn't get any sensible coordinates and still cant! Edited October 15, 2006 by Foinavon Quote
+The Mars Bars Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 GPS? GPS60csx Time caching? 1yr 4.5 months How did you find out about it? Trail Walker Mag & research for a holiday on Dartmoor using Google turned up references to Letterboxing...this led onto further references to Geocaching.... Most in a day? Prior to Mongy's Termonally Lazy Power trail I think it was about 17 now it's 26! usual day out is 8ish I s'pose. FTFs? Only 4 I think...not my bag, if I'm first then great but there's not much point with PhilPamandRob nearby I like a good nights sleep.. (I am terminally lazy..really) How do you take your listings with you? Ipaq RX4100 & Roolku's excellent export script to Memory Map and HTML files. Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Mostly Piemans:- Blink X Truth is Out There Plus others that I daren't mention.. Favourite 1 cache set? Geosleuth What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 40/1 guess! How many caches in the dark have you found? +/-10 5 caching annoyances? Dog crap in plastic bags hanging in hedgerows. Dog crap on footpaths. Litter. Loose dogs! Yes Andy (big loose DOGS..not little ones, sheep or horses) Pointless micros were something bigger or better could have been placed 5 caching pleasures? New friends, Views, Finding unexpected places, Ammo Cans!! luv em. Milestones. Easiest find? Plenty to choose from... Merely has to be up there but I did find one up a hill in North Wales, sat on top of a dry stone wall... Hardest find? Duck for Cover...before the Rangers removed all the Rhodedhendrons!!!!! 3 visits.. oh yes and Rainbow Orange..don't know what I was doing wrong there but I think it's been moved now anyway. Hardest puzzle completed? Mutato Nominae has a lot to answer for..... Eventually I had to request help from a third party... he/she shall remain nameless for fear of repercussions! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not really got one on the go at the moment... "Road to Nowhere" needs to be tackled soon though! Quote
+The Mars Bars Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 GPS? GPS60csx Time caching? 1yr 4.5 months How did you find out about it? Trail Walker Mag & research for a holiday on Dartmoor using Google turned up references to Letterboxing...this led onto further references to Geocaching.... Most in a day? Prior to Mongy's Termonally Lazy Power trail I think it was about 17 now it's 26! usual day out is 8ish I s'pose. FTFs? Only 4 I think...not my bag, if I'm first then great but there's not much point with PhilPamandRob nearby I like a good nights sleep.. (I am terminally lazy..really) How do you take your listings with you? Ipaq RX4100 & Roolku's excellent export script to Memory Map and HTML files. Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Mostly Piemans:- Blink X Truth is Out There Plus others that I daren't mention.. Favourite 1 cache set? Geosleuth What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 40/1 guess! How many caches in the dark have you found? +/-10 5 caching annoyances? Dog crap in plastic bags hanging in hedgerows. Dog crap on footpaths. Litter. Loose dogs! Yes Andy (big loose DOGS..not little ones, sheep or horses) Pointless micros were something bigger or better could have been placed 5 caching pleasures? New friends, Views, Finding unexpected places, Ammo Cans!! luv em. Milestones. Easiest find? Plenty to choose from... Merely has to be up there but I did find one up a hill in North Wales, sat on top of a dry stone wall... Hardest find? Duck for Cover...before the Rangers removed all the Rhodedhendrons!!!!! 3 visits.. oh yes and Rainbow Orange..don't know what I was doing wrong there but I think it's been moved now anyway. Hardest puzzle completed? Mutato Nominae has a lot to answer for..... Eventually I had to request help from a third party... he/she shall remain nameless for fear of repercussions! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not really got one on the go at the moment... "Road to Nowhere" needs to be tackled soon though! Quote
+HazelS Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) GPS? Garmin Legend Time caching? 2 years in February How did you find out about it? Countryfile on TV Most in a day? prior to Oldham Way, it was 20 in Harrogate with ac-p earlier this year, now it's 29, someof which I was with you doing Oldham Way! FTFs? well....Think it's 16 How do you take your listings with you? On my trusty Palm Vx, use Jane to get me there (Tom Tom) and then Mr Legend takes over Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) hmmm toughie: Easby View - Richmond N Yorks ??? Buy it In Budworth - Cheshire - Pieman The Lost Treasure of Disco Jack - Wirral - AC-P The Clairvoyant - Chester - AC-P That's Magic, Smile or Scowl - Cheshire - Pieman Any Pieman cache is worthy of a place in the top 10 though... purely cos he is such a sneak! Ac-p does a mean cache too - very very well thought out and executed caches Favourite 1 cache set? Hmmmm Summertime Fun - Parkgate Just because it's in a place I love, and the hide is quite sneeky What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? probably about one in 20 How many caches in the dark have you found? 2 - Wait until Dark (Lancs) and ...Blink (cheshire) 5 caching annoyances? Nettles, I keep falling over, Litter, getting bitten and bulls in fields! 5 caching pleasures? Himalayan Balsam (!) views, peace and quiet, camping events, great friends Easiest find? any MM cache!! Hardest find? probably one of mine that I have right now - can't find it anywhere!!!! Hardest puzzle completed? The truth is out there - Pieman Hardest puzzle yet to complete? only have the one I'm working on.... Blankety Blank by Foinavon phew... spanish inquisition or what!!!! H Edited October 15, 2006 by HazelS Quote
+Pharisee Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? For the first 1200 or so caches a Garmin Legend. For the last few months a Garmin GPSMap60CSx Time caching? Started in September 2002 How did you find out about it? A 'metal detectorist' workmate told me about it Most in a day? Don't remember exactly but it was probably in London whilst caching with me fellow 'Grockles' FTFs? A few, but not something I actively pursue How do you take your listings with you? These days I use CacheMate on my Garmin iQue 3600 (a Palm PDA). Sometimes, if I can be bothered, I also take the days selection in HTML format using 'Plucker' to read them Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Not in any order and 'off the top of me head' :- A Midsummer Nights Dream GCDD70 The 'Vectis' series on the Isle of Wight Waterfall and Ruin GCHTPP All Hope Dies Here GC3586 Tommy Jones GCGJHW Favourite 1 cache set? Your Mission.... What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 1310 / 51 but some of those were subsequently 'found' How many caches in the dark have you found? Not too many... maybe a couple of dozen or so 5 caching annoyances? micros small micros large micros nano micros any micros 5 caching pleasures? Good company (x5) Easiest find? Difficult to choose 1 as there have been many 'cache & dash' type finds Hardest find? Physically... the one on the top of Ben Nevis Hardest puzzle completed? Don't remember... I tend to filter them out and ignore them Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not actively trying to solve any (see last answer) Quote
+Paul G0TLG Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Garmin Foretrex Time caching? Registered with GC.com in April 2002. First cache found April 2003! (I take a while to get organised sometimes ) How did you find out about it? My chums of Team Tate told me they were being filmed for the TV programme “Inside Out”, which was doing a feature on caching. I said “What’s that?”, and the rest is history, as they say! Most in a day? 14, on the Kennet and Avon Canal, in the company of Paws for Thought. FTFs? Dunno really…ten-ish. I don’t normally rush for FTFs but sometimes I’m lucky, and there have been a few so close to home I HAD to go for them! How do you take your listings with you? Using Cachemate on my iPaq. TomTom running on the iPaq to get me to the parking, if it’s an area I don’t know already. Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Mumbles Hill Cache near Swansea GC8E77 Common Find Me – it was my 100th, and I did it with Team Tate (see above!) GC5548 Ripley Castle (North Yorkshire) GCH2N9 Beacon Book Box (Hampshire) GCF7AB Dales Way – Cetal Wella Slit GCXCFT Favourite 1 cache set? Blog Standard: The Blogger’s Bog GCNDXB. It’s in one of my favourite places and the finders seem to have enjoyed it. What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Don’t really know – I’ve been back and found most of my DNFs later. How many caches in the dark have you found? Only a couple. I don’t really like night caching, I keep walking into trees and falling in the mud! 5 caching annoyances? Dog poo Big scary dogs that the owners can’t or won’t control Ten thousand muggles appearing just as I get to “Ground Zero” “What’s the Point” caches – caches placed in an area with no merit whatsoever just to get the placer’s numbers up Clues that are absolutely no help – if I’ve decrypted the clue it’s because I need it! 5 caching pleasures? Great scenery Visiting new areas Meeting loads of nice people Getting some quality exercise Playing with gadgets Easiest find? Isle of Wight – the Lungbuster GCC93B. The previous finder hadn’t concealed it properly and we saw it from halfway across the field! Hardest find? The Orange Tree Which Bears No Fruit GCF641. Such an easy cache that had been found by everyone including unaccompanied six-year-olds, this took me about six visits and became quite a joke among local cachers. Hardest puzzle completed? Enigma Variations 2 – The Nine Knights Templar GCHYM7. As you might guess from the title, a nine-part puzzle multi that took me about six visits to complete. There should be more caches like this! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Probably Enigma Variations 3, which is promised but hasn’t been placed yet! Quote
Nediam Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Fortuna CompactFlash GPSr in a HP iPaq 2210 Time caching? 2 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days (but I haven't been out caching for nearly 3 months ) How did you find out about it? Google searching Most in a day? 33 - (the last time I went out) FTFs? 4 How do you take your listings with you? On the iPaq via GPXSonar Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) All Tooled Up Stencil Stash Alchemy Quest - Gold Snowdon View - Micro 1 Ye Ole Survey Monuments (when it was at Moel Famau) Favourite 1 cache set? Prince's Park Micro (cos despite being very exposed it's only been muggled once....famous last words) What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Perhaps 1 in every 60ish How many caches in the dark have you found? Probably getting on for around 100 5 caching annoyances? Dog mess in bags left lying around, Caches in plastic bags, Slippy stiles , "Calling Cards" inside the logbook that fall out all over the place, Muggles that won't move away - the cheek of it! 5 caching pleasures? Finding great new places, Fresh Air, The challenge of the hunt, Seeing the ingenuity of some cache placers, Wildlife. Easiest find? Motorway Mayhem M4 Reading Srvcs W'bound (J11-J12) - Coz I didn't even have to get out of the car! Hardest find? Little Britain's Guide to GPS use - Lou and Andy - My GPS can't do what is necessary Hardest puzzle completed? Stencil Stash wasn't easy but I suppose for a "proper puzzle" it was :- The Wonderful World of Leonardo Pisano Even once I solved it, it took two visits to find the cache! (The puzzle has since been altered from the puzzle image that it used to be - looks much easier now ) Hardest puzzle yet to complete? I suppose I would have to say my nearest unfound puzzle which is Death Bout Cache - I haven't got a clue where to start! Quote
+gingerbreadmen Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? E-trex Legend but I’m getting seriously cheesed off with it’s lack of ability under trees at the moment and my big jar of change in the living room keeps on looking at me knowingly… Time caching? About 9.40 in the morning. Or 23rd October 2005. The Gas in Bristol How did you find out about it? Article in The Guardian or The Indy… or was it The Sport? Most in a day? 26 thanks to the Terminally Lazy series, otherwise if I’m out with others maybe ten, on my tod about 5 or 6, sometimes 1 (blush). FTFs? 6 but two of them were joint finds with others we met on the way to the cache. How do you take your listings with you? Pda containing memory map Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Mardale Madness Series. 3 weekends on the bounce to drive up and complete it, never mind the maddening riddles. But we managed it AND got an FTF for the final one. An absolute classic in an unspoilt Lake District that is not plagued by muggles. Everybody should pay a visit to this series. Geoslueth, very clever and can be done in an afternoon. Johnny Cash – I walk The Line – you’d have to read the log, and it wasn’t a favourite at the time! Raided series was very good with a neat twist, The next one I complete. Favourite 1 cache set? Probably Dawn To Dusk series. What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Eeerrrr probably about 15 to 1 but one great day on the Wirral when it was more like 2 found and 7 not…. Whooopeee! How many caches in the dark have you found? Non yet but two are looming very very quickly 5 caching annoyances? Rural micros Not being able to do a pq for founds more than once a week Two certain webcam caches where the camera is NEVER where it supposed to be at a given time.. grrrrrr Tea time so I have to head home Being stupid and not being able to find a really simple cache 5 caching pleasures? New friends Getting out of the house Finding rural caches that aren’t micros Boring people rigid at work about how exciting it is to look for a butty box in the middle of nowhere. Battling big black guard flies at one of Lollybob’s caches (I love ‘em really ;o) ) Easiest find? British Library Cache, I phoned the co-ords to the Missus who was in London, all I had to do was log the find. Hardest find? Some I still haven’t managed so I would have to say them. Hardest puzzle completed? Have you tried any of the Enigma Series? Hardest puzzle yet to complete? All of the soddin’ things. Probably some of Pengy & Tiggers ;o) Quote
+currykev Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) Time taken to fill out questionaires - Too much! Edited to waste more of my time. Edited October 16, 2006 by currykev Quote
+CrazyL200 Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Originally a Geko 201 and Memory Map on an Ipaq 5550 Now a Vista C and all sorts on the Ipaq 5550. Time caching? Been a member a year tomorrow, but my first find was in November last year. How did you find out about it? A mate in another club. Most in a day? 26 on 6th July 2006 FTFs? 22 How do you take your listings with you? Cachemate on Ipaq 5550 Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) GCTY3P The Lost Treasure of Disco Jack - drove many of us around the bend for weeks GCPPVZ Light of Life : Fiat Lux - ditto GCRVZW Geo-sluth - a really fun series to get this one. GCMZA6 Charmouth Fossil Hunt Earthcache - the kids spent all day doing this one ! GCKPJ7 The Zodiac Series (Ophicus) - what a great series to get to this one. Favourite 1 cache set? GC11F Jame's Hidey Hole & GC11D Emma's Hidey Hole (sorry can't choose between them - the kids had so much fun putting them together and placing them). What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 34 to 1 How many caches in the dark have you found? Around 40 or 50 5 caching annoyances? Plastic bags Dog poo Lost TBs Muggled caches DNFs 5 caching pleasures? The kids enjoying a challenging find after a nice walk Getting out walking in the country side Solving a puzzle Completing a good series Night caching Easiest find? GCQ0YY Split and Drop - a great educational Earthcache, we drove the byway to this one and you just cant miss it even before the GPS zeros out. Most Motorway Mayhems. Hardest find? GCTY3P The Lost Treasure of Disco Jack - drove me nuts for days. Hardest puzzle completed? GCPPVZ Light of Life : Fiat Lux - took ages to get into the setters way of thinking. Hardest puzzle yet to complete? GCY69V Janpe's Inspiration Quote
+Bambography Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Garmin eTrex Legend (as of last week) Time caching? 10th May 2006 - Say Cheese! How did you find out about it? Wiki "How to of the Day" Most in a day? 9 after the Dreaming Spires Cache Bash 06 FTFs? 1 - Golfballs Gallore How do you take your listings with you? Printouts Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) In no particular Order and with only 50 finds you are asking for 10% of my finds...! Spohies Choice - I love this area and enjoyed the walk! Say Cheese! - My first ever, a tricky find and had walked past daily for a year before I discovered Geocaching!!! University Challenge 11 - The High - Amazing hide with retrieval harder than the find. What a View Powys - Love this type of location and didn't realise which direction the gps' "400m" was in. Oracle Microcache - My 50th (not the reason) but a really clever hide that made me work for it! Favourite 1 cache set? Not that far yet, but have one or two in mind. What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 50:5 (50:8 if you include those found since or DNF'd more than once) How many caches in the dark have you found? 0 but I DNF'd once in the dark 5 caching annoyances? Muggles Overhead Trees/Buildings Micros in Woodland where a regular would be easy to hide. Nettles Gnats 5 caching pleasures? Fresh Air Walking No TV/Peace and Quite Excellent Views/sights Rain Easiest find? University Challenge 5 - Munch Munch - Lived near it for 4 years so harldy even registered as a find. Hardest find? I've had 2 DNFs at one place but since that doesn't count as a find i'll say - Oracle Microcache (Longest = Bluebell Woords (Hants)) Hardest puzzle completed? Can't anwser as not really done anything beyond the offset Multi's Hardest puzzle yet to complete? See above. Quote
+oldsoldier Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? GArmin GPS60Cx Time caching? HArdcore, since may 05 How did you find out about it? I think the first gps I bought in like 2000 had something mentioned with it... Most in a day? 17 FTFs? Only one. Thats all I need How do you take your listings with you? PDA (cachemate Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) I honestly dont recall...I did a series of 4 while hiking in NH with my nephew for a few days, those were memorable for the good times we had that weekend. And, I'd have to say a local 4x4 cache I've done would round out my 5 Favourite 1 cache set? Town Lines Cache puzzle. I did this one 3 days after buying my new jeep What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 115 finds, something like 7 DNFs How many caches in the dark have you found? Only one, but it was cool 5 caching annoyances? Bugs, people, urban micros, procrastinating (with other things), cleaning my jeep afterwards 5 caching pleasures? Being outside, taking my nephew with me, finding a particularly hard one, going to new places, being part of another, mysterious "world" Easiest find? A local micro, named something like "I hate micros IV" or something. By the desription alone I knew where it was. Hardest find? Another urban micro, that is hidden on a greenway between 2 busy streets. I've DNFed it twice, due to muggles. Hardest puzzle completed? Havent done any really hard ones to date Hardest puzzle yet to complete? There are several in the area, I have yet to do. One, I have to get a second half of the coords from a cache that seems to constantly disappear. Quote
markandlynn Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Etrex yellow Time caching? Member Since: Monday, May 05, 2003 How did you find out about it? Wil Wheaton dot net online blog Most in a day? Most finds: 12 on 10/25/2004 but we are happy just to be out for the day in fact see annoyances ! FTFs? 4 not our thing though ill leave midnight jaunts and instant notification to your mobile to other people thank you very much. How do you take your listings with you? Palm Vx or for long multis a print out Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Bookmark list Favourite 1 cache set? Kelly's birthday cache. allthoug Let me Enta tain you comes a close second What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 402 found and according to fizzy magic 7 DNF logs (on found caches only) plus i think two more on holiday's How many caches in the dark have you found? Two both on this bookmark list 5 caching annoyances? Short online logs Cache 3 of 388 why do we need to know? Dog doo People not taking thier time to rehide the cache “What’s the Point” caches – caches placed in an area with no merit whatsoever just to boost numbers 5 caching pleasures? Great locations Walks with all the family Reading a funny online log Discovering new areas on holiday Not finding a micro at the end Easiest find? Lots fall into this category probably the Iron Mountain TB hotel its HUGE! Hardest find? Curiously manx the spiders lair everything went wrong on that one. Hardest puzzle completed? Solved quite a few just not got round to finding them id say this one Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Trying to solve the helsby 5K Quote
+Pieman Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Garmin etrex Legend Time caching? 2 1/2 years How did you find out about it? Article in the Sunday Times Most in a day? About 10 or 11, I think FTFs? 6 How do you take your listings with you? Sony Clie PDA running Plucker Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) The Clairvoyant Piglet's Pot Devil's Flute The Mars Bars' Enigma Series (OK it's a series I know and not one cache) Beware the Barguest Favourite 1 cache set? Either one set by a friend of mine in Marbury Park or "K". What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? About 87% found How many caches in the dark have you found? Probably about 2 5 caching annoyances? Caches placed just because they are somewhere easily driven to Micros placed in suburban locations Logs that say "The coordinates were 8 feet out" My torch bulb blowing half way to a certain cache in a tunnel in the Midlands Decrypting hints that say "You don't need a hint" 5 caching pleasures? Solving a difficult but well constructed puzzle and then finding the cache Finding a little gem of a location that I would otherwise have never visited Completely messing up finding PhilPamandRob's caches when I join up with the Kelsborrow Wayfinders Getting interesting logs on my caches- lots of people I could mention, but Archer4 always writes a good one! Bumping into other cachers at caches Easiest find? I remembering writing "Quickest find yet" on my log to original cache at Flint Castle- but I'd probably only done about 10 caches then. Hardest find? Two- Suspension by ac-p, great fun though and Don't Nick the Swans by Badger which I still haven't found. The first stage of this (which I have found) is the single most difficult search I have come across. Hardest puzzle completed? The Clairvoyant Hardest puzzle yet to complete? The Lost Treasure of Disco Jack- although I found the cache without completing the puzzle! Quote
+Mr'D Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) GPS? Once Etrex yellow, now GPS60 or PDA (see below) Time caching? 2. something years How did you find out about it? Altavista'd (yes really...) Copper Horse monument in Windsor, came across a Cachenav page or something...(spit!) Most in a day? 24 or 26 - I can't recall FTFs? 39 How do you take your listings with you? Until last weekend on paper, might go back to paper too after my first PDA expedition... :-( Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) pen y fantastic ... lost in tanslation ALPHA QUEST-Y The Backnell Ramble Glaciers in Southern England Earthcache Favourite 1 cache set? Elimination by numbers (Gorrick Plantation) What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? No idea How many caches in the dark have you found? Half a dozen maybe (I don't like caching in the dark) 5 caching annoyances? Golf balls in caches, muggles, calling cards in log books, grammatically poor cache pages and DNF's 5 caching pleasures? Not behind a desk, own company (mostly), fresh air, photographing cache area (helps my poor memory...), logging and collapsing in the bath. EDITED TO INCLUDE.. MICROS oops sorry John Easiest find? Wouldn't like to say... ;-) Hardest find? .... lost in translation Hardest puzzle completed? .... lost in translation Hardest puzzle yet to complete? That 5x5 in Wiltshire that needs a boat? Jon Edited October 16, 2006 by Mr.Dewdrop Quote
+Tizzie Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Etrex Legend then GPSmap60CSX Time caching? 1 year 1 month How did you find out about it? Heard it being discussed in a podcast about something totally different Most in a day? 17 in North Wales last month FTFs? 2 real ones, another 2 or 3 when with a group How do you take your listings with you? MemoryMap & GPXSonar on my PDA for most, printouts for scribbling on for puzzles and multis Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Apedale (my first!) The Wench is Dead (have ancestors who worked the canals, so this was an interesting one for me) Sheepish (couldn't stop smiling at this one) Vale View Geocoin Exchange (for the walk and the views) L'Avarizon (slightly scarey, a mile out to sea with tidal warnings!) Favourite 1 cache set? Haven't set any yet What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Not sure, prabably 1:25, but reduced when I go back for a 2nd or 3rd time. How many caches in the dark have you found? 3 5 caching annoyances? Dog mess Litter Laybys that are full up Having to stop caching to go to work The time it takes to log them all online! 5 caching pleasures? Discovering new places Finding that elusive cache that was really well disguised New friends and the camaraderie of the sport Marvelling at other people's inventiveness A fun way to escape from the office into the fresh air Easiest find? Any one of about 6 that were uncovered as I approached Hardest find? Either Spotters viewpoint or Wrekin Havoc! Hardest puzzle completed? Can't say, if I can't crack it within half an hour I lose interest! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Ditto Quote
andy_the_rocketeer Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Garmin Etrex Summit Time caching? not very much - member for years, just rarely go out hunting How did you find out about it? The internet probably Most in a day? 4 FTFs? 0 How do you take your listings with you? Printout Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Objets d'Art #1 Only listed 1 (out of not many finds), cos that one stoood out as "interesting" Favourite 1 cache set? none set What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 16:2 How many caches in the dark have you found? 1 5 caching annoyances? forest micros slug and water laden plastic bags supposedly keeping an airtight container dry muggles batteries running out just when you are getting close, but not close enough zero signal in wet forests 5 caching pleasures? finding new bits of forest etc. to go mountain biking in finding new bits of city that I didn't realise were there Easiest find? Another brick in the wall Hardest find? Rascal - hunted high and low for that, naff GPS signal, too many potential hidy holes. Eventually found it in the last place I looked. Dunno how many times I rode/walked past it. Hardest puzzle completed? n/a Hardest puzzle yet to complete? there's a few German one's, which I won't list. translation makes an easy puzzle hard for starters. Quote
+Geotrotters Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? Garmin Camo Time caching? 10 months How did you find out about it? From a mate Most in a day? 30 FTFs? 2 How do you take your listings with you? PDA Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Oscars Prowl (our first and where we met Lollybob) - GCG1VB Beast of Crimson Hill - GCW0WW Sword in the Stone - GCY0J9 Horroks Fold truck - GCP3EG Terminally Lost series (for the company and the enjoyable day out) - GCY6Q3 (nearest to the caff) Favourite 1 cache set? I knew there was something I meant to do! What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? We always go back to find any DNF's but probably 30:1 taking into account the ones we actually found on a 2nd/3rd attempt. How many caches in the dark have you found? Nil - but we came close with Park and Hide - GCRKV1 5 caching annoyances? DNF's Plastic bags Muggles Nettles Brambles 5 caching pleasures? Finding the caches Walking Getting fresh air meeting fellow cachers Having a sport I can enjoy with my son Easiest find? Sir Percivalles Pit Stop - GCY1R0 Hardest find? Land of the Giants - GCJCT4 Hardest puzzle completed? Dominoes & Dice (The series) Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Put all P & T puzzle caches in a hat and pick one out. Quote
+Hi-Tek Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 GPS? First was a borrowed Garmin GPS 12 (I think) then a Magellan 315, then a Garmin Legend, then 60CS - now a 60CSx. Time caching? First find was 25th Jan 2003. How did you find out about it? "Inside Out" TV program. Most in a day? 23 on 18th March 2003 FTFs? 23 How do you take your listings with you? Cachemate on my Garmin iQue 3600 Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) 1. Vectis series on the Isle of Wight 2. "Force 9" Hampshire 3. Park & Precinct ponderings. 4. LittleToe's Trilogy - part 1 5. Rivet Favourite 1 cache set? Oxleys Coppice (Hampshire) What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 37.470588235294117647058823529412:1 How many caches in the dark have you found? about a dozen including my 500th. 5 caching annoyances? 1. Puzzle caches (Trad) 2. Puzzle caches (Multi) 3. Puzzle caches (Mystery) 4. Puzzle caches (Other) 5. Puzzle caches (placed in carrier bags) 5 caching pleasures? Being out with me fellow Grockle mates & the pints of lunch. Easiest find? "What's all that about then" - didn't have to get out of the car. Hardest find? Diamond Isle (Isle of Wight) - cos we weren't sure we had actually 'found' the correct final location! Hardest puzzle completed? Are you baud yet? Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Hmm, plan on filtering them out! Quote
+The Bolas Heathens Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) GPS? Garmin 60Csx, Mio P550 as backup Time caching? 11 months How did you find out about it? Read about it in the Sunday Telegraph Most in a day? 56 in the USA, 43 in the UK. FTFs? 49 How do you take your listings with you? Cachemate on PDA Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) K - good locations and an immersive storyline, plus a fab final location. Enigma Nine (TTFN) - enjoyed the dash out from the event to get FTF - a fitting end to a series that's right up my street (I'm a mathematician and love anything to do with codes) Alchemy Quest Gold - our first big milestone cache and a great location that I'd not managed to guess in advance ALPHA QUEST-Y Bonus Cache - only did this last weekend but the location is just stunning Shingle Creek Cache - a lovely location with lots of wildlife we don't see at home Favourite 1 cache set? What the heck ??? !!! is really good fun and very different. We like all our caches in different ways so it’s hard to choose. What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 52 / 1185 = 4%. A good proportion of these were in Florida where I suspect there are quite a few “vacation caches” that never get replaced when they are muggled. How many caches in the dark have you found? Quite a few – I’d guess 25+. We particularly enjoy FTF dashes in the dark against some of the local cachers in winter. 5 caching annoyances? 1) People who try and inflict their views of caching on other cachers. There is more than one way to play this sport. 2) People who write logs on our caches that make us feel like we are taking an exam rather than setting a cache that is supposed to be fun. 3) Litter, caches in smelly plastic bags. 4) People who moan about silly things like how we (or others) log caches - the world is a big place and not everyone is the same e.g. 1 of 20 found today - this is for our own benefit as it's nice to look back on logs and see which order we did caches on a particular day. It's a game and supposed to be fun! 5) G:UK rating system - it's so open to abuse that it's worthless IMHO. We have two local cachers who almost always automatically give the minimum rating to any new cache we set (and seem to do this on other new caches in the area too). I don't know why they do it but it makes the true ratings of local caches artificially low and as the caches don't get that much traffic, the ratings stay low, making you wonder what the point in going to the trouble of setting new caches is. 5 caching pleasures? 1) Going to interesting places 2) Challenging puzzles 3) Walking and keeping fit 4) Meeting some great people along the way 5) Having fun going out with my boy every week caching - priceless Easiest find? Too many to mention. Hardest find? The Wall Is Green and Square Hardest puzzle completed? Pieman’s The Golden Crust Geocaching Awards – it took me about 4 hours to work it out, even after I knew what I had to do! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not sure – none spring to mind. Edited October 18, 2006 by The Bolas Heathens Quote
+rutson Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 GPS? Magellan Sportrak Map Garmin Etrex Mitac Mio P550 TFAC Bluetooth Garmin Forerunner 201 Time caching? As much as possible. How did you find out about it? Accidently while trying to find out something else about my shiny new Garmin Forerunner 201 Most in a day? 102 FTFs? Err.... a few, I have 52 marked in GSAK, so something a little more than that How do you take your listings with you? Paper, PDA or phone Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Quest for the Ring of Power Alchemy series (OK Gold if you want ONE) Austin Power #1 "Hang up and run to me" The Truth is Out There (VERY hard to single out five) Favourite 1 cache set? Poor Johnson What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? 52.81481:1 How many caches in the dark have you found? Eak, about 300 I suppose? 5 caching annoyances? Lack of time Lack of caches Smelly, soggy, black bin liners Poor hides 5 caching pleasures? Getting out there Friendship Companionship in the field Excercise Milestones (oh and records ) Easiest find? Can't name a single one, walked straight up to around 6-10 on Saturday alone. Hardest find? Austin Power #1 Hardest puzzle completed? Poor Johnson (yes, I KNOW it's mine, but it was harder to set than any puzzles I can think of solving!) Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Not activly working on any at the moment Quote
+TMM-Sarah Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) GPS? Garmin Etrex Camo Time caching? 9 months How did you find out about it? Introduced by Thornproof (Gareths Dad) Most in a day? 10 FTFs? 13 How do you take your listings with you? Paper Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) GCTTY2 Hald on this one's for the kids- kids loved it The Beast of Crimson Hill- Gareths fave Hold Your Nerve -our first night cache Forked Tong- classic Sword in the stone - loved it...the time taken to think this cache out and put it together makes it worthy of our top five (will add GC no.s when I can find them) Favourite 1 cache set? Erm...can't chose What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? I AM NOT ANSWERING THAT! How many caches in the dark have you found? 2 5 caching annoyances? Cows Ticks Losing a car caching Speeding Fine received Damp caches 5 caching pleasures? Family time Beautiful views and surroundings Solving Icarus puzzles Caching The Morgan Mob way Meeting new cachers/friends Easiest find? Even the easiest caches are made difficult by us!! Hardest find? I don't want to advertise it...it was junk!!! Hardest puzzle completed? Dexters Laboratory by Icarus ( we needed no help!!! ) Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Round in Circles by Icarus Edited October 18, 2006 by The Morgan Mob Quote
+The Other Stu Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 GPS? Etrex Legend Orange M2000 + Bluetooth receiver + GPS Tuner Gecko 101 Time caching? 7 months How did you find out about it? A bargain forum!!! Someone was going on about a cheap GPS and put a link into the GC site (Hence the reason it took me a year to find my first one!) I already had a Gecko because the speedo on my boat was broke and it was cheaper than getting the Speedo repaired. Most in a day? 19 during TDWs unofficial event FTFs? 3 or 4? How do you take your listings with you? Depends. Usually paper, sometimes on the PDA Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Crows Peak (definite #1) Down In the Park (my first find) Plough Series Southampton City Walls Last Train - Swanbourne (just because of the container!!!) But there's many many more that I'd love to mention, especially ones in Cornwall, Devon, Shrops, North Wales, Cheshire and so on (and all the lovely locals like Alibags who do fantastic Canal caches) Favourite 1 cache set? Quarry Worry What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? officially? 144:1 How many caches in the dark have you found? Not enough! Probably 2 or 3 5 caching annoyances? Muggles (especially in London and Oxford) People who don't clear up after their dogs Geolitter Micros in large woods when a Regular would have been better People leaving lids of caches 5 caching pleasures? Country Air Sea Air Caching as a group Events Friends Easiest find? ooh, easy answer at first, then realised 2 spring to mind. Sir Bedivere's Dragon Vigil - the only cache (to date) I've done with Tomtom alone! M1 drive-by series, Jn16 - Didn't even need to get out of the car!!! Hardest find? Three Locks - still can't find it (even though noobs have found it on their first time out) Hardest puzzle completed? Gone Fishing - half of my skin was left here Gary handed it to me when he needed it adopting. Hardest puzzle yet to complete? no idea Hence the reason I haven't completed it! Quote
+The Mighty Shark Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) GPS? Started off with a Garmin Venture, Now have a Garmin 60CS Time caching? First find 19th Feb 05 How did you find out about it? Aritcle on TV (Countryfile) saw it on the Sunday, went out and purchased GPS the following day. Most in a day? 9 FTFs? 7 How do you take your listings with you? Usually print out Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) (GC7B18) Foggy Field (GC7744) The Frenchmans Grave (GCGNB1) The Mysterious Roman Steps (GCQ4AJ) Harlech Hilltop (GCB74A) Black Head (Cornwall) Favourite 1 cache set? My latest. (GCXM16) Give Us A Clue. (9 stage Multi) What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? About 25/1 How many caches in the dark have you found? 2 to claim the FTF 5 caching annoyances? Muggles Flying insects Brambles DNF’s Getting caught in the rain without waterproofs 5 caching pleasures? FTF’s Meeting fellow cachers The joy of finding the cache The peace and quiet of most locations Logging my finds Easiest find? Easiest and quickest find was (GCH7TX) Blithfield Port. Saw the hidey hole before we even left the car. Walked 6 feet from car to cache. Hardest find? Far too many to mention Hardest puzzle completed? Don’t do many puzzles. Not hard ones anyhow Hardest puzzle yet to complete? I will let you know when I try and find it Edited October 18, 2006 by The Mighty Shark Quote
+LollyBob Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 GPS? Yellow Etrex Time caching? 10 months How did you find out about it? Print out of geocaching.com Most in a day? 30 including the terminally lazy FTFs? 4 or 5 How do you take your listings with you? Bob and a pda Favourite 5 caches found excluding events (no getting out of this one!) Beast of crimson Hill, Elephant tree, Duck for cover ,The Zodiac Series - Aquarius,Silent Sentry series...along with 300 other finds. Favourite 1 cache set? Where angels fly What roughly is your "Found" to "Did Not Find" ratio? Have no idea, but not many How many caches in the dark have you found? 1 5 caching annoyances? COWS HORSES Ticks Nettles and Brambles 5 caching pleasures? Meeting other cachers, Caching with others, Scenery, Reading logs about our caches, Visiting new areas Easiest find? Bikes and Bolshy Sheep Re-visited Hardest find? Land of the giants.....took 4 visits to find that one! Hardest puzzle completed? Most of them! Hardest puzzle yet to complete? Most of them Quote
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