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[+Wrgwayandhobolos]

ok i was wanting to hide my first cache and have looked at all the guidelines, but my question is

is there a Chat line "besides fourms" to talk one on one with a reviewer? to ask a few more questions thanks William "ki4mjo"

[+mchaos]

ok i was wanting to hide my first cache and have looked at all the guidelines, but my question is

is there a Chat line "besides fourms" to talk one on one with a reviewer? to ask a few more questions thanks William "ki4mjo"

 

A chat line?? Uh, I don't think so. What are your questions?

[+Wrgwayandhobolos]

well i dont guess it would be called a chat line more like a chat room i guess but anyway i have my cache all set up and ready to hide and have a really nice placeit in a park and it would be placed a little off from a walking trail my question would be do i need to let the city know because it is a city park and the walking trail goes back into the woods a way

thanks

William "ki4mjo"

[+bafl01]

i guess if you really must ask your local reviewer a very specific question you cold email them. the one thing i have really liked about our local reviewer is i have emailed him twice in the past and gotten responses. He covers two states and still found time to answer me but dont expect an answer. really i would just post your questions here or just ask a heavy local cacher.

Edited July 30, 2009 by bafl01

[+Von-Horst]

do i need to let the city know

 

From the cache listing guidlines (available here);

 

"By submitting a cache listing, you assure us that you have adequate permission to hide your cache in the selected location. ...We also assume that your cache placement complies with all applicable laws."

 

Mike

[+mchaos]

well i dont guess it would be called a chat line more like a chat room i guess but anyway i have my cache all set up and ready to hide and have a really nice placeit in a park and it would be placed a little off from a walking trail my question would be do i need to let the city know because it is a city park and the walking trail goes back into the woods a way

thanks

William "ki4mjo"

 

There is a some what of an unofficial rule called the Frisbee rule. Kind of a rule of thumb. The rule is, you can place a cache any where you would be allowed to play frisbee. Some people like it, others don't. I like to use it as a loose guideline.

 

If your not going to get in trouble for playing frisbee there, you should have no problem placing a cache, as long as its not breaking any laws.

 

If its a public place, then there is usually not a problem. You may however want talk to your local park service, or park police to let them know you are hiding it there. Most of the time they are familiar with geocaching. There is a park near me where a park ranger had placed a cache of his own.

 

Also making this cache look like it is obviously not a threat to an unsuspecting muggle that may stumble across it is also a very good Idea. I would not use a PVC pipe or similar, Or anything that may look like an explosive. Also If it is a large cache its a good Idea to spray paint a stencil on it that says "NO DANGER GEOCACHE GAME PIECE" I have seen one that was near a mine shaft that resembled at first glance, a detonator. It had stenciled on it, "NOT A BOMB" Which is better then nothing, but I don't think the word "bomb" should not even be on the cache at all. Keep the word out of the mind.

 

If its a micro, you really shouldn't have to worry about anything at all. They are too small to pose a threat, and the chances of a good well hidden micro being found by a muggle are slim, although it does happen. Most times they are discarded.

 

The first cache I had found, I did not realize what it was. I found a key box and opened and remember reading the cache note and thinking nothing of it. I was not aware of geocaching at that time. I am sorry to say I tossed the note away, and kept the key box to use for hiding a key.

 

It was a year after that I learned about it, and realized I had seen a cache before. Can't remember where I found it though.

 

Now a days most park and law officials are aware of geocaching. Its not normally a big deal. Just make sure you have a good cache note in it. Print it from the geocaging web site. Also, if there is a problem with the hide, the reviewer will let you know via reviewer note before publishing it. So if it shouldn't be most of the time they tell you.

 

For instance, I just hid a new micro, It was in a graveyard. He wanted to know before he published it that it was not interfering with any graves, so as not to be disrespectful, and I just let him know that it was off a path and not near any graves. Then it was published.

 

The only time you would need to ask permission is if it is private property or close to a business where they may stumble across it or notice a lot of odd foot traffic to one spot, or see a lot of dizzy bee dances.

 

So go hide it, submit it, and if there are any issues you will know.

[+Renegade Knight]

...There is a some what of an unofficial rule called the Frisbee rule. Kind of a rule of thumb. The rule is, you can place a cache any where you would be allowed to play frisbee. Some people like it, others don't. I like to use it as a loose guideline.

 

If your not going to get in trouble for playing frisbee there, you should have no problem placing a cache, as long as its not breaking any laws....

 

Expanding a bit. Public parks encourage casual recreational activity (I stole that term from the BLM since that's what they call caching). Playing frisbee and geocaching are both casual recreational activites. Thus if the location allows this, there is no need to ask. You are doing what's already permitted. It the park has a policy regarding caches, you follow the policy. Most don't entirly because they like to see the park used for casual recreation. It's why they built them.

[+mchaos]

...There is a some what of an unofficial rule called the Frisbee rule. Kind of a rule of thumb. The rule is, you can place a cache any where you would be allowed to play frisbee. Some people like it, others don't. I like to use it as a loose guideline.

 

If your not going to get in trouble for playing frisbee there, you should have no problem placing a cache, as long as its not breaking any laws....

 

Expanding a bit. Public parks encourage casual recreational activity (I stole that term from the BLM since that's what they call caching). Playing frisbee and geocaching are both casual recreational activites. Thus if the location allows this, there is no need to ask. You are doing what's already permitted. It the park has a policy regarding caches, you follow the policy. Most don't entirly because they like to see the park used for casual recreation. It's why they built them.

 

Well said!

[+va griz]

A lot of parks already have polices about geocaching. (even some that don't have a frisbee policy) In my area, several require permits, which are usually simple ways for the park to keep track of who to contact if something comes up. If you look up your park or park system online, they usually will have posted the info you need.