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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC46

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC49

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC137

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC153

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1B0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1B1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1C8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC246

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC29E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2A0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC33D

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC34F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC366

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC38E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC450

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC542

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC547

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC69F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7EA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC89A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB69

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB6C

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB6E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB84

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB8F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCC59

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCD66

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDBA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE94

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEB9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCED9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEDB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEDD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEE0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEE3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1059

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1073

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC112C

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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC46

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC49

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC137

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC153

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1B0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1B1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1C8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC246

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC29E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2A0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC33D

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC34F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC366

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC38E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC450

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC542

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC547

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC69F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7EA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC89A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB69

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB6C

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB6E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB84

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB8F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCC59

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCD66

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDBA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE94

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEB9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCED9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEDB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEDD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEE0

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEE3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1059

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1073

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC112C

Thanks for the replies - brilliant. You have saved me heaps of time.

I can now build up a table for my own purposes.

Jim

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addisonbr, anyway that you could look at Arkansas or let someone trawl through it?

 

See, there's a few of us that have gotten bored with new caches, so we are going around to look for old archived caches that are still out there...and we're finding a bunch of them. It's just hard at times to find references to really old ones.

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addisonbr, anyway that you could look at Arkansas or let someone trawl through it?

 

See, there's a few of us that have gotten bored with new caches, so we are going around to look for old archived caches that are still out there...and we're finding a bunch of them. It's just hard at times to find references to really old ones.

Your interesting quest is my command (same caveats apply, I wasn't looking for Arkansas at the time so I haven't double-checked any of the following, and could be missing some):

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC201

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC225

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC260

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC37E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC464

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4B5

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4E7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC504

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC614

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC61B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC620

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC68C

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC761

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8CD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8E4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB4F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB52

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCBA6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCBEB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCC54

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCAB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCBA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDEB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDED

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDEE

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addisonbr, anyway that you could look at Arkansas or let someone trawl through it?

 

See, there's a few of us that have gotten bored with new caches, so we are going around to look for old archived caches that are still out there...and we're finding a bunch of them. It's just hard at times to find references to really old ones.

 

I am in the same boat as Asholland here...could you work your magic for Missouri, addisonbr? :)

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I am in the same boat as Asholland here...could you work your magic for Missouri, addisonbr? :)

Why not? Might not be complete, but:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC37

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC38

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC116

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC138

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC147

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC15B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC19E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1A6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1BD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1BE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1C3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1DE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1EE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1FC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC254

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC25A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2AD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2BE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2E3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2FE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2FF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3E2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC305

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC338

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC351

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC376

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3AE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3C8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3C9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3DD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3F6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC44A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC463

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC495

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4ED

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4FE

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5E4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5E5

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5E6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC539

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC550

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC571

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5BB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5C5

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC622

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC63B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC63D

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC677

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC695

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC6C3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC704

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC70B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC730

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC738

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC73A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC770

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC771

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC79D

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7EB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7ED

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7F1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC807

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC814

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC84F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC850

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC851

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC87D

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC882

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC883

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8A4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8A9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8DC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8E7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC924

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC925

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC937

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC938

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC949

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC97F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC982

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC9AD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC9CD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCA2E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCA37

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCA67

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAC5

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAC6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAC7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAC9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCACA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCAE7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB26

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB28

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCBBC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCC2F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCC8B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCC8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCC9

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCD6

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCCEB

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCD47

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCD57

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDC3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDF2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE35

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE36

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE84

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE8F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEA4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCEC4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCF6E

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCF8C

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCFA1

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCFA4

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCFC7

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC100B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC106B

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC10FD

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1128

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1193

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11B2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11DC

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11DF

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11E3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11ED

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC11F3

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1218

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC124A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1261

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1262

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC128A

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC128F

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC12C8

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC12D5

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC12EB

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Hi,

I am trying to build up a list of early caches in New Zealand.

I started by trawling through GS from GC1, GC2,GC3,GC4 etc.

The first in NZ was GC45, now archived. This was followed by GC46 which is still active.

I was hoping that there might be some simpler means other than trawling.

Jim

 

I just went to my profile, scrolled down to the "List newest in Ontario", clicked that link, and when the list came up, clicked on the "placed" column. That reverses the order from newest to oldest.

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I just went to my profile, scrolled down to the "List newest in Ontario", clicked that link, and when the list came up, clicked on the "placed" column. That reverses the order from newest to oldest.

That works well for active caches, but for archived caches some other strategies need to be developed. AFAIK there is no simple way to find the listings - they can be trawled for or stumbled across one at a time via the found lists of old-timey cachers, possibly extracted from really old PQ results. But especially for old caches that weren't found very often - or weren't found at all - it can be pretty difficult.

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I just went to my profile, scrolled down to the "List newest in Ontario", clicked that link, and when the list came up, clicked on the "placed" column. That reverses the order from newest to oldest.

That works well for active caches, but for archived caches some other strategies need to be developed. AFAIK there is no simple way to find the listings - they can be trawled for or stumbled across one at a time via the found lists of old-timey cachers, possibly extracted from really old PQ results. But especially for old caches that weren't found very often - or weren't found at all - it can be pretty difficult.

I am working through the process of working on the profiles of the early "placers" and the early "finders" This approach requires time and patience. Some seem to have made only one placement or only one find.

I still have some questions for my next posting.

Jim

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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

Ah !! Got it.

When I copied it from my own posting it came out in the shortened form that I can use in my spreadsheet.

Jim

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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

Ah !! Got it.

When I copied it from my own posting it came out in the shortened form that I can use in my spreadsheet.

Jim

Nope didn't work. Wouldn't log into GC.com in that form. Will from here but not from my excel spreadsheet. Yours all do.

So the question still stands.

Jim

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Perhaps GS should have a "search archived caches too" option in PQs. For historians only, of course; not to plan an afternoon's smiley-hunting.

 

EDIT: ah, posted for a different reason, but this suggestion looks like what I wanted.

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I may be able to help. I am a bit of an aficionado of caching stats and early caching history stuff. I once built a spreadsheet that contains the first 4000 waypoints or so, and where the caches are located. Here's what I see for New Zealand. Please keep in mind this may not be exhaustive, nor error-free... For example, I'm not sure that I was able to pick up PMO caches, and since I wasn't looking for New Zealand caches when I did this project I didn't double-check the data. But, should save you at least some of the trawling :)

 

Good luck with your project.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC45

How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

 

You can use an even shorter form: http://coord.info/GC7E9

It will redirect you to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E9 - same style as the OP's.

For other caches, just change the cache ID at the end of the url.

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You can use an even shorter form: http://coord.info/GC7E9

It will redirect you to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC7E9 - same style as the OP's.

For other caches, just change the cache ID at the end of the url.

Wow !!!!!!!!

That is exatly what I wanted.

That saves a lot of spreadsheet space.

Thanks,

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How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

Ah !! Got it.

When I copied it from my own posting it came out in the shortened form that I can use in my spreadsheet.

Jim

Nope didn't work. Wouldn't log into GC.com in that form. Will from here but not from my excel spreadsheet. Yours all do.

So the question still stands.

Jim

Hmm... when I click on the link in your post it loads the cache page just fine. I'm not sure what is going on there.

 

Dj Storm is right - the most efficient way to represent the URL is using the coord.info shortener. Looks so much cleaner in an email or blog post, too.

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How do you get a truncated url as above?

I found an archived one that wasn't on your list and my url for this is much longer:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5a107f2e-4829-43f9-bf76-0b7123d69da3&log=y&decrypt=GC7E9

Seems as the shotened form in the post but when I add it to my spreadsheet it comes out in the long form.

Jim

Ah !! Got it.

When I copied it from my own posting it came out in the shortened form that I can use in my spreadsheet.

Jim

Nope didn't work. Wouldn't log into GC.com in that form. Will from here but not from my excel spreadsheet. Yours all do.

So the question still stands.

Jim

Hmm... when I click on the link in your post it loads the cache page just fine. I'm not sure what is going on there.

 

Dj Storm is right - the most efficient way to represent the URL is using the coord.info shortener. Looks so much cleaner in an email or blog post, too.

Yes it was linking via the post but not from my excel page.

The dj Storm suggestion works for me off the spreadsheet and is less space consuming. This is what I wanted and am doing.

BTW I am progressing with building up the list. My goal is to get the first New Zealand 100. It is taking some trawling and patience. I am up to 76 and look forward to the day when I can release the list and have someone cast a critical eye over it and find one I've missed !!

Jim

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It's easy to search for the oldest active caches. Just go to hide and seek a cache and search by state than go to the last page. To find archived caches I would look first at the early hiders profiles to see if they hid any others that were archived and then the finders. I'm not a real fan of going to search for archived caches since you don't know why they were archived but I do like to go to oldest caches and do put them on my to do list when I visit a new location. I don't always get them found though.

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It's easy to search for the oldest active caches. Just go to hide and seek a cache and search by state than go to the last page. To find archived caches I would look first at the early hiders profiles to see if they hid any others that were archived and then the finders. I'm not a real fan of going to search for archived caches since you don't know why they were archived but I do like to go to oldest caches and do put them on my to do list when I visit a new location. I don't always get them found though.

That is the approach I'm taking, looking at the profiles of the early hiders and finders. My interest in archived caches is purely historical not to go loking for them. If I happen to be near one whilst on an otherwise search my interest might be enough to prompt me to have a look.

My goal, as stated earlier, is to build up a list of the first 100 hides in New Zealand. To achieve that I need to research the archived one too. I'm getting there by the method that you also would choose.

Jim

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I have a list of active, temporarily unavailable and archived caches in New Zealand covering the years 2000 and 2001. There are 104 items (cache listings) in my DB. There is still a lot of work to do though to ferret out any that I might have missed. It's been a slow and painstaking process and it feels good to have made what progress I have.

Jim

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