+BaseOverApex Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I presume the GCwxyz number associated with each cache, is a database key field. These also exist for each trackable, log, etc. I dunno how they're allocated: I'd guess sequentially. That's not the point. Every-so-often an interesting one must creep in. I had this notion when I encountered: http://coord.info/GC1DAFT and thought "GC 1 DAFT" was an amusing ID for a cache. (I don't know how far afield the term" daft" is, so for the uninitiated, it means silly or foolish.) Tell me about other funky database IDs you've encountered! Quote Link to comment
+Doctor A Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I'm the proud owner of GC2FART! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6808c844-cfa6-4785-a65f-3e97618b2a05 Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Each cache has a unique ID (incremented by 1 every time a new cache is created, even if unpublished). That is converted to the GC code. It is a Base 31 conversion, omitting the characters "ILOSU" to prevent confusion with 1, 0, and 5. Not sure about "U" but it means some rude words will automatically be eliminated. I'm not sure if any of the other potentially rude words are filtered out. Won't be surprised if it is - should be fairly easy to code for it. Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 I'm the proud owner of GC2FART! Oh, that is soooo sweet! I started typing interesting codes to see if they worked. This one's a pretty elite code: http://coords.info/gc12345 Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 GCHBD2U The cache isnt published of yet. Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 A certain Groundspeak founder apparently has some pull and got GC10YRA for his 10th-year anniversary event last fall. Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I always liked 10-cent Art Store with its terribly appropriate code GC1D1ME. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 GC3FNDT Found it! GC23EZY One of mine. The Geocaching number even says it's EZY! Quote Link to comment
+FunnyNose Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I thought this one was kind of funny. http://coord.info/GCP00P Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Heh heh. Excellent! Keep 'em coming! GCHBD2U Happy birthday? Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Heh heh. Excellent! Keep 'em coming! GCHBD2U Happy birthday? Yes...Happy Birth(D)ay 2 (to) u (you) Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I thought this one was kind of funny. http://coord.info/GCP00P for Breakfast?!!!!!!!!? :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: Quote Link to comment
stebu Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 GC 1 YEAR to celebrate the owner's 1 year geocaching anniversary. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I found 2. Both by the same owner. GCFADE and get this... what are the odds? GCRAZY Look who owns it. Perfect fit. Quote Link to comment
+NetworkCacher Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I miss my beloved GCTYP0, archived but not forgotten. Originally had another name for it, but when I submitted it, the assigned GC code was too cool not to use it as the name. Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 I miss my beloved GCTYP0, archived but not forgotten. Unarchive it!! Quote Link to comment
+FunnyNose Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Here is one a geek would appreciate GC1FHEX And it is even a geeky puzzle Quote Link to comment
+GeePa Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 How about GC1TFTC and GC2TFTC Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Well, GCB0B listed cache GCB0B - Box-O-Books (BOB). Sadly, Bob passed away last year and I have since adopted it and four of his other caches. Quote Link to comment
+Hurricane Luke Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 What? Yeah! (Haha!) Just found these with a quick GC code search. I'm sure there's others... Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 GC1TFTC and GC2TFTC Nice! What? Yeah! (Haha!) Just found these with a quick GC code search. I'm sure there's others... Heh. What a way to spend an evening... http://coords.info/gc10101 http://coords.info/gc1MAGE http://coords.info/gc1NDEX http://coords.info/gc1OPEN http://coords.info/gc2OPEN Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. Thats an interesting cache. The listing is locked to keep people from logging. In a way, I thought I saw "traveling cache" between the lines after it been archived. Quote Link to comment
+Two Ton Whale Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 There is a challenge cache near me where you have to get a certain number of caches that have GC codes with words in them. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I own GCHAT9. I don't know the gc#'s of any of my other hides. Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. Thats an interesting cache. The listing is locked to keep people from logging. In a way, I thought I saw "traveling cache" between the lines after it been archived. Only ~25 million more cache hides before we get to GCXXXXX (ID = 26309420, if anyone's waiting for it) Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Only ~25 million more cache hides before we get to GCXXXXX (ID = 26309420, if anyone's waiting for it) Doesn't that equate to something like 147 years at the current rate of going? Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. Thats an interesting cache. The listing is locked to keep people from logging. In a way, I thought I saw "traveling cache" between the lines after it been archived. Only ~25 million more cache hides before we get to GCXXXXX (ID = 26309420, if anyone's waiting for it) my head hurts! Thank you! Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Only ~25 million more cache hides before we get to GCXXXXX (ID = 26309420, if anyone's waiting for it) Doesn't that equate to something like 147 years at the current rate of going? Nah... a dozen more power trails and we'll be there. Kidding aside, only Groundspeak has the numbers to show how quickly GC IDs are given out. I believe Fizzymagic has some plots showing increase in number of caches that could be used to provide an estimate. Quote Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! I don't want to derail the thread, but why would 458 people be watching an archived cache that has apparently been locked down to prevent any further logging? I'm just curious. Does anyone know or have any educated guesses? Quote Link to comment
+Mitragorz Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! I don't want to derail the thread, but why would 458 people be watching an archived cache that has apparently been locked down to prevent any further logging? I'm just curious. Does anyone know or have any educated guesses? My guess is that many people just haven't "unwatched" it. I sometimes forget that I'm watching a cache until I get an email about it. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I have a cache that highlights a Revolutionary War historic site. It is GC17761 Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 My guess is that many people just haven't "unwatched" it. I sometimes forget that I'm watching a cache until I get an email about it. Heh! Funny, someone has unwatched it. It's down to 457 watchers today!! Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 My guess is that many people just haven't "unwatched" it. I sometimes forget that I'm watching a cache until I get an email about it. Heh! Funny, someone has unwatched it. It's down to 457 watchers today!! why is it watch worthy I wonder? Only 5 finds (one of them a dupe) and 1 who never found another cache. Still, not sure why its watch worthy. I did make a bookmark list for a challenge which wanted finds based on GC#, but never found the cache while in Oregon. Most interesting one I found at the time was GC1GERM. Did CoFTF it. that challenge in Oregon http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a525d79c-d798-4df8-8ee5-92206d2b9cb3 Quote Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 My guess is that many people just haven't "unwatched" it. I sometimes forget that I'm watching a cache until I get an email about it. Heh! Funny, someone has unwatched it. It's down to 457 watchers today!! why is it watch worthy I wonder? Only 5 finds (one of them a dupe) and 1 who never found another cache. Still, not sure why its watch worthy. I did make a bookmark list for a challenge which wanted finds based on GC#, but never found the cache while in Oregon. Most interesting one I found at the time was GC1GERM. Did CoFTF it. that challenge in Oregon http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a525d79c-d798-4df8-8ee5-92206d2b9cb3 Thanks, Lamoracke. I didn't ask my question well, but that's actually what I was wondering. It had a very limited lifespan and didn't seem worthy of that many watchers. It made me wonder if there was some history behind this cache that wasn't obvious when looking at the listing. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. I've accidentally hit that one many times. Edited May 16, 2012 by jellis Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! I don't want to derail the thread, but why would 458 people be watching an archived cache that has apparently been locked down to prevent any further logging? I'm just curious. Does anyone know or have any educated guesses? maybe two. The had it on their watchlist before the locked and forgot about it. Or waiting to see if it gets unlocked like when the Space Station did. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! I don't want to derail the thread, but why would 458 people be watching an archived cache that has apparently been locked down to prevent any further logging? I'm just curious. Does anyone know or have any educated guesses? ~400 or so of those are probably not even geocaching anymore. With logs locked, there won't be any emails received to remind people to take it off their watch list. Quote Link to comment
+BaseOverApex Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 why is it watch worthy I wonder? Only 5 finds (one of them a dupe) and 1 who never found another cache. Still, not sure why its watch worthy. Heck knows, but I'm now watchign it to find out. Maybe It's watching gone "viral?" Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'm surprised that no one has mentioned http://coords.info/gcXXXX yet. ...and 458 watchers! I don't want to derail the thread, but why would 458 people be watching an archived cache that has apparently been locked down to prevent any further logging? I'm just curious. Does anyone know or have any educated guesses? ~400 or so of those are probably not even geocaching anymore. With logs locked, there won't be any emails received to remind people to take it off their watch list. But why would over 400 people be watching in the first place? I have a feeling that there was a something funny going on like armchair logging and Groundspeak cleaned up the log history and then locked it. Quote Link to comment
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