ukusa100 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 After a bit of research yesterday, we decided to have a go this morning and found 4/4 caches! They included micros, flat (though I have to go back and sign the cache as I didn't realise what I had seen until I got home and thought about it) and small. We had a blast doing this and I think we are hooked. We are planning on doing loads during half term week. I am considering even hiding our own cache. Any suggestions on hiding a first cache? I am thinking it needs to be fairly close by for a first one so that it is easily maintained. Quote Link to comment
+Jonovich Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 My advice is don't place one just yet.... get a feel for the type of caches you like to find, what is your most enjoyable type, and then try and set one similar. If it's the sort of cache you like to find, then it may well be the sort others will to. Jonovich. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Welcome (again!) Re hiding a cache. Hold off. Groundspeak suggest you find a few (20 or so) before you hide one. Well worth reading the guidelines (several times!) http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx and http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx Also worth a read of http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk with the section on 'How to help your reviewer to publish your cache' the site is written by one of the UK reviewers. Quote Link to comment
ukusa100 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Welcome (again!) Re hiding a cache. Hold off. Groundspeak suggest you find a few (20 or so) before you hide one. Well worth reading the guidelines (several times!) http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx and http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx Also worth a read of http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk with the section on 'How to help your reviewer to publish your cache' the site is written by one of the UK reviewers. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment
+thehoomer Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hello and welcome to the game . I'm pleased that you have found your first few finds enjoyable but totally agree with Jonovich and B&R here. Please think about finding some more caches before you hide one yourself. We had been involved in the game for 5 months and had 200 finds under our belt before we hid our first cache. I am so glad that we waited until we had more experience and because of this experience, we set a cache which we are still immensely proud of 6 years later. It always generates good logs and has been well favourited since the system was introduced. I'm not suggesting that you wait this long but please give some thought to getting a wider view before you introduce us all to your cache hiding skills. Quote Link to comment
+Mini-Tap Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hi and welcome to the world of geocaching. About hiding one, be careful. I suggest you find at least 100 caches before you hide your first so you get an idea about various. Make your first few hides traditionals as well. Quote Link to comment
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