EGHikers Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 We are just beginning to geocache! Look out for some great hides coming to California! If anyone has any great tips on hiding caches let us know Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Welcome! Link for reference: Hiding a Geocache: Table of Contents ....and just to preempt the predictable comments to follow (from the Guidelines): The more geocaches that you have found, the better you will understand the various elements that make up a great geocaching experience. This knowledge will be invaluable when you place a hide, and likely make your geocache more enjoyable for the community. We encourage you to find at least twenty geocaches before you choose to hide one. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wait 2 months. Let the honeymoon phase pass. If you're still keen. Plant something that the majority of cachers would enjoy. A swag-size container would please both adults and the children the cache with. Invest in the container. Buy something that is tried and true, and has been proven effective at keeping the contents dry. An authentic Lock & Lock (look for the Lock & Lock symbol on the lid), a Pelican box, an ammo can, a nalgene jar with a gasket. To add some nice touches, use a logbook not a logsheet. Include a couple of pencil/pens inside. Add a few clean, new trinkets that would be interesting to both adults and children. Have a maintenance plan ready. Be ready to address any issues within a month. Keep a watch on your email for logs that mention any issues. And when you get tired of the game or tired of maintaining a cache, pick it up and archive the listing. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 We are just beginning to geocache! Look out for some great hides coming to California! If anyone has any great tips on hiding caches let us know Read, and re-read, and read again, the Guidelines. Click all the blue text...those are links that need to be expanded to read fully the Guidelines. http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx B. Quote Link to comment
+KBlack2595 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 also location is evertying there are place that may look good but just wont work others are great Quote Link to comment
+SageTracey Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hide the sort of caches that you like to find (which means finding a few before placing your first hide). Only put out caches that you are proud to call your own. And be prepared to do the necessary maintenance. For example, after a busy weekend away, I got a phone call from a newbie that I had helped introduce to caching, who wondered whether one of my caches had gone missing. As it was a very easy find and he could describe where he was hunting, it did indeed seem as though my cache was missing. So, rather than disappointing other cachers, I had to pop out after dinner to check the site and place a new one. But on the up side, you can look forward to reading logs from finders. That is great fun and very satisfying. Quote Link to comment
+WarNinjas Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 We now agree to wait before hiding but we didn't read the forums when we started and thought hiding was part of the game so we started hiding right away! Its been many years and all those hides are still active. So if you feel you are ready go for it. Quote Link to comment
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