+Sparrowhawk Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 I am curious... I wanna just take one item which is guraranteed to be very, very cool, go hide it in some equally cool place, and post here with the message " GeoGift Alert! Go get it!" The idea of a GeoGift is a cache that is MEANT to expire as soon as the geogift is found. It would make a kind of a race to see who finds it and gets the very-cool-thing first! Also part of the idea of the geogift would be to locate the thing in an truly unusual and very-cool location... so that thems who don't get the physical gift get the visual gift of a lovely or just-plain-neat place to discover. I'd post my notice of the geogift here rather in the cache pages, because of it's deliberate temporary nature. As they used to say in MST3K: "What do you think, sirs?" -Elana "Defenestrate XP!" Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 I know that there have been other threads on this topic, but more along the lines of posting "virtual" caches with a temporary nature. The biggest concern was how to let people know once the "gift" was gone, but you've already stated that the real gift would be the view that one gets by visiting. It sounds like you're proposing a virtual cache with an added bonus for the first finder . As active as the crew around here is though, I doubt I have any chance of getting it though... blast my 8-5 m-f job!!! "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again..." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+Sparrowhawk Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 Team Joyson said: "I know that there have been other threads on this topic, but more along the lines of posting "virtual" caches with a temporary nature. The biggest concern was how to let people know once the "gift" was gone, but you've already stated that the real gift would be the view that one gets by visiting. It sounds like you're proposing a virtual cache with an added bonus for the first finder." _____________ You're kidding... me - only in my second week of geocaching - actually came up with something new for you guys?? THIS is too cool! While thinking about this, I was wondering how to alert wandering folks that the geogift has been found... OR how to alert the first finder that yeah, they are the first. To deal with this, I came up with something that I hope is cool. I may place a ribbon gift bow at eye level in a semi-obvious place near the hidden geogift. The first finder finds the bow and knows they are the lucky one. They take the bow and find the gift - and get to post their bragging rights on the site. Subsequent finders - hey no semi-obvious bow, don't bother looking, just enjoy the location. If/when I do this (and I already have a too-cool location in mind) I will let you know. If a virtual cache deal already exists on this site (me still a beginner, remember) then I will post it there. If geogifts become a tradition, they need to have a ribbon-bow icon, methinks! -Elana "Defenestrate XP!" Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 I kinda had a similar idea last year, but never acted on it... My idea was for the winter holidays. I was going to make up a bunch of Yule logs and hide them, and post the coordinates here. They would be a holiday gift from me to other Geocachers. I would have told people to only take one if they actually had a fireplace, and to burn it on the Winter solstice. It kind of follows the old tradition of hiding and seeking the Yule log, which you rarely see anymore. I say go for it! -fractal -=-=-=-=-=-=- N 45 30.ish W 122 58.ish Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 This idea has been discussed in various forms. Here is a thread on one of the more recent discussions: One Time Only Caches, OK? Quote Link to comment
+kusanagi Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 one Two Hope it helps. The caches are archived and I am not sure if you need to be a member to view them. [This message was edited by Kusanagi on October 08, 2002 at 11:37 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Moun10Bike:Might have a hard time getting posted True... But would admin or Groundspeak have problems/concerns/issues with people posting one-time only gifts here in the forums, and not making them a 'real' cache? I would hope they wouldn't -fractal Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by fractal: I would _hope_ they wouldn't Well, some wouldn't! Kusanagi: The thread to which I linked talks some about placing caches while on vacation, but the main topic of it is one-time caches of any flavor. Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Moun10Bike: Well, _some_ wouldn't! I'm just glad we're in the Northwest forum... It feels like we get away with a lot of stuff here.. But believe me, we are thankful. -fractal Quote Link to comment
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