OFF RODE Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Frankly Ive heard (read) about all I care to about Pay to Play or Charter Members or MoCaches or...AdInfinitum IM GONNA GO FIND A CACHE! Quote Link to comment
+Macro Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Can we all please get back to relevant topics? This forum used to be a great place to learn about the game....lately....I digress. Here is a topic.....Microcaches..love'm or hate'm? I can never find them first time out... probably because I am always in a rush or being watched.... but what is your take on tiny caches? How small is too small? 1/2 pint container? Film canister? Chapstick tube (cleaned out of course)? Chime in! Quote Link to comment
blind-dog Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Your right!! I've read all I want to about this, and I'm going to find a cache!! [This message was edited by blinddog on March 08, 2002 at 01:28 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+BrownMule & Jackrabbit Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 I'm going to drive 210 miles tomorrow to hunt a cache that I have been eyeing for a long time. "wild in south Georgia" here I come. Enjoy the Outdooors. BrownMule Quote Link to comment
+Harrald Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by macro: Chapstick tube (cleaned out of course)? Sheesh, I have enough trouble finding 1 quart containers. And as always this is just MHO Quote Link to comment
+Hawk-eye Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Finally ... a voice (or two) of reason in a muddy two days of whine and no roses .... Quote Link to comment
+Team Tecmage Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 AMEN! We were going to drive to Chicago to get our Wedding Bands and Geocache , but the Midwest got socked with a good snowstorm. We were planning to go agian this weekend, but the weather is supposed to be rotten again (driving down the highway in 45 mph wind gusts is NO fun). I WANT TO GEOCACHE!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Team Tecmage Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 AMEN! We were going to drive to Chicago to get our Wedding Bands and Geocache , but the Midwest got socked with a good snowstorm. We were planning to go agian this weekend, but the weather is supposed to be rotten again (driving down the highway in 45 mph wind gusts is NO fun). I WANT TO GEOCACHE!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+martinp13 Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 "Geocaching"??? What is this "geo-whatever" thingy?? I thought we were just here to whine!?! > Martin (Magellan 330) Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo! Quote Link to comment
+The Shorts Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Micros I love Micros. I am planing a multi stage micro cache that will continue to increase in stages the more people find it. 480v Quote Link to comment
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by JeepNAz: Frankly Ive heard (read) about all I care to about Pay to Play or Charter Members or MoCaches or...AdInfinitum IM GONNA GO FIND A CACHE! Thanks for bringing us back into focus. Quote Link to comment
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by JeepNAz: Frankly Ive heard (read) about all I care to about Pay to Play or Charter Members or MoCaches or...AdInfinitum IM GONNA GO FIND A CACHE! Thanks for bringing us back into focus. Quote Link to comment
+Opus P Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Your right!! I've read all I want to about this, and I'm going to find a cache!! Me too. I'm giong to find my first cache tomorrow. My GPS isn't delivered yet, but there is one here in town that is hidden in an area of underbrush that is only a quarter acre or so at the back of a V-shaped public park, it's all residential on the back two sides and lawn on the front side (I know because on the cache map it's in an area I'm very familiar with, used to wait for a bus at a spot overlooking the park) so my search boundaries are pretty narrow. Don't think I'll need the GPSR for that one. =-=-=-=-= Opus P Crathvaf Ehyr Visit my Buddhist Reading Room. Quote Link to comment
+Opus P Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Your right!! I've read all I want to about this, and I'm going to find a cache!! Me too. I'm giong to find my first cache tomorrow. My GPS isn't delivered yet, but there is one here in town that is hidden in an area of underbrush that is only a quarter acre or so at the back of a V-shaped public park, it's all residential on the back two sides and lawn on the front side (I know because on the cache map it's in an area I'm very familiar with, used to wait for a bus at a spot overlooking the park) so my search boundaries are pretty narrow. Don't think I'll need the GPSR for that one. =-=-=-=-= Opus P Crathvaf Ehyr Visit my Buddhist Reading Room. Quote Link to comment
OFF RODE Posted March 8, 2002 Author Share Posted March 8, 2002 Best of luck OPUS. Great attitude Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Hey, I'm not done complaining yet! Ya know, I don't really care for the font being used on the website... Quote Link to comment
Steak N Eggs Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by tecmage: _AMEN!_ We were going to drive to Chicago to get our Wedding Bands and Geocache , but the Midwest got socked with a good snowstorm. We were planning to go agian this weekend, but the weather is supposed to be rotten again (driving down the highway in 45 mph wind gusts is NO fun). _I WANT TO GEOCACHE!!!!!!!!!!_ 45mph? When we (RedwoodRed and I) were comming back from our Hillboro trip (340 mi as a crow flies. 1240+ mile just to find ONE cache, but we hit other on the way) we were in 40 with gusts to 60. Nice night drive home. Sideways rain always a plus.. "My gps say's it RIGHT HERE". http://www.geogadgets.com 1240 plus miles and only 8 caches? Quote Link to comment
Steak N Eggs Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by tecmage: _AMEN!_ We were going to drive to Chicago to get our Wedding Bands and Geocache , but the Midwest got socked with a good snowstorm. We were planning to go agian this weekend, but the weather is supposed to be rotten again (driving down the highway in 45 mph wind gusts is NO fun). _I WANT TO GEOCACHE!!!!!!!!!!_ 45mph? When we (RedwoodRed and I) were comming back from our Hillboro trip (340 mi as a crow flies. 1240+ mile just to find ONE cache, but we hit other on the way) we were in 40 with gusts to 60. Nice night drive home. Sideways rain always a plus.. "My gps say's it RIGHT HERE". http://www.geogadgets.com 1240 plus miles and only 8 caches? Quote Link to comment
+bunkerdave Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Went out yesterday with Tslack and bagged 10 caches, revisited 2 I had been to, but he hadn't yet, for a grand total of 12 visited for the day. Haven't done anything like that in a long time, and it was as much fun as ever. Pick a cache Find it Sign the logbook Go find another Still pretty simple, no? Also still a blast. bunkerdave Quote Link to comment
+macdaddymd Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Consider me paid, thankful for the family opportunities geocaching.com provided, unafraid of privacy issues, unlikely to shun non-paying cachers, likely to hide public caches, appreciative of Jeremy, glad for your dissenting opinions, and honored to be part of this community. Did I miss anything? Oh, yes... let's go geocaching! Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Follow the arrow Through the woods, crossing the stream Adventure is near Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 Microcaches have their place. The middle of the woods is not one of them. Sometimes a film canister is the only way to go in an urban area. quote:Originally posted by macro: Can we all please get back to relevant topics? This forum used to be a great place to learn about the game....lately....I digress. Here is a topic.....Microcaches..love'm or hate'm? I can never find them first time out... probably because I am always in a rush or being watched.... but what is your take on tiny caches? How small is too small? 1/2 pint container? Film canister? Chapstick tube (cleaned out of course)? Chime in! Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 Microcaches have their place. The middle of the woods is not one of them. Sometimes a film canister is the only way to go in an urban area. quote:Originally posted by macro: Can we all please get back to relevant topics? This forum used to be a great place to learn about the game....lately....I digress. Here is a topic.....Microcaches..love'm or hate'm? I can never find them first time out... probably because I am always in a rush or being watched.... but what is your take on tiny caches? How small is too small? 1/2 pint container? Film canister? Chapstick tube (cleaned out of course)? Chime in! Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by JeepNAz: Frankly Ive heard (read) about all I care to about Pay to Play or Charter Members or MoCaches or...AdInfinitum IM GONNA GO FIND A CACHE! So, what did ya find? Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by macro: Microcaches..love'm or hate'm? I can never find them first time out... probably because I am always in a rush or being watched.... but what is your take on tiny caches? How small is too small? A film canister hidden right under the nose of the general public in a public spot, in view but not quite reachable without some sort of device = lots of fun. A film canister exceptionally well-hidden in an area of poor GPS reception, where the seeker will be highly conspicuous = not fun. My two favorite film canister caches were "No Commercial Vehicles" on Long Island, NY, and "The Teddy Roosevelt" in NJ. Two very different approaches; both were great fun. My least favorite was a film canister hidden within a stone wall of a historical ruin. A small stone had been removed, the canister placed, and the stone replaced so that no one could tell. That type of placement will certainly cause damage to or destruction of the historical site. (In this case, the cache owner wisely moved the canister to a non-sensitive location.) So to answer the question directly, I think a film canister is the smallest I would look for; at my advancing age, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything smaller without changing glasses. [This message was edited by BassoonPilot on March 09, 2002 at 03:01 AM.] Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by macro: Microcaches..love'm or hate'm? I can never find them first time out... probably because I am always in a rush or being watched.... but what is your take on tiny caches? How small is too small? A film canister hidden right under the nose of the general public in a public spot, in view but not quite reachable without some sort of device = lots of fun. A film canister exceptionally well-hidden in an area of poor GPS reception, where the seeker will be highly conspicuous = not fun. My two favorite film canister caches were "No Commercial Vehicles" on Long Island, NY, and "The Teddy Roosevelt" in NJ. Two very different approaches; both were great fun. My least favorite was a film canister hidden within a stone wall of a historical ruin. A small stone had been removed, the canister placed, and the stone replaced so that no one could tell. That type of placement will certainly cause damage to or destruction of the historical site. (In this case, the cache owner wisely moved the canister to a non-sensitive location.) So to answer the question directly, I think a film canister is the smallest I would look for; at my advancing age, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything smaller without changing glasses. [This message was edited by BassoonPilot on March 09, 2002 at 03:01 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Slytherin Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:So to answer the question directly, I think a film canister is the smallest I would look for; at my advancing age, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything smaller without changing glasses. I did this one last week. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=15409 It was a small flat/round magnet about an inch across. The location was an interesting place to go and see. There would be nowhere you could hide even a film canister there. The magnet is in open view if you know what you are looking for. Someone after me failed to find it, so it must be a challenge of some sort. I thought it was fun, and a bit more interesting that a virtual cache. Alex. Quote Link to comment
+Slytherin Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:So to answer the question directly, I think a film canister is the smallest I would look for; at my advancing age, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything smaller without changing glasses. I did this one last week. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=15409 It was a small flat/round magnet about an inch across. The location was an interesting place to go and see. There would be nowhere you could hide even a film canister there. The magnet is in open view if you know what you are looking for. Someone after me failed to find it, so it must be a challenge of some sort. I thought it was fun, and a bit more interesting that a virtual cache. Alex. Quote Link to comment
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