The Pet Posse Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Three new treasures have been posted! Dogs Have Owners....Cats Have Staff!! Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Yea, and it looks like us Arizona cachers will have to wait for the next round yet again.... Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Where do I find this info? I don't even know what the contest is all about. Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 Quote Link to comment
+Verboten Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 You can find the login page here. The original thread is here. -Vb Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Every time I try to log in, I get a server error message. It must not like people logging in from areas away from their prize caches. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nebraskache/ Quote Link to comment
Dru Morgan Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Try just going to http://www.magellangps.com and click on the links to the contest. Ever notice how anyone that caches more than you do is a maniac, while anyone that caches less than you do is an idiot? -Dru Morgan Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 In the latter half of August, Magellan decided it was time to move the remaining four ships south to look for a passage. Finally in October, the fleet sighted a strait and started through it. Magellan named it the strait of All Saints, but it later was named after him. The strait was a tricky passage that took the fleet 38 days to pass through. While sailing at night, the crew saw countless fires from distant Indian camps. They called the land Tierra del Fuego (land of fire). During the passage, the captain of the San Antonio sailed his ship back toward Spain, taking with him most of the fleet's provisions. The loss of the San Antonio was a severe blow to the men on the remaining ships. They had to double their efforts to hunt game and fish to keep from starving. Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 The new Tierra del Fuego treasure is gonna be in Texas, near San Antonio, that is the name of the ship that left to go back to Spain. Quote Link to comment
+ballast949 Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Not necessarily - I made that mistake with an earlier contest cache. There is now a statement on the contest pages that says something to the effect that the cache name is NOT a clue to the cache location, but was picked because it has some connection with Magellan's explorations. Ballast & the Booby Quote Link to comment
+Uplink Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Looks like the Northwest is getting another one . Maybe you folks in Arizona should come up here for vacation! Quote Link to comment
+Treasure Hunters Inc. Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 The Santiago treasure could be within reach for us. I'm hoping it is in Indiana near Mt.Holden. That would be around 200 miles or less from a lot of cities. Of coarse a lake area doesn't HAVE to mean lake Michigan, any lake area would fit. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle Quote Link to comment
+Treasure Hunters Inc. Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 If your wearing out your refresh button and having to re-login each time try the 'view all lost treasures' and you can reclick the treasure you want and get a fresh page load. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 I have a question about the hints. (I only JUST started following the contest yesterday and have my eye on the one apparently in the Great lakes area.) From what I can tell from the previous found treasures the hints are useless. Am I wrong? They only narrow down the location to a given state or city from what I've seen. So there's really no way Anyone is going to find the cache until the post the actual coordinates and then it's a mad race. Am I right about this? I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Today I sat like an idiot clicking refresh every five minutes hoping they'd post hint#2. Then I realized the hint isn't really going to give me a headstart. At best it'll let me know if the cache is out of range or close enough to attempt. Jolly R. Blackburn http://kenzerco.com "Never declare war on a man who buys his ink by the gallon." Quote Link to comment
+Sir Cache-A-Lot Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 The one titled Treasure at Thieves Isle was found with only the 2 hints, they didn't have the coordinates yet. I guess if you know that area well and they give a good hint, it's possible to find it. Some things are lost, some left behind. Some things are better left for someone else to find. Quote Link to comment
+ballast949 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Right... hints 1 & 2 for the july 7th caches are pretty worthless. They just narrow it down to the area. (And why did they wait 2 days to post hint 2?). And since when is Northern California in the "Northwest"? Ballast & the Booby Quote Link to comment
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