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Yeah, it's been a long time since I've found an ammo can (or any regular-size cache). But then again, it's been a long time since I've gone geocaching anywhere that would support an ammo can (or any regular-size cache). I've even got an ammo can that I won as an event door prize, but I haven't had anywhere that I wanted to hide a cache, and that would support an ammo can (or any regular-size cache).

At the end of August I was testing a cartridge for a friend of mine and Urwigo worked fine. After that my laptop had a new windows package in Windows11 (I already had windows 11) and now Urwigo doesn't work anymore. I can start the program, open a cartridge but when I choose Run then the programm closes. Is this a known problem? I hope anyone can help.

to ye who may still venture here - over at Waymarking.com someone submitted a water tower - no biggie, right? But apparently they used a drone to get to the top for a downward shot - in 20 years of benchmarking, I've never seen this view in hi-rez: EMMETT MUNICIPAL TANK (OH1304) - Emmett, ID https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wm1CN7J_EMMETT_MUNICIPAL_TANK_OH1304_Emmett_ID

Yes, we get that you hate challenges lol. But what's so wrong about having them for those of us that do like to get them? It's like you can't grasp the concept of the ignore link on a cache, or god forbid you skip a few caches while out grabbing some. I skip earthcaches and virtuals, but I don't care if they are around because others enjoy them. If they are going to add more to the game like ALs, "treasures", etc, how about add more to challenges (like bring back the old fun ones that used to be allowed).

They get about 144.2 mm of rain a year, so not the driest place. The hot temperatures though would add to the drying; sometimes up to the high 40Cs. I can't see an oval in my picture, so I Googled a view. Yes, the oval is green 😆.

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I keep a database in GSAK of all caches I would seek if I could. Virtuals, Webcams, most Earthcaches, interesting geotours, solved puzzles, qualified challenges, oldies, Favorites, historical sites, libraries, Regulars in state parks and preserves I haven't visited. It's a relatively small amount: only about 5% of active, unfound listings in my state of residence (Florida). Periodically (annually and before a relevant trip), I update Lists from GSAK using the API. Florida is split into 3 regional lists; for no other state have I ever needed more than 1 list, and some I can lump together. When planning a trip, I start with the non-geocache itinerary. I've been building travel itineraries in spreadsheets since I was a child (over 30 years). Step 1: start with the places I know about (I have a spreadsheet with nearly a thousand unvisited travel goals in the USA). Step 2: look for additional places of interest in that area or along that route I don't know about. Step 3: run a GSAK query for the area I'm going and map it. Look for caches at places I'm already going and other caches nearby. Add them to my itinerary spreadsheet. I have a column for each stop to denote how many geocaches are there. Step 4: revise, revise, revise. Factor in travel time, hours of operation, and estimate time spent at each stop (geocaching or otherwise). See where cuts need to be made. Optimize route. Google Maps is my friend. I carry the finally printed itinerary with me on a clipboard. All caches on the route go in my Garmin. The extensive planning leaves me well-prepared to improvise due to running ahead or behind schedule, unexpected closures, or inclement weather.

There are no additional changes planned at this time.

Yes! Pete is wonderful and friendly and worth working with. He's in Nova Scotia. In Ontario there's Cacher's Corner Store, and Brain is doing great work with 3d printed geocaches among other merch. And yeah Landsharkz is out of British Columbia. There may be others, both those seem to be the big 3 in Canada, mainly by their regular intent to vend at major events.

FAIRLY dry??? Looks more like a Martian landscape than a golf course! Is the Oval about the only place you can depend upon for 'green'?

If I'm on a road trip or vacation far from home, I will gladly 'pre-sign' challenges I can work towards over time much later.

I thought all current puzzles required a geochecker? So for multiple choice it would be just to try the different answers and see which one gives the green light.

Tradicionais no Rio Grande do Norte http://coord.info/GCBCTQ9 Jardim do Museu do Índio Luiza Cantofa http://coord.info/GCBCTP4 Mapa de Apodi São Paulo http://coord.info/GCBD0YJ Pedra Angular – Clube de Desbravadores http://coord.info/GCBD082 Família no Parque http://coord.info/GCBCZ4D BereCache_DBV BCs!

GSAK. I create a database of the caches I am interested in, often getting the caches along a route, and map boxes. Then download them to my GPS, which works when I am out of cell range for some reason. I also use my phone sometimes for spontaneous caching and adventure labs, but the GPS has all the information for all the expected caches. GSAK also allows you to print grids/lists of cache information, and maps of routes.

I prefer not to pre-sign challenges. I prefer to visit them after I qualify.

How do I do that? I have a FTF list on the geocache page but not sure I listed all FTF I have.

LPC seems to take over! Anything easy to find.

Still possible to get them for less. $11.25 a can here for Grade 2 with free shipping. https://www.amazon.com/30cal-Ammo-Can-Grade-pack/dp/B00ANQPAEC But it's still cheaper to have someone buy a pallet of them and bring them to an event. That's still 'a thing'. Got my last batch 4 years ago that way and paid $3 a can for them in decent shape.

In my experience, back in 2003 to about 2007 ammo cans were about 25% to 30% of the caches I went for, but I have always been choosy on what I hunt because I'd rather hide a cache than find one. They started becoming scarce after 2007 and I drifted away from caching for the most part in 2014. Today, I can't remember the last time I found one. What is your experience? Are they unicorns upon the land? They have become stupidly expensive. I get that. I saw a stack of them in Smokey Mountain Knife Works @ $25.00 each! (I have 64 in my garage. I bought 100 from MoosieGirl in 2003 for a buck each for .30cal and $2 for .50cal.)

I've been pondering, and I think the reason I dislike these changes is that the most enjoyable challenges I've worked towards have been the ones that require you to actively plan a day that'll substantially help you work towards them. My absolute favourite was https://coord.info/GC4R8ZT but also things like 'x of this type in a day', or the one where I had to find caches in a pair of twinned towns. Obviously, there have also been days/trips that have been planned around getting a specific cache that counts towards a challenge (like the one in the twin of my hometown), but somehow they mentally feel less like working on the challenge than a whole day where everything is about that challenge. These changes just feel like they'll lead to challenge caches increasingly becoming 'just cache for long enough and you'll fulfil them'. And I wouldn't say that 'find 10 caches with all of 'recommended for tourists', 'stealth required' and 'scenic view' attributes' is inherently harder to understand than 'find 250 caches with the 'scenic view' attribute' (both of those figures are about 0.5% of the UK caches that have the relevant attributes, for vague comparability in terms of qualifying cache density). Paradoxically, I think we'll end up finding that challenge caches become less accessible to a newish-cachers - when you're trying to place a challenge with some substance to it, if you can't have a 'do a few of a niche thing' then your only option is 'do a lot of something simpler'. And I think a starting-to-become keen cacher is more put off by the quantity than the requirement. TBH, even I am! The challenge that needed us to find two webcams in a day (in addition to other days with x of a type) (hello deepdiggingmole, I am indeed talking about GC57WYV!) is a lot less intimidating than the 'find 5000 micros' challenge I'm nibbling my way towards completing. Sure, we had to go to a different country (and actually we did it across two), and it was a lot of planning. But it was fun, and something we could actively plan to do. But those remaining 3500 micros I need to find will just happen in an un-noteworthy fashion in the process of my normal caching, and one day I'll just notice that I'm done (or maybe that I'm close enough to plan to finish, but then it's essentially reduced to a 'find 100 micros' challenge!), because it's far too large a number to plan towards. And that's ignoring the cost - the 'two webcams in a day' was part of our 'go get lots of project-gc leap day add-ons' frolic and that whole trip was about £400 each, which is a decent chunk, but it was a nice mini break with friends combining sightseeing and some good caching days. But even if I managed to find my remaining 3500 micros in 25-cache day trips without the expense of leaving London (which is currently impossible as there are only 2200 micros active in London that I've not yet found), that's the better part of £1500 at a tenner a day for travel. If I'm spending £400 a year for the next four years on trying to fulfil caching challenges, of course I'm going to pick four more long weekends with some weird caching day trip over that!

Looks like a few of us have given you a boost to help you on...

Or you can create a shareable bookmark lists containing your FTFs and share that with Project-GC -which is what I do.

13? Unlucky for some!

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Thanks, and I am paying member. Guess I have a lot of log editing!