I do! I've had Georgia on my mind for quite some time now (specifically GC20 and GC21). And thanks to a new challenge cache (or what Grounspeak calls an...
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Aug 29, 2011 2:46 pm
It'd be easier to say what I don't like: Caches right up at someone's house. If you do feel compelled to make one of these caches, do us all a favor and put...
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Matthew A
mda_taz
Aug 29, 2011 5:59 pm
I heard about this website http://www.progeocaching.com/ (on the Podcacher.com show #334) that has surveyed cachers thought about the quality of geocache hide...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 29, 2011 8:02 pm
What's the challenge?[Having done 3 webcams in Galveston....] BarbJ =hey, opportunity knocks= Tygress ... From: "electric_water_boy"...
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Jay Bingham
bingogt
Aug 29, 2011 8:12 pm
Personally, I think that it is not so much a lost art as it is a not yet found art. It is much harder to hide a quality geocache than it is to hide a lame one,...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 29, 2011 8:16 pm
I think it's just percentiles, MatthewMore hides out there, fewer of 'em will be creative. And we also lose some our our "charmed" -- a certain hide that's...
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Mrs. Captain Picard
mrscaptainpi...
Aug 29, 2011 8:27 pm
I don't like what I call "shrub scrubs" which is where there's a bison or smaller in a shrub and the coordinates are bad and you're standing there with your...
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softscienceofficer
softscienceo...
Aug 29, 2011 8:27 pm
I hide a geocache for any number of reasons, but there usually is a reason. Sometimes, it's about the cache itself--there something unique about the container...
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Elise Taylor
bluemaison
Aug 29, 2011 8:50 pm
You know, I think it depends on why you geocache. If you geocache just to get numbers, it doesn't matter. "High" or "low" quality...whatever. And,...
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Mark Benson
penguin5374
Aug 29, 2011 8:50 pm
I feel that in some part, having quality cachers leads to having quality caches. There should be a minimum find count required for someone to start hiding...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 29, 2011 10:31 pm
I *LIKE* puns, Ed.... Just sayin'. Now I've plunked out my share of no-brainers -- and our oldest cache is a match container (original) in a cedar tree (you...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 29, 2011 10:44 pm
Besides, it makes those creative caches stand out more.If every rock were a diamond, diamonds would be ho-hum! =g= Still, Matthew's concern is not one to just...
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Matthew A
mda_taz
Aug 29, 2011 11:21 pm
There is NOTHING charming or creative about a 35mm container. It is just lazy....
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Jana Iannello
cybercat1012...
Aug 29, 2011 11:50 pm
On 8/29/2011 7:21 PM, Matthew A wrote: I just got finished finding 1500 film cannisters in Nevada. I thought it was pretty cool! :-) :-) :-)...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 30, 2011 12:07 am
Now, now, Matthew, the fact that there was life after film was pretty cool when we started. =g= Barb =it's reuse... for US these days, that's pill bottles...
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Doc
bcwatson
Aug 30, 2011 3:57 am
I suppose how you hide it or camoflage it, could be creative, but I so totally agree with you Matthew. I don't think I will be "Favorite";-ing micros much...
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Jay Bingham
bingogt
Aug 30, 2011 5:31 am
I am with you on that one Julie. +-+ Jay - BingOGT ... +-+ "What you see depends mainly on what you are looking for." _____ From:...
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electric_water_boy
electric_wat...
Aug 30, 2011 10:29 am
GC32D17 Cache Type Div-5 Challenge http://coord.info/GC32D17...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 30, 2011 12:48 pm
Hmm... close.Still need 11 Earthcaches, 1 Webcam, and all the WhereIGos.... =shrug= But I will agree that's surely a challenge!Thanks, Tom! BarbJ/Tygress ... ...
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Esther Lopez
bigguy9211116
Aug 30, 2011 2:06 pm
Wow, Janna! Where did they FIND 1500 film canisters to use?! You can't really get those anymore. Who uses film these days? BTW, a big congrats to you and...
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shawnolsen@...
s6sputnik
Aug 30, 2011 2:13 pm
Caching is what you make it! Around here there are many awesome puzzles, series, night caches, skirt lifters you just have to pick which ones are for you! ...
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Jana Iannello
cybercat1012...
Aug 30, 2011 2:44 pm
On 8/30/2011 10:06 AM, Esther Lopez wrote: who knows? I guess there are enough people still using 35mm.........well of COURSE JMCz was there! Last time I...
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softscienceofficer
softscienceo...
Aug 30, 2011 2:45 pm
"There should be a minimum find count required for someone to start hiding caches." I agree with you in principle, Mark, but... LordBritish has logged only one...
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Mark Benson
penguin5374
Aug 30, 2011 2:59 pm
"LordBritish has logged only one find, and I thought the cache he hid was pretty cool! ;)" 1.5 million active cachers and all you can give me is ONE...
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Greg Jewett
geojewett
Aug 30, 2011 5:40 pm
OK. I think I am ready to get the domain transferred and begin work on a new website that people have been clamoring about. I think I can get this going, and...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 30, 2011 6:56 pm
Some folks are natural hiders...Some also hide caches under a different moniker than they find 'em. =g= Exceptions to every rule (probably including this one)...
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 30, 2011 6:57 pm
we have a BIG BAG of 35mm containers that CostCo gave to Waterweasel.I'm sure we'll think of something to do with them. BarbJ =I bet they're an increasingly...
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Denise Vajdak
nativtxn
Aug 30, 2011 7:11 pm
Film canisters work well to put a log sheet in and then put it INSIDE a larger container. It makes it easier to deal with than plastic baggies. *Denise E....
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gumbietygress@...
barbtygress
Aug 30, 2011 7:38 pm
very true (but we also have pill bottles for that, which are even more secure/watertight)... good call, though! Zippy bags are soooooo fragile/short-lived....
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Russ Jernigan
russwaterweasel
Aug 30, 2011 9:13 pm
Yeah: we're bringing a bunch of them out as possible replacements for Route 66, UFO, and ET caches! ;-) Russ the married to Tygress Waterweasel -----Original...
