Drive by caching?

[labrat_wr]

Trimble works pretty much like the GC search page as you can enter coordinates to see what is close by, but it also uses GPS to check what is close by (if it gets reception). So, in a way, yes -cheeto- and in a way no. you can use it how you choose to.

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu]

@Captain and Mate wrote:

@furfool wrote:

I also have to question group caching where the group finds 75-100 caches in 6-8 hours in an area they never cached in before, or anywhere for that fact. Looking at the conservative side of 75 caches in 8 hours, that comes out to one find every 6.4 minutes. It’s impossible.

This is something we’ve wondered, too. Our personal record for one day is 40 and we busted our humps for 11 hours to get those. How anyone can claim 100 or more in one day is beyond us. Are we just missing something?

The most I have found with a small group of 6 was 108 in some 14 hrs I think it was. It takes a very dense area of caches and a general plan of attach prior to going. If there are just 2 of us, one navigates the other drives. We are always looking ahead at what we want to go for. We often times waiver from the our first idea, but always reconstructing the route. I know some people use streets and trips to plan out the route first. It’s how we did the initial 62 EarthCaches across all of Indiana in 3.5 days. That was some 1800+ miles of driving and A LOT of walking!!

[furfool]

This was from a cache that I found earlier today.

June 11
Great day for a bike ride. Didn’t write name in all logs because of the mosquitoes in the brush. TFTC

[Mathman]

@furfool wrote:

This was from a cache that I found earlier today.

June 11
Great day for a bike ride. Didn’t write name in all logs because of the mosquitoes in the brush. TFTC

Uh Oh!

We will have to delete those logs.

😆 😆 😉

[RJ McKenzie]

@furfool wrote:

This was from a cache that I found earlier today.

June 11
Great day for a bike ride. Didn’t write name in all logs because of the mosquitoes in the brush. TFTC

Seriously…. What kind of cacher are you if you can’t handle a bit of mosquitoes?

Yesterday at one cache in Rhinelader the mosquitoes where down right nasty, but we took the time to sign the log, write down all the TB#’s and then we left. Its all part of the outdoor game…

[bandits]

So am I to assume that I can’t log any caches from our phone using the Trimble service without upsetting the balance of the entire geocaching community? Can someone please point me to that rule on GC.com. We have logged several that way lately because we have been away from our laptops and internet access and found we don’t forget to log them later if we do it this way. Our plan is to update the logs later, but we may or may not get to them. I apologize if this offends some cache owners, but feel free to waste your time going and double checking our logs for signature compliance. If you find we did not sign the log, please let us know and we will rectify the situation.

As a cache owners, we too enjoy reading the logs, but sometimes the hides are so lame that the default message from Trimble is more of a log than we could have ever thought of on our own.

If I were going to armchair caches, I would certainly not use the default Trimble log! I would write glorious logs touting the genius of the hide and the geocaching prowess of the owner. That would not only save me a lot of time, but would also save me a lot of gas!

Should we all generate an agreed upon list of unacceptable logs such as “Great cache”, or “Found while on a cache run today”, etc., then change the rules to reflect the punishment associated with such an offense?

Are we giving out awards for best log post, most finds, or the like? I actually tried putting that together two years ago as an event with great prizes and got totally shot down and criticized by just about everyone on the WGA.

If you have specific logging requirements, please state so in your cache description. But then, it becomes a puzzle!

[furfool]

@furfool wrote:

This was from a cache that I found earlier today.

June 11
Great day for a bike ride. Didn’t write name in all logs because of the mosquitoes in the brush. TFTC

Just for the heck of it, I thought I would check out other posts by this cacher to see if any of them were similar. Here they are:

June 13 (323 found)
Extremely buggy area in humid weather. Couldn’t even sign the log but cache was definately in sight about 3 feet away. Very wet from the dew and rain. Brought a whole lot of Mosquitos! TFTC

June 11 (323 found)
Great day for a bike ride. Didn’t write name in all logs because of the mosquitoes in the brush. TFTC

There were a total of 10 caches found by this person on June 11, and they all had the same log.

[Scrappy Scout]

I have been reading this forum since it started. I don’t know if I am allowed to chime in on this but I personally think that if you can’t sign the log you shouldn’t get credit. Unless there is some sort of problem, such as I couldn’t really sign the log for 2 caches because one there was not enough room on the log sheet (magnet with a piece of paper) and the second one the log book was soaked so I tried to sign it the best way I could. But if people want to play this game by getting to GZ and saying found it but not signing the log book that’s there beef not mine I personally wont loose any sleep about it. If you can log a find while out caching hey more power to you. I personally cant do it so until that time I will come home and log all my finds when the day is over or when I get the chance. I even think there are caches that I have found and never logged. But this is my 2 cents take it or leave it I am going to bed now again not going to loose any sleep over it. Sorry for rambling on but it is nice to hear what other people do in the sport/game/addiction what ever you want to call it. I mean cant we all get along and do this for fun its not like we are getting paid to do this or we win some sort of million dollar check. It would be nice but come on I do this for the fun and enjoyment. Ok I am really going to bed now.

[kansas64]

Easy Steps to Geocaching
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Geocaching, Second Edition

1. Register for a free membership.
2. Click “Hide & Seek a Cache.”
3. Enter your postal code and click “search.”
4. Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.
5. Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS Device.
6. Use your GPS device to assist you in finding the hidden geocache.
7. Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.
8. Share your geocaching stories and photos online.

From GC, it does seem according to #7 that signing the log is a requirement. Phantom logging annoys me, I just today did a harder D/T combo and if I look at the notes of a recent finder of GC they describe the cache adventure that is similar to mine, but also similar to several other who have found it, but yet when I got to the cache that caches name was missing

[jerrys dad]

@bandits wrote:

So am I to assume that I can’t log any caches from our phone using the Trimble service without upsetting the balance of the entire geocaching community? Can someone please point me to that rule on GC.com. We have logged several that way lately because we have been away from our laptops and internet access and found we don’t forget to log them later if we do it this way. Our plan is to update the logs later, but we may or may not get to them. I apologize if this offends some cache owners, but feel free to waste your time going and double checking our logs for signature compliance. If you find we did not sign the log, please let us know and we will rectify the situation.

The problem here, in this thread, is not with the way it was logged online, but the way it was found. I know I don’t put out difficult finds out, but if I put a cache out, I want you to physically find my cache. Just getting to the area doesn’t qualify for a find, if it did, there wouldn’t be a DNF on the drop down, when you log your find on the website.

[-cheeto-]

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:53 pm
So am I to assume that I can’t log any caches from our phone using the Trimble service without upsetting the balance of the entire geocaching community

It shouldn’t upset any cache owner any more than a cut and paste log or a TFTC. That is if you don’t type anything and all we see is the default text.

This trimble thing is “something new” and got associated with this thread which as many have pointed out is more about “drive by caching” than it is about logging your caches from a phone device.

I am a big fan of (and always do) personally type every cache log online. I don’t cut and paste and I don’t just write TFTC even on a boring or lame cache. I also make every attempt to sign the physical log (which is what this thread is all about).

If I had a fancy phone app that allowed me to type in the field, it would really be no different for me than the notes I jot down in my mini notebook. I would still sit down after a day of caching and revisit some of those memories by typing my logs in how I want them to be online. This is the main reason why “field notes” were invented I have read (I don’t use this functionality).

Log how you like. You will always offend someone 🙄

Just remember to sign the physical log or your online log might get deleted regardless of whether your online log was a thesis statement or “Logged from my trimble”.

[JimandLinda]

I don’t like cut/paste, but when I read the same log, witch the same 5 misspelleded wurds, it maks me laff! 😆

[sandlanders]

@JimandLinda wrote:

I don’t like cut/paste, but when I read the same log, witch the same 5 misspelleded wurds, it maks me laff! 😆

There were a bunch of cut-and-paste logs earlier this spring of a cacher driving through and finding lots of “cleaver” hides. Talk about something that shouldn’t be left in caches! (Or maybe Wally and the Beav were the cache owners. 😉 )

[jerrys dad]

@JimandLinda wrote:

I don’t like cut/paste, but when I read the same log, witch the same 5 misspelleded wurds, it maks me laff! 😆

I’ll admit to cut/paste if I have a few but I’ve been in two industrial accidents, that don’t always leave my hands feeling good. ( had machinery crush one hand and cut to the tendons on the other) I do try to give an acount if I thought some thing interesting happened.

[benny7210]

@-cheeto- wrote:

Log how you like. You will always offend someone 🙄

Boy is that the truth. Enough said!!

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