Lonely caches?

[PCFrog]

4 out of my 15 Made the list. WOOT 😆

[froggerz]

We’ll give it a try!

[cheezehead]

@Lostby7 wrote:

run it as a pocket querry…

Ok, I have GSAK, but do not have a clue how to use it! And I just updated to a premium membership so now I should be able to use pocket queries..right? Not that I know what to do with them either!! 😕 😕 😯 🙄 🙄

[Lostby7]

@cheezehead wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

run it as a pocket querry…

Ok, I have GSAK, but do not have a clue how to use it! And I just updated to a premium membership so now I should be able to use pocket queries..right? Not that I know what to do with them either!! 😕 😕 😯 🙄 🙄

GSAK…I have no clue either…I have it…just have no idea what to do with it. I open the file with my mapping software; that seems to work well enough for me to get from A to B…..

[marc_54140]

@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

Ooooooooooo! One of my caches hasn’t been found in over a year – so double points for someone! (GCV4CY) And it really is the best time to get out there. No bugs and the bog is frozen. Shouldn’t be too many hunters anymore either.

I was going to archive it and change it into something else, but now I won’t. 8) I do hope it’s still there – I haven’t checked it since gun hunting season.

Do not archive it! I worked it out some time ago, but have not gotten down that direction yet.

Puzzles are strange. Some will not get a lot of visits.

[Team Deejay]

Let me explain it differently. If you log a find on the cache, you get the points, no matter what. It doesn’t matter if someone finds it before you. Everyone can get credit for finds.

If you have already found the cache, but someone else went out before you and confirmed it was in good condition, you will not get points for also going out and confirming it is in good condition. The same goes for indicating a cache is missing, although if multiple people log DNF/NM/SBA before the cache is disabled or replaced, they will all get the credit.

Hopefully we won’t need to replace containers, logs, etc. multiple times during the contest period, but if so, you get credit.

Obviously only one team can get credit for adopting a cache.

There are no possibilities for a FTF in this set of caches, but if we do this a second time, there is a cache near Little Chute that might be eligible then. In that case, everyone who is there for the FTF gets the credit.

Is that a little clearer? I’ll try and clear up this in the rules before we start.

[cheezehead]

@Team Deejay wrote:

@cheezehead wrote:

@PCFrog wrote:

PCFrog gang will join in.

Is there a prize for having the lowest points? 😀

Cheezehead is in also. Ya, is there a prize for the lowest points? There ‘s not too many lonely caches around me, but there is one of mine and one I adopted. How would that play out?

You can’t get credit for your own caches, but there are 12 caches on the list within 30 miles of Hayward, and only two are yours (Apostle Island and the Hayward Cheesehead and the 52 Pickup you adopted).

I think that there are more than that just from doing a fast looksy at the dates. I’ll do some more research tomorrow

[Team Deejay]

One more thing: I promised a map. This is working a little hinky for me today, so to use this you need to use a “special” procedure. On the link below, right click it and then select Save Target as (Save Link as for Firefox) and save the file on your desktop. Then open the file you saved on your computer (Double click it). This should work on all Windows browsers, but it is net intensive, so not recommended for those with a dial up connection. Note there is a few extra caches on the map, due to people finding the caches on the list in the last few days. Here is the link:

Lonely Cache Map

If you can’t get this to work, well, I should have a real link working in a day or so. This Google Maps API is a little tricky to get working properly.

[elfdoctors]

I’m interested in playing.

3 of my caches made the list. All 3 of them should be able to be found even in the snow when you get to ground zero. However two of them (South Bailey Beavers and Fish Lake Scrub Oaks) will likely require a longer walk because they are off unpaved trails which are probably not drivable if there is significant snow on the ground.

[Jeremy]

@Team Deejay wrote:

On a related note, I have received a couple suggestions privately. First is a bonus for moving travel bugs (2 for moving, 1 for reporting missing). This seems like a good idea to me. Any objections?

Would this bonus only be for moving “lonely” travel bugs… i.e. ones that have not moved for over 3 months? Or just TBs that have been stuck in a lonely caches?

If points are awarded for any travel bug move I fear someone might take advantage of these bonus points to rack up a huge score. It would be pretty easy to “pinball” some travel bugs between a couple easy caches to obtain a huge score.

[Team Deejay]

@Jeremy wrote:

@Team Deejay wrote:

On a related note, I have received a couple suggestions privately. First is a bonus for moving travel bugs (2 for moving, 1 for reporting missing). This seems like a good idea to me. Any objections?

Would this bonus only be for moving “lonely” travel bugs… i.e. ones that have not moved for over 3 months? Or just TBs that have been stuck in a lonely caches?

If points are awarded for any travel bug move I fear someone might take advantage of these bonus points to rack up a huge score. It would be pretty easy to “pinball” some travel bugs between a couple easy caches to obtain a huge score.

Good point. I was thinking bugs would HAVE to be there for 4 months, but that would not be true after the first find. So, only “Lonely TBs” count (plus you have to drop them for the points, no points for coin thieves!)

[Team Deejay]

OK, for those waiting for a map with baited breath, here it is:

Lonely Cache Map

Note that this works just like Google Maps, in that you can zoom in, drag the map around, zoom out, etc. You can move the menus out of the way by clicking on the green bars above the menus/list. In addition to the normal Google map options, there are USGS Topo maps included in the upper right pulldown, if you want to use them. And again, remember that a few of these are going to drop off as people (cheeto) keep finding them.

Also, Jeremy and I have been discussing modifying this slightly to make it an ongoing contest, with monthly and annual winners, and updating the cache listing every 2 months or so to take off the found caches and add on the “newly lonely” caches. Any objections?

[LightningBugs Mum]

@Team Deejay wrote:

Also, Jeremy and I have been discussing modifying this slightly to make it an ongoing contest, with monthly and annual winners, and updating the cache listing every 2 months or so to take off the found caches and add on the “newly lonely” caches. Any objections?

So to find the monthly winner, you would only use the points earned for that month – correct? And then have a cumulative score for the annual winner?

[Team Deejay]

@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

@Team Deejay wrote:

Also, Jeremy and I have been discussing modifying this slightly to make it an ongoing contest, with monthly and annual winners, and updating the cache listing every 2 months or so to take off the found caches and add on the “newly lonely” caches. Any objections?

So to find the monthly winner, you would only use the points earned for that month – correct? And then have a cumulative score for the annual winner?

Correct!

[cheezehead]

So when does this start? Or has it started? You need to add my cache Here Fishy Fishy to the list. It’s up and running now I think someone is going to make a run up north soon. There were also about 6-10 others that were not on the list too that I came across.

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