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This might sound dumb, but if you unit is still refusing to turn on, try changing the batteries.

I almost always use rechargable batteries in my 60cs and I’ve noticed that sometimes, a freshly charged set won’t work right off the bat. I gotta start the unit on a partly run down set of rechargables (or non-rechargable alkalines) to get the unit to turn on. Sometimes, one freshly charged rechargeable battery and one partly run down rechargeable works too.

Hey – I don’t have an explaination – but this has solved this problem for me. Try different mixes of batteries before you give up, it just might work.

Good luck!

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Glad the mystery is solved, but what I want to know is… did Maleki log TWO FINDS for this cache?

(Oh, and Jeff – I’m expecting my piece of cake at the Picnic – you said Devil’s food, right?) – GL

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I think it’s perfectly OK to log your own cache as a “Find” in the following circumstance – (what does everybody else think?)

You decide to hide a cache along with a pal, and do at least half the work of putting it in. Both of your names are listed in the “by…..” on the description page, but it is “officially” his cache, because it was submitted under his owner ID and geocaching.com only allows for a single owner per cache.

Obviously, he doesn’t log it as a “Find” (but of course he still gets “credit” of a sort for placing a hide, while you officially get none). Not only that, but it shows up on your lists as an unfound cache every time you do a search. That could be very annoying, especially if it’s close to your home!

So, it seems that the best thing to do is to log a “Find” on your own cache! That way, it won’t keep showing up on your unfound lists, and you get a credit for it – just like you would if you were the “official” owner.

I noticed that House of Brew did this on a cache (B&B – A Moving Experience, GCJ0N8). On the cache description page, they are listed as cache owner (along with Socko & Vincetti), yet they clearly posted a “Find” log for this cache. If you click on the owner profile, it takes you to Socko’s page, so I assume Socko is the “official” owner – but on the cache description, this cache is listed as being by House of Brew as well.

Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with logging a “Find” on your own cache in a case like this – in fact, I think it’s advisable. I have two dual-ownership caches myself (GCJ9Y9 & GCJ9YB), but I have not yet logged them (mostly because I still haven’t caught up on all the other “Finds” I have to log).

I’m sure a little search would turn up plenty of other dual-ownership caches that are logged as being “Finds” by one of their owners.

-GL

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Yeah, I seem to be very sensitive to this stuff too. I just got another bad case on my arm, so the stuff is still active, even in October when the leaves turn yaller! Got mine at an urban cache in a Chicago park, of all places! – GL

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