[Northwoods Tom]

@huffinpuffin2 wrote:

Pardon for the ‘off-topic’ remark here, but these sound like great examples of what the WGA Rescue Missions were created to eliminate……to go out and pick up the ‘geo-trash’ and/or verify the area as cleared.

You would think so, yet none that I have found ever made the list. I find them after they have been archived, notify the owner and if I receive no response, check on them after usually a several month period if I’m in the area. If they are still there, it becomes trash to remove without the rescue points. The first I disposed of had been out there for almost 3 years before I came along. Maybe I should update unfound caches on my GPS unit more often but then I would miss all the geojunk clean-up.

[Northwoods Tom]

Fun idea! How about “Superior Cachers”?

[Northwoods Tom]

I see sights like this all to often! The majority of the blame goes to the searcher, yet I have also witnessed the role that the cache owner has in this destruction. How is that? I’ve seen far to many cache owners ignore DNF after DNF without checking their cache out or responding on the site to multiple DNF’s.

Eventually these caches get archived and yet I’m aware of four that I have found that were still in place long after they were archived (I have the habit of loading caches on my GPS unit far in advance and often don’t check their status when I search months latter.). When the owner fails to check out their cache and correct the coordinates, do maintenance to make sure it’s still in the original spot, cachers following afterwards unfortunately become aggressive in their search. It’s unacceptable but don’t place all the blame on the searcher.

I think every individual out there with over 50 finds has come across a hide that was off coordinate wise, in a hiding area that made no sense, or a dozen other reasons that make it difficult to find which were not part of the original set-up.

[Northwoods Tom]

This is an area of Geocaching I fell in love with soon after starting, for a few months that is…

Mrs. Northwoods gave me 3 wonderful geocoins for Christmas and they vanished almost immediately after release. All three had special “missions” printed on a small card and sealed within their package and I hoped this would decrease the likelihood of being plundered but I was wrong. One had the mission of going to caches far off the beaten path, it went missing after its first placement. A second had the mission of going to caches with a combined D/T total of 7 or more. Gone after its first placement. And the third has been in the possession of a geocacher for almost a year and a half.

Countless e-mails and polite pleas later, all three still reside in the land of the lost.

This being an area of Geocaching I once loved, I still hesitantly move a trackable on an occasion, but often avoid it due to many cachers beliefs that if you take a coin you should leave one. Sure you can say that I could go the route of travel tags but this just isn’t the same for me. Just my thoughts and experience on this issue.

[Northwoods Tom]

@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

And if you think they are lame…

NOT!!!

If it hadn’t been for the post, I would have never found out about this great series! I so look forward to finding a BIG chunk of them and wish they were closer! This is what I would call a “Need to Discover Micro”!

[Northwoods Tom]

What’s that saying? Location, Location, Location.

In My Opinion
Those who want to place a cache in the urban areas have a much larger hurdle to overcome. The great parks, open areas, and generally nice spots get snapped up so fast that the new cache placer often doesn’t have much of a choice left on where to place a cache (I know someone will state a specific exception, but look at the bigger picture.). Because of this, those simple hides become more common! Move into a more rural area where there is a great deal of extra space and the cache fun meter goes up.

I live rural, but when I get to Green Bay, Eau Claire or other cities, I find I can get a great cache fix. When I’m in Northern Wisconsin, they are much farther apart and often enjoyable. My solution for all of you out there; cache those rural areas as often as you can but don’t expect to have a mega find day unless you drive like my wife…

Oh, and place an easy guardrail or sign post cache for me now and then so I can grab them also.

[Northwoods Tom]

@mongo1965 wrote:

…three have only been found a total of nine times. With almost seven months between the last couple of finds. These three are no park an grabs but also not super easy to get to either. Kinda makes me scared to do anymore hides since it seams like people don’t like these kind of hides.

What kills me is all these park an grabs and than you hear about COs complaining about the TFTC logs.

I have two ammo cans far off the beaten path up-north that have been in place for well over a year. Three finds between them. I still believe micros have their place. I don’t go out of the way to get them but grab them when in the vicinity. “Top Spots” hides are a good example! I personally love them! Every now and then, he will throw in a twist to keep you honest. On one of his hides, he had my wife and I scratching our heads for “way” to long. Don’t stop hiding caches because they don’t get found that often! I’ll get to them eventually and I’m sure I’ll will write a lot more than TFTC.

[Northwoods Tom]

@CodeJunkie wrote:

I’d support this idea of the WGA promoting more than the minimum requirements.

Maybe ‘m just a nice guy,:roll: but after reading the comments in this thread, I found myself checking back on my own logs to see if “I” need to improve.

I look at the comments in any thread as an opportunity for people to get things off their chest and sometimes vent. I try not to take them personally.

[Northwoods Tom]

@Braid Beards Gang wrote:

I am just catching up on this thread. I laughed when I saw this post it reminded me of this log I wrote last month:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=6556c46f-db48-4cdf-9b62-4abc9a2882c8

I was driving around finding these caches and I ran out of things to say, but I usually have a camera in my pocket. I still hope that the CO wasn’t upset by it.

I like the picture! That to me is an even greater enticement to check out this series of caches. Thanks!

[Northwoods Tom]

That really is nice! Have to say the ones I have sit in a drawer. Not what you would call a collector yet you still acquire them over time. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. And I think I could make my own display like that 😀

[Northwoods Tom]

Congrats Big Jim!

I looked at the pics and I see SNOW!!!!!

[Northwoods Tom]

Thanks for the quick fix. 😀

[Northwoods Tom]

I was checking out some “cache of the month” nominated caches to look for on my Christmas trip to Eau Claire. Battle of Smokey Hill doesn’t come up in a search, and the link brings you to a cache in Green Bay.

[Northwoods Tom]

And we complain about a little cabin fever…

[Northwoods Tom]

@JimandLinda wrote:

Alright, how ’bout this?

Just saw a log with no words. Just 1 picture of some tots rummaging through an ammo can. Is that OK? Spoiler? It didn’t say TFTC or SL. Did they SL?

Just wondering…

I have to say I also am one of those who loves pictures related to the cache that people visit. I personally try to take them (when I can get my hands on a camera, yep, still don’t own one of my own…) and post them. A perfect example was when I cached the Mandan Road in the U.P. 20 some caches over 20+ miles. Most people would just put a short note or a cut and paste in their log. My way of thanking the individual for all this effort on truly fun run, was to post a picture of this seasonal road at each stop.

To me, a picture says so much more if we remember or take the time to take one.

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