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@Team Deejay wrote:
While I certainly understand the need to archive this, I would have thought that an email to the owner, copied to the state approvers would have been much more tactful and better for the health of the sport. Maybe there was a long chain of angry emails back and forth that we don’t know about, but on the surface, it looks like someone just decided to provide a demonstration of power. 🙄
While I understand your point of view, I also see why, if they didn’t send an email. The cache was a violation and GC.com or whom ever does not need to talk to anyone prior to archiving caches that are violating the rules or laws.
I can only imagine the number of violations GC.com has to take care of on any given day and then to expect them to contact and converse with cache owners who are in violation prior to disable it would be overwhelming.
I just find it hard to be upset when the owner put in the listing that it was a State Natural Area. I would hope that if there were just a problem that GC.com would send an email but a blatant violation has no call for one.
Making an LE and only 800 of other still makes them collectable defeating the original post of making more so they are not so valuable to steal.
I still see coins that Crake (not sure I got that right) who makes good coins still trying to unload coins that he had made. I’m not against another coin just making sure issues are thought about.
Lets see how well Alabama does.
@NSLP#1 wrote:
I know I would like to see another WGA ‘state’ coin.
I know Alabama just started taking orders for 1000 coins (800 regular, 200 LE)
I think there is probably enough demand for another one being made. Probably wont be able to get a 2006, unless there is already one in the works.This went very well. Thanks Shrek & Fiona for getting a group together to do these.
Thanks for your work.
Look at that….
The time of my last post is 0711. It takes me 20 minutes to drive to work so if I made a post at 0711 by the time I got off the computer and got in my car another 2-3 minutes would have passed. This would make it about 0714. That means with a 20 minute drive to work would make the time 0734 which would be 4 minutes late. However, I got to work 5 minutes early today making my arrival time 0725 making my driving time 11 minutes. From this the post time is wrong or I managed to drive really fast to work. Or the clocks at work are all off and I reaping the benefits of working 4 minutes less.
What does this have to do with the post? Nothing other than I noticed it and had some thoughts about it. Hope the rest of you have a nice day.
West Salem @ 1030 sounds good
That sounds like pretty good idea. I will have to check my scheduler to find out if I have that time free. **asking wife now*** Wife said that’s fine. 😀
seekers8711 got $.04 in.
@Team Deejay wrote:
@tyedyeskyguy wrote:
I for one would be glad to buy many of them.
Jay, they don’t have any ammo cans small enough to fit into a fake walnut!
Please tell me he does not actually have a cache that is a walnut.
@Digital_Dan wrote:
No matter where you have the cut-off it will be the same issue you mentioned. If you have it open for only the first 3 weeks of the month, then someone who nominates a cache in the last few days of the open period, will likely not win either for the same reasons you mentioned. I know there have been a number of discussions around the COTM, but to me, the voting should be open ONLY for “NEW” Caches in the previous month. For example, the caches that were activated in the Month of September, would be eligible for Voting in the Month of October. At the end of October, you would announce the September Cache Of The Month. This method would eliminate the issues with late enteries and would more accurately reflect the name “Cache Of The Month”
That would unfortunately completely alienate caches in remote areas which already see very few of COM voters.
I did a simple one for my 6 year old last year and it went well. I hide a medium size cache about 150 yards from the house the day before. My kids did not get to see where as well.
Anyhow, Day of the party I got all kids together and told them what was going to happen. Gave the GPS unit to the Bday girl and let her lead the way. Once she got them in the area all started to search. I made sure there was at least one thing per kid in the cache.
In general I think that caches should be in place for one year at least.
Now as stated above if you hide a cache and in 2 or 3 months turns out not to be such a good idea archiving it is fine is understandable.
What I got from OP is that it seems that people are intentionally putting out caches for only 1-3 months.
I don’t know if people are or not and certainly not going to check as well. This also applies to the cache of the month as well.
However, If you take a moment to think about it, IF a lot of the cache of the months are archived then what the heck are they getting Cache of the Month for? (Rhetorical question don’t answer) Some people like to visit the caches that win and IF they are being archived (1-3 months afterwards) then part of the point of the Cache of the Month is lost. I thought the Cache of the Month was for recognizing good caches and to let travelers know if they are in the area, a good cache to hit. Having them archived soon afterwards does defeat that.
I personally think your typical cache should be planed for at least 1 year stay or longer. Things do come up and change the life span of caches. **I’m going to catch flack for this next comment** I do however think that the cacher made poor judgment to place a multi cache or elaborate cache hides then shortly later archive it since it was to much to maintain. Yes, do archive it, since no one wants to search for poorly maintained caches. The hidder of the cacher should have considered how they were going to maintain those types of caches to start with. And don’t tell me that you don’t think a cacher should consider how to maintain a cache prior to placing it.
Anyhow, caches come and go and people that win Cache of the Month should consider trying to keep such caches in operation for at least that years end if possible.
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