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Julie says you can put her cake server (“knife type thing”) in the next cache you find. Its not sharp.
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Originally posted by brkster:
I just checked on the cache in question by Team DeeJay and Cheesehead Dave, and the owner did respond, stating that he will resurrect the cache into a new multi-staged micro hunt, plus restore another cache in SE Wisconsin as well by the end of this week. Hopefully this will be well worth the wait.[This message has been edited by brkster (edited 04-02-2006).]
Yes, he responded to me in January as well. But then, no action for 3 months. How much time is appropriate? IIRC, this cache has been gone since last May.
If it is YOUR coin, I am not sure that you can without completely shutting off all your notifications from GC.com. If you did coin “sharing” with others at yesterdays event (and you own the coin), you will get an email for each log. Of course, you could put a bad email address in your profile for a few days until the wave of logs stop. You wouldn’t get any other notifications either, but it would stop the emails. Just remember to put the correct address back before you are due for a PQ.
TATB,
Thanks for doing this. I make it a point to try and keep the diabled caches hidden in my area to a minimum by contacting their owners, etc. I, too, have posted a SBA on caches when I get no response after logs and emails. I’ve got one, however, which I don’t quite know what to do. I posted a needs maintenance log to get the owners attention and he responded, saying he would replace it in a few days. Now, 3 months later, it is still disabled. The cache is this one. Anyone have any suggestions?quote:
Originally posted by TeamSWAG:
Good question! We were out at the Fleet Farm in Plymouth a few weeks back looking for some and all they had were the HUGE size ones. Does anyone know if there’s still an Army/Navy surplus store in downtown Milwaukee (Wisconsin Ave, IIRC) and if they have any? I keep meaning to check them out one of these weekends.Mike
There is a store in Hales Corners called Sherper’s, which has always had ammo boxes and decon containers (and empty grenades for those who want encounters with local law enforcement) when I have gone in. Coordinates are roughly N42°56.350′, W088°02.850′. There is also an Army-Navy store in Waukesha, but it is about the same distance and much harder to navigate to. I don’t believe there is still one in Milwaukee.
For me, 4219 Unfiltered, 4010 filtered. Truly an amazing number! Many of these are in the Chicago area, but I also catch Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, West Bend, Rock County, Madison, Sheboygan, the lower Fox Cities (Oshkosh and Fond du Lac), and all points in between in my 100 mile net.
Woohoo! Congrats Dave and Co! Just logged one of your caches on the way to work this morning.
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
Are there any waterfall caches in the central/southeaster WI area?I have been talking with a Canadian geocacher who is currently working in Madison. She loves waterfalls & would like to find some around her.
TIA!
Bec
You just happened to catch me while I was working on my Traveller’s Caches along I-94 list, and, surprisingly, there is one within 1 mile of an interstate exit. It is
52-Pickup – WWF #14 (Ni-ho-kha-wa-ne-ey-ja Falls)
I was very surprised to find this one when I ran my filter. This one is right in the heart of Black River Falls. Have them take exit 115 (Hwys 12 and 27) and proceed south towards the city (village?). Obviously it is by the river.
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Originally posted by marc_54140:
DeeJay, I’m not seeing your lists. Make sure you check the first 2 blocks – share and make public.
Whoops! These two were my first two lists, and I never noticed that I didn’t have the second box checked. Try again now.
Woohoo! Congrats on your grand!
I also have lists out for High Brass and 52 Pickup.
On a similar note, we put a WJTB in a local series cache both as a celebration of a milestone find and to attract more people to the cache. The next day, someone who had already found the cache went back and took the WJTB. This person has yet to put this bug into another cache, so I guess he is collecting it. This is very annoying to me, and it wasn’t even my bug, so I can imagine your feelings when people nab your coins and don’t redrop them.
That said, I doubt that many people choose their caching locations by whether or not there is a bug or coin in the caches. I enjoy finding and moving the travellers, but I enjoy finding a nice location, a great hike, a fun puzzle, or a clever hide much more. I think you can attract people more by promoting the caches on this forum, nominating COTM candidates, posting bookmark lists, and generally talking up the area. You might even want to create a collective cache, where people have to find many area caches to get the coordinates for your final. You could then put your coins in this cache. I doubt that any coin thief is going to find 20 or 30 area caches just to get some coins. I think that people seem to like these “series with a final” type of caches, and I bet that most of the cache placers in your area would be willing to let their caches become part of your “collective”.
Edited to preserve the anonymity of the guilty.
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Try this link instead.
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Originally posted by EnergySaver:
in case it creeps in, it’s not “Hot Water Heater”, it’s “Water Heater”. If it was hot already, why would you need to heat it. Opps, wrong job!
Depends! If you are operating a recirculating boiler, you heat the hot water condensate back into steam. So, that WOULD be a “Hot Water Heater”. (Uh oh, I think all the lake water is affecting my brain.)
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Originally posted by Buy_The_Tie:
What makes an ideal geocache?1. Very interesting location (spring, trout pond, abandoned buildings / foundations etc).
2. Out-of-the-way and NOT well known.
3. Unique and challenging waypoints.
4. A significant hike (not a park-n-grab).
5. Full-sized ammo-box for the final (always dry).
6. Great scenery (worthy of bringing a camera along).A good example of this would be This Cache.
Pretty much as far away as one can get from a Wall-Mart lightpole cache.
I would echo everything said by Tie, but add:
6. Not archived or unavailable for extended periods.
7. Maintained consistently by its owner, including regular visits (not just when someone posts a no-find or complains).It seems like every time we go out, I find one of these caches that doesn’t look like the owner has seen it for several years. Yesterday it was a tupperware hidden on the ground in the Root River flood plain. The hike and the location were really nice, but the cache was so wet that the entire contents fell out in a block of ice. A little maintenance would make this a great urban cache, but instead it was a bit of a disappointment. Maybe its just that I am new and therefore find a lot of older caches that all the regulars have found long ago, but these older caches are often our “first impression” for newcomers. Fortunately, there are more good than bad, but I wonder how many are lost when all they find on their first attempts is wet junk.
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