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This looks like a blast, I am considering doing this. Is there flag icon really off on its location in wisconsin? when I google that address it puts me over by kenosha.
The Nuvi 500 is the only Nuvi I am aware of that is geocaching friendly, meaning you can mark caches found on the nuvi after you find them so it doesnt ding your ear off every time you drive past them.
Congrats on 2k for an xmas present to yourselves!
Thanks everyone, this is a fun cache to do, I wish I had gotten my snow shoes a couple days earlier it would have been easier walking. That cleverly concealed container is actually a good holder for winter, paul told me you wanted to find something better to replace it, I think you should leave it, I like it!
Santa brought me Snow Shoes, Chest Waders, and trekking poles with removeable snow baskets!
hehe Jeremy Irish posted that 170,000 favorites have been applied in less than 24 hrs. I think its a nice cool feature, regardless of how people decide to use it.
@Lostby7 wrote:
@gotta run wrote:
@Lostby7 wrote:
Now what to do with the extra 287 points?
eBay?
My .02 cents x 287 = $5.74 Now do I charge for shipping or a service fee?
Zuma can get almost $28 bucks for his….where oh where will we spend all this geoincome?
You need to think more like the infomercial guys. only 2 cents each, shipping is free, but each one has a 5$ handling fee!
@3 Hawks wrote:
@TheBalks wrote:
@3 Hawks wrote:
I don’t see how this popularity contest is going to be of any real value.
BTW…..my “favorites” may be purchased for the low cost of one ice cold beer for one vote. A dozen freshly baked cookies could even get you two votes.
I think its awesome, because if I am going to a city I have never been to and have a limited time to cache, I can hit ones other people think are good caches. Pretty much the same thing as going on the local cachers forums and asking for suggestions, except you get a bigger sample size.
That all sounds fine and dandy. However, the votes only have real meaning when taken in their proper context. Unfortunately, that requires knowing the motivation of each voter.
I will go out on a limb here……I predict that we will quickly see this new system turn into a popularity contest that has nothing to do with cache quality. Those cachers who have a “posse” of followers will garner large totals for even the most average of caches simply because it is expected. Others will vote for a cache simply to gain acceptance in a local caching community.
I understand the intent of the system. I understand how it could be useful if used properly. However, I’ve been caching long enough to know that many cachers don’t follow accepted guidelines with regards to cache placement. New cachers see bad placements an think they are clever. They then hide their own cache that is technically against established caching policy.
Case in point…how many cachers know that it is against the “rules” to bury a cache in the ground? How many actually know the definition of a buried cache? Many cachers think you can dig a hole in the ground, place a 5 gallon bucked in the hole, and backfill around the hole with only the top exposed. They think this is not a buried cache because the top of the cache is not covered by dirt. They are wrong. Simply review the cache placement guidelines or talk to one of he friendly reviewers.
I would not think such a cache has any value even if 100 cachers had it on their favorite list. There are hundreds of caches just in the great state of Wisconsin that are placed in any number of fashions that technically violate the placement guidelines. In many situations, the cache owners know they are breaking the rules. They simply don’t care or they intentionally break the rules to increase the difficulty. They want to play the game their way. They do not care about the consequences. A good many of the finders know such caches violate the rules, but they don’t want to say anything because they could get “black listed.” Do such caches deserve any votes regardless of any other factors which would otherwise make them exceptional?
You see, a vote only has meaning if you know the cache hider, the placement styles of the area, the people who vote for the cache, and their personal motivation. If you do not know these variables, the arbitrary “favorite” system is almost meaningless.
Sample size???? The size of the sample does not mean there is value in the result.
😯 I hope you are pleasantly surprised by how the favorite lists end up.
@Team Black-Cat wrote:
@TheBalks wrote:
covert cache?
Ding, ding, ding…
It had 10 when I checked, highest I have seen while popping around.
covert cache?
@3 Hawks wrote:
I don’t see how this popularity contest is going to be of any real value.
BTW…..my “favorites” may be purchased for the low cost of one ice cold beer for one vote. A dozen freshly baked cookies could even get you two votes.
I think its awesome, because if I am going to a city I have never been to and have a limited time to cache, I can hit ones other people think are good caches. Pretty much the same thing as going on the local cachers forums and asking for suggestions, except you get a bigger sample size.
I am having fun just looking at what other people are picking. I don’t have a need for all of mine, I think a 1:50 ratio would be good. Its nice to see some of the fun caches in this area getting added to peoples favorites lists, like the Lair and KVR HiLo
very cool, if you look at your friends or anyones profiles you can see where they put there favorite points into, I like this VERY much! I think they gave us WAY to many favorites points to use however.
Its back, so far i have noticed the favorites points and the maps beta in place.
I would say a mile round trip or so if its flat, if there are large altitude adjustments, then its less.
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