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FTP February 22, 2023.
STP Sunday!
How’s everyone today?
Yikes! Thraxman predates me and I’ve been in the WGA for over fifteen years! (and post #13 for the page)
Yeah, I think it’s been over twenty years for me. I was on the first BOD, and a “Founding Father”.
But I still barely have over 300 finds!
Does this thing still work?
Thanks Rawevil, for contacting reviewers. I don’t know if it will do any good, but it is worth a shot.
Labrat’s suggestion is about the only possible way to go, but it would be a last resort. Adoptee wouldn’t get direct communications and would have no control of logs.
If the reviewers can’t do anything, I have decided to keep this one going at least through its 20th anniversary, and re-assess at that point.
Interesting side note: I reviewed the description text for the cache, found that I mentioned looking up one of the waypoints on “MapBlast”. I also referred to “e-maps”, as at the time maps were assumed to be paper. Google Maps didn’t exist back then. Now map blast.com forwards to mapquest.com. I have to wonder how much traffic mapquest gets these days.
Sorry Rawevil, just responded to you through geocaching.com.
For anyone else: while researching how to adopt the cache over, I found out that gc.com does not support the transfer of virtual caches because they are grandfathered. Who’da thunk.
Hi there Thraxman! We’d definitely be interested in adopting this cache. We have very fond memories of finding it when a geocacher friend of ours was here from England and this was a must get while we took him out caching here in Wisconsin.
Hi Rawevil. I was hoping someone who had previously found it and enjoyed it would express interest, so I would be happy to hand it over to you 🙂 If you are certain, let me know, and we can start the process. Now that I think about it, I don’t actually know HOW to transfer it over to you, but it should be simple.
I haven’t found it yet, and am not looking for any hints. But can you explain what is necessary from a cache maintenance stand point? Are there any physical caches? Or just a “email me the answers to…” kind of thing. I think this information will help this cache find an adopter.
There are no physical caches involved at all. This is an “email me the answer” virtual. Maintenance simply involves watching for obvious fake logs, and keeping an eye on logs in case the landmarks change. In the 18 years this one has been active I had to alter it slightly one time because one of the landmarks was re-painted. Another time I think I disabled it temporarily due to some construction that made it impossible to get to one of the other landmarks.
I set up a calendar reminder YEARS ago to come back and steal this thread. I didn’t expect the thread to actually still be active. Wow!
Try a drain snake. They make hand-operated versions and types that you attach to a drill. It may take some patience and persistence, but it is actually kinda fun 🙂 They cost between 10 and 20 bucks. I had a problem drain in my bathroom shortly after I bought this house. A half hour of work with a drain snake (also known as an auger) and I haven’t had a problem since. In fact, any drain you have that you find yourself periodically pouring drain cleaners down you should consider snaking. Once you clean it out, you probably won’t have to touch it for years.
I used to use Mac exclusively. I had no problem loading waypoints from PQs to my Garmin, never tried maps. I easily found Mac compatible software for free. The one I used was called “Maccaching” from http://www.maccaching.com/ .
If your Mac is Intel based, you always have the option of dual-booting or virtualizing, giving you access to all Windows applications.
@jseymour84 wrote:
Its this exact fear that has me looking into a GPSr. I was looking at the Garmin Oregon series and I really like the features of the 550t. Now with these devices do I still load the cache data onto the device or do I have to print out the sheets and enter the coordinates by hand?
I have a Garmin GPSMAP 60csx, and I just connect it to my computer and load all the waypoints I want to it. Most GPSrs support this. I like to use my phone along with it. The GPSr gets me to the cache, but the phone with the app allows me to read the cache description, recent logs, and hints when I want them. Of course, as Cheeto said, you can’t count on your phone to have reception all the time when caching. There have been plenty of times I wanted to check something and didn’t have any signal.
[FAKE GRUMPY OLD MAN VOICE]
“When I started Geocaching, we found the caches using a GPSR with a patch antenna, and they cost a NICKLE! And we printed the cache sheets out at home. On PAPER! Of course, paper was only a NICKLE! And oh yes, we DID use cell phones. To TALK to each other… heheheheHHEEEEE! I think minutes were only a nickle back then…
[/FAKE VOICE]@Ashen15 wrote:
I’m only a year into caching and we have a 141 finds but we’ve enjoyed every single one and incorporate it into camping trips, drives to see family, etc. I understand I’m still a rookie. I plan to do a series soon based off an interest in a local landmark but wonder if I’ll be torn apart here at some point just for placing caches (I don’t intend them to be PNGs or w/o a purpose). I can see new players avoiding the forums (and events) and the game due to “divas”.
141 finds and you consider yourself a rookie? 🙂
I look forward to seeing your series when it is ready. Local landmarks are, in my opinion, great things to base a cache on.
And just to be clear, I didn’t intend to rip on PNGs. Some people love them. For me, I like other types. I was just illustrating how *I* could lead myself to burnout by hunting caches that I don’t enjoy as much.
Over nearly 10 years of caching (I think my first find 10th anniversary will be on the 25th of this month), I have found just 310 caches. I hit 300 a little over a week ago. I never really burned out, and if you look at my number of finds, you will see why. I cache only when I think it will be fun. And in recent years, I hit mostly caches I think I will enjoy. This means I tend to make my caching “adventures” quests to heavily wooded areas where I can get a couple miles of hiking in, weather it is for one find or a cluster of 6 or 7.
There is nothing wrong with taking a break. The day you wake up, plan to go on a hunt, and realize there are other things you would rather do is the day you should do something else. Maybe you will enjoy the hunt more the next day. Or maybe the next month. Or maybe the next year. It doesn’t matter. You can stop and start as you please.
I imagine that if I would start playing the “Numbers Game”, I’d burn out pretty quick, and would really start to regret the sport. I could easily hit 30 or 50 caches in a day, but I know from experience that I would quickly tire of chasing down micros in small city parks. To me nothing is more mundane than driving, parking at a curb, walking 15 or 20 feet, unrolling the strip of paper from the micro, signing it, and driving off. How many times in a day can that be fun? Honestly, I do not mind hitting a park’n’grab or two on the way to my main objective. But to hit this sort of hide repeatedly over the course of a day would put me on the path of quitting quite quickly. My point is simple. Concentrate on what YOU find fun. When it isn’t fun, do not do it! You’ll be back for more.
I used to have detailed street maps on my old handheld GPSr, and at the time found them to be handy. But by the time I bought my latest handheld unit a couple years ago, I had accumulated an automobile GPSr (Nuvi), which I liked better for street navigation. I have not bothered to put detailed maps onto my newer handheld unit, and appreciated the lack of visual “clutter” that detail maps provide in some areas.
You might also take into consideration the types of caches you prefer. If you are in love with park ‘ grabs, detailed street maps will be more useful. But if you lean more towards caches stashed out in the woods, detailed street maps won’t be much help at all. The base maps will probably have most of the roads you need.
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