I'm ashamed to say it still took me 10 minutes to find this one
Hey, that's awesome! Hope your kid will enjoy it
Phlogiston
joined 2 years ago
Spent over an hour looking for this cache recently. Very subtle under the moss!
Taken around 11:30 Friday night, although the picture sure doesn't do the real thing justice
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Old bicycles, a hockey goal, a kids' pool... what's the weirdest thing you've found during a Cache In Trash Out (CITO) event?
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This impressive pile was all collected in one day in my neighborhood
A batch of ginger & citrus marmalade I made today, plus some ginger tea as a byproduct!
If anyone wants to play: https://www.geoguessr.com/geocaching
It's pretty cool to get to play GeoGuessr again! I missed it a lot when they switched it to being pay-to-play only. In this new version, it looks like they've added a timer, though, which I think makes it pretty stressful.
I don't really see the specific connection to Geocaching though ("There's a geocache hidden near that location"? That could probably be said of almost anywhere in North America and Europe). Getting to a Geocaching souvenir is a nice perk, although you don't seem to even need a GC account to play it.
Has anyone else tried the game? Thoughts?
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GC5GT6J at the Seattle Museum of Flight is one of the only caches in the world that has the "partnership cache" attribute
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This is one item I was thrilled to strike off my 'obscure stats' bucket list this year, and the museum itself was a great time as well
Found this cute lil guy in a fake rock cache the other day
Just a small hole with a bison tube inside -- that's one of these:
If I happen to have a spare container with me, usually I'll replace a damaged one. IMO if you found the original and know where it was, that's not the same as putting out a random throwdown for a missing cache.
If it's a specially made container, I'd probably just log Needs Maintenance, but if you're just replacing a pill bottle with something similar I would think it's fair game. In any case definitely mention it in your log
Yup, I think that's a great idea! Will look into having more of a wiki/FAQ
Even if you don't pay have the subscription, you can look premium caches up on the website using a direct link, e.g. coord.info/GC7B6F0. You need to have the geocode ("GC7B6F0") for that, though. Not sure about logging, but I think you should even be able to do that.
Personally, I've paid for it the last few years. But Geocaching is my main hobby, so it's easily a worthwhile investment.
I get being against subscriptions out of principle though. I cached for years without paying for it. In my area only about 1/3 of caches are premium only, but that might be completely different in another part of the world
Pretty bursty when there's a new post, but quiet otherwise
Yeah, it's a shame when a container is abandoned and essentially becomes trash -- in my experience, it's rare for that to happen, though.
On the other hand, there's 'Cache In Trash Out' events (CITOs): Geocaching events where people gather to pick up litter, remove invasive species, plant trees, or otherwise help the environment. They're pretty popluar in my local area. So I wouldn't say geocaching has a net negative impact as far as littering goes!
That's a great idea, thanks!
Geocaching.com would be the site everyone uses, it's free to make an account. Their FAQ is a good place to start as well.
For apps, there is c:geo for Android, Cachly for iOS, or the official Geocaching app for both. I might see about adding more of a wiki or sidebar to this community...
That's a great point! Here in Canada I'm already nearing the end of my caching season. Maybe we'll hear some stories from Texas soon!
That's a shame! Do you ever go to geocaching events? I find they get the most logs there, although I have spotted the odd one out in the wild