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[Sandy]

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Cachin' with my sweetie...
Sandy of Team PodCacher

[Traa dy Liooar]

FTP?!? Downloading now

[pacholik]

Downloading now. Cache on.
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[gundark2000]

AWSOME!! Downloading now!!
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[saltercreaserangers]

Thankyou Doctor
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[batsgonemad]

made it, lets go
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[pacholik]

Here is the macro that downloads the caches to the nuvi. http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=6918&st=0&#entry173526

Also here is a link to a fellow cachers blog about the older macro for the nuvi.

http://jshults.wordpress.com/garmin-nuvi-file-management-tutorial/
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[Electric Water Boy]

All those doctors listed and you left out the one that would most likely be a geocacher, or you'd at least like to go with - Doctor Who!

Cache Maintenance - I check on other caches I've been to before. Sometimes just because I'm walking by them. And others because the caches are on my watchlist. I put all the caches that I'm FTF for on my watchlist. If I see a few DNFs and I have the time, I'll go check just to see if the cache it there.

Dropping Trackables - There are three places I drop trackables regulary. One is a TB Hotel at a friend's house. One is at a cache that is in a building so it is protected. And the last is at a cache that is along the San Antonio Riverwalk. This gets visited by tourists a lot. So if I want a trackable to get out of town soon, that's where it goes.

Logging TB's with GSAK - I've recently started logging trackables with GSAK. My one worry doing this is that I'll get a code slightly wrong and end up logging a trackable that I haven't seen.

We have a challenge cache in San Antonio that requires 100 finds in 10 different states. Still working on it.

[Sonny]

[Sonny]

[hallycat]

WOW! A cache published with the store name mentioned? Would never have been published by NY Admin.

Dropping Trackables; Here on Long Island we have a special situation. Being an island that basically goes nowhere unless you take a fairly costly ferry ride we don't get very many people just passing through. Many caches, unless they are new-ish and the usual local cachers haven't found it could go for months without a new find. Therefore I hesitate to drop a travel bug unless the cache is newer. The last two bugs I "rescued" on Sunday were sitting for 3 and 4+ months respectively. I try to put a TB somewhere that it will get picked up so if that means holding it for a few weeks till I make a trip off Island or until a new cache gets published then I hold it and if the bug owner emails me I will explain the situation. I do travel off island quite a bit so they don't get held terribly long.

Cache Maintenance -If I see before going that a cache needs maintenance and it's not been abandoned for months by a player that has stopped playing I will help out. Also I will check on friends caches if they are nearby where I am hunting. However if I see a cache with multiple DNF's and the log is soaking wet and not signable I will likely not even hunt it. I do not find that a fun cache to hunt .

[gundark2000]

As far as posting your own trackable numbers online so people can log them virtually, it seems that groundspeak has recently changed their stance on the subject. My friend sent me a reply from our local reviewer a few months ago and it seems like TPTB are allowing it. the email was as follows:

" our reviewer sent me this.

At this time virtual logging of travel bugs and geocoins is allowed so long as the object owner is OK with it. I learned this from TPTB at Groundspeak during the block party weekend in Seattle.

The owner of a TB or geocoin may delete virtual logs if they don't want to allow it. But be consistent - don't treat logs from someone you don't like differently than logs from others."


So, maybe you guys can post your coin again!!
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[NoNameYet202]

Dropping TB: I pretty much only drop TB's at Hotels or events. The only exceptions are those caches that have a high Favorite count. I figure those will attract caches like flies, so the trackable won't sit around for long.

Cache Maintenance - I don't find myself at caches I've been before (with only a few exceptions), so I don't find myself in a situation where I can replace a cache I've found before. I have replaced a cache that was a large plastic container who's lid was no where to be found with a brand new ammo can. I've alerted the CO to the change, but as he hasn't changed the listing, I doubt he still is caching :/

[TheDuke12]

Finally caching up on shows.

Reposnding to Jutintim1999 question:

I had this just happen to me. My wife gave me a trackable patch for Christmas. I intended to sew it on to my backpack, so it can be "discovered" while geocaching or at events. I snapped a shot of it and uploaded it to the webpage for my trackable on GC.com. Within in minutes I was getting emails that it was discovered and from cahcers in Germany too. It wasn't till I read the comments that I figured out what they were doing. They discovered it virtually via the Trackables gallery link on GC.com. I quickly pulled down the photo and edited the webpage to say "To log that you discovered it you must see it in person and not via picture or gallery." I edited the photo and masked out the TB number and uploaded the modified photo. I preceded to delete the log entries of those that said they found it and surpisingly no one sent me an angry message.

Keep on cache'n
TheDuke12

[KKrew08]

Whatever you decide, be honest in how you discovered the trackable be it physically or virtually on an image.