Travel Bug on Christmas tree

This might sound a bit crazy (if you weren't a geocacher).  I'm thinking of hanging a travel bug on the tree.

Beginner's Guide to Finding a Geocache

I thought this was an interesting video and it rekindles some of the excitement I had as a beginner.  Watch this and I think you'll remember your first cache.

Creative Geocache Containers/Ideas: Water Bottle Folly

Watch this and tell me what you think.  I think this has got to be one of the worst ideas for a cache that I've ever seen.  Can you say geo-trash.  Not too mention absolutely no thought in it at all.

I've seen this video before and every-time that I view it I say to myself wtf.  I do hope that people are not putting out caches like this one for real.  Talk about giving the game a bad name.  The funniest part of this video is that it says creative geocache containers/ideas.

I've told you some of my thought on this.  Now it's time for your thoughts on this one.




Happy Caching.  Now go out and find some caches;

wd1j/Team Dev

Geocachers Creed

Greetings All,

This is something that I think all Geocachers should try and follow.  It could make the game more enjoyable for all.  Now go out and geocache.
This is the Geocachers Creed.  Please follow the:
Happy Caching,

wd1j/Team Dev

100 Finds Achievement Geocoin

Just wanted to say that on Saturday I got my 100 finds geocoin.  It looks really good.  Now just have to put some miles on it.

Here's Ninja One of My Travel Bugs

This Travel Bug (TB for short) is part of a Moving Geocache.  It's one of the many cache types on Opencaching North America. OCNA is one of a number of alternative geocache listing sites.  This TB also has a BIT-Cache and a GeoKrety with it.  These are some different ways to play the game of geocaching.  There's more that just one site to go to for your cache searches but, geocaching.com is the biggest and the oldest one.  So, this is the one that most have heard of as well as use.

About this travel bug.  It has yet to be released into the wild and go one it's journey.  For the time being it travels with me and visits caches as I go geocaching.  It has been dipped into many caches and was with me when I made my 100th find.  I'll release it soon by the end of the month.  You'll be able to find it when you find the cache that it's in.  Yes, the cache is listed on a different site than geocaching.com.  That's ok it's good to break from the pack every now and then.  Keeps the adventure of geocaching fresh.  Check the comments below this post for the links to the cache and TB.

wd1j/Team Dev

This is Ninja.  It's one of my Travel Bugs.  Currently it's inside and is part of Ninja Moving Cache.

I found 100 geocaches

On Saturday, 24 August 2013 I found my 100th geocache.  It took me awhile to get to this milestone, but I got it.

A couple of days before that I had found my 99th geocache.  So, when Saturday came around and I went to some geocaching.  I made sure that the next cache find would be something special to mark this milestone.  I had one in mind and was going to do it for sometime now.  Just never go around to it.  So, when I began my search for the cache that would be the one.  The choice was one of the oldest caches in the area.  It was placed back in 2001, and it was an ammo can in the woods.  I thought how appropriate that one was.  Seeing as most of my finds lately had been micros.

It was good to go into the woods and make about a mile hike to get this cache.  A change of pace from the urban finds of late.  The cache was in great shape for being in place all that time.  Nice and dry inside the cache container and yes a dry logbook to sign.  An real logbook.  Not just some rolled up log sheet.  Not that I have anything against micros and log sheets.  Just it was good to find that cache and it was my 100th find to boot.

Finds like this just make you appreciate the diversity that is geocaching.  There is something for everyone and if you like things to be different every now and then.  Geocaching has it.  This is why I like geocaching.  Now to go out and find more.

geocache name wd1j/Team Dev

Lets Play the Game by the Rules

Here is a log posting I found while checking out some geocaches. It from GC4G0K6.

The log:

FTF!

Find it during my second time visit today. The cash is impossible to sigh during day time. There are TOO many muggle .:-(

By the way, TFTC

Now my question is this how can you claim a find let alone a FTF if you didn't sign the log in the cache. Which according to the guide lines on geocaching.com your suppose to do in order to claim a find. It's not a virtual and if you have time to find the cache then you definitely have time to sign the log. It's just how the game is played. Don't cheat. Besides the second cacher to find the cache was able to sign the log. So why not this one? I guess that is a question that'll never be answered but, it does make you wonder. Also gives you something to talk about.

I've seen this happen time and time again cachers will post a found it log on the cache page but, for whatever reason they don't sign the log. This one just happened to be the first FTF log I've came across. Just thought I'd share.
Have fun and happy caching,
Team Dev

A quick question

Greetings All,

I have a quick question.  That is.  Does anyone read this blog?  If so could you please leave a comment.  That way I'll at least know that someone reads this blog.  Because I know that someone does read this blog.

Happy Caching

Am I missing something here?

Went on an awesome geocaching trip towards Norway yesterday. Got a total of 28 founds, no DNFs (although some where actually gone, but still), 2 geocoins and some other finds. Broke my record from last summer when I found 15 in one day (I think), and also got to log my first Mysteries and Multis, and found new favourite places to return to :D All in all, a very nice day. (Now my legs and feet want to kill me XD).

I wanted to direct your attention to the highlighted part of this post, because they say that they had no DNFs.  Yet some of them were actually gone.  OK,  I would just like to know how you one find something that's not there, two and how you log it as a find?  Maybe I'm missing something, but if you don't find it or it's not there then that would be a DNF.  Not like logging a DNF is anything bad, but cachers are like afraid of them or something.  Not like DNFs  subtract from you total finds.  Just thought I'd share this with you.

Happy Caching.  

Missing Travel Bug

Greetings All,

I thought it was time to post again.  So, this time I'll tell you about one of my geocaching.com's Travel Bugs.  This one is TB4JC5X Z-MIA-Z Sargeant.  It's nothing to big.  Just a plastic green army man.  You can get them by the bag full at any dollar store.  That doesn't make it any less of a travel bug than any other one.

So, I released it into the wild and gave it a goal/mission.  I did a search for the right cache to put it in to get it started on its journey.  I found the cache and set out with my two sons.  To first find the cache and then put the TB into it.  We did that.  Now the TB was ready to start its journey.  It took a while for someone to pick up this one.  That's because the cache is in somewhat of an out of the way place.  And that's was one of the reasons I chose it.  Well, a cacher did pick it up and helped it on its way to another cache.  It went to a couple of caches.  Putting a few miles on it.  Then a cacher picked up the TB and said that they would move it along soon.  That was back in October 2012.

So, I did some research on this cacher that has my TB.  Come to find out they haven't logged onto the site since then.  Which leads me to believe that they were new to geocaching and lost interest.  After finding this out I decided to send an email to them asking that the move the TB along.   But the email has gone unanswered.  This has me asking a few things.

And here they are.  Why would you take someone geocaching with you and not tell them the rules of the game?  Why if you are new to the game you would not look up the rules?  And if you found something in a cache with a tag tell you that this is not a trade item.  You would not find out what to do with it.

Just a little rant on the way people play the game or better how they don't play the game.  I think that I'll leave you with this.  Maybe someday this MIA TB will find its way back into a cache?  I'll just keep watching it for sings of life.

Til the next post.

Happy Caching,

Team Dev

It's like talking to your self

Greetings All,

It's been a while since I've posted to the blog.  So, here it is the long awaited post.  I sometimes get the feeling that I'm talking to myself.  I don't see any comments to my posts.  I don't see any regular readers.  So, I guess I can come to the conclusion that I just maybe talking to myself.  I know that the google bot comes to the blog.  Maybe I just have to make things more interesting.

On a side note.  I bet someone will read this post.  But will they leave a comment.  Even a bad one would almost be better than nothing at all.  I guess time will tell.

Happy Caching,

Team Dev (wd1j) :)

Thread: Stirring the pot

Below is a post that I came across on an OpenCaching.com forum.  I thought this was worth sharing with you.  It just demo straights the mentality of some in the caching community.

Let me start and give you a little background on this.  First opencaching.com is another cache listing service.  You could call it an alternative to geocaching.com.  Well, this cacher by the geo name of the HAD MATTer went to OX and wanted to list or cross list some of his caches.  As you can see by the post he made on the forum.  His listings had no description on them.  So as a result they were rejected by peer reviewers.  I guess he got upset with that and failed to understand that there needed to be a description in the cache listing.  He then went onto the forums to post this posting.  With the only intention of trying to cause trouble but, when he did so he revealed his true intention.  That he was from geocaching.com and was only on OX to under-mind the peer review process and OX.  Needless to say he did not get the effect that he wanted so he resubmitted the listings with descriptions and they did get published.  And as far as his failed attempt to stir the pot.  That went no were as well.

I'll leave you with this though.  If you don't like a listing service the simply do not use it.  There is no need to come to the site and make a fool of yourself by tying to sabotage it.  Just leave and don't come back.  If you are satisfied with your current cache listing service then stay there.  If not the come and check out the other guys but, don't bring your reject listings and try to make a mockery of OX.  It will succeed or fail on it own merits.  Just something to think about.  Now take a look at the post at the bottom of this and express your opinion in a comment or two.

Happy Trails and Happy Caching, 

wd1j/Team Dev

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1. 29 Sep 2012, 03:14 AM #1

the HAD MATTer

Junior Member
Join Date Sep 2012
Posts 5

Stirring the pot

Been a member since 2010. Hid 2 or 3 caches back then that were never found and i had no caches to go find. Decided to take a look at the advancements since then recently.

Peer Review - is it me or is this idea just ridiculous. I want to find caches, not be told what and where it is. let reviewers review. have these reviewers been trained on what is permissible? have they been trained on what areas require special permission? I am guessing not because i just approved 8 caches and guess what, they didnt have descriptions.

Cache Description - just had a cache denied from above peer review process because my cache page did not have a description. So What! where is a description considered a requirement for publishing. Please dont tell me it is common practice to include a description, either. common practice does not require me to include a description.

Reviewer Note - why on earth would i put what, where and how my cache was hidden. what if the reviewer wants to look for the cache?

I would really love to go find caches but since 2010 mine are still the only caches near me. I had high hopes for OC when they first came out. here we are years later and it is worse than when it started.

just my 2 cents.