Well for what ever reason, I remember which cache it was, and since I was watching it I got to read the log before it was deleted. I agree that you said nothing bad. If an owner does this a lot, because of watch lists, it will be noticed.

That's the rating system I saw before.
Wished gc.com would include the capability for cache owners to include it on your listing.

Kenneth

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Originally posted by ~erik~:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid={395151B2-CB13-4289-8A2A-EF326B1BAE45} in Charleston that I found last week has a cache rating link. It's a bit simplistic in only asking for an overall rating rather than seperate terrain and difficulty ratings. However it does have a free text area so you can send suggestions and make comments that you might not in your find log.

~erik~

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Originally posted by AllenLacy:

I think reading the logs is the best way to see what others think of a cache.

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But then there is the cache owner who deleted my log and the logs of others because he thought that our comments would not inspire others to visit his cache.
I don't remember what I said in the log, but I know it wasn't anything rude or really critical because I would not post that kind of log.

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That really sucks.
I think I'd report it to an admin if it was recent. They might be able to restore it now that the logs are not really deleted, just supressed.
Did you re-log it for the smiley?

Kenneth

Excellent topic; I hope my twopence is worthy.

Like Allen and Ken mentioned, I, too, was amazed that numbers on the web + a $150 handheld gadget + a little driving and footwork revealed a little container in the bushes. Amazing!

Fizzy's Fantastic Fenceline Frolic is a Buckhead micro hidden behind a supermarket. What is there to see (or smell!) there? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Is the cache lame? I don't think so, but I'm sure other finders have given it the ho-hum and quickly moved on after signing the log.

I proposed that there are two reasons (possibly overlapping) for a hider to place a cache in a particular location:

1) the spectacular/scenic/inspiring/etc. view you experience when you get there

2) the hunt/puzzle/sleuthing/detective work/perseverence/driving (e.g., mtn-man's One Way To The Right Way)/etc. required to get there

While some 'views' turn out to be merely interesting (as opposed to <i>breathtaking</i> and some 'hunts' turn out to be very easy, as long as some people like/seek 'the view' and some people like/seek 'the hunt', there will always be a need for both types of caches. If the types overlap, all the better.

-AndymanD

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Originally posted by Rainbow Cache:
Of the four I have hidden so far, one WOULD fall in the lame category. With so many wide-open places that are void of caches, I can be very creative in my placements.

The region from Macon to Savannah only contains about a dozen caches, and a handful of cachers. It is going to take the unusual, interesting and cool caches to lure the "city folk" from the more cache rich environment…

Thank you for making me think a little more creatively.

BTW, my 1st post to GGA after several months of lurking.

Bob ~
Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...
Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?...Stephen Wright

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I now have five caches, four I placed and one I adopted from a cacher who was here on vacation. Of the five, four would probably fall into the lame category. Only the location of my adopted cache would be considered something other than lame.

That said, I want to assure you that I take no offense in any of the comments made about lame caches. Like Bob (RainbowCache) said, there are very few caches hidden in this very large geographic region Bob and I call home. As a newbie, the easy caches are just fine with me, just finding them is still pretty cool, although I finding a micro hidden in the bushes next to some dumpsters takes the coolness out of it.

Spectacular landscapes are few and far between around here. Mostly we have large areas of agricultural cultivation and planted pines. Most of the forested land is owned by large timber companies and leased out to hunting clubs. Still, cache hunting around here is fun. And although the scenery may not be breathtaking, I've still enjoyed driving down the backroads to the non-descript area where the cache has been hidden. It at least takes me by places that I would have not seen otherwise.

As I am still learning and growing into this sport, the locations for my cache hides will become more and more selective. I will also begin to place a few that are more difficult is some way. Even now, I'm working out the details for a few more cache placements that I will need to run by mtn-man or some of you to work the kinks out, that should be more challenging. However, I will probably always continue to hunt and hide some easy caches... its just fun to me!

Besides, I need more geocachers around here! I'm getting tired of Bob looking for my caches and me looking for Bob's!

BTW, we have a new PFA (Public Fishing Area) here. I noticed you need a WMA stamp to fish, so I guess it is WMA land. Are there rules against hiding a cache on a WMA?

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I believe we have had this discussion before. I think it was on the other board. I'll see if I can find it.

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It was in the old message boards.

I think this is my first Markwell!

Anyway it started as a discussion about what kind of caches people prefer. I wrote my response over a year ago and I still feel pretty much the same. Though I have become a little more selective of the caches I do. I, like Allen, will drive a long distance for the kind of cache I want to do now-a-days. Where as before I would drive all over the state to do any cache that popped up. Spare Time is less abundant for me now, so I need to make the most of it.

But I am not discounting the other caches. I am saying there is as many types of caches as there are types of Cachers.

Or putting it another way, that's why there are 31 flavors not just Vanilla.

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(Oct 6)
I believe we have had this discussion before. I think it was on the other board. I'll see if I can find it.

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(Oct 9)
It was in the http://pub78.ezboard.com/fgageocachingfrm1.showMessage?topicID=337.topic.

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Spare Time is less abundant for me now, so I need to make the most of it.

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Does anyone else see the irony?

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Does anyone else see the irony?

http://img.groundspeak.com/user/71835_3300.gif

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My bosses are out of town today, so I was able to sneak some time on the EZ Board.
I wished I could have just stayed home but someone would have snitched.

But it was bugging me. So I had to find it, just like a cache...HEY!

Is that Doubly Ironic!???

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Originally posted by Btouch:
BTW, we have a new PFA (Public Fishing Area) here. I noticed you need a WMA stamp to fish, so I guess it is WMA land. Are there rules against hiding a cache on a WMA?

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Btouch, Is it in Laurens County?? There is one about 11 miles from home (in Dodge County, Eastman). Would think that permission would be essential from a GDNR officer to hide in WMA.

Bob ~
Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...
Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?...Stephen Wright

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Originally posted by ~erik~:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid={395151B2-CB13-4289-8A2A-EF326B1BAE45} in Charleston that I found last week has a cache rating link. It's a bit simplistic in only asking for an overall rating rather than seperate terrain and difficulty ratings. However it does have a free text area so you can send suggestions and make comments that you might not in your find log.

~erik~

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The cache rating code used is currently broken due to changes made by the admins to how HTML and Java is used by the cache pages.
This is the downside to using features/code referenced outside of GC.COM.

For more on the HTML changes, see my post in Geocaching in GA

Kenneth