Annoyed

I’ve written letters to a bunch of mayors and companies asking permission to hide caches but have not heard back from a lot of them. I think that its rude. If they don’t want to participate in this project they could be nice and let me know. K

Logging a Find

After you have found a cache, you are going to want to log that you found it. This means that you let the owner of the cache know you found it.

1. Visit geocaching.com and log in using your username and password.
2. Visit the geocache detail pge for the geocache you found.
3. In the top right corner of the page, click 'log your visit'.
4. From the 'type of log' drop down menu, select 'found it'.
5. Eneter the date of your geocache find.
6. Enter any comments you wish to share.
7. Select any trackable items (from he inventory box) that you dropped off in the geocache with your find.
8. Click 'submit log entry'.

Events

Geocaching has three types of “events” – or reasons for a group of geocachers to get together:

· Event caches are when local geocachers get together for either a specific purpose or to just discuss geocaching.
· Mega-Event is similar to an event cache but is a much larger event – attracting geocachers from all over the world to a specific location.
· CITO, or Cache In Trash Out, is when a group of geocachers meet at a specific location where the primary goal is to pick up trash in a specific area.

A regular event is being held on Saturday, September 18th at the Timber Creek Park in Chews Landing. Earlier this week I had hid a cache at St. John the Evangelist Church and two at Timber Creek Park. I hid another one today. The CO (cache owner) holding this event is happy that the people coming to his event will have some caches that they can find while they attend this event (the event is being held to raise money to donate for cancer research for dogs). K

Cache Containers

There are all kinds of cache containers. Originally we wanted to only use the lock-n-lock containers that we camouflaged. But sometimes these bigger boxes don’t work. So we got tiny magnetic containers that are called a “nano”. We also bought magnetic “hide a key” containers. K

CCHistorics

Our username for the geocaching website is CChistorics. This stands for Camden County Historics. All the caches we have placed and are placing are in Camden County, NJ. The caches explain the history of its location. We have gotten permission to place all of our caches. Go check us out and see if you can find our geocaches.

Hiding Your Own Caches

After you have become more familiar with geocaching, you can hide your own. First you are going to think of good places to hide a cache. Most people hide there caches in a place that is interest of them. Before you pick a place, make sure it follows geocaching guidelines. You are also going to think of a cache name.

Now you are going to create the cache. To create a regular sized cache, buy a lock and lock container and spray paint it green or brown. This will help camoflauge the cache. Next you are going to take a zip-lock bag and put inside it a small notebook and pen. This will help keep items dry incase of a water leak. On the first page of the notebook, write the name of the cache. Put the ziplock bag in the container along with swag. Swag is anything small enough to fit in the container to use as trade items. You can use small toys, coins, etc.

Once you have the location picked and cache made, you are ready to hide your cache. Make sure you have your GPS ready. When you get to the location, put the GPS in the exact spot where the cache will be. Find the coordinates and write them down. Place the cache where the GPS was and you are finished.

When you get home, you can publish and submit your cache. Go to http://www.geocaching.com/ and follow the link (on left hand side) that says "Hide & Seek A Cache." The blue box on the right is where you hide a cache. Follow the easy intructions and your cache will be made public to all other geocachers.

Barrington

When I asked Mayor Rink of Barrington for permission to hide a geocache in his city as part of this project, not only did he give me his permission – he sent me a copy of an Eagle Scout written report done years ago about an airport that was once in Barrington. Mayor Rink suggested that I put a cache there. I thought that it was a neat idea combining the top Boy Scout and top Girl Scout awards so I placed a cache there today. K