Comments on: How to geocache with quality http://www.progeocaching.com Quality in geocaching Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: WkdWill http://www.progeocaching.com/what-is-progeocaching/#comment-2118 WkdWill Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:41:59 +0000 http://www.progeocaching.com/#comment-2118 I totally agree, I started caching about a year ago and was very enthusiastic about it, luckily some of the caches in my area (Kendal, UK) are very interesting (location, history) but the containers are quite disappointing :-( So I decided to place a few of my own, trying to place the cache in a interesting location, putting information about the history of the area on the cache page and making custom containers, this worked well for my first cache until it went missing :-( after discussing this with a few other cachers in the area I found out this seems to be happening quite a lot :-( this made me think about giving up on making custom containers, but I persevered and made the cache PM only, it seems to be working :-) and I'm getting quite a few fav points too :-) I've only placed 3 caches so far, the least creative was a camouflaged bison tube but the area made up for it :-) got a few more in the works, just ironing out the details. The question is. How many cachers get annoyed with their caches going missing and stop being creative? Happy caching Team Purple+WKD I totally agree, I started caching about a year ago and was very enthusiastic about it, luckily some of the caches in my area (Kendal, UK) are very interesting (location, history) but the containers are quite disappointing :-(
So I decided to place a few of my own, trying to place the cache in a interesting location,
putting information about the history of the area on the cache page and making custom containers,
this worked well for my first cache until it went missing :-(
after discussing this with a few other cachers in the area I found out this seems to be happening quite a lot :-( this made me think about giving up on making custom containers, but I persevered and made the cache PM only, it seems to be working :-) and I’m getting quite a few fav points too :-)
I’ve only placed 3 caches so far, the least creative was a camouflaged bison tube but the area made up for it :-) got a few more in the works, just ironing out the details.

The question is.

How many cachers get annoyed with their caches going missing and stop being creative?

Happy caching

Team Purple+WKD

]]> By: Andrew http://www.progeocaching.com/what-is-progeocaching/#comment-1906 Andrew Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:28:01 +0000 http://www.progeocaching.com/#comment-1906 I think this is a locational issue. In my local (100km radius) most caches good. Well hidden, well thought out. Most have good swaps, at least 2 of 3 of small or bigger my son loves and does a swap. We always replace with better than we take. But, let me finish. Along the major highway, there is a lot of junk in them, and cache contents is a lot less valuable or interesting. They are also filled with business cards and other things of no interest. I would not consider them a bad cache, but they aren't as good. I have also never found a nano cache which was worth doing, and as a result, now completely ignore they exist. I do not enjoying caching in cities, they are not any where near as interesting, the odd one was okay, but if I lived in a city, I would hate caching. I see the issue, but I would have much preferred to see these surveys done based on location. I think you will find the greater the population density the worse the caches, and in low population densities, the caches are great. I think this is a locational issue. In my local (100km radius) most caches good. Well hidden, well thought out. Most have good swaps, at least 2 of 3 of small or bigger my son loves and does a swap. We always replace with better than we take.

But, let me finish. Along the major highway, there is a lot of junk in them, and cache contents is a lot less valuable or interesting. They are also filled with business cards and other things of no interest. I would not consider them a bad cache, but they aren’t as good.
I have also never found a nano cache which was worth doing, and as a result, now completely ignore they exist.
I do not enjoying caching in cities, they are not any where near as interesting, the odd one was okay, but if I lived in a city, I would hate caching.

I see the issue, but I would have much preferred to see these surveys done based on location.
I think you will find the greater the population density the worse the caches, and in low population densities, the caches are great.

]]> By: Desidus http://www.progeocaching.com/what-is-progeocaching/#comment-1708 Desidus Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:36:01 +0000 http://www.progeocaching.com/#comment-1708 Just started.. and I mean just. I head out tomorrow for my first searches. While I was searching and finding out about geocaching in general I ran into some videos about geocache quality and was immediately impressed as it fits with how I see geocaching as an activity. What is the point in hiding something somewhere that people just stop their vehicle and step out and thats that?? makes no sense to me. I already have gathered some ideas and much enjoyed the interesting and unique cache box videos I have seen online. (Plan on building some unique ones myself in the future) So thanks to this site as some of them came from here. Just started.. and I mean just. I head out tomorrow for my first searches. While I was searching and finding out about geocaching in general I ran into some videos about geocache quality and was immediately impressed as it fits with how I see geocaching as an activity. What is the point in hiding something somewhere that people just stop their vehicle and step out and thats that?? makes no sense to me. I already have gathered some ideas and much enjoyed the interesting and unique cache box videos I have seen online. (Plan on building some unique ones myself in the future) So thanks to this site as some of them came from here.

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