I made a pretty cool cache with trackable coins. It's not getting many visitors, maybe because it's out in the country. If you're in the area, please check it out!

https://coord.info/GCARNH8

I kept seeing "geocaching" popping up online for a few years but doubted it was real. Yesterday I was scrolling online during work and saw it pop up again, and decided to investigate. And I found my first cache!!! I'm still overjoyed about it, I've been thinking about it all day lol

Hi all, is anyone able to book a visit to HQ at the moment? I’ve been trying to reserve a spot for next month but on the webpage I’ve noticed there isn’t a space to do it under the “book your visit” section. I could see it just fine a few weeks ago, but now nothing…anyone else?

(I’ve tried multiple devices and browsers with no luck, and even had some friends try on my behalf - all are seeing the same thing I am. I reached out to HQ and they say there isn’t an issue.)

As the title states, I am hoping for a way to find Caches in my area that incorporate cool puzzle features. Does anyone have any tips.

I love to find all types of caches but it would be cool to find some that are more unique / challenging.

Thinking about getting back into geocaching after about 10 years, but I sold my caching GPS years ago and was wondering how many of you just use your phone now? I'm also thinking about getting a year's subscription so I can find some premiums after reading a ton of dnf logs on all the ancient micros in my area. Is it worth it? Thanks in advance!

I am not sure if this is something that's just a no-no but if I come across a cache (not my own) where the log book is full, could I add a new little logbook page I made to allow some people to sign and let the owner know i did that so they'll have time to sort a new one? And also can it actually be just one I made at home or does it need to be an official one?

Edit to add: I can't change the title but to clarify I don't mean removing the original logbook. Not my property to remove of course. I chose the wrong word in my not entirely awake state and can't fix this haha

I don’t have a car, so my mom has to drive me when I want to go caching. I really enjoy it, but she truly despises it. It sucks because I don’t really have a way to do it without her and I hate seeing her so miserable. Any ideas?

Me and a few others are making a really cool international multicache and you can be apart of it, we currently have 3 People, one from Scotland, one from sweden and me from the Netherlands. If you are living in any other country and want to help just send me a dm💪💪❣️❣️

Update: we already have the max amount of people

I just got into geocaching and I noticed some of the locations are marked with a star and say “for you”. Does that mean I can only go to those, or are they just like the easiest ones for a beginner?

I have a streak of about 125 days right now, and I have only been finding/looking for traditional caches. I am wondering if it has to be a tradi every day or does a multi or mystery also count towards the streak? And if there is a challenge cache that has a streak requirement is it usually specified what kind of cache you should find every day or do all types of caches count? Of course virtual and adventure labs don't count, at least imo.😅

Right so I had a crazy idea, could you make a sequence of multi caches really far apartm at first I was thinking at different ends of the UK but then I had the idea of different countries in Europe? Maybe like 3-5? So my questions are; would this be allowed and if so are any of yous Europeans up for making one together?

Hi!

New geocache-r here. I was out searching yesterday and stumbled upon a cache that was not marked on geocaching.com. The contents of the box were soaked and illegible, and the box itself was obviously chewed on by something. I'm worried about leaving it for the safety of wildlife, but I'm not sure how to contact the box owner. Any advice?

So I've just put out a multi cache where the first one is a regular, maybe even large, cache and the second one is definitely a small. I put it as a regular when I was submitting it but was wondering if I was right?

All of a sudden my app was not showing my finds. There's nothing in the setting and I've tries restarting the app and my phone but nothing works. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks Edit: I was able to just move to somewhere else and come back to load it in. Thanks for all the help.

I’m not sure but I have been considering buying one. Especially for the high muggle areas, you would look somewhat professional while having the geocaching badge? What are your opinions on this.

So I'm in a park today working on some multicaches and I brought this uber cheap brown chipboard $1 mini clipboard with some shreds of notebook paper on it in case I need to write something down and do math. And one of the cache clues was on an electrical box with muggles frequently walking by.

So me, 50+ years old, a very non-electrical savvy looking lady, in normal apparel, is just standing there holding this tiny clipboard which is also decorated with bright random stamp images from letterboxing. Very not official looking in any way. And this other woman comes walking by with her dog and smiles and tells me "Don't work too hard in this heat! It's dangerous! Take care of yourself! Stay safe!"

It took me a few befuddled moments to realize that she thought I was an inspector of some sort with the electrical company.

If I can get a pass with a magical clipboard, anyone can.

I just bought premium for a month. Just started but thought that because there is a lot of premium caches in my area that I would buy it. Was it worth it and would you do it?

More questions about adventure labs, does the owner usually get an email for every stage found? I was thinking of creating one, but don’t know if I want to if I get the constant emails for each stage. So like if Stage 1, got an email for, then 2… 3… 4… and 5… do they get emails? Or is it only when completed?

i'm looking to start hiding geocaches and i'm looking for advice as well as where to go and what to buy to put the paper and pencil into, thank for your help in advance!

I found a page where you can buy codes in bulk. Is it possible to just buy 4 or 5 codes?

hi there! i'm just looking for some advice and/or ideas on what username i could/should use for the rest of forever! i'd probably use this on inaturalist as well as my trail name! any feedback is helpful!!

it used to be isopod_lover

isopodlover27 entoscavenger entobiogeo entogardener entosearcher entohorticult bugtypepokemon

EDIT: I decided to go with "pillbug27" for now :) thank you all for your help!

my wife and I are new to geocaching and it’s been SO FUN! I upgraded my account to premium and started noticing the “?” Icons, what exactly do those mean? I see that there are usually more than one step to it but how do they work?

Last month I placed an activated trackable in cache. Log shows that it was placed but the next two people said they were unable to "retrieve" or "grab" it officially in the app so it's making a journey informally at this point. I double checked that it was activated already and our other trackable activated at the same time hasn't had any issues. The trackable is still showing at the original drop location. How do I remedy this issue? I do have it's most recent drop location thanks to a kind cacher!

Looking for a park/ nature preserve with LOTS of caches close together on trail or in woods... looking to bring kids for a weekend outing, but they get impatient too quickly lol

North East Illinois or suburbs preferred :) thanks!

Hi! I've been caching with my family since I was young, about 17 years now which is crazy to say, but we're just starting to get back into it now after many years of a hiatus. I've decided I really want to start my own cache, and because Dinosaurs are one of my favorite special interests, I would love to do a Dino theme. I have a TON of little dino figures, some Jurassic Park coins, etc. to start it out with, as well as a teenie beanie baby dino I'll be starting as a travel bug!
Looking for some ideas for cache Names! I'd love something Nessie related, but I feel like it might not really work with Florida? Other than Nessie, my favorite dinosaurs are Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, and Plesiosaurus! I just don't want it to end up being Alligator themed. Not sure yet where I'm going to put it so dunno about area, etc. Any help/input would be appreciated! Thank you :)

I recently dated someone who was really into geocaching and her passion was infectious. This morning I stopped to try to find one that happened to be hidden along my normal running trail. I got the curious looks as I was searching around the fence on the side of the trail. I was taught about muggles lol. I ended up not being able to find it and I was a half hour late to work. I just couldn't give up the hunt. Will try again. We will see how this adventure with geocaching goes.