Caching

ertyu · ertyu

These forums are being closed and replaced with forums at http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/forum/ As best possible the content will be copied over to the new forums. Some content such as polls and attachments (there might be others) do not get copied over. If are interested in preserving the content, p...

grnbrg · grnbrg

Having been out 'till the wee hours hunting "Heart Halting Horror in BHP" last night, and having had one of my most enjoyable cache experiences to date, I felt the need to share. I've created a bookmark list on GC.com -- "Manitoba Must Finds". I'd like this list to reflect the best and most entertai...

dani_carriere · dani_carriere

Several of us have been talking about a spring/summer event in the Duck Mountains (north of RMNP, south of Swan River, East of Kamsack, SK). It's going to be a joint event between the Saskcachers and MB Cachers. The location has been decided: Madge Lake (there are group camp areas and cabins/...

ertyu · ertyu

Anyone have a guide to finding land to hide on?

Peter and Gloria · Peter and Gloria

Contratulations to polarbeardiggers on thier 250th find yesterday.

FoodNinja · FoodNinja

Untouchable , well who is in? I am looking at wed the 6th early departure to make the most of the day light. snomobilers welcome

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Looking once again for the biggest ammo can I can find in Winnipeg. Has anybody seen them for sale at Princess Auto lately or anywhere else for a reasonable price? I need to know by this Tuesday since I'm making a run to the city. Last time I paid 8-9 bucks. Help!?

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

I recall one of the categories for a prize for the blitz caches was the best log entry. Some cachers are very talented loggers either with clever writing or interesting stories. Here's a few we've stumbled across, please feel free to add to the list: Log by gumpy for Quarry Heights (MBGA Blitz) Log...

ohmic · ohmic

For those of you interested, I did a geocaching segment with Jean-Marc Ousset, from CBC, on Thursday January 11 and it will air on Saturday January 13 at 9:35 am. This is the French CBC, CKSB and the frequency is 1050am. It will be approximately 15 to 20 minutes long as we did the Canadian Mu...

junglehair · junglehair

I experienced another first yesterday in my almost 5 years of geocaching. I received the email from Groundspeak listing all the new caches for the past week, and the list was empty.

I am guessing that is not uncommon here, especially during the cold winter months, but it was honestly th...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Started a private conversation with Turdleggs asking why they chose that caching name. Now we're curious - why did you choose what you did? Impulse? A private joker? We came up with ours on our drive home after doing our first cache. The contrast of me, Lorilee, being the only female in the home is obv...

milesmac · milesmac

I just found a very cool website that others may find useful. You can paste a bunch of addresses and the utility will return the coordinates. I had a directory of 37 vet clinics in Winnipeg and within 10 seconds had all the coordinates. http://www.batchgeocode.com/ cheers Miles

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

Hi all, Reaching 1000 caches (a few times) raised a number of questions that no one seemed to want to tackle, like how many were placed since caching started here, what percentage have been archived, what's the ratio of cache types over time, are we being overrun with micros, etc, etc? So I P...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

U.S. issues warning about Canadian spy coins Updated Thu. Jan. 11 2007 8:19 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Money talks, but can it also follow your movements? In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over w...

Jimbo 2 · Jimbo 2

It looks like he is archiving his caches.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=94a8656a-ea22-4f87-92a8-8114e0ca64f8

FoodNinja · FoodNinja

Dollar stores can be a cachers paradise for trade swag, but we all know that all dollar stores are not created equal, what store has the best swag, bang for your Buck,,,? I personaly am not impressed with the one on grant buy moray.

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Well fellow cachers welcome to winter! Should give our lungs a good workout lifting our feet in and out of snow for a bit. Nothing like winter weather camoed caches eh? Tobey where is your cache hiding? Best of intentions I suppose. Happy New Year to all of you! We're doing a quick dash to Saskatchewan...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

Would this be of interest to anyone as a possible Pub Nite option? No, you don't have to get up and sing but I find it quite entertaining and hey there's the

option Erm, I should let it be known, I'm not a karaoke regular and no, I do not sing either. Not enough alcohol in the world I don't think......

ertyu · ertyu

Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180. Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model. Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)

slippery_1 · slippery_1

I would like to take a moment out to extend my sincere appreciation and thanks to all of our Service Personel who may find themselves away from home or their loved ones this holiday season. Know this, your sacrifice will not go unnoticed by this cacher. I pray you find yourselves safe and happy duri...

Kabuthunk · Kabuthunk

So for the past day or so, I've been spraypainting my cache container (scuffed up so it's not uber-slippery) with a textured spraypaint to fit in with where it'll be hiding. To my dismay, upon it drying and me picking it up to check it out, I've discovered that the spraypaint has absolutely ZERO h...

junglehair · junglehair

If you love to solve puzzle caches, or you need a caching fix this winter, but don't want to brave the cold, then this might be something you are interested in. There are several caches that can be logged without ever leaving the warmth and comfort of your home. Here...

Zonker · Zonker

"Hi everyone, There is a new type of cache called the "geo-post office" We started it in Atlantic Canada, and it has spread to the USA, and now to parts of Europe. At present, there are 49 of them worldwide. While they are springing up in Eastern and Western Canada and the USA, there aren't a lot in central...

ertyu · ertyu

http://canadageocaching.com/pc/index.html

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

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Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

We were doing a bit of cache maintenance this weekend and while checking throught the paper logs

noticed once again that many cachers either forget to log their finds online or never log their finds online. Perhaps they just like the treasure hunting and aren't fond of...

Kabuthunk · Kabuthunk

Just a random venting more than anything else. Not even sure how I'd get this message out to new geocachers wanting to hide geocaches... or even established people who simply don't use the feature. Attributes for caches. I can't even count the number of caches I've done where there's simp...

JayPeg · JayPeg

So what is the scoop? Why did PBD achive all his caches?

Jimbo 2 · Jimbo 2

http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/network_p/cbn/index_e.php

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

...to Winnipeg that is! This weekend. So naturally I have decided to have a semi-event in their honor. Well, I'm not really *having* one just sort of organizing one. Friday night 6:30 pm at the Boston Pizza on Portage Ave. (sorry, I don't have the co-ords and no, I'm not going to Google Earth to get t...

Kabuthunk · Kabuthunk

Technically, this has to do with my travelbug, but it applies more universally to everyone as a general caching question. With the bison tubes (not the nano ones... the regular, 2" long ones), is there any easy place to get them in Winnipeg? I ordered several online from gpscentral.ca this m...

grnbrg · grnbrg

Congratulations to MHz, whose "18 Carrots" cache is Manitoba's 1,000th active cache! And congratulations to everyone else for helping to reach this milestone! grnbrg.

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen, and perhaps we've been just lucky so far but we discovered our first drug cache very close to an existing geocache. It was in a tupperware container and looked very much like a geocache, until I noticed the swag wasn't the usual items. Aside from the inherrent dang...

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM

Does everyone use rechargables in their GPSr's? Cheers, Drago...

candaceandwill · candaceandwill

Just our of curiosity: When you use GCing tool to "Search for nearest caches from your home coordinates (filter out finds)" right now, what comes up as your nearest cache? In particular, how far away is it? I've always wondered if cachers ignore close ones, or knock them off first...

candy123 · candy123

Who here use paperless geocaching? I was wondering if it was worth it or not? -- Edited by candy123 at 19:38, 2006-04-29

junglehair · junglehair

I received the GPS as a door prize from a geocaching event in New York last month. I have no need for another GPS (I have 4 already), so I would like to sell this one. It is brand new and still in the original packaging. The price tag is still on the packaging - $169.99 US. Details about...

TurdleEggs · TurdleEggs

Caching Riding Mountain Geocaching - Caching Riding Mountain - Friends of Riding Mountain The web pages don't mention the MBGA. Report from our Brandon field operative: “They had a display at the rural forum that is on at the keystone centre this weekend. The young fellow that was ther...

junglehair · junglehair

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c001a296-c162-4255-bc16-7a64a8315d1...

dani_carriere · dani_carriere

Ha! Made you look! OK, seriously ... drove by the Unos, Dos, Tres, Catorce cache with junglehair on Monday. eGADS! How is someone s'posed to retrieve that without falling 2 stories! Therefore, I am on the search for a Tarzan-like monkey boy (or girl) who is willing to endure bitter A...

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	ALERT : Forums are moving (Preview) These forums are being closed and replaced with forums at http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/forum/ As best possible the content will be copied over to the new forums. Some content such as polls and attachments (there might be others) do not get copied over. If are interested in preserving the content, p...	ertyu	0	1762	Sat Feb 3 12:33 PM, 2007 by ertyu
	Manitoba Must Finds (Preview) Having been out 'till the wee hours hunting "Heart Halting Horror in BHP" last night, and having had one of my most enjoyable cache experiences to date, I felt the need to share. I've created a bookmark list on GC.com -- "Manitoba Must Finds". I'd like this list to reflect the best and most entertai...	grnbrg	10	2287	Sat Feb 3 2:11 AM, 2007 by Wagonmaker
	Duck Mountain Caching Event Weekend (Preview) Several of us have been talking about a spring/summer event in the Duck Mountains (north of RMNP, south of Swan River, East of Kamsack, SK). It's going to be a joint event between the Saskcachers and MB Cachers. The location has been decided: Madge Lake (there are group camp areas and cabins/...	dani_carriere	2	1671	Fri Feb 2 1:45 PM, 2007 by junglehair
	Guide to finding land to hide on? (Preview) Anyone have a guide to finding land to hide on?	ertyu	8	1957	Thu Feb 1 2:01 PM, 2007 by prokhor
	CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 12 ) (Preview) Contratulations to polarbeardiggers on thier 250th find yesterday.	Peter and Gloria	353	48748	Wed Jan 31 11:55 PM, 2007 by ohmic
	Untouchable. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Untouchable , well who is in? I am looking at wed the 6th early departure to make the most of the day light. snomobilers welcome	FoodNinja	42	25515	Wed Jan 31 4:18 PM, 2007 by junglehair
	Question? Ammo Can Wanted (Preview) Looking once again for the biggest ammo can I can find in Winnipeg. Has anybody seen them for sale at Princess Auto lately or anywhere else for a reasonable price? I need to know by this Tuesday since I'm making a run to the city. Last time I paid 8-9 bucks. Help!?	1queenand4jokers	17	3209	Tue Jan 30 9:31 PM, 2007 by mustash
	Fun logs (Preview) I recall one of the categories for a prize for the blitz caches was the best log entry. Some cachers are very talented loggers either with clever writing or interesting stories. Here's a few we've stumbled across, please feel free to add to the list: Log by gumpy for Quarry Heights (MBGA Blitz) Log...	Dragonfreys	16	3273	Tue Jan 30 1:20 PM, 2007 by Dragonfreys
	French promo on CKSB Jan 13, 2007 (Preview) For those of you interested, I did a geocaching segment with Jean-Marc Ousset, from CBC, on Thursday January 11 and it will air on Saturday January 13 at 9:35 am. This is the French CBC, CKSB and the frequency is 1050am. It will be approximately 15 to 20 minutes long as we did the Canadian Mu...	ohmic	10	2095	Sat Jan 27 11:45 AM, 2007 by ertyu
	Minus 40 temps keeping you from caching? (Preview) I experienced another first yesterday in my almost 5 years of geocaching. I received the email from Groundspeak listing all the new caches for the past week, and the list was empty. I am guessing that is not uncommon here, especially during the cold winter months, but it was honestly th...	junglehair	13	2326	Wed Jan 17 11:03 PM, 2007 by bevro
	Your Caching Name ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Started a private conversation with Turdleggs asking why they chose that caching name. Now we're curious - why did you choose what you did? Impulse? A private joker? We came up with ours on our drive home after doing our first cache. The contrast of me, Lorilee, being the only female in the home is obv...	1queenand4jokers	38	5194	Sun Jan 14 6:16 PM, 2007 by migoyin
	Cool Tools (Preview) I just found a very cool website that others may find useful. You can paste a bunch of addresses and the utility will return the coordinates. I had a directory of 37 vet clinics in Winnipeg and within 10 seconds had all the coordinates. http://www.batchgeocode.com/ cheers Miles	milesmac	0	1436	Sat Jan 13 7:07 AM, 2007 by milesmac
	Manitoba Geocaching Placement Statistics ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi all, Reaching 1000 caches (a few times) raised a number of questions that no one seemed to want to tackle, like how many were placed since caching started here, what percentage have been archived, what's the ratio of cache types over time, are we being overrun with micros, etc, etc? So I P...	Dragonfreys	37	37762	Thu Jan 11 10:47 PM, 2007 by ohmic
	COOL MICROCACHE IDEA - Or what is a Canadian Dollar store really - a CIA cover? (Preview) U.S. issues warning about Canadian spy coins Updated Thu. Jan. 11 2007 8:19 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Money talks, but can it also follow your movements? In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over w...	1queenand4jokers	0	1355	Thu Jan 11 7:52 PM, 2007 by 1queenand4jokers
	Master Instigator removing caches??? (Preview) It looks like he is archiving his caches.http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=94a8656a-ea22-4f87-92a8-8114e0ca64f8	Jimbo 2	27	5215	Thu Jan 11 6:16 PM, 2007 by ohmic
	Dollar Stores (Preview) Dollar stores can be a cachers paradise for trade swag, but we all know that all dollar stores are not created equal, what store has the best swag, bang for your Buck,,,? I personaly am not impressed with the one on grant buy moray.	FoodNinja	8	1634	Thu Jan 4 12:12 AM, 2007 by Wagonmaker
	Let It Snow (Preview) Well fellow cachers welcome to winter! Should give our lungs a good workout lifting our feet in and out of snow for a bit. Nothing like winter weather camoed caches eh? Tobey where is your cache hiding? Best of intentions I suppose. Happy New Year to all of you! We're doing a quick dash to Saskatchewan...	1queenand4jokers	1	1573	Wed Jan 3 4:05 PM, 2007 by Oldson
	Karaoke at Pub Nite? (Preview) Would this be of interest to anyone as a possible Pub Nite option? No, you don't have to get up and sing but I find it quite entertaining and hey there's the option Erm, I should let it be known, I'm not a karaoke regular and no, I do not sing either. Not enough alcohol in the world I don't think......	ThreeTs	3	1419	Sat Dec 30 8:28 PM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	GPSr Deal ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180. Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model. Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)	ertyu	33	7299	Fri Dec 29 1:20 PM, 2006 by ertyu
	To all of our Service Persons and their Families (Preview) I would like to take a moment out to extend my sincere appreciation and thanks to all of our Service Personel who may find themselves away from home or their loved ones this holiday season. Know this, your sacrifice will not go unnoticed by this cacher. I pray you find yourselves safe and happy duri...	slippery_1	1	1343	Fri Dec 22 7:53 AM, 2006 by 1queenand4jokers
	sigh Well, my first cache is delayed quite a bit :{ (Preview) So for the past day or so, I've been spraypainting my cache container (scuffed up so it's not uber-slippery) with a textured spraypaint to fit in with where it'll be hiding. To my dismay, upon it drying and me picking it up to check it out, I've discovered that the spraypaint has absolutely ZERO h...	Kabuthunk	17	2367	Sun Dec 17 1:33 PM, 2006 by burchil
	Armchair Caches (Preview) If you love to solve puzzle caches, or you need a caching fix this winter, but don't want to brave the cold, then this might be something you are interested in. There are several caches that can be logged without ever leaving the warmth and comfort of your home. Here...	junglehair	2	1707	Sun Dec 17 12:53 PM, 2006 by Peter and Gloria
	Geo Post Offices (Preview) "Hi everyone, There is a new type of cache called the "geo-post office" We started it in Atlantic Canada, and it has spread to the USA, and now to parts of Europe. At present, there are 49 of them worldwide. While they are springing up in Eastern and Western Canada and the USA, there aren't a lot in central...	Zonker	8	1743	Fri Dec 15 10:51 PM, 2006 by Hollaback Girl
	Parks Canada Draft Policy (Preview) http://canadageocaching.com/pc/index.html	ertyu	12	4049	Fri Dec 15 1:26 PM, 2006 by Dragonfreys
	Thin ice advisory issued for Southern Manitoba (Preview) ............................................................................	Dragonfreys	2	1277	Thu Dec 14 2:49 PM, 2006 by 1queenand4jokers
	Non-logging cachers (Preview) We were doing a bit of cache maintenance this weekend and while checking throught the paper logs noticed once again that many cachers either forget to log their finds online or never log their finds online. Perhaps they just like the treasure hunting and aren't fond of...	Dragonfreys	3	1550	Tue Dec 12 8:41 AM, 2006 by MHz
	Needing to teach people how to use cache attributes (Preview) Just a random venting more than anything else. Not even sure how I'd get this message out to new geocachers wanting to hide geocaches... or even established people who simply don't use the feature. Attributes for caches. I can't even count the number of caches I've done where there's simp...	Kabuthunk	7	1644	Fri Dec 1 10:34 AM, 2006 by Kabuthunk
	What happened to PBD's caches? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) So what is the scoop? Why did PBD achive all his caches?	JayPeg	33	9228	Fri Dec 1 12:16 AM, 2006 by slippery_1
	Benchmarks, anyone? (Preview) http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/network_p/cbn/index_e.php	Jimbo 2	3	1394	Mon Nov 27 8:46 AM, 2006 by nicolo
	The Dragons are Coming!! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) ...to Winnipeg that is! This weekend. So naturally I have decided to have a semi-event in their honor. Well, I'm not really having one just sort of organizing one. Friday night 6:30 pm at the Boston Pizza on Portage Ave. (sorry, I don't have the co-ords and no, I'm not going to Google Earth to get t...	ThreeTs	30	3810	Sat Nov 25 11:26 AM, 2006 by TurdleEggs
	Bison tubes in Winnipeg - any easy place to buy? (Preview) Technically, this has to do with my travelbug, but it applies more universally to everyone as a general caching question. With the bison tubes (not the nano ones... the regular, 2" long ones), is there any easy place to get them in Winnipeg? I ordered several online from gpscentral.ca this m...	Kabuthunk	1	1295	Tue Nov 21 6:32 PM, 2006 by sam and lily
	Milestone! Manitoba's 1000th active cache. (Preview) Congratulations to MHz, whose "18 Carrots" cache is Manitoba's 1,000th active cache! And congratulations to everyone else for helping to reach this milestone! grnbrg.	grnbrg	14	2317	Tue Nov 21 5:08 PM, 2006 by ztirnats
	Best choice for drug cache (Preview) Well, I suppose it was bound to happen, and perhaps we've been just lucky so far but we discovered our first drug cache very close to an existing geocache. It was in a tupperware container and looked very much like a geocache, until I noticed the swag wasn't the usual items. Aside from the inherrent dang...	Dragonfreys	9	3213	Mon Nov 20 10:50 PM, 2006 by Dragonfreys
	The best GPS batteries (Preview) http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM Does everyone use rechargables in their GPSr's? Cheers, Drago...	Dragonfreys	19	1636	Mon Nov 20 4:02 PM, 2006 by Kabuthunk
	Closest Cache ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Just our of curiosity: When you use GCing tool to "Search for nearest caches from your home coordinates (filter out finds)" right now, what comes up as your nearest cache? In particular, how far away is it? I've always wondered if cachers ignore close ones, or knock them off first...	candaceandwill	33	8587	Wed Nov 15 1:44 PM, 2006 by MHz
	Who actually does this? (Preview) Who here use paperless geocaching? I was wondering if it was worth it or not? -- Edited by candy123 at 19:38, 2006-04-29	candy123	16	2764	Mon Nov 13 3:29 PM, 2006 by Dragonfreys
	Brand New Lowrance iFinder H20 for sale - $125 (Preview) I received the GPS as a door prize from a geocaching event in New York last month. I have no need for another GPS (I have 4 already), so I would like to sell this one. It is brand new and still in the original packaging. The price tag is still on the packaging - $169.99 US. Details about...	junglehair	4	4990	Sun Nov 5 2:13 PM, 2006 by junglehair
	Caching Riding Mountain (Preview) Caching Riding Mountain Geocaching - Caching Riding Mountain - Friends of Riding Mountain The web pages don't mention the MBGA. Report from our Brandon field operative: “They had a display at the rural forum that is on at the keystone centre this weekend. The young fellow that was ther...	TurdleEggs	8	1960	Sat Nov 4 11:18 PM, 2006 by 1queenand4jokers
	New TB Hotel to launch racing TBs (Preview) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c001a296-c162-4255-bc16-7a64a8315d1...	junglehair	0	1219	Tue Oct 24 10:23 AM, 2006 by junglehair
	SWF Seeks Arctic Tarzan (Preview) Ha! Made you look! OK, seriously ... drove by the Unos, Dos, Tres, Catorce cache with junglehair on Monday. eGADS! How is someone s'posed to retrieve that without falling 2 stories! Therefore, I am on the search for a Tarzan-like monkey boy (or girl) who is willing to endure bitter A...	dani_carriere	6	1534	Sat Oct 21 10:56 PM, 2006 by junglehair
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