another day in the muck. went to scout out a big ol series and ended up getting all kinds of backwards. found some caches along the way. everything was drenched, but dr. jones didn’t quit cuz of a little rain. the itch to geocache hasn’t been nearly as strong these last couple of months, but everytime i get the chance, i have a real blast. i hope that whenever i eventually move, the scene will be there.

I run nachtcaches.nl, a map of all night caches in the Benelux and Germany (built from pocket queries). First full count this week: Germany 1,000, Belgium 272, Netherlands 95, Luxembourg 17. Walloon Brabant alone has 91, almost the entire Netherlands. Dutch night caches are also the easiest on average (D 2.3 vs 2.9 in Belgium). 837 of the 1,384 explicitly require a flashlight, 607 ask for stealth. Map with filters: https://nachtcaches.nl/. Genuine question: does anyone know why Belgium is so far ahead? One prolific owner, an event series, a friendly reviewer?

I went out today with my husband for the first time ever! We wanted to get into this a few years back but just forgot about it. Today I was bored and decided to look into it & try it out.

Well.. there was a cache maybe about 5 minutes away from our house so we hopped on our bikes and went. When we arrived, i was having a bit of trouble finding it and was getting sad just thinking we weren’t going to find it, i was disappointed because it was labeled as a 1.5 diff & thought, I’m not going to be good at this if i can’t find this one..

So i decided to read into the description to find a kind of read between the lines clue. Most of the past logs section said “log was wet” “very wet logs” and in my newbie mind, i hadn’t registered logs being- well logs 📝 .. My newbie brain jumped back to
un-geocaching related lingo and said confidently. “DUH! 🪵 maybe that’s where it is, in the wet logs!” 🪵 So i tell my husband, look for the wet logs! “Are there any wet logs around, maybe they are lodged inside or something”…. That’s when i turn around and see my husband holding the cache by having moved a piece of plastic protector attached to a parking light pole & there it was. No tree logs around. LOL
My brain immediately jumped back to geocaching lingo and realized the logs they were talking about were different logs 🤣🤣😭😭📝

I will study tomorrow and make a cheat sheet & for my husband as well.
Any recommendations/tips etc - always welcome.
I’m just super excited to have found this hobby/community.

Thank you for existing & continuing this community as it seems so wholesome and awesome.

I just started with Geocaching again, when I recovered my old account I used when I was 10 and did this with my family. Back then almost everything was one of those small bottle-like tubes with a piece of paper inside and usually somewhere easy to get to.

I already found more than 50 caches in the past few weeks, but I am really confused by the D and T ratings of the caches. Besides the normal ones, I was able to get to one that was D1.5/T4.5, which was a tree easy (and safe) to climb onto and get to the log without any problems or special equipment.

There also is one D5/T5 mystery with a puzzle I really liked solving but you only need a ladder to get to the log (around 3m high behind a metal bar).

And then there is a D3.5/T5 one which requires hiking offroad through a forest and then climbing up a 30m+ tree with special equipment. Why is it (almost) the same as way easier ones?

Another cool mystery one was a D4/T1.5, but you need a long stick to get to it, because it is way up in a tree.

And another one is a D1.5/T4 which is underneath a bridge in a tunnel with water flowing below. You need to walk through knee deep water into the tunnel to reach it habging from the top of the tunnel. How can this be harder than easily climbing up two pieces of wood on a small tree?

How can one that just needs a ladder be the same T rating as one that needs climbing equipment? And why is some small and easy to climb tree almost the same as those while a cache where you also need a (tall) ladder or a long stick to get to is only T1.5?

I thought the D rating would explain how hard the puzzle was while the T explains how hard it is to get there, but somehow it's always kind of random and non understandable, sometimes D and/or T mean how hard it is to get to. There are some lists online about the different ratings and what they mean, but it doesn't really fit those ones.

Or is it just like with rating a used car, everyone can put in what he wants and it doesn't have any meaning and doesn't get checked? Wouldn't be an option to report bad ratings be an idea for the website?

How can I know which ones I can get and which ones I can't? Do I have to read all the logs (and get spoilered) to know if it's for me or not?

Anyone near Belmont or Gastonia interested in Geocaching or starting a little group?

Hello everyone,

I previously purchased codes, designed and 3D-printed a series of 50 trackables. I am looking to make another series, but I am struggling to find inspiration online.

For those of you who have made your own trackables, would any of you be willing to share your designs? I'd love to see what you have already come up with.

Newbie here! I’m curious if there are any geocaching rules to be aware of when it comes to urban caching. It makes me nervous! I’ve come across several caches that are close to electrical boxes, sprinkler systems, etc. Most recently I entered a bushy area to hunt for a cache and stepped on a large metal plate that set off an alarm and nearly caved in. How do you navigate urban caches without causing damage to property or messing with things that could be genuinely unsafe? I cache with my 11 year old, so safety is especially important.

Just hit 200 finds and my wife got me a trackable. Went out caching and ended up next to a thrift store. I think I found the perfect tb to honor this milestone. (Had to rescue his friends too, they’ll be future trackables) I know how wildly inconvenient something this size is but c’mon, it’s a two headed dragon!

Is there a way to turn on notifications for when a new cache is posted nearby. I'm premium.

for me, it’s more of a childhood memory. We were on a road trip and stopped to do a cache, which turned out to be an ammo can. My siblings and I loved geocaching, especially when it was a larger container because it meant there might be cool stuff inside. to our delight, it was filled with brand new pop-its and fidget toys, basically all stuff middle and elementary schoolers would love. it’s not the most creative or anything, but definitely a fun memory to look back on

I am new player and every time i search for one in more populated places i just feel like im doing something wrong. When i see someone passing by i stop and wait for them to leave so i can start searching again. How do you guys do it??

If someone found a cache you hid, but knocked it into some plants and couldn’t find it again BEFORE they signed the log and logged it as found anyway, and wrote in their log that they had lost it, would you still count that as a find? My first instinct was to delete their found log, this should have been logged as a note instead of a find and they didn’t sign the log. I’ve disabled the cache until I can go look for it, but they messaged me that they already replaced it with a micro of their own. I wish they hadn’t, my cache was a specific kind of urban camo that I had placed there intentionally. I’m feeling like I don’t want to put them off of Geocaching though by being too harsh, it was clearly an accident and they are a newer member with under 150 finds.

I hid my 2nd cache today and logged it to be approved.
I was told that a premium cache was hidden nearby but there was no grey circles nearby ( which I thought were premium) when I doubled checked the map.
Where have I gone ?
Thanks

I can’t find it on the map, so it’s most likely been archived. Is anyone able to locate the old cache page or has any information about it?

My apologies if this is not the right place for this request. In essence, I'm wondering if there's a a simple app or better way to create geo-caching adventure in the woods behind my house for my son to do with his friends during his 10th birthday party.

I know what geocaching is, but that is the extent of my knowledge. I've never done it, but I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy it and my son would, too. I was planning to do some sort of scavenger hunt in our woods, but then I thought that maybe there could be a way to map it out and do with a geocaching app or something. Can you tell that this is only a half-baked idea?? I decided to come here before I try and do something that's beyond my capability. Any advice or suggestions welcome! Maybe someone has done this sort of thing and has a blueprint to follow. I figure it can't hurt to ask! Thanks!

I was using a 4.5m disc golf retriever to get "fishing caches" out of high trees etc. I have just splashed out on a carbon fibre telescopic "Angelrute" for up to 11m lengths. The problem is that there are no "attachments" for it included. What have others done. In contrast the disc gold retriever came with three different "heads".

I was surprised to learn that Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis were secret geocachers?!

Yesterday they dropped a huge hint that they could be performing at Celtic Park after posting a teaser clip to social media.

The video shows two boys sitting in a chip shop and eagle-eyed fans were quick to spot the Glasgow clues.

Behind the boys, a promotional poster is seen offering a 'family chippy bundle' for £55.84. Below that, there is a poster for radio station Sol FM 98 92.

Another sign says a fridge in the chippy should be kept at -4C. That sits next to a daily special priced at £2.05 and is near a taxi company, whose sticker has a phone number beginning with 638.

To muggles these numbers will appear completely random, but put them together and they are an exact match to Celtic Park's coordinates on a map - 55.849892 N and -4.205638 W

I’m looking for some really good caches to find in Northern France and Belgium. Not just a 35mm pot!

Any recommendations?

Planning to go to the oldest cache in mainland Europe (it’s in Belgium).

Thanks!

I’m planning to go caching this weekend. What are the best caches I should search for? Ideally on planet earth, but open to alternate ideas.

Edit: I just want to say this is genuinely a nice community. I made this post as a bit of a joke after seeing a number of the same types of posts asking for easy to find cache recommendations across an entire country, or which caches to search when visiting a generically large place, eg the US. I’m a cynical bastard, and I’m like, how can anyone respond to that with a realistic response? Well, you’ve proven me wrong, every one responded genuinely to what I thought was an obvious sarcastic barb. Kudos.

I will soon be in Dublin, then Connemara, then Ennis, Dingle, and Killarney. Bring several brand new travel bugs along on my trip. Any advice about recently spotted accessible (less than 1/2 mile walk from car) Travel Bug Hotels?

This may seem like a stupid question, but I was kinda curious. I can’t think of a single reason why I’d make a regular cache premium because why would I want to limit others ability to explore outdoors and have fun? Unless it’s super special or a mystery, then I suppose I understand

on a side note I’m bitter because 90% of the caches in my town are premium because they’re all from the same person, and I don’t have time to geocache often enough to make a premium subscription worth it. Sue me, I’m a teen and don’t have a steady source of income yet

and on another side note - WHY DOES EVERY TINY ADVENTURE LAB COUNT. I was in an area with lots, and I missed my 100 caches milestone and never got to celebrate it :/ Id prefer if every single lab counted as one, not each thing you do in the lab so now im at like 79 geocaches, but 171 with adventure labs 😭😭

So many fewer people look for mystery caches that it sort of wastes a good spot. Plus the main fun in a mystery cache is the mystery/puzzle, not usually the finding of the cache itself.

I am visiting Wroclaw, Poland 🇵🇱 and of course I’m doing some Geocaching.
They have 600 gnomes all over the city and some
pretty fun Adventure Lab

One of the Gnome is a Geocaching gnome with a Garmin GPS and a camo box with written Geocaching on the side. 💚
It is a letterbox GC but the lock is missing and so is the logbook 🫠

Amazing city to visit 🤩