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Saturday, November 23, 2019

More Information When Out Caching

There's been more interest in challenges lately near our home base with a few different ones being published.  When your out caching, the ones for which you qualify may be hard to spot.  This is an easy way to make certain they are visible in the field.  If  you do this already, great.  If not, I hope this helps.

Let's take the Ohio County Century Challenge - Lake as an example.  The challenge requires 100 finds in the county and has been spreading quickly through the state in counties where there are sufficient active caches to make it doable by a someone just starting the challenge.

Here's the Cachely map at the start.


The Cachly map shows the Challenge as just another unfound puzzle.  At the wesbite on the computer, the open page shows,


If I click on the pencil next to the posted coordinates, I get the box to correct puzzle coordinates.


Copy the original coordinates.


Paste into the change field.


Submit and accept.


Your on-line page will now show the challenge as having corrected coordinates.


Cachely will now tell you with a quick map glance that this puzzle/mystery icon is waiting to be found.  The red diamond says you have reviewed this challenge and are ready for the find.


If you are only using an iPhone for caching, the process is even easier.  For the Medina County Century Challenge.  The cache shows on Cachely as another unsolved puzzle.


Open the cache page and access the waypoints.  Select the posted waypoint, slide the corrected coordinates lever, and save.


Your Cachely map now tells you this cache is ready to find and log.


If you knew this already, great.  If not, I hope this makes your caching a little easier.  We have thirty counties with over 100 finds so we may be busy finding challenges if this type spreads.

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