Cache-A-Maniacs

CAM Ep. 151: Geldhart

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Geldhart of Regina, Saskatchewan. This Cacher got his start using Trimble's Geocache Navigator on his Blackberry. Since then he has switched to the eTrex Legend HCx for the GPS, Cacheberry on the Blackberry, and GSAK to load both. His favorite hides are From Edmonton with Love (GC1VX7A) and lrae (GC1VX7R) which require cachers in two cities to work together to claim each of the caches. His musical taste includes the Arrogant Worms, Slim Dusty, and Weird Al. On television he enjoys watching the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Mythbusters.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener TeamZebra:
"Always remember when you are putting trackables or swag items in caches that kids are often the first to open the container. I've found some items in local caches that I shudder to think of in the hands of a young child. Items such as pocket knives, box cutters and lighters are never good ideas for trade items or TB hitchhikers. Before you place something in a cache, ask yourself if you'd feel safe letting your kids (or someone else's kids) play with it or hold it."
Thanks to Cache Advance for their donated gift package (Cache Advance Hat, Green 3.5" x 6" Medium Cache Sticker, & Yellow Rite in the Rain 3" x 5" 135 Pocket Notebook).

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FYT
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: October 30, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 150: jeffbouldin

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with jeffbouldin of Tennessee. He's currently dreaming of upgrading to a DeLorme PN-40, but currently caches with a Magellan eXplorist 500. He started with the Magellan eXplorist 210 before being upgraded to the Magellan Triton 300, then going to the Magellan eXplorist 300. He uses GSAK to load them, but has worked paperless through CacheMate (first on Palm, then on Windows Mobile), followed by GCz, and now BlackStar on the Blackberry. His favorite location has been the Virgin Falls State Natural Area, but he looks forward to caching in Alaska, Australia, Oregon, and Washington. As for entertainment, he likes the "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Monty Python," and "the Princess Bride" movies. On television he enjoys "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Universe," "Monk," "Star Trek," and "Criminal Minds."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener capytone:
"Ammo cans, lock-n-locks, and film containers are wonderful. But remember that containers are only limited by your imagination."
Thanks to Cache Advance for their donated gift package (Green 3.5" x 6" Medium Cache Sticker, Vehicle Travel Bug -Static Cling, & Yellow Rite in the Rain 3" x 5" 393-M Pocket Notebook).

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G3Q
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: October 24, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

Cache-A-Maniacs in Brief

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Welcome to website for the Cache-A-Maniacs Podcast. Each episode of the Cache-A-Maniacs features a candid, uncut, and irregular interview with a member of the Geocaching community. What do we mean by "candid, uncut, and irregular interviews?"

Candid: While guests are provided with a list of typical questions, the shows are unscripted, recorded live.
Uncut: While we might edit the shows to make them easier to listen or watch, the content of the interview will remain untouched.
Irregular: We'll release usually one show each week but at least one show each month. Shows will very in length with many under 20 minutes, and some (though very rare) more than an hour.

When possible we'll video tape the interviews which will be release as video podcasts. Most will be recorded over the telephone or an IP for an audio only podcast. Stop by this website for show notes, including links the guests' profile, as each show is posted.

Since this is a podcast you'll be able to consume the episodes at your convenience. Download the episodes anytime you like and watch or listen at your convenience from you computer, set-top box, or portable media player. Cache-A-Maniacs episode are always available through the website or through a free subscription in iTunes or any other podcatching client. If you'd rather not download the shows, simply clicking on the media link () in the show notes will play in most browsers.

Caching Podcasts

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

We thought it would be helpful to provide links some of the other Caching Podcasts currently available.

Cache D' Island A Spanish language podcast on everything about geocaching in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Cachers of the Round Table A monthly panel discussion featuring the hosts of Geocaching Podcasts.
Centennial State Geocaching An audio show for Colorado state Cachers.
Dosenfischer A German language audio show with a casual feel.
Geocache Radio An audio podcast for the Dutch audience.
Found It! An audio podcast based from Maine.
Geocaching Podcast A general interest talk show recorded live through the Talkshow service.
Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean A show for French-speaking Canadian Cachers.
Geotalk An audio and video podcast for Cachers in Australia, but with information for Cachers worldwide.
Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine Another video podcast with great information for everyone hosted by Icenrye. If you haven't checked this one out, you should.
Podcacher Podcast This is the most recognized audio podcast in the Caching world. If you haven't checked out Sonny and Sandy's show, you should.
Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast This audio podcast covers caching news and events in Minnesota's Twin Cities area.

If you have a new podcast to add please e-mail me at CacheAManiacs@gmail.com.

Contact Us

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

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CAM Ep. 149: WitzEnd

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with WitzEnd of Tacoma Washington. He and The Bad Cop (interviewed on CAM136 started caching together about five years ago. As for WitzEnd's favorite locations he's cached to date, that would be Hawaii and Japan. Eventually he would like to cache in Antarctica. His favorite hide was the Digital Communication (GCMC4D) which used a container he received as a gift. On television he enjoys Chuck, Dirty Jobs, and MythBusters. As for movies, Galaxy Quest, Star Trek, and Star Wars are notable favorites.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener pumpkinking27:
"If you are getting ready to hide some caches, don't forget that some places will be experiencing a big season change. Your typical camo might not be good for the fall and winter. Hiding a cache now in a place that will look different in a few weeks, or months will require some additional thinking when it comes to the camo. Where a white container would stick out like a sore thumb in the summer, might be a worthwhile container to use in the winter."Thanks to Cache Advance for their donated gift package (Cache Advance Hat, Carabiner Small Pen, & White Geocaching.com Lanyard).

Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: October 3, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 148: StinkyMillers

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with StinkyMillers of Lincoln Nebraska. On his brother's recommendation, he purchased the GPSMAP 60Cx to start caching and still uses that today. The favorite location he's been caching so far was Australia. He would like to cache the remaining five continents he has not yet found a cache (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, and South America) to have cached on all seven. He enjoys "Lost" on television, older movies by Steven Spielberg like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Jaws." As for his music tastes, he enjoys AC/DC and U2.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener dcarbone:
"Quite often cache titles are a play on words that describe the location or what the container may look like. When reading the cache title, take the time to read between the lines as there may be more to the cache title then you think."
Thanks to Cache Advance for their donated gift package (Dr. B's Urban Cache Repair Kit Refill, Green 3.5" x 6" Medium Cache Sticker, & White Geocaching.com Lanyard).

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FXR
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 19, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 147: Influence Waterfoul Calls

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Influence Waterfowl Calls of Mayfield, Kentucky. He started his caching adventures with a eTrex Camo, but has since upgraded to the GPSMAP 60CSx. He also uses the nÃvi 200 and loads them through GSAK. He uses CacheMate and a Tungsten E2 for paperless. His favorite location to cache to date has been the St. Louis, Missouri where he found the "RT66:IL-MO - Above the Trees & Mississippi Cache" (GC2258). He'd like to cache just about anywhere there are caches to be found, but the Seattle, Washington area, Antarctica, and Brazil are stand-outs. He favorite hide was the now archived "Behind The Castle Gate!" (GC14Y4J) unknown cache. Some movies he enjoyed were "Shooter," "Fast & Furious," "Find Me," and "GPS the Movie." He's also been watching "America's Got Talent" on television lately.

Also mentioned in this episode is CacheBerry, CacheMate, Caching, Geocaching iPhone App, Geosphere, , and iGeocacher.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener DaveJustTyped:
"When paperless caching with an iPhone or an iTouch, sometimes there is no wireless signal in the bush. By pressing the power button along with the menu button, you can take a screen shot which is then saved to your photo section. By taking a screen shot of your maps, hints and the like, they are all right there in front of you - even without a signal."
Thanks to Cache Advance for their donated gift package (All-Weather Standard Clicker Pen - Black Ink, Green 3.5" x 6" Medium Cache Sticker, & Green Rite in the Rain 3" x 5" Notebook).

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FYQ
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 18, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 146: Hamilton Family

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Hamilton Family of Durham, New Hampshire. Dave and family began caching in 2003 with the eTrex Legend, which they had problems finding caches while in the woods. Earlier this year they attempting finding a cache with the iPhone and found they were actually able to locate those caches in the woods. Shortly after they bought the Geocaching iPhone App and love the convenience of caching without all the prep. They still use that old eTrex for the kids though, loaded through MacCaching. Their favorite cache so far was found in Naples, Florida. At a loss for ideas of dream locations, Darryl and Drie suggested New Zealand and Australia, and the upcoming Oz Mega Wagga Wagga Mega-Event. Dave and his friend John host the "Mac Geek Gab Podcast." The family enjoys attending concerts and this year the kids enjoyed their first Phish concert. A movie they recently enjoyed was "Instinct." He and his podcasting partner used to enjoy "Mystery Science Theater 3000." on TV during their earlier years.

Also mentioned in this episode is the Midwest Meetup (GC1YRRG) and the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener dougswass:
"I am from north of Toronto Canada, and have a tip for 'northern' n00bs. I started in early April, and was able to find a number of caches that would have been much harder in summer time, caches in trees and bushes are a lot easier before all of the trees are in bloom, and the wild grass grows up around them. I was able to find them at a much faster rate because of the easier terrain rating of spring time. In Canada (and probably the northern states too) you can probably reduce the terrain rating by .5 or 1 in spring and fall. Finding a number of caches that seasoned geocachers had DNF'd fueled my now unsatisfiable obsession. I attribute some of the finds to the lowered terrain rating. (Another bonus is mosquitoes etc are not a nuisance in the spring, making it more enjoyable). So my tip to folks thinking of starting geocaching, starting in the spring or fall in the northern half of the continent makes the introduction more rewarding."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FXX
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 17, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 145: Ashallond

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Ashallond of Ft. Smith, Arkansa. Though he knew of Geocaching first, he didn't begin caching till he bought an iPhone 3G and downloaded the iPhone Geocaching App. To round out the phone as a geocaching device he also added MotionX-GPS and iGCT Geocachers ToolKit. His favorite find so far was "Making the Connection" (GCHNF5). He dreams of caching in the Northwestern United States, Western Canada, Ireland, and Scotland. He was surprised to find that his "9-9-9: The Cache!" (GC1YBXW) cache which was posted to commemorate 9-9-9 was found 9 times on the 9th. In his little free time he enjoys playing "The Kingdom of Loathing." As for movies, "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" are favorite series. A favorite TV show was "Battlestar Galactica."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener Clubmud1:
"When looking for a difficult cache in the woods and you run out of ideas where it could be, look for a branch or log that is slightly out of place, such as barkless, log from a different type tree or a sawed log, where others aren't. I have had a number of finds this way when I have exhausted all other ideas to find a difficult cache."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FYN
Show Sponsor: Found It!
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 11, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 144: Pumpkinking27

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Pumpkinking27 of North East Pennsylvania. He starting caching with a TomTom One but added the Garmin Venture HC quickly after that first attempt. He uses the Geocaching iPhone App on his iPod Touch for paperless, but loads EasyGPS to load the eTrex. He dreams of caching in Italy and wants to return to Disney World in Florida for all the Virtual Caches. He likes movies by Tim Burton. "The Office" and "Seinfeld" are his favorite television shows while Alkaline Trio and Weezer are a couple of his favorite musical acts.

Also mentioned were the Geocaching 12 of 12 September 2009 Submissions.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener rstefano52:
"More often than not, most caches are not too far off of established trails in the various parks that they are hidden - it is BEST to stay on the trail until you get within a few hundred feet of GZ before you go off of the trail."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G0R
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 4, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 143: auburnfan99

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with auburnfan99 of Birmingham, Alabama. He got his start through a gift and the experience of his co-worker pallet2005. That gift was the Garmin Nüvi 200 but he has added a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. He loads the GPSRs through GSAK and uses the Geocaching iPhone App for his paperless caching. As for his favorite cache, that's "VIEW CARRE '" (GCE02C), a well know hide in New Orleans. Given the opportunity, he really wants to find the "International Space Station Travel Bug" (TB27AH8) placed on the International Space Station by LordBritish. The only event he's attended was the "Pilot Knob CheeseBurger" (GC1RXR9), part of the "Summit Cheeseburger Quest." Favorite movies include "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Godfather," and the "Star Wars" series. On television he enjoys "CSI" and "Law & Order."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener Crew of Misfits:
"When performing a multi-cache in which you are discovering the written coordinates to the next stage, don't just write the coordinates down. Take a digital picture of the coordinates in the event you may need to validate what you wrote down or loaded into your GPSr. With a little zooming in on your camera's LCD display, you're back in business without having to double back to the previous stage."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G0D
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 4, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 142: kkooll2

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with kkooll2 of North West Indiana. This geocacher does not own or use a GPSR but rather Google Maps (which he prints) and other paper-based means to find the containers. He's a volunteer instructor with Livefree. As for his musical tastes, his favorite performers are no longer recording, including the Beatles

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener chico_valdez:
"Often when we are out in the woods searching for a cache, we seem to get pitch or sap on our hands after we've touched a tree trunk or branch. Inevitably the sap gets on everything including our GPSR, clothes, or PDA and its really annoying. Trying to wash it off your hands with water just doesn't work. In our caching bag, we carry a small bottle of alcohol based hand sanitizer (like Purell) and we've found it dissolves pitch instantly. Give it a try - you'll also find it very useful for a post bathroom cleanup should the need arise!"

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G47
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: August 13, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 141: Headhardhat

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Headhardhat of The Piedmont of North Carolina (Raleigh). He turned the camera and microphones on us for an interview of the Cache-A-Maniacs hosts for his Geosnippets show and you can watch part 1 and part 2 on his YouTube channel. He told us that his favorite GPSR is the Garmin 60CSx but that he also uses a Garmin eTrex Vista and started caching with his Garmin Nüvi 200. His favorite locations he's been caching are Michigan and North Carolina. He'd like to cache Japan, New Zealand, and the Scottish islands. His favorite hide is "Ghosts Of The Woods" (GC1PYGJ) which was inspired by the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." As for the vest of his visual entertainment, he enjoys the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" series.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener dan_n_stef:
"When hiding a geocache take the time to either use the waypoint averaging feature that is built in to most Garmin units or revisit the site a few time to make sure your coordinates are correct. Anything you can do to get more accurate coordinates will help the finders enjoy your hide that much more."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G1E
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: August 1, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 140: madkiwiman

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with madkiwiman of Matthews, North Carolina. His geocaching name was inspired by the Mad Max movie. He learned of Geocaching from the Abomination novel by Colleen Coble. He started with the Garmin eTrex Legend. Now he's using the iPhone 3G with the Groundspeak Geocaching App. So far his favorite cache was TUBE TORCHER II (GCWA47). He's really looking forward to caching New Zealand when he returns for his next visit. On television, he used to watch the Father Ted series.

Also mentioned in this episode is the Geocaching 12 of 12.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener Influence Waterfowl:
"For various reasons a cache may need to be moved. I have had to do this when the grounds crew cut back the growth that hid you from the muggles on a near by trail. When faced with moving your cache leave a forwarding address when possible. Just write the coordinates to the new location on a slip of paper and put it into a zip lock bag. Place the bag where the cache was originally hidden, such as under the usual pile of sticks. Then if a cacher with the old coordinates comes to find the cache they will not be hit with a DNF. They can follow the forwarding address to the new location. They will thank you just like they did me! Remember to retrieve the bag after you think that there will be no more cachers with the old coords seeking the cache. That way it will not just become geotrash!"

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G0Y
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 31, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 139: kayebear40s

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with kayebear40s of West Texas. She's the sister of condor1, MillerDude, and the real thing all of whom were interviewed for earlier episodes of the Cache-A-Maniacs. Though she currently uses a eTrex Venture HC she's dreaming of upgrading to the Colorado, Dakota, or Oregon. Her favorite location where she has cached was Oregon. She would like to go back to the Eastern U.S. and Europe. She enjoys watching "Law & Order Criminal Intent" and "Medium" on television.

Also mentioned in this episode is the Geocaching 12 of 12.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener remmec:
"Save the silica packets that come in packaging such as electronics and drop them in caches to help keep them dried out."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G0H
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 24, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 138: Ekidokai

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Ekidokai of the northeastern U.S. He was interviewed by Kacky on the Found It! Podcast for 7-6-09. He's using both the Garmin eTrex Venture HC and Garmin NÃvi 200 (both loaded through GSAK) but started with the Magellan Xplorist 200. He placed his favorite series of hides in the Bangor City Forest, each with its own story. Outside of caching he's also involved in the Bangor Ghost Hunters. On television he enjoys shows like "America's Funniest Videos." As for movies he likes "The Cannonball Run" and "Smokey and the Bandit." Some musical artists he listens to are Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, and Kiss.

Also mentioned in this episode are the Geocoinfest SLC 2009 Mega-Event (GC1JZ1X), and the first Geocaching 12 of 12 event to take place on September 12th.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener The Watt's:
"Tired of trying to get logs out of micros without destroying them? Why not add a toothpick to the mix? Simply glue/affix a piece of toothpick to the top of a log. Make sure it is longer than the log and then roll it up. That way you have something to grab on to when trying to remove it."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FYW
Show Sponsor: Found It!
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 10, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 137: bripod

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with bripod of Athens, Georgia. His first GPSR was a Garmin eTrex. He's now using a Garmin Colorado 300 supplemented by the Geocaching and Geosphere iPhone apps. Stone Mountain, Georgia has been his favorite location to Geocache but would like to cache Australia and Germany. His favorites hides are Peek-A-Boo (We see you...)" (GC1E0JN) and "Headless Chicken" (GC1FA6G). Music favorites include Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and The Who. On television he follows the "Heroes" series. Favorite movies include "Excalibur" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener L&N Railroad:
"Don't note cache problems in 'Found It' or 'Didn't Find It' logs. When a cache has a problem contact the owner directly, or use the 'Needs Maintenance' or 'Needs Archived' options to log the issue instead of noting the issue in a 'Found It' or 'Didn't Find It' log. Some cache hiders don't read found or DNF logs, and some cache owners are no longer active. It's not unusual to visit a cache with long string of Found It logs containing the message 'soggy log,' for example. If the cache needs work then post an additional Needs Maintenance log for this. If a cache has a serious problem then check to see if the owner is no longer active. If the owner's profile says that it has been years since they've visited Geocaching they're not active and the cache warrants a 'Needs Archived' log instead of 'Needs Maintenance.' In some cases active cachers don't maintain their hides so a string of ignored problems may warrant a 'Needs Archived' log after close examination. Finally, if a cache has serious ignored problems (especially safety issues) you should contact Geocaching directly."

Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 10, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 136: The Bad Cop

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with TheBadCop of Tacoma, Washington. He's know as TheBadCop on Twitter where he collects responses for the "Geocaching Question of the Day." He's currently using an Garmin Oregon 200 but started with a Garmin eTrex Legend. He want control over his GPX files so he runs all his Pocket Queries through GSAK before loading the GPSRs. His favorite location was found during his recent milestone at the "Mission 9: Tunnel of Light" (GC1169) Project APE cache. He would like to revisit France to go caching. His favorite hide was the now archived "My Chores: My Shopping List" (GCNCN3) unknown cache. For entertainment he likes "Star Trek" and "Star Wars." He also like watching football on television. We also had the pleasure of caching with The Bad Cop and xpunkx on July eleventh.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener sparrows_gold:
"When going on a 'FTF' hunt, if you're the lucky one to find the blank log - don't rush to log it in right away! By waiting a few hours or the next day, this keeps more people going for the hunt and the cache owner will get more hits to his cache! There is nothing worse than publishing a new cache and only one person finds it for the next week!"

Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 26, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 135: The Real Thing

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with The Real Thing of Texas. He uses both the Garmin eTrex Venture HC and Garmin Nüvi 200 for his caching, both loaded through GSAK. His favorite location or caching so far was the area around the Hoover Dam in Nevada. He wants to cache in U.S. Southwest, and particularly in Arizona. His favorite movie is Tremors and music is George Strait.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener CSRA Cruisers:
"While on a numbers run, use walkie-talkies instead of cellphones to communicate with your geomoblie. They are much faster than trying to dial by phone."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G3B
Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 29, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 134: MillerDude

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with MillerDude of Las Vegas, NV. We interviewed his brother (condor1) on show 130 while another brother (the real thing) will be on episode 135. He started caching with a Garmin NÃvi 200w and still uses that for vehicle navigation. His primary Geocaching unit is now the Garmin Colorado 400t. He uses GSAK to load the cache info into his NÃvi. On television he watches "Hereos" and "Prison Break."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener Networkcacher:
"For rapid cache repairs and updates I keep a variety of ready-to-place geocaches (micro, regular, ammo can) in my trunk. This way if I need a replacement log, stash sheet or all new swag I can grab it out of the ready cache. It also helps if I find that perfect spot calling out for a cache, I've got one all ready."

Also mentioned in this episode was the "The alpha of the Geocachers of The Alpha and Omega" (GC1V3GB) event called in by a Listener.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G3T
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 23, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 133: GeoJunkie

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with GeoJunkie of Bellevue, Nebraska. This Cacher who found the activity through the "Where's George?" service. He uses his Garmin Oregon 300 and Garmin Nüvi 650 for his caching. He start though without a GPSR completing two caches before buying his first GPSR -- the Garmin eTrex. For field notes though, he's using the TextMarks option finding it more convient than the field notes within the Oregon. He has more than one location he considers to be favorites; Colorado (notably the Garden of the Gods) and Iraq. His two favorite hides are the "100 Possibilities" (GC12RJT) and "Patriotic Rock" (GCQEVF) caches. On the motion picture front, he enjoys the "Saw" series and movies by Adam Sandler. On television he watches "Family Guy," "South Park," and "NASCAR." His musical tastes include "Linkin Park," and "Rush," and the "Trans-Siberian Orchestra."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener ZeppoCruz:
"When caching in heavy brush look for a cacher's trail. It may be a few feet farther, but it will save some blood from bushwhacking and thorns."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G42
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: June 6, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 132: step2626

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with step2626 of Oregon. This Geocacher has been through multiple GPSRs through his roughly six years in the activity. While currently using the Garmin Colorado 400t, he started with the Magellan 315 then moved to the Magellan Meridan Platinum. He dreams of caching in both Australia and New Zealand some day. His "Ten Star Turtle" GCPKAV and "Perfect Spot for a Traditional Cache" GC1Q9BB are his favorite hides. On television he enjoys watching the "House" series. At the movies he's a fan of the "Indiana Jones" and "The Lord of the Rings" series.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener gelfling6:
"With summer, comes the need to keep hydrated. Now, Everyone will tell you drink plenty of water. But, water alone, and too much, can be just as bad. Most sports drinks provide electrolytes, but are mostly sugar, or other carbohydrate content. Energy drinks are sports drinks, with some form of stimulant, usually caffeine, which may provide quick energy, but for only short period. Caffeine is also a diuretic, which will cause the body to expel water, and too much, can cause dehydration. A good tip, would be a 50/50 mixture of a sports drink, with plain water. This way, the body gets the electrolytes, while the water is still absorbed, and not as bound to the carbohydrates (Sugars)."

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Show Sponsor: Found It!
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 22, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 131: wvangler

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with WVAngler of West Virginia. He started caching with a Magellan 310. He's caching now with the DeLorme PN-20 and TomTom One. He's looking forward to trying the Garmin Oregon 550. He uses the iPod Nano with cache information loaded through GSAK to suppliment the paperless info in the field. He ran into a bobcat attempting a 5/5 cache in the Pinnacle Rock State Park. His favorite caching location so far has been Colorado. He'd like to try caching in the Sierra Nevada region of California, in the Patagonia region, New Zealand, and Seattle. His favorite hides have been based on the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" movie, and The West Virginia County Challenge (GC1QWJF). As for his taste in movies, "Monty Python," "A Mighty Wind," "Napolean Dynamite," and "This is Spinal Tap"

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener zbq:
"When hiding a cache, I like to find the focal point in the area, and then try to find a spot 25-30 feet away from it. The thought is that the focal point will distract the seeker enough to provide a bit of a challenge."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4Z
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 29, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 130: condor1

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with condor1 of Colorado Springs. He's using a combination of the Garmin eTrex and the Magellan Roadmate to get him to the caches. His favorite location to cache was the Colorado Paint Mines but he dreams of caching Mount Diablo in California. His favorite hide was one he worked on with his sister (kayebear40s) with some create code on its home page. That cache -- Big Springs 1st Mystery Cache (GC1MFQ0) -- receives many good comments from its finders. As for music, he enjoys Kiss and ZZ Top. As for television, his favorite series was Star Trek: The Original Series.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener NevadaWolf:
"Talk to new cachers; at events, on the trail, or through email. Remember how confusing things were for you in the beginning and offer to help, go caching together, or simply to sit down and chat. Many new cachers will appreciate knowing someone they can talk to and may help them at events or gatherings if they have a friend they know who is also there."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4H
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 23, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 129: UnpluggedRadio

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with UnpluggedRadio of Lake Orion, Michigan. The caching couple started with the iPhone 3G and Groundspeak's Geocaching App but has since added the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx which they load through the Geocaching website and the Garmin Comminicator Plugin. They're favorite place they've cached so far has been the Seven Lakes State Park. They would like to cache Europe and Hawaii. On television they like "30 Rock" and "The Office." Music favorites include "Radiohead" and "Zero 7." Movie picks include "Fight Club" and "Rushmore."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener GeoJunkie:
"Don't look at a DNF as a bad thing. It's frustrating to not find what you're looking for, but it's not a sign of weakness or bad caching. There could be many factors, including a missing cache, muggle overload, or just temporary geo-blindness. Either way, if you've looked and didn't find, that DNF log will be a part of your online caching memory and could also alert the owner to a potential problem!"

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Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 23, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 128: vegaschick

Sat, 30 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with vegaschick of Las Vegas, Nevada. She started caching with a Garmin eTrex, moved to the Garmin eTrex Legend, then a Magellan eXplorist 400, but now uses a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. For paperless caching she uses CacheMate on her Palm Tungsten E2 and loads both her PDA and GPSR through GSAK. Her favorite place she has caches is Twentynine Palms, California. She dreams of caching in Australia and Ireland. Her favorite TV show is "Battlestar Galactica." As for movies, she enjoys "Enemy of the State," "Love Actually," and "X-Men." Her musical preferrences include "Buckcherry," "Papa Roach," and "U2."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener NetworkCacher:
"For easier container repairs I've gotten in the habit of wrapping about four or five turns of different taps around my hiking stick. Right now I have regular gray, black, brown, camo and cloth camo hunting tape on the stick. Keeps me from having to lug around rolls of tape in the bag."

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Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 22, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 127: Flag_Mtn_Hkrs

Sat, 23 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Flag_Mtn_Hkrs of Flagstaff Arizona. You might recognize the name from his Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" we read on episodeÂ125. His name wasÂderivedÂfrom the "Arizona's 20-20 Challenge" website. He's currently caching with a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx but started with the Garmin Vista. He uses a Palm i705 purchased used off eBay with Cachemate for his paperless caching. He loads both the GPS and the Palm through GSAK. He recalls his doubt about caching as looking for his first geocache -- "Rock 'n Root" (GCJTTB). His favorite location to cache has been the Verde River but he hopes to cache the Grand Canyon to find the "Anasazi Ruins" (GC83C6) virtual cache. He had an interesting story about his trip to the "A.J.A.C.S. 5th Annual Campout Event" (GC1KX3J) and always enjoy the A.J.A.C.S. events. For entertainment, favorite movies include "Blade Runner," "Indiana Jones" series, and "Star Wars" series. On television they used to watch "Dirty Jobs" and "Mythbusters" before dropping cable.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener bookboy*:
"Instead of a pair of tweezers for removing micro cache logbooks, invest in a pair of needle nose pliers. They are a good size for removing logbooks, but they can be used for many other things that tweezers cannot."

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Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 17, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 126: rklmbl

Sat, 16 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with rklmbl of Northwest Arkansas. This caching couple first purchased a Garmin GPSMap 60CS on the recommendation from a caching friend, but since upgraded to a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx. They use GSAK to load their GPSR and a Palm Tungsten E2 with Cachemate for paperless caching in the field. Their most memorable early caching experience was on the "Round Mountain" (GC3D14) cache when they underestimated the time needed to complete the find. They love caching in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area for the creative and varied hides. They would love to caching in the state of California someday. One of their favorite hides is the "Hillbilly Skirt Lifter" (GC1AZXF), but their "The Very First Arkansas Coffee and Nuts Event" (GC1KXQ5) provided their most memorable event stories. On television, they enjoy watching "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Cheers."
We also heard from TKBeers (from CAM076) about his 600th Find.

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener WVangler:
"Spice up the caching in your area by creating unique containers or themes. Use concepts familiar to you. For example, create replica props from your favorite movie using items from craft stores or items relative to other hobbies you have outside of geocaching. If they aren't waterproof, just design them as a part of a multicache. That way the cache hunt is not only more entertaining but cachers will remember you for your hides and learn more about your interests."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5C
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 9, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

Call for Tips for the Seasoned Cacher

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:35:00 GMT

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CAM Ep. 125: OkiePaladin

Sat, 9 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

His favorite GPSR is the Lowrence iFinder but still uses the Magellan SporTrak Pro. He's recently acquired the Garmin Nüvi 260W to help drive to the caches. GSAK is his favorite tool to load the GPSRs but now using the Geocaching App on the iPhone (replacing his old Palm PDA) for cache information on the trail. Favorite locations he's been caching include Del Mar, California and Yellowstone National Park but would like to cache all 50 U.S. states. As for his favorite hide, the "Centennial Trail Multi" (GC1999K) 4-stage multi-cache hidden on the Will Rogers Country Centennial Trail provides interesting logs from its Finders. As for movies, he enjoys the "X-Men" and "Lord of the Rings" series. Favorite television shows include "Chuck," "NCIS," and "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

Our "Tip for the Seasoned Cacher" comes from Listener Flag_Mtn_Hkrs:
"Never place caches from the direction you expect people to arrive on scene from. Always make the lookie circle and do the dance. If the cache is right there when you walk up it really isn't that fun to find." Thanks to the GeoKs for their donated gift.

CAM Ep. 124: FireRef

Sat, 2 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with FireRef of Erie, PA. His first exposure to Geocaching came through the television series "CSI." Though he had a GPSR early on, his first Geocaching GPSR was the Magellan Explorist 300. Since then he's upgraded to the Garmin Colorado 400t. He was using a Palm Treo 650 with the Tom Tom software but switched to the Garmin Nüvi 750 and the TextMarks service. Dave and a friend hunted and found the first geocache he had attempted but DNFed -- ~~"Indiana Spirit Quest #75: Old Baintertown" (GCM6AN) -- as his find number 750~~ "ALPHA" (GC4F4B) -- as his find number 275. Before be started caching he took a trip on Route 66 and would like the opportunity to make the trip again hitting caches along the way. Some of his favorite movies include the "Matrix," "Star Trek," and "Star Wars" series. As for television, he enjoys "Stargate SG1," "Star Trek," "CSI," and "Emergency."
The Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins are also still available. Help support the show by purchasing yours.

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: April 19, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 123: Lookout Lisa

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Lookout Lisa of Spokane, Washington. We talked with Lisa about her Cache Advance store on Geocaching Podcast epsiode 96. Her favorite GPSRs are the GPSMap 60C and Earthmate PN-40 but she started with the eTrex Venture. In addition to the U.S., she has cached in Europe and Canada. Her favorite locations included Wales, Scotland, and Hawaii. Her favorite find was "Hot Rox" (GC3E4E) virtual cache as she lived through the ash from the Mount St. Helen erruption. Her advice for new Cachers can be found on her Twitter account or blog. Her favorite movies are the Lord of the Rings and Matrix series. She enjoys the Firefly and Dollhouse TV series as well.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G54
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 15, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 122: Clan Doyle

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Clan Doyle of Las Vegas. His current GPSR is the GPSMap 76 CSx but they started with the eTrex Legend. He loads the GPSR and his Samsung ACE smartphone through GSAK. The family got their start caching while in Okinawa, Japan on the recommendation from their friend beetrav. Okinawa is still his favorite location he's been caching, but looks to cache in Hawaii, Alaska, and Antarctica. His favorite cache is "What is a Hobbit?" (GC1KG43) and are looking forward to hosting their first caching event -- "WWFM V (Las Vegas)- Pirate's Booty" (GC1MV61). He used the brochure from Geocacher University to escape from a cop. So favorite movies are "Hackers," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Life of Brian," "Conan the Barbarian," "Star Wars," most Disney movies, and many based on comic books. As for television, he enjoys "How I Met Your Mother," "Bones," and "Battlestar Galactica."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4T
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 22, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 121: StaticTank

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with StaticTank of South East South Dakota. His first attempt at Geocaching was with a Mio Digiwalker which he quickly returned and replaced with a GPSMap 60CSx. He's now using the Colorado 400t, loading it by dropping the GPX Pocket Queries directly into the GPS. He loves caching in the Black Hills of South Dakota but would love to cache in Ireland. Some of his favorite hides include "Big League" (GC1J8YD), "The Treasure of East Sioux Falls" (GC1AN1K), "Sunken Pirate Treasure!" (GC1EXT2), "Give Me A Hand" (GC1KDN4), and the Lost Series ("The StaticTank" (GC191YP), "The Arrow" (GC1931T), "The Staff" (GC1931W), "The Swan" (GC19321), "The Flame" (GC193W2), "The Pearl" (GC19322), "The Orchid" (GC19DGD), "The Hydra" (GC193VW), and "The Looking Glass" (GC193VZ)). On the trail he has run into a few Cachers including dbrockhouse. Outside of Geocaching, he and his wife enjoy ballroom dancing. He enjoys the "Fight Club," "National Treasure," and "Star Trek" movies.
Also mentioned on this show was Capt. JackSparrow's 100th find.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5J
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 15, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 120: N9YBK

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with N9YBK of Far south suburbs of Chicago. He started caching using a Garmin GPS 45 bought from a friend. He quickly decided an upgrade to the Legend HCx. He's recently upgraded again to the Colorado 300 and loves it for the paperless caching. He still uses GASK to process the pocket queries before loading them into the new Colorado. He operates a personal blog and can be found posting to Twitter under n9ybk. The rest of the family has their own caching names as well; ACScott, Ma of 8, jcmonkey, GeoDavid98, csm2000, ram97, bethgeo, and Non-Caching Katie (who does not have a Geocaching.com profile). One of these days he would like to get to Ireland for some caching. One of his favor caches though is his "The Creek" (GC1FG8X) cache which is a location from his childhood.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5M
Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 20, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 119: The Conman

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with The ConMan of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He began his caching adventures with an Garmin eTrex Legend but has since upgraded to the Garmin Colorado 400t. He enjoys Wherigo caches and as of the recording had found about 10% of them available in the U.S. He almost got stuck (with some caching friends) on Manitou Island for an extra day while caching the island in unfavorable weather. During his earlier years he ran a the Far Side BBS connected through the Fidonet system. On television he watches the "NCIS," "The Unit," and "Criminal Minds." His favorite movies include "Armageddon," "Sneakers," and "War Games."
Also mentioned in this episode is the coming "A Pirate's Welcome For Sonny,Sandy, & Sean" (GC1NYG9) event for the hosts of the Podcacher Podcast.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G59
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 13, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 118: Tenorplayer

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Tenorplayer of Indiana. He plays the Tenor Saxophone in band which is where he got his name. He started caching with his Grandfather and his GPSMAP 76CSx, but uses his NÃvi 200 with the Geocaches loaded in as POIs. His favorite location he's been to Geocaches was Shipshewana, Indiana. He dreams of caching in Hawaii for its virtual and earthcaches. He loves hunting earthcaches as he "learns alot and [they're] really fun to do." The two favorite caches he's hidden are "Wetland's Wonderland" (GC1FJBZ) and "Auburn's Cedar Creek Gaging Station" (GC1K2TW). He enjoys running into fellow Geocachers on the trail, including the story told of meeting Che K and SixDogTeam before the "Midwest GeoBash 2008" (GC154HT). One of his favorite caches though was "Cupcake Cutie" (GC1M4GH) which he found with his Grandparents following the "LLLGL Valentine's Day Cache Bash" (GC1KME8) event. When not caching or at school he likes listening to "Green Day" and watches "House."
Also mentioned in this episode was the "Metea Park CITO & Pot Luck Picnic" (GC1MH30) CITO by Cache-A-Maniacs guests Tenorplayer and Mr. Incredible!, and the latest issue of the Cachers of the Round Table which talks about CITO events.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5P
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: February 28, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 117: Happy Humphrey

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Happy Humphrey of Isle of Man. His screen name comes from a professional wrestler William J. Cobb. His motivation for Geocaching came from a walk on the Southern Upland Way in Southern Scotland. For that hike he picked up the Forerunner 201. Since then he's upgraded to the for his caching. He prefers to load the caches as POIs (Point Of Interest) rather than waypoints using a macro for GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife). He once flew to the Lake District in North West England just to be the first to find an elaborate multi-cache. Another notable multi-cache adventure took place in the Black Forest of Germany where he was not able to find the final cache. The closest that he came to a signature item was to produce the Isle of Man Geocoin. His favorite caching location was the Black Forest, but given the chance he would like to return to California. The favorite caches hides are "The Money Pit"e (GCX21B) and the "Three Legs" series. The most memorable caching event was "The UK's First Mega Event" (GC17W59) where he ran into many of the Cachers he recognized from logs. For his viewing, he watchings the "Father Ted" series on television, and "Monty Python's Life of Brian." He's also a Genesis listener.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4P
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: February 28, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 116: kf4oox

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with kf4oox of Northwest Pennsylvania. His name is him Amateur radio call sign as assigned by the FCC. He started caching with his Garmin GPS III Plus but quickly upgraded to the GPS V. He has upgraded to the DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 and is currently using the beta software which allows for Geocaching on the unit. His favorite location for caching had been around last year's "Midwest GeoBash 2008" (GC154HT) largely for the proximity to other Cachers. He would like to cache in Alaska and Hawaii, and not just for the caches. Each of the four caches he current owns -- "Short Walk in State Game Lands #204" (GC1MQF1), "Canoe Launch in Sharon?" (GC1EQ5N), "Sharon View II" (GC18BFE), and "Sharon West Hill" (GC182F5), -- are favorites. His most memorable Geomuggle story was an encounter with a crowbar weilding muggle at "Shady Tree Cove" (GC174PB). Aside from the Geocaching and Amateur radio, Paul enjoys model railroading, railfanning, and is volunteer firefighter. As for television viewing he leans toward the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, and National Geographic Channel. Some favorite shows include Dog Whisperer and COPS. He's been into Country Music as of late with favorites including Kenny Roger, Charlie Daniels, and SHeDAISY.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4V
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: February 27, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 115: Blue Man

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Blue Man of Orlando Florida. Show notes to come

Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 31, 2009
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 114: SuperGoober

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with SuperGoober of Hiawatha, Iowa. He published help about going paperless and posts photo of his cache finds.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G57
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: February 13, 2009
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 113: sailor_dave

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with sailor_dave of Orlando Florida. He started caching with the Garmin GPS 12 from his boat and still uses that same unit today. He used GSAK to load both the GPS and the Palm (which runs Cachemate). A couple favorite location he caches are Ocala National Forest, the Space Coast, and Tampa Bay. His caching dreams take him to Europe, Australia, the Far East, and Hawaii. His favorite hide is his "Jambalaya" cache (GC107BV) for it mix of cache types. One of his memorable experiences came while working at Disney World and spotting a fellow Geocacher waiting to have his photo taken with a travel bug and a character. A favorite event was the recent "Third Annual Florida Finder's Fest" event (GC14D8Z) which gave him the oppotunity to hone his caching skills with a group of Cachers. His movie picks include "Animal House," "Better Off Dead," "Caddy Shack," "Stripes," and just about anything by Steven Spielberg. On television he likes "24," "Dexter," "Grey's Anatomy," "M*A*S*H," "Nip/Tuck," and "Seinfeld." As for music, he enjoys the music of a friend's band called "Rico Monaco & Sol Sons," and some of the older groups including "Crosby, Stills, & Nash," "Genesis," "Emerson, Lake & Palmer."
Also mentioned in this episode was the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin sales to support this show.

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 31, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 112: Diamond Head

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Diamond Head of the Chicago area. Their Geocaching name comes from their love of Diamond Head in Hawaii. The first caching experience was with a navigational GPSR -- a Magellan Maestro. Now they use a Garmin eTrex Venture HC and supplement it with an Apple iPhone and its built-in apps. They have recently start watching "Hawaii Five-0" and enjoy checking out the places they know now as they were filmed for this decades old television series.
Also mentioned on this episode was the "Medical Alert Dogs" Pathtag.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4Y
Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 16, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

Mystery Cacher Hint 07

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of two of the gold boxes in Tennessee.

Mystery Cacher Hint 06

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of a gold box in Switzerland.

CAM Ep. 111: Capt Biggins

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Capt Biggins of Tampa Bay, Florida. He learned about Geocaching from a TechTV interview with Jeremy Irish (October 30, 2000 according Geocaching.com's Press Archives). While the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx is his current GPS, he started caching with the Garmin GPS 72. Cachemate on his PocketPC takes care of his paperless caching needs. His most memorable early geocache was "The Scavenger Hunt Cache" (GC480C) -- a locationless cache which gave him the chance to take a photo of a motorcycle officer with a GPSR and a Barbi doll. The most memorable cache was "Mission 9: Tunnel of Light" (GC1169), found during his trip to the Seattle area where he also visited the Groundspeak headquarters. Some day he hopes to cache in Glasgow, Scotland and Hawaii. His favorite hide is currently "Using Your Mind's Eye" (GC1G8YA) which is a visual puzzle that draws fun comments from the Finders. As for music, he enjoys Jimmy Buffett. As for the movies, he like Disney's "Pirates of the Carribean" series, but recently discovered a 1952 film titled "The Crimson Pirate."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5Q
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: January 10, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 110: bumanfam

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with bumanfam of The Ice Cream Capital of the World (Northwest Iowa). They started caching with a Magellan eXplorist 210. Since then they've added more of the same units for the whole family and the Garmin iQue M5 for Dad. He's a GSAK fan using that to load the GPSRs. His introduction to Podcasts came from the Travel Bug they found which had a teaser for the "Podcacher Podcast." Were cost and time not an object, he'd love to cache the Banff National Park and Calgary, Alberta areas. As for their hides, his favorites are "We Wood Eaven Put A Cache Here (GC11FQ6)" and "GEOSCAMS (GC17917)." His best event memory comes from last year's "MOGA 2008 (GC167P0)" Mega Event with kid number 1. Bumanfam Mom is a fan of the "Harry Potter" movies. As for Dad, he likes "ER," "Survivor," and the "Star Wars" series.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G58
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 9, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 109: Team Outrageous Soul

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Team Outrageous Soul (emilierene and thetattooedjew). Their joint name was inspired by a trip to a Rockefeller Center drug store and the Dr. Scholl's Outrageous Soles display. Scott's first find was "The Empire Strikes Back (GC4D7F)" virtual cache while visiting New York with Emily. Emily started her caching with a Magellan eXplorist 200, upgraded to the Magellan eXplorist 500, but now uses the Garmin Colorado 300. Scott has been using the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx since his start. Emily's most memorable caching trip was in Waco, Texas where the cache density gave her many finds (Scott recalls about 28 caches in only 2 hours of caching). Scott enjoyed caching in his birth state of Hawaii during their honeymoon. Emily wants to cache all 50 states, Scott wants to cache in Bosnia. Emily enjoyed hiding the "Welcome to the Cove (GC168RY)." Their first (and currently only) event hosted was the recent "WWFM IV - Altoona's Blaze Orange Salute (GC1GWG3)" which was a great experience (see the video on YouTube). They're looking forward season five of "Lost" starting in a few weeks. Scott also enjoys "Law & Order Criminal Intent" while his favorite musical group is "U2."
Also mentioned in this episode was the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin sales through PayPal.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4N
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: January 9, 2009

Mystery Cacher Hint 05

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of two of the gold boxes in Colorado.

Mystery Cacher Hint 04

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of two of the gold boxes in the United Kingdom.

CAM Ep. 108: Team Psychopuppy

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Team Psychopuppy of California. The team of five (two humans and threeÂcanines) took their name from the eldest puppy (Belle). They started their caching explorations with aÂHandspring Visor PDA with a GPS card from Magellan. Their first DNF didn't deter them, and eventually they purchased theirÂGarmin GPSMap 60CSx and still prefer using that to their newÂGarmin Oregon. They're also using the navigation system in their Toyota Prius and the iPhone 3G. They still use their Handspring Visor and CacheMate for their cache information in the field. The 60CSx receives its caches through MacCaching while the Oregon is drag-and-drop of the GPX files from Geocaching.com.ÂThey hosted theÂ"Caching on your Mac" at GeoWoodstock VI. They made a trip to visit his parents though during GeoWoodstock V. They enjoy their local Northern California for its variety, and especially Lake Powell (where they had an encounter with a winged geomuggle). One of their favorite events is theÂ"Sonoma County Cachers Re-Union Cache" which they host each year. They also created the SRLUP series of caches bringing Cachers to the many small parks of Santa Rosa, California. They enjoy watching movies on their Plasma TV (when not Geocaching), includingÂ"Blade Runner" and the Disney/Pixar movies. For music they enjoyÂ"Depeche Mode,"Â"Heart,"Â"Kansas," andÂ"U2."
Also mentioned in this episode was the "Winter Potluck & Cabin Fever (GC16JBK)" event and the "Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins Through PayPal" post.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G55
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 3, 2009
Show Notes: DarrylW4

Mystery Cacher Hint 03

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of two of the gold boxes in Missouri.

Mystery Cacher Hint 02

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of a gold box in Indiana.

Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins Through PayPal

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:10:00 GMT

We are accepting orders for the Cache-A-Maniacs Regular and Limited Edition Geocoins while supplies last. Each Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin is trackable through "Geocaching.com" with a shared icon (upper right) but unactivated on shipment (activation codes are included with each geocoin). If you would like to order through PayPal, please click on the "Add To Cart" to the right of the image. If you would rather mail a check, please e-mail CacheAManiacs@gmail.com with the mailing address and the number of each coin you would like to order.

Cache-A-Maniacs Black Nickel Geocoin

$10 USD

Cache-A-Maniacs Copper Limited Edition Geocoin

$15 USD

Mystery Cacher Hint 01

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Mystery Cacher shares the location of two of the gold boxes in Florida.

CAM Ep. 107: softball29

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with softball29 of Delaware County in Upstate New York. P.J. started caching with his friend speliopirate using his Garmin Rino 530 but is currently using the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx. For his paperless caching, he's using a Dell Axim with Cachemate. One of his favorite memories is of the pirate themed cache titled "Aargh! (GCXMKE)." His dream locations include Montreal, the South Pole, and Alaska. He hopes to attend this year's "ASP GeoBash IV (GC1DG47)" mega-event on May 15th. Some favorite entertainment picks were "Forrest Gump," "The Truman Show," "Bull Durham," "Matchbox Twenty," "Phil Collins," "Genesis," and "24." For a look at the photo he shot in Philly, check out his Flickr Photostream, or visit his "Caching - Philly style!" blog post. Also check out his "P.J. look at the world" photo blog and his "A 'lil Hoohaa" blog.
Also mentioned was the Cache-A-Maniacs account on Geocaching.com.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4M
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: December 21, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 106: aggiejwp

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with AggieJWP of Missouri City, Texas. John used his college (Texas A&M) mascott to build his screen name. He started caching with the Garmin eTrex Legend but has since upgraded to the Garmin GPSMap 60CS. He's using the Geocaching WAP site while in the field to look-up cache information. He'd like to hit Port Aransas, Texas region for its high cache density. He's created the "The Anti-Purist Lazy Cacher Series" (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, & #8) of park-and-grab caches. He recent made the "W.E.G.E. #5 + Houston Cache Awards+Dec. B-Dayz" event his 500th cache. His favorite movies are "A Beautiful Mind," "National Treasure," and "Tommy Boy." He enjoys catching "The Office" on television and listening to "Shane & Shane".
Also mentioned was the "Eternal Bumps of My Spotless Mind" blog.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5R
Show Sponsor: Geotalk
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: December 16, 2008

CAM Ep. 105: pdantic

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with pdantic of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Steve is known for his articles on the "The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)" titled "iPhone 101: Geocaching with an iPhone 3G" and "TUAW Review: Geocaching iPhone app." (He's also writing for "Gadling.") Earlier though he ran a website called "pdantic.com" (via Archive.org) about PDAs. His first GSPR (eTrex Summit) was acquired as a replacement for a cycle computer. Later he upgraded to a GPSMap 60 CS but now relies on nothing but his iPhone 3G. While he misses the accuracy of the 60CS he loves theÂconvenienceÂof the iPhone while on the road for business. Now he's drooling over the Oregon 400t. He's looking forward to the next generation location technology but fear hearing an increase in number of incidents resetting Podcacher's DWAB counter. One of his favor finds was "Travel Bug Cafe" (GCK21R) where he launched his "Go Rocky! Go Rocky Go!" travel bug. His favorite location for caching though was New York's Central Park where he ran into another couple from Sweden (Hemulen). He likes listening to "Steely Dan," and watching "Star Trek (TOS)," "Fringe," and anything from "Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)." Enjoy this episode with a Cacher who hits the trail while on the road.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5B
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: December 8, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 104: the.james.gang

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with the.james.gang of Western Washington State. We spoke with mom of the five person family team who got their start in Geocaching through her parents and a multi-cache. Their caching started with just a Magellan Explorist 500 but added a Garmin eTrex Legend and use both with EasyGPS. Despite the GPSRs though, it doesn't prevent their getting lost following an FTF attempt (and now she remembers to mark her car). She's still looking forward to find the Mission 9: Tunnel of Light Project APE Cache and the ORIGINAL STASH TRIBUTE PLAQUE. They've enjoyed doing the Kitsap County Challenge and visiting Groundspeak. But don't miss the stories about their encounters with muggles and other Geocachers!
Also mentioned in this episode was the GCinOHIOGeoFest at the Miami County Fair Grounds in Ohio.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4K
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: December 7, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 103: ReefPilot

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with ReefPilot of Minnesota, but who geocaches all over North America. He's a Scuba diving enthusiast and commercial airline pilot. He's currently using the same Garmin GPSMap 76CSx that he started his caching. He's using LoadMyTracks on his Macintosh to load the Geocaching.com Pocket Queries to his GPS, then Mac CMConvert to prep the PQ for the Palm. He caches frequently in the Washington D.C. area which is also one of his favorite caching destinations. He's also a fan of the Pacific Northwest and California. Perhaps the most unique location was Quito, Ecuador where he place the "UIO Basilica - Venezuela y Carchi (GC1CVMW)" cache. He's still looking to cache Hawaii, and the other 25 states that he hasn't found a cache yet. Some favorite movies include "Airplane," Indiana Jones ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"), and "National Treasure." On television he enjoys "Law & Order" and "The Office."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5N
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: November 1, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 102: captainmath

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Captainmath of Pike County, PA. We ran into CaptainMath during the "Geocoinfest 2008 - Pittsburgh (GC17H2A)" and spoke with him about Geocaching in Education during Episode 79 of the "Geocaching Podcast." His first GPSR (Garmin GPSMap 60CS) was purchased mostly to assist in navigation, but he's now upgraded to the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx for Geocaching. He's looking toward the next upgrade and possibly one of the Garmin Oregons. He's a Macintosh User but runs Windows and GSAK for his Geocaching. Since his PDA died though, he's using his Apple iPod Touch and MacCaching to keep track of cache information. Some of his favorite Geocaching took place during his attempt to complete "The Pennsylvania All Counties Challenge (GC10YN8)." One of his favorite cache finds is the "Rocky River Cache (GC1903)" for its rich history and cool view. For a brief period this past summer, he was rivalling the find rate of CCCooperAgency and nearly burned himself out on Geocaching. As for event, the "Tri-State Treasures" events are a favorite, in part due to its location near the "Tri State 1942" benchmark which marks the meeting of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He's a fan on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins. "A Beautiful Mind" was probably his favorite movie of all time, but on television he enjoys watching "The Office," "American Gladiators," "Star Trek," and "Night Court."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5H
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: October 31, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 101: James Bridger

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with James Bridger of Nebraska's Sandhills. They started with Letterboxing and is looking at using the Colorado or the Oregon GPSr. His favorite thing to bring along is a Fishermans Vest and he really enjoyed caching in North Platte. His favorite caches are his puzzle caches: "Never Say Never Again" and "You Only Live Twice." He has run into other cachers including Plains Drifter 358 and remarked on the oldest cache in Kansas: "GC30 - Mingo."

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5K
Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Explicit
Date Recorded: October 17, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 100: goblindust

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with goblindust of Washington. He got his nickname in Australia. He found out about caching after discovering a cache in Portland Oregon. His first find was a multi, "Harpers Dregs." He started using an eTrex Legend but has since upgraded to a GPSMap 60CSx. He uses Cachemate while on the hunt. His favorite hides are: "Dr. Who Hidden Cache," "Dr. Who Sibling," and "Skullduggery!!!!"
Thanks to listeners Bass_Chaz (interviewed on episode 12 and host of Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast), Dan_n_Stef (interviewed on epsiode 86), Icenrye (interviewed on episode 17 and host of Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine), iTrax and FoxTail (interviewed on episode 15 and host of Podcacher), jenniferQp, RapidEye, redlights (interviewed on episode 97), and The Spindoctors (interviewed on episode 20 and host of Geotalk) who sent in their greetings for our 100th episode.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G51
Show Sponsor: Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: October 5, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 099: Fire-n-Air Cachers

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Fire-n-Air Cachers of Central New Jersey. He uses an Magellan Explorist 500. Using your Smartphone for Geocaching, two tools were discussed: Geocache Navigator and Cacheberry. Their dream location to cache in is Ireland and the cache there that was mentioned is Declan's Walk Cache. Their first hide was "I want to grow up to be a GeoCoin" and their favorite hide is "Swimming with the Dolphins." The only time they met another cacher on the trail was when they found the "Enduring Freedom' cache." Their first event was a CITO.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G56
Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 16, 2008

CAM Ep. 098: Geoaddict

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Geoaddict of Chelsea, Michigan. He got started with caching from GIS Day 2005 celebration placing geocaches in parks (Washtenaw County GIS and GIS Day). His GPS's include the Magellan SportTrak Color, Magellan SportTrak Map, and Magellan Explorist 100. The first cache he found was the Random Kindness Cache and he ran into Nurse Nanna on the trail. He likes to leave sigcards behind advancing other resources such as: Cache-a-Maniacs, Geocaching Creed, and Podcacher. GeoAddict loves to cache in Stinchfield Woods owned by U-of-M and wants to cache in the Rocky Mountains Area. Amongst some of his hides are Healthy Communities Puzzle Cache, and Michigan Steps Up cache. He enjoys caching in Kensington Metro Park and is friends with both Sludge_Shoveler and Beenhere.
Also mentioned on this episode is Scoot the Frog and past guest MonkeyBrad's 6th Annual Haunted Hayride & Caching Cookout event (GC1GJQ4) coming up on November first.

Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 30, 2008

CAM Ep. 097: redlights

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with redlights of Southern Maryland. One of his favorite first caches was Time is the Key (GCPZKX) cache. He started with a Magellan Meridian Gold GPS and currently uses a Magellan Explorist 210. For his signature item, he uses a customized rubber stamp. During caching he has learned many lessons, including to not lose your car keys on the trail. Amongst his dream-caching locales are: Florida - Disneyworld, Scotland, Australia, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some of the caches that he has hid include Jo-El Acres (GC109PW) cache, Rock the Boat (GC1F4V9) cache, and Stroll Through the Solomons (GC14M63) cache. Redlights enjoys the Bond Series of Films, Star Trek Films, Mythbusters, Cities of the Underworld, Hogans Heroes, and M*A*S*H. Amongst his favorite musical groups is Dream Theater.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G4R
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 21, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 096: briansnat

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with briansnat of Northern NJ. He started with a eTrex Legend but eventually upgraded to a Garmin 60CSx. Amongst his travels he was startled and pleased to find Thomas Edisons Iron Works old building, found while caching and very near his home. When not actively caching, he enjoys Turner Classic Movies.
Also mentioned in this episode was the Cache-A-Maniacs Coin Pre-order which wraps up on November first.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G03
Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 14, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 095: erslersl

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with erslersl of Netherlands. Her favorite and most fun cache was her first multi, "Tussenstop." She began caching with a Magellan Explorist 100 and would really like to visit Little Rock, AR for the interesting topological features. Her favorite musical groups are Hillsong and BarlowGirl.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23FZW
Show Sponsor: Maine PodCache
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: September 13, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 094: Ekitt10

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with Ekitt10 of Central Jersey. They discovered Geocaching by reading about it in Games Magazine. Amongst the caches discussed in this episode are: Balls of Fire Cache - New Jersey, County Challenge, DeLorme Challenge, and Choreographed Chaos Cache.

Show Sponsor: Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 20, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 093: Jodster

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Jodster of Holiday, Florida. We interviewed her husband Montu Rider on CAM048. They enjoy working on the Holiday Florida. They both enjoy watching cachers take on their favorite multicache, Excalibur. Jodster's favorite TV show is Throwdown with Bobby Flay and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- all of them!

Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: September 12, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 092: icefrog

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with icefrog. Their favorite hide is "Seperated at Birth" (GCYVQW). They got into Geocaching from a BH&G Article. They commented on "Geowoodstock 4" (GCRRC6) and expressed affection for the Pocohantas State Park in Virginia. They have created a cafe press series of products with the "Cache till you crash." Finally they shared their enjoyment of watching Mythbusters on Discovery Channel.

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: August 2, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin Preorders Re-open

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:48:00 GMT

While we work out the details of the general sale (a.k.a. figure out a way to handle payments other than PayPal) we've re-opened the pre-orders for the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins. Pre-orders will be accepted through November first. Pre-orders will save the order fee and pay only the actual estimated postage (during the general sales period buyers will pay an order fee and additional shipping fees to cover the materials and extra payment processing fees). So get your order in soon for one of the Cache-A-Maniacs or Cache-A-Manaics Limited Edition Geocoins.

The pre-order process is fairly simple; E-mail us your mailing address and how many of each coin you'd like and we'll reply with an invoice to print and mail to the PO Box. Each of the regular coins is $10 USD, and the limited edition copper coins are $15 USD. Once your request has been received we'll calculate the actual estimated postage and e-mail you the final total. Drop a check or money order in the mail to our PO Box. Coins are ready to ship now -- once as the check has been processed we'll mail out the coins. That's all there is to the pre-order process

CAM Ep. 091: Dosido

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Dosido of Massachusetts. He uses a Garmin Colorado 400t but started out with the Magellan add-on GPS unit to the Handspring Visor. His favorite hides include "Palmer History Tour" and "The Greater Palmer Fall Foliage Tour - The Multicache" as well as his events, such as, "Winter Warmup Event." His favorite finds include the "Hungry Tarpon Cache" and the "Maine Pirate Quest."

Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 18, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 090: Sokratz

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Sokratz of Northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Sokratz started caching after he listened to Sonny of the Podcacher Podcast on TWiT. Sokratz got his name from the movie "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Sokratz Pathtag can be found here. He has enjoyed the "Breakfast Buddies" caching events (GC13ZW1), (GC13ZW0), (GCXFMZ). He also commented on the "Cup of Joe" caching event and referred to two other cachers, "Centris" and "King Boreas."

Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 18, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 089: Dumbledore's Army 2006

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Dumbledore's Army 2006 of Utah. Mikey happens to be Broken W's father. He started out with an early Cobra GPSr and his favorite cache hide is "Draggin a Log" and one of his favorite finds was "Pawsatively Love."

Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 12, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin Sample Photo

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:18:00 GMT

We received and approved the sample coins about two weeks ago and I've been attempting to find the time to get them shot and posted. Below you will find the photos of the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin sample.

Cache-A-Maniacs LE Geocoin Sample Photo

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:17:00 GMT

Cache-A-Maniacs Guest Geocoin Sample Photo

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:15:00 GMT

CAM Ep. 088: TeamGeoduck

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with TeamGeoduck of the Florida panhandle. August and Elke have gone through a few names before settling on their current name, but they got their start using a GPSR borrowed from work (where he collects dead birds). Now the back seat of the car is their "cache bag."

Show Sponsor: Maine PodCache
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 6, 2008

CAM Ep. 087: mtrax

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with mtrax of Canberra. Paul is one of the few cachers to use a train to find a cache (with the help of the crew). More recently he's been sticking to the car as he and his fellow Cachers travel to other cities in Australia meeting other Cachers and finding the local treasures. Lately he has been working on the OpenStreetMap collaborative project.

Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 5, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 086: Dan_n_Stef

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Dan_n_Stef of Virginia. These music majors got their first taste of Geocaching using a GPSR borrowed from the ROTC program. They're Geocaching took a break while Dan was in Iraq, he had brought his eTrex with him. He's now caching with an eTrex Vista Cx and caching paperless. His former roommate -- Brent Cashell -- recently released a Jazz inspired rock CD (Amazon MP3 or iTunes).

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: June 28, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 085: Falcon Loader

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Falcon Loader of Maryland. His name comes from his job of loading ordinance on F-16 Fighting Falcons. He has his own series of geocoins and his favorite cache is "Americas Melting Pot.". While caching he brings his regular supplies and a metal detector (http://tinyurl.com/62kt7z). Some of his favorite caches include "Kilgore Falls Earthcache" and "Falcon's Log" cache. He has met other caches, recently Ice Cream Man and madbomber462.

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 26, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 084: ayersfam

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with ayersfam of Colorado Springs. Eric has hidden two caches so far â A's Cool Cache (GC122CB) and A's Going NoWhere (GC17B8Q).

Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 20, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 083: pcaspen

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with pcaspen of Denver, CO. She discovered Geocaching via an episode of Numb3rs called "Primacy." Her first found cache was Fyr's 109 cache (GC11JEC)." She actively works with Titanic, favorite TV Show is Law and Order: SVU and favorite music group is Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 14, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 082: S&AT

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with S&AT of Cambridge, England. Their favorite cache was a Slovenian Traditional called "Above The Lake (GC13Z10)." They have hidden several caches, "Yosemite Midsummer VIP/CITO Event:Tuolumne Meadows (GCXW3K)" -- and on the Santa Cruz Beach -- "Santa Cruz Seabright Beach CITO (GC15JTF)" -- as well as organizing the WWFM in Cambridge and attending "GeoWoodstock VI (GC134MJ)." They enjoy U2 and The Beach Boys.

Show Sponsor: SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 14, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 081: BRoKeN W

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with BRoKeN W of Mountain Home, Idaho. Rick uses GPX Sonar as his preferred method of managing waypoints. He got his father DumbledoresArmy2006 into caching as well. On his Geocoins is the Kanji symbol for Dream. His favorite hide was Blended, Not Stirred Cache (GC16P8H) and his favorite event was GeoRendezvous 2007 (GC13RF6). He also hosted the GeocoinFest Multi Event (Idaho) (GC14WKH) event, and regrets not finding any APE Caches. His favorite band is Breaking Benjamin.

Show Sponsor: Podcacher Podcast
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: June 8, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 080: FluteFace

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with FluteFace of Marysville WA. Shortly after recording her interview, we had the chance to meet up with this flute player at Geowoodstock VI. During her interview she talked about how she didn't really get into Geocaching until she got her own GPSR. She's recently received a Garmin Colorado as a Valentine's Day gift and enjoys cache both with or without her family. Just like Firefly03 though, Flutey is really into Geocoins. She's nearly out of her first geocoin and looking forward to making a second soon. Perhaps the best benefit of Geocaching though has been that she's learned that she can do more than she thought she could.
We also thanked Bluedepth for his help with the show notes. Our congratulation on his first year cacheaversary went to ReefPilot having hit caches in 24 states, 2 Canadian provinces, and 4 countries. We also received an e-mail from Jereme who was inspired by episode 60 of the Geocaching Podcast to attempt using Geocaching to work toward a healthier life. He's writing about his progress and experiences on this "SlimCache" blog.

Show Sponsor: Maine PodCache
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 13, 2008
Show Notes: DarrylW4

CAM Ep. 079: FrostGIanT

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with FrostG1anT of Alaska. His caching career began on Labor Day 2006 with a few of his friends who joined under the moniker OMGCrew. FrostG1anT enjoys puzzle caches, voluntary cache repair, and CITO. He has a preference for "Stale Caches" which have gone unfound for a month, finds them extra-compelling. SlatRat is another cacher that taught FrostG1anT to enjoy elegantly designed geocaches, such as The Death of Sherlock Holmes. One of FrostG1anT's favorite hides is Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. We also enjoyed a story of gbug66 and his private property cache -- The 466 Cache. When not actively engaged in Geocaching, FrostG1anT prefers to enjoy running and cultivating good relationships with land managers to further Geocaching in his area.

Show Sponsor: Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 8, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 078: KyWildturkey

Sat, 31 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with KyWildturkey of Southern Kentucky. This Cacher got his nickname from his state and his history of turkey hunting. We spoke with him on the eighth anniversary of the original stash which was about two years after his sixth cacheversary. His first GPSr was an Eagle Explorer. KYWildTurkey uses EasyGPS, Spinner, and Plucker to load up his caches. His most favorite hides were his "Pushing Up Daisies" series of caches, starting with GCECBD. His other hide, near a hospital where the police helped decorate is GCGBMW.
Don't forget to catch the details of our trip to Geowoodstock 6 on www.geocachingpodcast.info!

Show Sponsor: Geocaching Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 3, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 077: Xiadog

Sat, 24 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with XiaDog of Western Massachusetts. He credits his workmate Bhob for his introduction to Geocachine. He started caching in Massachusetts and quickly ranged through the southern states, making finds in Virginia and South Carolina, finding more caches outside his home state than in. Xiadog mentioned a few noteworthy caches, such as GCG81J, NYS's first cache GC39, a tricky shoreline cache GCXBBK, and his first custom painted cache GC10MZC. Xiadog's most recent event was this past winter, the Western Mass Winter Warmup III Event Cache GC18V1B.
Don't forget to visit our online Web Log at http://dw4ff3.blogspot.com!

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5F
Show Sponsor: Geocache Radio
Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: May 2, 2008
Show Notes: bluedepth

CAM Ep. 076: tlbeers

Sat, 17 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with tlbeers of Japan. Tim (the "t" in "tl") is stationed in Japan and uses his Geocaching to learn more about the island on which he's currently living. A friend showed him how to find and found it a great way to explore Okinawa while stationed there with his wife who is a member of the military. His favorite location he's been caching though was the Blue Mountains of Australia, and his favorite hide is the The Playground Cache (GC142A2) located outside the AFB in Okinawa. Join us for our first interview to Asia!
We also heard from SDAJumpmaster about his WWFM3 attendance.

Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: May 2, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

CAM Ep. 075: Sandy Hams

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Sandy Hams of East of Portland on the way to Mt. Hood. This couple found Geocaching through the HAM radio buddies and they continue to find caches as a group. They've even purchased a hybrid car to keep their caching up as the gas prizes rise.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Coin: TB23G5G
Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: April 4, 2008

CAM Ep. 074: laewan

Sat, 3 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with laewen of South of Stuttgart, Germany. Jan does most of cache finds while running, and for his first few used only Google Maps, no GPSR.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 30, 2008

CAM Ep. 073: Radman Forever

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Radman Forever of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Chris has become known in the region for the Michigan's Lost Town Series which bring Cachers to some ghost towns in Michigan. This year he and a few other Cachers will be hosting the "Are You Geocacher Enough? Road Rally Event" (GC1A4N1).

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 28, 2008

CAM Ep. 072: imfrog2002

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with imfrog2002 of Salt Lake City. Ryan found his 500th cache the afternoon we spoke with him. Those of us following Ryan on Twitter and listening to Podcacher know a little about his recent GPSR problems, but he's recently started caching with the GPSMap 60CSx and loading that and his iPod through MacCaching. Don't missing his descriptions on caching in Dugway, Utah and is problem with a landlord muggle on this installment of the Cache-A-Maniacs.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 9, 2008

CAM Ep. 071: minnesotabrad

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with minnesotabrad of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. We spoke with Brad following his first year cacheversary. This dedicated Cacher continued to track down caches even after breaking his arm in the pursuit. While surprised at the quantity of caches in his area, he still loves getting outdoors.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 9, 2008

CAM Ep. 070: GoNorthWest

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with GoNorthWest of Kirkland, WA. GoNorthWest has created the Outdoor Resources website with links to all sorts of useful information for Geocachers. He's also released three travelers to share the Geocaching Podcasts with a Geocachers worldwide. Those are TB1CTGR, TB1CTK0, and TB1CTHR.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 1, 2008

CAM Ep. 069: sweetlife

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with sweetlife of North Eastern Wisconsin. This geocaching couple began their GPS guided trip through waterfall hikes long before they had experienced their first cache hunt. They still love hitting the caches with great swag and scenery, and, well, geocoins.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: February 9, 2008

CAM Ep. 068: ClickChick & Geekboy.from.Illinois

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with ClickChik of Far northern suburbs of Chicago (a.k.a. the swamps of NE Illinois). We originally ran into this Caching Couple at the Midwest Geobash, but caught up with them via the telephone for this interview. This couple credits their intro to Geocaching to Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: January 26, 2008

CAM Ep. 067: Team Webguy

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Team Webguy of Australia. Webguy talked with us on caching with his family and his caching these first four years in the hobby.
We also provided a status update on the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins and their Pre-orders.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 26, 2008

CAM Ep. 066: Kaneko

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Kaneko of Cincinnati. We spoke with JP about his family caching outings and the benefits they yield.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: January 25, 2008

CAM Ep. 065: Kwik and Linda

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Linda from Kwik and Linda of Hampton Roads Virginia.
Also mentioned on this episode was the new Wherigo platform by Groundspeak, the "Cacher Coffee" episode of the Geocaching Podcast, and the updates to the Garmin Colorado 400t.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 19, 2008

CAM Ep. 064: dragonflys

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with dragonflys of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. We spoke with the Treasurer of Atlanticgeocaching.com about his caching experiences during these last few years. We also spoke about the upcoming event -- 8th Anniversary Of Geocaching in Canada (GC18ET9) -- commemorating the placement of Canada's first geocache.
We also talked about the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin Pre-orders.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 19, 2008

CAM Ep. 063: trustking

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with trustking of Texas Panhandle. We spoke with this Texas Geocacher about his many hides (including one at his office (GC13PHH) and his caches with the local chamber. Also check out our interview with this son-in-law bubba1772.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: January 8, 2008

CAM Ep. 062: MadPup

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with MadPup of Michigan. This excited young Cacher approached us several times at local events asking to be interviewed. How could we resist such an excited Cacher?

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 19, 2008

CAM Ep. 061: wvhillbilly59

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with wvhillbilly59 of Central Illinois. This Cycling Cacher caught our attention through his Geocaching and Benchmark Hunting from your Bicycle website. Join us as we talk about geocaching and benchmarking.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 4, 2008

CAM Ep. 060: bubba1772

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with bubba1772 of Amarillo, Texas. This Texan has been caching for less but cached from Texas to his parents' home in Michigan. Being in Metro Detroit for the holidays he's been able to experience some snow caching, including our SQ - Wixom Cemetery cache (which is how we found him). We enjoyed hearing his take on some of the differences caching in the warm south versus the snowy north.
Also mentioned in this episode was the creation of memorial coins and the information about coin creation on Oakcoins.com.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 1, 2008

Background for Garmin Colorado Users

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:09:00 GMT

We just purchased the Garmin Colorado 400t and spent a day working with it to learn about the unit and hopefully replace Firefly03's ailing Vista CX. In my experiments with the new GPSR I've created a background for the Cache-A-Maniacs (see the image at the right). To transfer this into your Colorado, simply connect the unit to the computer through the USB cable, once it mounts save the image to:
(Garmin)\Garmin\Profiles\
It will then appear as on option under:
Setup: Display: Background: cam.jpg
We'll be returning our Colorado though and replacing the Vista with either a 60Cx or 76Cx depending on the deals we find. While there is much to like on the new unit, the basic Geocaching functionality is missing in favor of the new paperless Geocaching feature which interferes with normal Geocaching. While I'd highly recommend the Colorado to someone looking for a good GPSR for outdoor sports, I'm afraid I can't recommend strongly enough that Geocaching not purchase this unit until basic Geocaching functionality has been restored. I'll be talking about that during the next Cachers of the Round Table and likely Podcacher.

CAM Ep. 059: plumbrokeacres

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with plumbrokeacres of British Columbia Central Interior. This recent resident to the Prince George area talks of his experiences since the move including some "Official Run-ins." Plumbrokeacres along with a few of his fellow Geocachers (austinsdad and Stormcloud) have built the PGCachers Website to promote year-round caching in the region.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: December 29, 2007

CAM Ep. 058: mcrt

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with mcrt of Seattle. We spoke with this early adopter and world traveler of his experiences, preference, and more.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: December 29, 2007

Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin Artwork Preview

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 03:24:00 GMT

That's it! All artwork has been approved for all the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoings. Below you will find clean versions of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins for both the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins.

These geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, share the same icon, and will be available for sale at $10USD for black nickel (top) or $15USD for the Limited Edition copper (bottom). Listen to the coming episodes of the Cache-A-Maniacs for more information.

Cache-A-Maniacs Discovery Geocoin Artwork Preview

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 03:19:00 GMT

Progress is being made and we've approved the artwork for the Discovery geocoin. Below you will find a clean version of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins.

The Discovery geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, but are not available for sale. All 250 of these coins will be released to travel the world and meet more Geocachers.

Cache-A-Maniacs Guest Geocoin Artwork Preview

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:20:00 GMT

We're still in the early phase of having these coins minted, but we have approved the artwork for the Guest coin. Below you will find a clean version of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins.

The Guest geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, but are not available for sale. These coins will be made available only to the guests on the Cache-A-Maniacs as their thanks for appearing on the show.

CAM Ep. 057: sillygirl & jrr

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with sillygirl & jrr of Honolulu, Hawaii. We talk with these ladies of South Pacific about their caching conquests, preferences, and travels.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: December 8, 2007

CAM Ep. 056: Daggy

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

First Year Anniversary Show!
Listen to our interview with daggy of Southern Indiana. You may remember our interview with her husband Deermark back in episode 25, but today we're talking with this Virtual Cache loving Geocacher about her experiences. She and a Geocaching friend of hers formed the "INKY" group to meet fellow cachers. You'll hear that and more on this episode of the Cache-A-Maniacs.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: November 16, 2007

CAM Ep. 055: Monkeybrad

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Monkeybrad of an ivory tower high atop Monkey Manor in Middle Tennessee. We spoke with this high number cacher who started Geocaching looking for something to do on the third weekend in that foreign city. The pursuit has earned him about a dozen GPSRs through the years, and nearly ten thousand finds. He and his wife, Scoot the Frog, are know not only for being experienced Geocachers, but for their terrific events. We'd love to check out one of their Halloween events (held the first weekend after Halloween, see GC15QEE for this last one). He also talks about two of his favorite hides -- McGuffin's Bluff (GCZ0ZF) and Sledgehammer (GCGNET). You'll want to catch this interview with a Cacher looking for those hidden treasures that the caches bring you to and collecting the experiences along the way.
Also mentioned in this episode was the January 1, 2008 interview of DarrylW4 and Firefly03 on the Geocaching Podcast.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: November 16, 2007

CAM Ep. 054: jim52

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with jim52 of New Brunswick. Jim's five-thousand find milestone was marked with the **IT'S HERE! JIM52'S 5000th Find!!** event this past August, and he will be celebrating four years of Geocaching this January. Despite a little bad luck on recent caching expeditions, this New Brunswick Cacher continues his quest toward that next find. He also mentioned a pair of favorite caches (GCQCX1 and GCQCWA) featuring the Maine Solar System Model by the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: November 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 053: Lostboy1966

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Lostboy1966 of Connecticut. We talked with this Geocacher who loves his hides about his experiences in both hiding and seeking caches. Connecticut Cachers might know him from his "Presumed Dead" series of caches, while listeners of the Podcacher Podcast will know him from the "Little Green Men" from Show 125.0. Of course we have to send our congratulations to him on recent second year Cacheversary!
Also mentioned this episode is the 2nd Annual Starkey Park Geo Event (GC17VY3) hosted by Jodster, Montu Rider & Family.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: November 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 052: Kili or bust

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Kili or bust of Dublin, Ireland. Kili shares some of his caching experiences including stories with his caching buddy Hezekiah and his favorite hide, the popular Castleknock. Check out more of his experiences through his geocaching blog.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: November 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 051: Team Geoblast

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Team GeoBlast of Hawaii. Mike talks about their start in Geocaching through an accidental find, and shares some experiences caching in the islands and meeting new cachers visiting from around the world.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: November 9, 2007

CAM Ep. 050: tomthemagicman

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with tomthemagicman of Calgary Alberta Canada. We spoke with this young Magician and Geocacher this fall about his experiences as a newer Cacher.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: October 13, 2007

CAM Ep. 049: Buckskinn88 & Buckskinn92

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Buckskinn88 and Buckskinn92 of Central Massachusetts. This team of brothers shares stories of their geocaching and letterboxing experiences in this episode of the Cache-A-Maniacs.
We also talk briefly about our experiences at the WWFM Michigan Flash Mob Event and our latest batch of interviews.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: September 30, 2007

CAM Ep. 048: Montu Rider

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Montu Rider of Holiday, Florida. Montu Rider and his wife Jodster recently spoke about their experiences teaching Geocaching to youngsters on the Geocaching Podcast episode 34. In this episode though we talk about his experiences Geocaching in Florida's parks and some of his favorite hides including Excalibur (GCW387).
We also talked about the Cache-A-Maniacs by Mail service with which we're experimenting.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: August 19, 2007

NEW: Cache-A-Maniacs by Mail

Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:48:00 GMT

Starting today, Sunday, November 4, 2007, you can now get the Cache-A-Manaics shows delivered by mail. We're providing this service following a couple couple of requests from Geocachers unable to download or play the podcasts. These shows will be delivered on Audio CD or Video DVD for about the cost of expenses ($4.75/mailing). More information about the service can be found through the "Getting the Cache-A-Maniacs by Mail on Audio CD or Video DVD" posting.

CAM Ep. 047: justfamily

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with justfamily of New York. Doug of justfamily shared the unfortunate caching story of the DOT dumping ground for our Geocaching Podcast Celebration. Get the update on that cache and much more in this interview with a cacher who doesn't care about the numbers.
Also mentioned in this episode are DarrylW4 and Firefly03's Twitter accounts.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 7, 2007

CAM Ep. 046: GeoKs

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with GeoKs of Calgary, AB. Three members of this caching family speak about their Rocky Mountain Highs from Geocaching. Also mentioned in this episode are the Westland Meet, Greet & Eat (GC16NMR) and WWFM Michigan Flash Mob (GC16W95) in Michigan, and WWFM & 1 Year Celebration - Granite State 2007 (GC16DCR) in New Hampshire. Their favorite radio show -- the Vinyl Cafe -- is now podcasting Vinyl Cafe Stories.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: August 17, 2007

CAM Ep. 045: skiplondon

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with skiplondon of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You can also hear more of Skiplondon through his two podcasts -- The Kiosk Podcast and The Director Podcast.
Also mentioned in this show was the World Wide Flash Mob (WWFM) events.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: August 18, 2007

Voicemail Number Change

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:25:00 GMT

We've had to change our voicemail phone number. The new number is 206-350-3647.

CAM Ep. 044: Cached

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Cached of Adeaide, South Australia. This busy Cachers speaks of her love for Geocaching (though not so much for the swapping) and shares information about a couple of her interesting hides.
Also mentioned on this show were the Lightsout America program and the NPR Living on Earth podcast.

Content Rating: Explicit
Date Recorded: April 14, 2007

CAM Ep. 043: SDAjumpmaster

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with SDAJumpmaster of Central Texas. SDAJumpmaster and his family had been active members in the KTAG group until he was reassigned to Texas. He share his love of virtuals and urban micros, and shares a little about the minivan story from Podcacher Show 81.1. Donât miss our last March 2007 interview as we talk with SDAJumpmaster live from the trail.
Also mentioned in this episode are the Quarter Page Printable Flyers to promote the Cache-A-Maniacs.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 24, 2007

CAM Ep. 042: dak's Emu Mob

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with dak's Emu Mob of Melbourne, Australia.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 26, 2007

CAM Ep. 041: nonnipoppy

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with nonnipoppy of Arkansas. This experienced cacher talks of his love of finding the next cache, photography, and more.
We also draw three names in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. The last two prize donations go to SurferACF selecting GPSBabel, and theJump with her selection of ta hook. Then the grand prize of the Xact X32X-2 WristLinx Two-Way Wristwatch Radios goes to bigeddy who won with his selection of a Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack in Episode 39.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 10, 2007

CAM Ep. 040: ernies

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with ernies of Zurich, Switzerland. We spoke with this European Cacher for more than 20 minutes about his caching and interests. Answers to some other questions frequently asked on the Cache-A-Manaics are available on ernies' website.
We also draw two more winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are bumanfam selecting the Geocache Navigator Software, and myarch with his selection of the cables to connect his PDA and GPSRs.

Content Rating: Explicit
Date Recorded: July 7, 2007

CAM Ep. 039: MrFixItMan

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with MrFixItMan. You wonât want to miss his method of chasing off those annoying geomuggles!
We also draw two more winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are buttaskotch selecting his camera as a muggle misdirect, and bigeddy with his selection of the Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 10, 2007

Geocaching Gadgets Contest Prize Donations

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:46:00 GMT

Thank you to all of our subscribers and supports for their prize donations to the Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Their contributions have given us fourteen prizes for the seven weekly drawings between August 7 and September 17, 2007.

Donor	Prize
â A Calgary Caching Family	â 2006 Alberta Wild Rose (Ep 40) â GW5 Sunburst (Black Nickel) (Ep 38)
â Cyclops Family	â Geocaching Visors (two) (Ep 36)
â Geoaddict	â AA Battery Belt Pack (Ep 39)
â Geocoinshop	â Cache Rewards "Amazing View!" Nickel (Ep 35) â Cache Rewards "Excellent Hide!" Nickel (Ep 37) â Cache Rewards "Great Container!" Nickel (Ep 39) â Cache Rewards "Very Challenging!" Nickel (Ep 41)
â Granite State Geocacher Radio	â 2007 New Hampshire Geocoin (Ep 37)
â TeamLegend4	â TeamLegend4 Personal Geocoin (Shiny Copper) (Ep 38) â TeamLegend4 Personal Geocoin (Shiny Silver) (Ep 35) â TeamLegend4 Personal Geocoin (Shiny Gold) (Ep 41)
â TNT Geocoins	â White Ice Dragon, Regular Edition (Black Nickel) (Ep 36) â White Ice Dragon, Limited Edition Glitter (Black Nickel) (Ep 38) â White Ice Dragon, Limited Edition Glitter (Copper) (Ep 40)

CAM Ep. 038: Koda

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Koda of Northern Michigan. Koda was featured on episode 117 of Podcacher speaking about the Venturing Crew, but talks with us about his caching (including the terrific story of a Geocaching meeting) in this episode.
We also draw another three winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are moscow32 selecting his iPod Nano for paperless caching, and 4KClub with his selection of wetware, and larry870 for his selection of Cross Creek by Outdoor Products.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 20, 2007

Geocaching Gadgets Contest

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:01:00 GMT

We're at it again with another contest for the Cache-A-Maniacs audience. This time we're looking for your favorite Geocaching Gadgets. Just drop us a message with your Geocaching.com screen name along with information about your favorite Geocaching Gadget between now and September 16, 2007 to be entered in the contest. You can call those Gadgets in to our voice mail line at 206-222-2153 or e-mail to us at cacheamaniacs@gmail.com. We'll be drawing once for the grand prize of a Xact X32X-2 WristLinx Two-Way Wristwatch Radios kit on September 17, 2007. We'll also draw one entry every Tuesday starting August 7, 2007 for an additional prize contributed by our listeners and supporters (more information about these prizes will be added soon). Winners of these additional prizes are still entered into the Grand Prize drawing on September 17th, so get your entry in early for more chances to win! For complete rules, see the Geocaching Gadgets Official Contest Rules page.

CAM Ep. 037: CoachGregC

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with coachgregc of Northeast Texas. We talk with this Educator/Coach/Musician/Geocacher about his experiences, motivations, and conversions.
We also draw the third pair of winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are GeoJono selecting GSAK again, and Team GCHound with their selection of CacheMate.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 24, 2007

CAM Ep. 036: Bronze

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Bronze. Bronze has released all four of the Pepper coins we sent him. Keep your eyes open for Pepper's Joy - Maine USA, Pepper's Deeds - Kaaba, Mekkah, Saudi Arabia (Home of Allah), Pepper's Love - Lumbini, Rupandehi, Nepal (Home of Buddha), and Pepper's Charity - Nazareth Israel (Home of Christ).
We also draw the second two winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are PengoFamily with their Tiley hat and the Three Bees with GSAK.

Content Rating: Explicit
Date Recorded: March 24, 2007

CAM Ep. 035: Mr. Incredible!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Mr. Incredible! of Indiana. We caught up with this supercacher during the 2007 Midwest GeoBash to record his profile.
We also draw the first two winners in our Geocaching Gadgets Contest. Thanks to everyone who had donated prizes. This week's winners are xpunkx & Julez with their power inverter and the GeoKs with their Inspection Kit.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 20, 2007

Fan E-mail

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:10:00 GMT

We get a few e-mails from fans, many of whom have met us in person, but this one from a junior cacher really caught our attention;

I am MadPup. I wanted to tell you that I love listening to your Cache-A-Maniacs podcast. Mom and dad had a CD from the MWGB that we listened to in the car. I love it. Hope to see you [Firefly03] and DarrylW4 at an event soon.

We'd run into MadPup at several events before the Midwest Geobash, but it wasn't until the Geobash that we became the "famous cachers." We ran into her and her parents again at the NERPA event. Such an excited young girl and she's now signing on and logging her own caches independently of her parents.

And to MadPup and her parents; We'll see you tomorrow at the August's Monthly S.E. MiGO Meet & Eat.

CAM Ep. 034: Team TopKat

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with Team TopKat of Southeast Michigan. We've run into the caching couple at several local events and a couple times on the trail. Hear what they have to say as we wrap up the final video interview from the Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event back in January.
Also mentioned in this episode was the Podcacher nomination for the Podcast Awards and our new Cachers of the Round Table show.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 6, 2007

Another New Podcast?

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

That's right. We've released the first episode of the new Cachers of the Round Table podcast this morning. Episode 1 features and conversation about Geosense between Sonny and Sandy of the Podcacher Podcast with Firefly and I recorded live at the 2007 Midwest Geobash. Future shows will be released the first Thursday of the month recorded via the telephone and VoIP services with other Geocaching Podcasters. We're looking for topic ideas and listener questions for the show as well. Drop us your topics, questions, or comments by calling 206-333-1206 or e-mail cachersrounttable@gmail.com. Subscribe now or download the show direct from the Cachers of the Round Table website.

Podcacher Nominated for the Podcast Awards

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:25:00 GMT

Congratulations to Sonny and Sandy of the Podcacher Podcast on their nomination to the "Best Produced" category of the Podcast Awards! Please take a moment to head over to the Podcast Awards site and support the Geocaching Podcasts by casting your daily vote for the Podcacher Podcast along with your other favorite nominees.

CAM Ep. 033: eXtremeJeep

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with eXtremeJeep.
We talk about our experience at the 2007 Midwest Geobash, recording interviews, and the new Cachers of the Round Table podcast. We also launch the new Geocaching Gadgets Contest.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 10, 2007

CAM Ep. 032: Nurse Nanna

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Nurse Nanna in the final special release for the Midwest Geobash. This Michigan Cacher is probably best known for her entertaining cache logs.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: July 7, 2007

CAM Ep. 031: Manitto

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Manitto of South Central Pennsylvania. This South Central Pennsylvania cacher made his 1,000th find the day of his one year cachaversary. Also mentioned in this episode is the Alabama Open Invitational (GC12MQJ).

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: July 4, 2007

CAM Ep. 030: Doobies

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Doobies in this special release during the Midwest Geobash. Our guest for this episode lives and caches in Indiana -- home territory for this year's Midwest Geobash.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 10, 2007

CAM Ep. 029: The Moop Along

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with The Moop Along of Toledo, Ohio. Join us for another video interview from the Launch Event as we prep for the Midwest Geobash.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: January 6, 2007

CAM Ep. 028: smilner

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with smilner of Southern Arizona. Our congratulations to Stephanie on her a recent graduation from The University of Arizonia. (And good luck on that first hide.)

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 10, 2007

CAM Ep. 027: mountainranger

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with mountainranger of Wiesbaden, Germany. Aside from tackling those extreme caches (terrain 5s look out!), mountainranger also recorded an excellent show for Podcacher Ep. 110 covering the MegaPott GeOlympics 2007.

Content Rating: Normal
Date Recorded: March 24, 2007

CAM Ep. 026: SerenityNow

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with SerenityNow of Northeast Ohio. This caching couple is well known for their great events they host with Finding Fraggle Rock. The event is largely funded through the sale of the coins available in either Black Nickel or Shiny Copper. This year's event -- ÂDude, Donde Esta Mi Chevy? -- is only a couple months away. They also spoke about Geochums -- their favorite online caching community.

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Date Recorded: April 7, 2007

CAM Ep. 025: Deermark

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Deermark. Deermark hosts the TrailMix events, the ninth (GC132B4 and GC132C2) coming up at the end of the month.

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Date Recorded: January 28, 2007

CAM Ep. 024: the3defaus

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with the3defaus of Texasâs Big Country. We heard a little about how Steve credits Geocaching with saving his marriage, how he converts Geomuggles, and the start of the Greater Abilene Geocachers Association.
Also mentioned in this episode are two caches (GC1343J and GC13416) by RapidEye.

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Date Recorded: February 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 023: OzarksJim

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with OzarksJim of Nixa, Missouri. We spoke with the self-confessed Cache-A-Maniac of the Ozarks several months ago for his take on caching and some good stories.
Also mentioned in this episode is the Coffee, Coins & Sigs Fall 2007 (GC12YX8) event coming in August 2007.

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Date Recorded: January 26, 2007

CAM Ep. 022: TeamLegend4

Sat, 26 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with TeamLegend4. Our caching friends TeamLegend4 joined us for our first recorded video interview, our second to be released. Also mentioned in this episode is next week's Kensington~ Spring Geocaching Bash !! (GC11BMF).

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Date Recorded: January 6, 2007

CAM Ep. 021: Geocaching Podcast Celebration Stories

Sat, 19 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

We wrap-up the Geocaching Podcast Celebration with subscriber stories submitted in the contest. We'll hear stories from justfamily, xpunkx & Julez, Glonch'sPride, redlights, RapidEye, ernies, jimmylogan, Manitto, and Buckskinn88. Before we leave we'll reveal the five winners from the nine entries into the contest.
We also have listener event announcements. Check out the MiGO Clean a County- Roscommon event (GC11KEP), or the Ice Cream Social (GC12CPM) and Krispy Kreme Micro (GC12CPX) events.

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CAM Ep. 020: SpinDocBob

Sat, 12 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Spindoc Bob of Rhodes, Australia. Darren, host of the Austrialian Geocaching Podcast Geotalk, joins us via a Skype connected double-ender.
The Geocaching Podcast Celebration Contest is over! Thanks to everyone who sent in their audio files we're looking forward to an interesting episode next week.

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Date Recorded: March 30, 2007

CAM Ep. 019: konopapw

Sat, 5 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with konopapw. Paul Konopacki hosts the SLAGA Podcast. There's only a few more days to enter the Geocaching Podcast Celebration Contest. Get your entries in now for your change to win an iPod Shuffle or one of four Space Pens. Also mentioned in this episode is the Granite State Grocachers Radio Podcast.

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Date Recorded: April 3, 2007

CAM Ep. 018: Katadin Goddess & Kacky

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Our Geocaching Podcast Celebration continues with Katadin Goddess and Kacky -- host the Maine PodCache Podcast. The podcasting pair gives us some insight as to themselves, their Geocaching, and their podcasting.
Also mentioned in this episode are the new Granite State Podcast by Bass_Chaz (featured in ) and the Flash Mob Cache Event (GC124CW) by Scouter Joe (we're planning on being there!).

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 29, 2007

CAM Ep. 017: Icenrye

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Watch our interview with Icenrye. Our second video podcast was recorded as a double-ender with the host of Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine. Join us as we learn more about this cacher from Canada during our first video interview release.
Before the interview we mentioned the Cache-A-Maniacs Google Group and the iTunes Store.
Also mentioned was the Geocaching Podcast Celebration Contest which is nearing the halfway point.
Note: The first version of this file was too high bit-rate to play on the iPod. That file was replaced on April 22, 2007 at 6:45AM EDT.

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Date Recorded: January 21, 2007

CAM Ep. 016: Jinxdude30

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Jinxdude30 of Jersey. The host of the Jersey Geocaching Podcast has just broken the 100th find milestone. We talk with him about how and why he got into Geocaching and Podcasting during the second show of the Geocaching Podcast Celebration.
Also mentioned in this episode is the 4th Annual GBES Geocaching & Navigational Rally event and the new TrailTech Podcast.

Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: March 27, 2007

CAM Ep. 015: iTrax and FoxTail

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with iTrax and FoxTail of California. This geocaching couple is best known for their Podcacher Podcast. With their interview we're kicking off the Geocaching Podcast Celebration.

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Date Recorded: March 9, 2007

Geocaching Podcast Celebration

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs are celebrating Geocaching Podcasts and the coming of spring here in the Midwest U.S.! We talk with the hosts of each of Geocaching Podcast each week starting April 7, 2007. Sonny and Sandy, the hosts of the Podcacher Podcast kick off the interviews followed by Jon Decker of the Jersey Geocaching Podcast, Icynrye of the Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine, Katadin Goddess & Kacky of the Maine Podcast, Spindoc Bob of Geotalk, and Paul Konopacki of the SLAGA Podcast. Subcribe to have the episodes dropped directly into your podcatcher or click on the media link () in the show notes. For more information about other podcasts, check out our Geocaching Podcasts post for links to all Geocaching Podcasts currently in production.
To wrap up our celebration we're looking for stories from our listeners. Submit your most entertaining Geocaching story for your chance to win a Green 1GB iPod or one of four Fisher Space Pens. E-mail us an audio file no more than two minutes in length, or leave a voicemail (60 second time limit) at 206-222-2153. See the Official Rules for more information.

CAM Ep. 014: Lord Elwood

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Lord Elwood of Fort Wayne, IN.

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Date Recorded: February 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 013: Tiki

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Tiki of island of Oahu, Hawaii. The tikis are perhaps best known for their tiki coins, and have been geocaching for more than 5 years. Check out their website at geotiki.com.

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Date Recorded: February 11, 2007

CAM Ep. 012: Bass_Chaz

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Bass_Chaz of New Hampshire Seacoast. This episode features an interview recorded before the fateful Deliverys in the Back cache incident. We caught up with him again last weekend for a short update since that event. Bass_Chaz has released a travel bug -- Bass Chaz's Bad Idea! (OR, How NOT to hide a Geocache!) -- to spread the word about what not to do when hiding a cache. Also check out his blog entry and the article in Fosters (a local newspaper).

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Date Recorded: January 27, 2007

Second Set of Log Books Are Gone!

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:18:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who has requested logbooks. All of the second set have been shipped now. Look for them to show up at events including Geowoodstock and the Midwest Geobash.

CAM Ep. 011: Xpunkx

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with xpunkx & Julez of Northern Indiana.

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Date Recorded: January 27, 2007

CAM Ep. 010: Golfnutz

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Golfnutz of Clarksville, Arkansas. Listen in to this interview with an experienced Geocacher.

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Date Recorded: February 4, 2007

CAM Ep. 009: Roving Land Sharks

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Roving Land Sharks. Sam spoke with us in December while the rest of the team was feeling under the weather.

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Date Recorded: December 16, 2006

Second Set of Log Books

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:21:00 GMT

We've had many requests for the second round of Log Books. We're still adding names to the list, but we're not certain we'll have enough log books for folks adding their names to the list now. We're waiting on word back from one of the major event as to quantities and that will determine the number available for the new entries. Thanks everyone and we'll let you know when the log books arrive and start shipping.

CAM Ep. 008: Dorsetgal

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Dorsetgal & GeoDog. Our first guest from Europe talks to us while on a business trip in Washington D.C.

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Date Recorded: February 4, 2007

CAM Ep. 007: Muddy Buddies

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Muddy Buddies of Houston, TX.

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Date Recorded: January 26, 2007

CAM Ep. 006: Launch Event Video Podcast

Sat, 3 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

The long overdue first video podcast has hit the feed! Join us as we take a brief look at the Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event and wrap up the Launch Event Swag Bag Contest.
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CAM Ep. 005: CrossRoadNomads

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with CrossRoadNomads of Farmland, Indiana.

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Date Recorded: January 7, 2007

Printable Flyers (Quarter Page)

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:58:00 GMT

We've created a few Flyers for cachers who want to help promote the show. These PDFs can be printed at home and cut into quarters to be dropped into caches or at events. These different versions have been created with the same text but with three options for colors and for either US Letter or A4 Letter paper.

	Full Color A4 Letter This full color version is best for newer inkjet printers with photo quality image production. A4 Letter is typically used in Europe.
	Full Color US Letter This full color version is best for newer inkjet printers with photo quality image production. US Letter is typically used in North America.
	Color A4 Letter This version works best on color laser printers and older color inkjet printers. A4 Letter is typically used in Europe.
	Color US Letter This version works best on color laser printers and older color inkjet printers. US Letter is typically used in North America.
	Black & White A4 Letter This black and white version works best on monochrome laser printers. A4 Letter is typically used in Europe.
	Black & White US Letter This black and white version works best on monochrome laser printers. US Letter is typically used in North America.

Out of Log Books!

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:27:00 GMT

Wow! We are now completely out of log books. It will be a couple months before we order new ones, but if you'd like to get on the list drop us an e-mail.

CAM Ep. 004: GeoJono

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Geojono. You might recognize this Michigan Geocacher either from his contributions to Geocaching Podcasts, through his website (GeoJono.com), or from his cache logs.

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Date Recorded: December 16, 2006

Four More Launch Event Swag Bags

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:10:00 GMT

We had a total of six of these cool Swag Bags to give away on the show, but we just drew the first two names (listen for the names to on Episode 4). Each of these bags are unique, but all have at least two geocoins, swag for caches, and items for your cache bag (pictured are two of the bags included in the give-away). There's still plenty of time to get your entries in for the contest if you haven't already. Remember that all names will be mentioned on episodes 4 through 6, so listen to the show to find out if you've won.

CAM Ep. 003: ABXGuy

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with ABXGuy of Northern Michigan. ABXGuy hosts the TC Winter Convergence VI (GCYDME) coming up on January 20th in the Pere Marquette State Forest.

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Date Recorded: December 30, 2006

Win a Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event Swag Bag

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:00:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event has begun! As mentioned on Epsiode 2, we're going to be giving away two of the Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event Swag Bags to our subscribers that weren't able to attend the launch event. We'll have at least two of these swag bags to give away (at about $35 value), but possibly more (we'll have 58 bags available for the launch event attendees and if any of those aren't claimed we'll add them to the give-away). Listen to episode 2 for information about how to enter your name in the drawing.
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CAM Ep. 002: Rattrak and The Pink Rat

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Listen to our interview with Rattrak and The Pink Rat. This father-daughter team talks candidly for more than an hour on our first interview show.
We also talk about the Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event tonight at 5:00PM EST. Watch for our upcoming video podcast for travel bugs to discover and highlights from the evening. Also enter to win a Launch Event Swag Bag by sending an e-mail to cacheamaniacs@gmail.com with the subject of "Swag Bag Contest" and your geocaching.com screen name in the body. Listen to the podcast for more information.

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Date Recorded: December 16, 2006

CAM Ep. 001: Introduction

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the first episode of the Cache-A-Maniacs. In this episode we'll introduce you to the podcast and play the Rapid Response game with your hosts DarrylW4 and Firefly03.

Only Hours Left Till Episode 1

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:37:00 GMT

With only a few hours till the first episode drops, DarrylW4 leaked information about the release schedule of the first six episodes to the Cache-A-Maniacs Google Group. If you're curious you can check out the post yourself in the discussions. Meanwhile the first episode is posted and set to automatically drop at midnight.

Link To Us

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:45:00 GMT

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Promo on SLAGA Geocaching Podcast

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:07:00 GMT

Episode #48 of the SLAGA Geocaching Podcast was released today with our Cache-A-Maniacs promo with a call for guest recommendations. Thanks for the plug, and if you know someone who might be a good guest for the show, please drop us an e-mail.

Promo on Podcacher

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:38:00 GMT

The latest episode of the Podcacher podcast - Show 83.0: Hiding a Cache (NECC Swag) - has just been released. Sonny and Sandy played our promo for the show and release party with a call for guest recommendations. Thanks for the plug, and if you know someone who might be a good guest for the show, please drop us an e-mail.

Mention on Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:34:00 GMT

Episode 18 of Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine has just hit the feed, soon to hit the website, with the Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event and Podcast heading up the news segment. Thanks for the plug!
If you missed it, you might want to check out Episode 17 which featured a video package Firefly03 and I put together of our trip to the MiGO 2006 Fall Fun Day.

Google Group

Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:25:00 GMT

Join the Cache-A-Maniacs' Google Group to stay up-to-date and participate in discussions about the podcast.

Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event

Thu, 7 Dec 2006 19:24:00 GMT

Join us for our Cache-A-Maniacs Launch Event if you're in or around the Metro Detroit area on January 6, 2007. The event will celebrate the launch of the podcast with free food and hanging with fellow geocachers. Be sure to bring your coin collections and signature items to share with all the attendees.

Coming Soon

Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:07:00 GMT

The Cache-A-Maniacs podcast will be coming soon. Check back January 1, 2007 for the first, introductory episode. You may also subscribe in iTunes or any Podcatcher today (but keep in mind that the feed will be empty through January 1). We'd love to hear from you at cacheamaniacs@gmail.com or by calling the voice mail line at 206-222-2153.