How Far is Far Enough?

January 17, 2008

How far do you go from the apparent ground zero to look for a cache?  Is it different in an urban setting than out in the wild?

Yesterday, I zeroed out at a likely spot for a cache but didn’t find anything.  Put in a call to Elin and learned that it was 75 feet away.  When I posted the find, there was another log stating they were 70 feet away.

Typically in an urban setting, I’ll go out 40-50 feet, if it makes sense.  I would have easily found yesterday’s cache without help if I  just widened the area a few more feet or just used my geosenses. The cache was actually right where I thought to would be when I drove up, but 75 feet seems a long way to go.