jimsimm Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 How do I find out about newly hidden geocaches besides just logging in everyday, searching by zip code then going through all the same geocaches day after day waiting for a new one? Is there a way to be alerted automatically of new geocache postings? Is there a way to sort the search results by the date hidden? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Yes. You need to become a premium member, and then you can sign up for instant notifications. You will receive an email when new caches are published in your area (as well as get notifications for a whole bunch of other things if you wish. Quote Link to comment
+Team_CSG Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sign up for notifications http://www.geocaching.com/notify/ You must be a premium member Official sponsor of Podcacher.com 2007 Geocaching Tour Quote Link to comment
jimsimm Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Thanks for your help. I just signed up for a premium membership. Now, when I try to create a new notification, which option do I check off from the menu if I want to be notified of the newest cache's -- "publish listing"? "enable listing?" Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Thanks for your help. I just signed up for a premium membership. Now, when I try to create a new notification, which option do I check off from the menu if I want to be notified of the newest cache's -- "publish listing"? "enable listing?" publish enable implies the owner had it off for a while and is now turning it back on. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) You want the "Publish" listing. That will notify you of the newest caches that have just been "published." However, you might also want to get the "Archive" notification if you create a database in a program like GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) from your PQs. That will prevent you from having "stale data" and looking for a cache that is no longer there. Edit . . . too slow . . . Edited June 28, 2007 by Miragee Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Be warned. When you get that first email that a cache has been published, the urge to stop doing whatever you are doing and run out the door is immensely high. Quote Link to comment
+Driver Carries Cache Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) Be warned. When you get that first email that a cache has been published, the urge to stop doing whatever you are doing and run out the door is immensely high. That's no lie DCC Edited June 28, 2007 by Driver Carries Cache Quote Link to comment
+The GeoSpy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Be warned. When you get that first email that a cache has been published, the urge to stop doing whatever you are doing and run out the door is immensely high. That's no lie DCC You're telling me! Quote Link to comment
+The GeoSpy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yes. You need to become a premium member, and then you can sign up for instant notifications. You will receive an email when new caches are published in your area (as well as get notifications for a whole bunch of other things if you wish. Is there a way to find about newly hidden geocaches without being a premium member? Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yes. You need to become a premium member, and then you can sign up for instant notifications. You will receive an email when new caches are published in your area (as well as get notifications for a whole bunch of other things if you wish. Is there a way to find about newly hidden geocaches without being a premium member? Before we knew about notifications, almost a hundred ftfs were done by "Newest In" on our profile page. Checked it four times a day. Have to go to search, or your state in the US subforums now. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Is there a way to find about newly hidden geocaches without being a premium member? Make a bookmark in your browser for this link: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?state_id=10 B. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 your state in the US subforums Oh, that's much better. You can really narrow it down. http://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=10 Too bad we can't do that for the provinces in Canada. B. Quote Link to comment
+Team Taran Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Before I had a premium membership, I located new caches by clicking on the link on my profile page for nearby caches I haven't found. It was easy to scroll down the page and spot newly placed caches that were close enough for me to try for an ftf. This would be harder in a very cache dense area but I found spotting unfound caches quite easy with practice. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 your state in the US subforums Oh, that's much better. You can really narrow it down. http://www.geocachin...spx?state_id=10 Too bad we can't do that for the provinces in Canada. B. Provinces in Canada have a state_id as well. The "state_id" is just the name of the parameter that is passed in on the request. The value is what is important. Try going here: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?country_id=5 Then select the province that you want and bookmark the URL when you get a response, for example here is the URL for Ontario: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?state_id=69 Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) your state in the US subforums Oh, that's much better. You can really narrow it down. http://www.geocachin...spx?state_id=10 Too bad we can't do that for the provinces in Canada. B. Provinces in Canada have a state_id as well. The "state_id" is just the name of the parameter that is passed in on the request. The value is what is important. Try going here: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?country_id=5 Then select the province that you want and bookmark the URL when you get a response, for example here is the URL for Ontario: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?state_id=69 Thanks. I have had the link to Ontario bookmarked on my browser, under the "Geocaching" tab, for quite a long time now. That of course is going to get you a list of all the geocaches in Ontario. The link that cerberus1 posted gives you the opportunity to narrow it down to "local city (Cities with populations over 20,000 are shown.)" http://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=10 Taking my bookmarked link, and changing the state id to 10 (Florida), you get this list: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?state_id=10 Yes, we can fudge around with postal codes, but it would be so much easier if we had a drop-down menu of cities. B. Edited June 15, 2015 by Pup Patrol Quote Link to comment
+The GeoSpy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 How do I find out about newly hidden geocaches besides just logging in everyday, searching by zip code then going through all the same geocaches day after day waiting for a new one? Is there a way to be alerted automatically of new geocache postings? Is there a way to sort the search results by the date hidden? Thanks for your help. Actually, you do NOT have to become a premium member to view newly hidden caches. You can view a map of all of the new caches in your area that have not yet been logged by clicking here and entering your country, state/providence, and county. Then, a map will pop up with all of the new caches in your area that have not yet been logged. Quote Link to comment
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