Ancient sites: Gateway to another world?

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whatisthat Aug 20, 2006 06:44:02
Replying to The Eternal

The Eternal wrote:
... it's only time before it'll die a death like all trends
I doubt it. Geocaching is a popular and growing activity.

The Eternal wrote:
It's the modern phase of train spotting.
I think 'normal' people would consider people with our interest (walking miles in the middle of nowhere looking for piles of old stones) as train spotters :-).

If anyone has a problem with a geocache at an ancient site, then I suggest they take it away or throw it into the bushes away from the site. Geocachers won't mind. They are not precious about their little boxes and finding (or not finding) well hidden caches is all part of the fun.

R rocknicker
rocknicker Aug 20, 2006 07:56:48
Replying to whatisthat

whatisthat wrote:
If anyone has a problem with a geocache at an ancient site, then I suggest they take it away or throw it into the bushes away from the site. Geocachers won't mind. They are not precious about their little boxes and finding (or not finding) well hidden caches is all part of the fun.
hahahahahahahahaha

in my experience geocachers have *NO* sense of humour about this.

furthermore, this practise of "throwing it into the bushes" could encourage them to dig deeper.

Much better to report it to their own bosses to sort out. some of them appear to give a damn and tend to encourage lesser shits to behave, where appropriate. Their own rules say they shouldn't compromise sites of special interest, whether they be standing stones or birds nests.

T The Eternal
The Eternal Aug 20, 2006 21:26:42
Replying to whatisthat

whatisthat,

quote: I think 'normal' people would consider people with our interest (walking miles in the middle of nowhere looking for piles of old stones) as train spotters :-).

Yes, but unlike most trends, antiquarianism has lasted centuries.
Regards,
TE.