Topics that dont fit elsewhere, but still are related to challenge checkers. https://project-gc.com/forum/list?9 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:55:22 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,120856,120856#msg-120856 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,120856,120856#msg-120856
Das klappt soweit sehr gut; aber:
Mir fehlt ein Filter, um bereits signierte, aber noch nicht als "Fund" geloggte Challenges auszufiltern.

Hierzu habe ich keine passende Filteroption gefunden.

Vielleicht kann mir ja jemand eine passenden "Filtertipp" geben.

Vielen lieben Dank.]]> Freakyfinder Miscellaneous Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:39:51 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,120506,120506#msg-120506 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,120506,120506#msg-120506
Would the format/criteria in this one still be allowed and could I adapt it to CANADA?
I've asked around, read other info, some say yes, some say no so I am asking the experts...

thank you very much...

GC9TYDJ - The Bingo Challenge (Australia)]]> freddycougar Miscellaneous Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:59:43 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118580,118580#msg-118580 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118580,118580#msg-118580
Could someone help me and tell me if they are all correct ?

- Find 2 countries in the same day
- Find 29 caches under the sea level
- Find 1 cache starting with one letter to create the word "Finistere"
- Find 290 caches on the 29th of any month (valid over multiple years)
- Find 29 caches with 29 in the tittle (letter or number)
- Find 29 caches in each departement from Bretagne (finistere//cote d'armor/mobihan/ille et vilaine)
- Find a cache 29 days in a row

Thanks]]> Cukcelte Miscellaneous Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:45:16 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118486,118486#msg-118486 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118486,118486#msg-118486 https://project-gc.com/Challenges//63953

The checker identifies caches found in Florida, but still fails the final test.

If we look at the tag configuration, there is a space following Florida in the list of states.

{
"regions": 8,
"findsPerRegion": 3,
"country": [
"United States"
],
"region": [
"Mississippi",
"Louisiana",
"Texas",
"Arkansas",
"Tennessee",
"Alabama",
"Georgia",
"Florida "
],
"types": [
"Traditional Cache"
],
"list": "show"
}]]> j2dad Miscellaneous Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:37:48 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118037,118037#msg-118037 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,118037,118037#msg-118037 https://project-gc.com/Challenges//93590

Today I noticed it's green. I ran it... and it lists a bunch of caches that were previously not below sea level. Has there been a change in the elevation data recently or something? I remember a while back there was an announcement, but I did not pass here when I signed it in July, and I had already found most of the caches listed in the output.]]> bmuzzin Miscellaneous Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:03:01 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117854,117854#msg-117854 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117854,117854#msg-117854 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,117545

QUESTION:
My stats have been hidden from all except friends because I had a stalker. How will the changes affect me? Will HQ just allow us to post our own checker results? (FWIW I had logs deleted by a CO who didn't follow the official rules and insisted I post script from Project GC and not a screenshot of my stats, which is a whole other issue of course!)

If I had to make all my stats and finds open publicly I would have to stop using challenge checkers. That would mean HQ forcing people to be public and I would think that also breaks privacy laws? Confused here!]]> CCFsmile Miscellaneous Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:13:30 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117853,117853#msg-117853 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117853,117853#msg-117853
Saw this challenge and am trying to come up with one here (New England). It's a bingo challenge:
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCA863T/77271

Could this be a currently accepted challenge? And could one add in a certain number of a single attribute as well? (The attribute thing I think they changed so we can use only one? Seems oddly limited...)

Thanks in advance!]]> CCFsmile Miscellaneous Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:42:52 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117474,117474#msg-117474 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117474,117474#msg-117474
I am using the following URL for finding eartcaches in month I didn't found yet.

https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapHiddenMonth?pre_pr_profileName=Toronar&post_ts_type%5B%5D=Earthcache&post_hd_fromDate=2010-01-01&post_hd_toDate=2015-12-31&submit=Filter

The problem is that there were no earthcaches found worldwide, which are placed in that period and I didn't found yet.
I can't believe that.

When I look to geocaching map and searh for earthcaches in that period I found a lot in Baden-Württemberg

Can anybody help me?]]> Toronar Miscellaneous Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:31:54 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117226,117226#msg-117226 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117226,117226#msg-117226
Yesterday you created two challenge checkers for my cache GCBHQMN. Since only the checker https://project-gc.com/Challenges//111081 is being used for the cache, I would like to ask you to unlink the checker https://project-gc.com/Challenges//111068 with the tag 111068 from the GC code. This way, no one can accidentally use the wrong checker.

I hope this is possible.

Best regards,
geomarvi11]]> geomarvi11 Miscellaneous Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:24:23 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117169,117169#msg-117169 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,117169,117169#msg-117169
it is possible to adjust the general script-output, which is displaying the 81-matrix?

At the moment the script is just stating a plain table, where the x- and y-axis are not named with Terrain and Difficulty,
while the project-gc stats tabel shows the same, but the axis is named with Terrain and Difficulty:



Thanks in advance,
BR Wolv]]> wolv_007 Miscellaneous Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:06:48 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,116120,116120#msg-116120 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,116120,116120#msg-116120 Rural commune Chełm in Chełm County received land from the city of Chełm (county status). The city of Radom (county status) incorporated a village and several square kilometers of land from Radom County. The city of Słupsk (county status) incorporated one village, previously in Słupsk County. The city of Piekary Śląskie (county status) lost land to the city of Radzionków in Tarnogórski County.]]> ru.beus Miscellaneous Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:21:22 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,115444,115444#msg-115444 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,115444,115444#msg-115444 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBFP8H_ohio-river-run-challenge-cache I am using the checker https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBFP8H/108521.

It is tagged to geoPetros instead of me so the verify tag button isn't appearing when I view the checker.

How do I get the tag changed to me - GermanyBert]]> GermanyBert Miscellaneous Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:28:47 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,115400,115400#msg-115400 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,115400,115400#msg-115400
What are your hot takes on challenge ratings?
Back in the day there were tough challenges with the stout challenges spilling their difficulty over to the terrain rating, so a roadside hide that was T1 or 1.5 would get a terrain rating much higher to reflect the travel or terrain you face in completing the challenge. You could call it, inflating the rating, but somewhat appropriately.
Lately it seems there has been a push to have the terrain rating of the challenge's hide be the terrain rating you advertise, so a challenge with terrain 4 is going to be up a mountain, a tree, in stormwater tunnels, or something of that ilk. try to cluster them so you are rewarded for the long hike with lots of high Terrain challenges.

This has led to a significant number of challenges that are terrain 1.5 and considered by some to be less desirable, like those who are trying to get their average terrain rating higher.

This pushes me to hide challenges in the higher terrain settings so the rating is genuine but the high terrain chasers can get their... fix.I try to cluster them so you are rewarded for the long hike with lots of high Terrain challenges, making it worth your while if you are from out of town just travelling through as a challenge tourist.

Some locals have complained that they want to find my challenges which they have accomplished, but their health makes it really tough to get to and sign them. I was thinking of moving to high reach containers as a workaround middle ground, so the approach is easy enough for them, but the hiding spot without a reaching tool is still high terrain. You can't please everyone, but I sure try and get the majority.

Has anyone else wandered this thought path? I'd love to hear your take on things.

Also, whaddaya think to a super easy beginner challenge that has a hard hiding spot to inflate its difficulty rating far beyond the challenge itself? Challenges tend to be quick to find to facilitate those travelling through as challenge tourists.

I welcome disagreement and varying views, my ego needs to be kept in check.]]> CheekyBrit Miscellaneous Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114863,114863#msg-114863 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114863,114863#msg-114863
For example, Jasmers are not allowed anymore, since you can "unqualify" for them over time. So up here we did Governor challenges, where you had to find a cache hidden in each month of a governor's tenure, i.e. for Sarah Palin you had to find a cache hidden in every month from December 2006 to July 2009. We also had someone do "25 years of goecaching," where you had to find one cache hidden in every month for 25 straight years. This is like a jasmer, but you cannot unqualify.

So my question is, what are some other modifications you all are seeing to allow fun challenges that are similar to golden oldies, but still allowable?
What are some of the coolest NEW challenge caches you have seen hidden?
If anyone is really bored, please take a look at the Aurora Challenge Trail up here and let me know if you have ideas for other cool challenges we should add.

https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BMF1R9W

(We have a bunch still scheduled to be posted... I will paste those here:

Cruise Ship Challenge one cache in any five of: Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder, Hoonah-Angoon, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell, or Yakutat
Alaska Bush 49 caches in any of the following: north slope, northwest arctic, Nome, Yukon-Koyokuk, Kusilyak, bethel, dillingham, bristol bay, lake and penn, kodiak, aluetians east, or aluetians west
Alaska-Sized 49 Large Caches
Sourdough Streak 49 day streak
Find Alaska Outside Find caches in states that when combined makeup more than the square miles of Alaska
Snowbird Find 49 "seasonal access"
Cheechako Find 49 "availble in winter"
Sourdough Find 49 with no attributes at all
Two Seasons: Winter Find 49 caches in Alaska on any dates between October 1 and March 31
Two Seasons: Construction Find 49 caches in Alaska on any dates between June 1 and August 31 in any year.
Palin Era Find caches hidden in every month from December 2006- July 2009
Parnell Era Find caches hidden in every month from July 2009- Decmeber 2014
Walker Era Find Caches hidden in every month from December 2014-December 2018
Dunleavy Era Find caches hidden in every month since December 2018
Murkowski Era Find caches hidden in every month from December 2002 - December 2004
Sourdough Mini Jasmer at least 4.9 caches hidden in every month since 2010.
Tenderfoot Mini Jasmer 49 caches hidden in each year from 2010 on. Specific months don't matter.
Glacier Gift Shop 49 souvineers
GeoFootstomper's Pirate Challenge 49 skull attribute
Devil's Club 49 "thorns"
It's called a SNOW MACHINE 49 snow mobile attribute
Iditarod Challenge 49 "dogs allowed"
Bonus Round Find 5 bonus attributes (alaska only has two currently)
Fermented Sourdough Caches Find the oldest cache in at least three Alaskan burroughs
Alaskan Holidaze Find at least one cache on each of the following Alaska Holidays: Proclaimation Day (Jan 1) Marmot Day (Feb 2) Elizabeth Peratovich Day (February 16) Seward's Day (last Monday in March), Good Friday Rememberence Day (March 27), Constiution Day (April 24), Kenai River Fishing Season (June 11) Alaska Flag Day (July 9), PFD Day (October 1), Indigenous Peoples' Day (Second Monday in October), and Alaska Day (October 18)
Reccommended for (Ladybug) Kids Find 49 caches with the "Good for Kids" attribute
365 Days of Birks 365 Day streak]]> BirkenstockReport Miscellaneous Sat, 03 Jan 2026 02:28:03 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114715,114715#msg-114715 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114715,114715#msg-114715 yesterday, I created bunch of tags for cache owners.
Now I'm requested to edit one of them, but no matter what I try, I'm getting "Error saving" error - on all of below tests:

1. Editing my tag
2. Adding new tag with copied Config ( = surely correct syntax )
3. Deleted original tag, trying to add new with exact same GC code and Config
4. Cloning existing tag (error message is now "Unknown error")

Tested with real GC code (GCBBZH6) and fake ones .. can't save anything.
Never seen this in 10+ years of tagging ..
Please, help.]]> Rikitan Miscellaneous Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:21:55 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114068,114068#msg-114068 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,114068,114068#msg-114068
Since the guidelines are a little stricter, I wanted to ask if the following challenges would still be possible:

1.) Event type in x countries – e.g., log an event in 20 countries.
2.) Form a word from the first letters of countries. E.g., BIRD is formed from Belgium, Ireland, Romania, Denmark.
(Guidelines exclude cache titles, etc., but not countries.)

Thanks,
Vlk22]]> vlk22 Miscellaneous Sat, 03 Jan 2026 03:05:30 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113356,113356#msg-113356 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113356,113356#msg-113356
Thanks,
Frank]]> Sam.and.Frank Miscellaneous Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:08:50 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113318,113318#msg-113318 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113318,113318#msg-113318 I got this error message today if I run a checker. A few days ago everything was fine.

Failed to execute script. Profile name's privacy settings forbids this.

Checked both profiles in GC-Project and Geocaching.com. Did not find a setting
where I would be able to change script execution. Any ideas?

Thanks for help!!]]> joemanzh Miscellaneous Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:33:02 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113300,113300#msg-113300 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,113300,113300#msg-113300
I think, the counter showing the number of qualifying items and the counter showing how many are still required to complete the challenge also include the owner’s test attempts.

That skews the counts for cachers during normal operation of the checker. In theory I could record both numbers after finishing the tests and subtract them later, but that’s rather impractical.

So I try to perform as few tests as possible. Test attempts most likely distort the challenge difficulty rating (the number above the skull).

IMHO, there is a simple solution: Reset both counters to zero when the cache is published.

Would it be feasible to implement this?
Greetings
ivans]]> ivans Miscellaneous Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:59:14 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,112416,112416#msg-112416 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,112416,112416#msg-112416
I have an idea for a challenge that I haven't read anything about yet, and no one in my circle has ever heard of such a challenge either.

However, I am concerned that it is not programmable, so I would like to ask beforehand whether it is even feasible.

The challenge is:

To be allowed to log the cache, you must have given five caches the first favorite point.

Is it possible??

Thank you!]]> GUMA29 Miscellaneous Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:02:07 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111393,111393#msg-111393 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111393,111393#msg-111393 hoffe hier bin ich richtig?!
Bei den Checkern ist eine Schwierigkeit angegeben.(Z.B. beim Reiter Challenge in der Profilstatistik Matrix Schwierigkeiten)
z.B.
Schwierigkeit der Challenge57 (Die Schwierigkeit der Challenge bewertet von Project-GC auf einer Skala von 0 bis 100)
Wer bestimmt die, bzw. wie kann ich dies beeinflussen?
In der Matrix fehlt die eine oder andere Schwierigkeit. Wie kann ich gezielt danach suchen?
Dank und Gruß
Rio]]> Klein Löwilein Miscellaneous Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:33:48 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111230,111230#msg-111230 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111230,111230#msg-111230 GC1E9KJ - Manitoba ABC Soup (Canada)

I logged a NOTE for this one on Sept 20 and on Sept 21 I logged the caches I needed to complete the challenge.

It still isn't working....can someone help me out here?? My sister BugsBunny13 is in the same boat, she needed 4 or 5 to complete the challenge, we both did this on the 21st and yet the Checker says neither of us qualify

Thanks]]> freddycougar Miscellaneous Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:32:56 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111213,111213#msg-111213 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111213,111213#msg-111213 thanks
kribnkrew]]> kribnkrew Miscellaneous Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:23:41 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111115,111115#msg-111115 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,111115,111115#msg-111115
Somehow only just learned about this fun checker and the awesome map: https://project-gc.com/Tools/360home
I don't see any caches with a 360 challenge except the one in NH for 360 Massachusetts (which is tough but also odd - why is it in NH?!).

Anyway is it feasible - since Project GC has a checker - to create a challenge that the finder has to fulfill the 360 from their home? I almost fulfill it (probably will aim to, just 6 needed), so could feasibly create a challenge if allowed. It isn't time based and geographical challenges are allowed IIRC?]]> CCFsmile Miscellaneous Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:23:16 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110792,110792#msg-110792 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110792,110792#msg-110792
A handful of my checkers are no longer working correctly. These are all which require a completed D/T, hidden date and found date calendar for various types and sizes of cache. In all cases, the found date is not displaying in the checker output. The following are the ones that I'm aware of that are not working correctly:

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0RFZ/98709

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0TDA/97970

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0TDP/97971

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0TE5/97972

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0TET/97973

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help with this.

Andy]]> chilihouse Miscellaneous Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:45:04 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110601,110601#msg-110601 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110601,110601#msg-110601
I'm unsure where to post this, so I hope that this is the correct place.

I had a checker that was previously working correctly, but is no longer doing so - as an example, when I run the checker it comes back with the result that I have 0 qualifying caches.

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB0TCT/97927

Can anybody help resolve this?

Many Thanks,

Andy]]> chilihouse Miscellaneous Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:02:50 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110391,110391#msg-110391 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110391,110391#msg-110391
I have a checker made - https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBC3Y3/104947

Fill 3 DT loops with caches that do NOT have the 'Tree Climbing Required' attribute
Fill 1 DT loop with caches that HAVE the 'No Tree Climbing Required' attribute

The guidelines say 'Attributes, as long as only one attribute is chosen. '

Would this be allowed or not allowed? It's only chosen one attribute to find; the other is excluded.
I believe I also had it made after the guidelines were put in place so maybe it is allowed?]]> Samuel737 Miscellaneous Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:58:23 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110359,110359#msg-110359 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,110359,110359#msg-110359
This is the challenge I cloned: GC8F43A - Country Challenge - 25 (United States)]]> Bacon! Miscellaneous Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:37:21 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,109946,109946#msg-109946 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,109946,109946#msg-109946
https://coord.info/GC50ZY5
In the listing, a checker is used for verification https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC50ZY5/22092

Redundant tags:
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC50ZY5/25130
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC50ZY5/33896
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC50ZY5/73036
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC50ZY5/21440

In my Signed challenges tool, I see 5 checkers.
Not fullfilled: 46
but
42 items in the Signed challenges list

Owner did not respond to the request to remove redundant tags.]]> geoPetros Miscellaneous Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:56:47 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,109832,109832#msg-109832 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?9,109832,109832#msg-109832 For example "Girona" (That would be the third level of administration)
Thanks]]> ManelMP Miscellaneous Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:56:51 +0000