Rattlingcrew
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An SD card is a form of memory, there are several memory options out there. A CD and a floppy disk would be two more common examples. An SD card can run from 25 dollars or so for a small memory card up to 130 dollars or so for a larger card. I think I bought a gig at Wally World for under 100 dollars. Amazing, my first computer had two gigs of memory and I ran a 200 page web site off of it. Glen
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After carrying an old heavy Sony FD Camera, I finaly bought a much lighter and smaller Sony DSC W7, it only has a 3X lens, but fits nicely in my shirt pocket. I found that a nice option! They are not too bad on price and can take up to a 5 meg photo. I usually leave mine on 3 megs. I bought a gig memory stick, it enables me to take over 1000 photos before I need to download. I normally do not let it store over 100, makes the files easier to handle. The menus are easy to use, it can be bought for under 300 at several places. Works great for everything except those long range wildlife photos. Glen
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Count me in for four of each, if the price is going to remain the same. Surely you will have one with the abolistionist John Brown gracing the face. I can send you a jpeg of the famous painting in the Kansas State Capitol Building if you would like.
After all, it started pretty close to home. I think this series would be very collectable beyond the caching world, might be the brightest idea for a series of coins yet. Glen -
I bought four of them, I thought they would make good trading material down the road. maybe not if they are showing up as a regular travel bug.
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Looks like I better get a couple of these as well. Thanks for dropping me a line. Glen
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I would have to have a few, what about the state mammal, the buffalo, or the state reptile, the ornate tortoise, or the state tree, a large dominant cottonwood? There are a load of nice designs that could be used without encroaching on Dorothy! I think the Wizard of OZ has been beath to death with all the T shirts and truck stop junk... Glen
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I think most of the officers in our area are aware of the sport and about 15 of us participate in some form or another. As previously mentioned, a little common sense goes a long ways, especially at night. Several out of town cachers have been stopped on their way back to their cars with a friendly "I know what you are looking for." Remember that we are human just like everybody else, only once in awhile we get shot at, so naturally we are a little defensive. I can tell you from experience, getting shot hurts and takes a very long time to recover from, in some aspects, one never does fully recover. Neither do those one works with.
The best approach is to just be honest, it would help if you just gave them a printout of what you are looking for, not necessarily the exact cache, but a cache sheet, so the have some idea what is going on. I have been stopped in other cities and without telling them I was an officer, I had no problems explaining the game. Of course, my pickup usually has six or more ammocans with GeoCache stenciled on them sliding around in the bed. Glen*
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Heck, I would drive from Central Kansas to pick it up! Glad to hear you are coming home in good enough condition to continue as a cacher, above all I would like to thank you for your service. Here's wishing only the best for you and yours. :salute: as we do not have a saluting icon. Glen*
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If he keeps antagonizing, we will have to fire up the Kaiser and go turn some rocks over! Glen*
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I still do not think it makes a good hiking GPS. Short battery life and an antenna that just begs to be snapped off are only two of the short comings. But for a road machine to get you in the vicinity, it really shines now. Glen*
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I just spent a few hours messing with my Ique. I have a tip for anybody using cachemate with the Ique. The ex button on the cachmate page will export all waypoints into the Garmin Maps. The problem is that it will dump them into the unfiled file if you do not specify a file. Hit it twice and you have a double list. I recommend making a "GEO" file or two and storing the caching addresses in there. That way you can just delete the whole file and make a new one if you trash a file with duplicate records.
I probably spent a couple of hours sorting through all the waypoints and deleting them. This completely changed my attitude towards my IQUE. I thought it was pretty much worthless as a caching tool, excellent for driving down the road.
I have been using Easy GPS and a GPS V for driving and a Rino 120 for cross country. I can see where the IQUE will work very nicely now that I finally figured out how to use the waypoint tools through cachemate. I also use a Dell Axim for paperless caching, but can see now that I would not have made that purchase had I made myself familar with this program first. Glen*
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Rino 120 and a cheap PDA. The 120 is a caching machine. It holds enough maps to cover most of my state, Kansas. It seems to work better in cover than any other unit I have used. Glen*
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I use GPX Sonar with my AXIM 50V. It works pretty slick. I just run a pocket query every Friday with the 100 closest caches I have not found and name it the same as the file I used the week before. That way any new caches or caches that I found during the week are added or deleted. I like it because I can search for nearest caches by coordinates, I put in bookmarks for Wichita, Manhattan and Hays. If I am going out of town or state, I just run a query for that area. It lists the cache information, including hints and bugs if you want. When you click on the description, a webpage opens up in Pocket Explorer, just like the site, without images though.
I use a GPSV to drive site to site and a Rino 120 to cross country. I just delete the waypoints off the V as I go, then select nearest cache and as I am walking towards the cache, I turn on the Rino and select nearest on it. I use easy GPS to download coordinates into the GPS units from the geocaching pages. Glen*
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He probably has a good working knowledge of the Phoenix area anyway. I use a V in a dash mount and it is awesome. Being from central Kansas, population is sparse, but you can get most of the state in the mapping. Leave out Wichita and Kansas City Metro and the whole state would probably go. It is an awesome machine. I also have an IQUE, but the trusty five is a nice ride and mine has lots and lots of hours on it, thousands, I should go check, probably over ten thousand hours now. It never misses a beat. It is slower to map and loads slower than some of my newer GPS recievers, but I would have been well served to have just stuck with the V. A cigarette lighter, a power cord, a dash mount, a V and open country, gotta love it. The easy switch to a compass during caching adventures is great too. Glen*
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Cast my vote for the Rino 120 or 130, I have a Vista, GPS3Plus, GPSV, an old GPS40? and an IQUE. The IQUE is great for the road, but worthless without an outside power source. The battery will not last 10 minutes in GPS mode. The Rinos though seem to be much faster to aquire satellites, and seem to hold a signal where none of the rest do. Maybe it is just an antenna issue? At any rate, it really makes caching with the Vista frustrating. Glen*
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This is a pretty addictive game on both sides. I found Salina Base East and Salina Base West set in the 1890s. The descriptions list them as rods and the rod is set in the middle of a concrete slab with a cross and.... you can look for yourself I guess. Glen*
http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=JF1012
GeoidChaser, it is good to see you are still kicking. Glen aka RattlingCrew
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http://img.Groundspeak.com/benchmark/lg/26515_400.jpg is one of the photos of JF1012 http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=JF1012 the marker is dated 1895 and listed as Salina Base East. There is an identical marker in the UPRR yards, buried under 18 to 24 inches of cinders from the steam engines. Salina Base West in the identical design and markings. These are the oldest I have found. There are some that are chiseled crosses in the area as well. My favorite is in the widow sill of an old Rock Island Railroad Depot, taken over by the Missouri Pacific, bench mark number JF1026 http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=JF1026 . The UPRR came through complete with a disc in the northern wall, it is a common brass or copper one though. Glen*
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I have ammo cans and plastic containers. Rats like to chew on plastic for some reason. I had a couple of problems with plastic containers that had holes knawed through the seal part of the lids. I am sure the ammo cans will rust in time. I have 12 mortar tubes out there, they are very heavy plastic and seem to be very tough. They also are expenxive and hard to hide because of their length. They also limit the size of what can bee stuffed into one. Like life, it is a game of compromises, go through and have fun! Glen
The Rattling Crew in the plain white wrapper.
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I suppose we all place caches for different reasons. I try to place mine in scenic or historic areas in an effort to share these cool spots with others. I must be wrong though, I put the same type stuff in all of them, near or far. For me it is the hide, the log and getting you there to share. Most of mine are fairly close to the road, I have a few that will really get you puffing for air though. Glen
The Rattling Crew in the plain white wrapper.
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I have a GPS V and thre GPS 3 Plus units. The V is nice for finding restaurants or mapping through strange cities, but I much prefer to use the 3+ for caching and general county road driving. The maps have a lot more detail in them. I tried loading the Rec maps in my V to take advantage of the larger storage capacity, but the detailed maps are still not as good with the V. I find very little to no difference between the units in accuracy. I have the stick-on Garmin mount in my old truck and use a 3+ there as a speedometer. I also have two bean bag mounts. I never experienced a problem with the bean bag mounts, I probably drive rougher roads than most too. I think the dash contour has a lot to do with your choice of mounts. Glen AKA "The Rattling Crew"
The Rattling Crew in the plain white wrapper.
After all, it started pretty close to home. I think this series would be very collectable beyond the caching world, might be the brightest idea for a series of coins yet. Glen
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Help Me Choose A Digital Camera For Caching...
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That might be the best advice of the post!
I agree with not buying something really cheap, my cell phone does that!
Glen