HeyBaylor
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CacherStats provides a list of caches found.
Oh boy, look at TeamAlamo with 24833 finds, I'd better get my act together! ;-)
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I think if someone is a "serious" geocacher and wants to be left alone while searching, ah well. I don't understand it, but, you know, live and let live.
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Hmm, so with this work with a PDA if it has Cachemate?
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Good morning, early bird!!
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I'm not sure about any stores that sell them, but you can get them online here --
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I haven't been caching very long but here are a couple things I use.
Look for geo-paths-areas where a path is made where people are going to the same area "the Cache". Buy a small mirror. Its great for looking under things, behind things and it gives you a different angle than with your eyes. At night it helps reflect light into darker areas. It also has help me from "feeling" behind something or between something getting bit by an insect such as spiders and bees.
So many times, I have found that the "geo-paths" have lead me to the same place I and others keep trying to look over and over, to find the cache is NOT there, LOL!
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To find mine, I did an image search on Google for Hay Bailer.
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Looks like if it is similar to this one, it should work with Cachemate?
http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...amp;hl=tungsten
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My sister had the same problem with her Garmin Legend. I'll email her this thread. I think she found another thread on this, but I'm not sure if she found a resolution?
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If there is a chance the WP will fall or be disturbed or get muggled, I would look for another spot.
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Sweet, thanks for all the info! I'm doing my first hide, which I think is going to be a fairly easy traditional, but I think it would be fun to have an FTF prize. I like the idea of an un-activated TB, I think I'll do that
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Hiya,
I'm fixin to get a cache together to hide. I'm curious what you all have put in your caches as FTF prizes?
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I try to keep 10 retractible pens in my geocaching bag, but still wind up losing them all somehow!
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I'm fairly new too, but this is what I've had luck with...
I turn the GPSr on in the car and set it on the dashboard while driving to the location, so it can spend time picking up sattelites. (I have a Magellan, which has WAAS averaging, so maybe this gives it time to average? I'm not sure.) As I walk toward the location, when I get withing 30 feet or so, I start walking back and forth a few times to see where it guides me to each time. This gives me a good search area. Then I PUT IT DOWN and start looking anyplace that seems like a good hiding place. If I don't find it after a while, I pick the GPSr back up to see if it has changed it's mind. (Sometimes it has.) I then start looking again. Often, I still don't find it, and I leave feeling like I've had some fun anyway, and determined to find it next time. I'll go back again another time, maybe with a friend. If I'm really having trouble, I may beg the cache owner for a hint ;-) If after 2-3 times, I still can't find it, I log it as a Did Not Find, but I still don't give up on it. Sometimes Did Not Find logs can have some funny stories
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Sweet, yeah, I found that website. Thanks, Renegade Knight!
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I'm a relatively new geocacher and would love to get started hiding a cache. As far as hiding a cache in a city park, I'm not sure where to begin. Should I just march right in to City Hall and ask if I can hide a cache?
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This page will show only the very latest in your state. You will need to open them to see if they are local to you.
Actually, that page shows you the very latest in Arkansas, LOL
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Thanks!
So, with collecting Geocoins...I guess some are sent out there for people to collect, and some have goals to travel? It just seems weird to collect geocoins instead of moving them along. I guess it would depend on their goals, huh?
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I don't use "print friendly" mode, I just print the page. I end up getting the first 5 logs, but sometimes those are helpful too, heehee
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My sister just got a Legend and the map software, and now she uses it in her car too. I'm so jealous
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Happy caching everyone!
So, with geocoins and TB's...
I understand that they have goals and you can retrieve them from one cache and drop them in another cache, but I'm not sure I quite understand the "grabbing" or "discovering." Also, I get the feeling there's a bit more culture involved, especially w/ coins. Can someone shed some light on this for me?
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AHA!
Thanks
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Sorry about the last copy of the previous post -- I'm new to this.
I just wanted to say I got mine on Ebay and saved a bunch of money. Mine is a Magellan Map 330, which I love, but I think is an older model?? Anyway, what I like is it has one of those circle with arrows things (I don't know what it's called) which makes it much easier to enter waypoints than my Mom's etrex
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Ok thanks for that info. Why do I want to be able to plug it into the computer again? I also read on a review that the megellan didn't have a electronic compass or something like that so you couldn't see which direction the location is in when you get close or something to that extent. Is that something else that I want?
quite often when i go out I plot out 20 or so caches I might like to try that day. I set them all up hook the gps to the computer and hit sent, as long as the coords are right on the computer they will be right on my gps no user error.
I carry a small pull tab compass that I found in a cache works well enough for me and I saved a bunch of money by not getting the bells and whistles I didn't really need.
Erratic Behavior
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Yeah, I definitely noticed mine will be facing the wrong way if I stand still. Once i start walking, it will start pointing the right way. Then when I'm within 20 feet, I start ignoring the arrow and pay more attention to the number. Actually, when I'm withing 20 feet, really, I try to put it down and start searching.