I'm new too. I first tried Geocaching 2 years ago. Went after 3 one day and didn't find any of them. I gave up for 2 years. A few weeks ago I saw in the paper they were doing a free geocaching class near my home. I went and was inspired to try again. I went out and found 2 right then and there and absolutely loved it. I've done it a few times since then.
I'm finding that a major issue in my area is that about 3/4 of the caches I go for are really "fall to winter time" caches meaning there's tons of dense foliage making it not very fun to go after.
Just keep going and once you find one.
Read the description really good (look for clues), read the hint, read the cache comments (look for clues), look at the posted photo's under the cache.
Good luck!
