BigJon

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I would agree with Deseret_Warrior and SteveOr my boss uses a Garmin and he has a Palm PDA and if the sync program is open you will get nada with they system showing it working. Not sure about everthing everyone else said but I would check this first and then check settings on the GPS and comp. If all else fails users manual works wonders.

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CongoRats MaryKate. More to come I hope it only gets better.

Sweet, thanks.

Welcome to the sport. It is great fun and you will learn a lot from these boards. I am still buying stuff from suggestions from the boards and it is great fun. I currently have my step-father and brother looking to buy a GPSr. I have had nothing but a great time.

I have a great idea for a multiy cache. I have never found one but kinda understand the jist. The cache will take you to places less traveled and will have several find along a really neat place. Any other wisdom that these boards can give would be greatly appericated.

I own a Magellan but use a Garmin for work. Both are easy to use. I think the Magellan is easier when it comes down to getting WPTS and other stuff on them. My boss swears by the Garmins, I just laugh and say "Then why did you hire me to work the dang thing." Usally don't get a response.

Nice some good ideas. I will be putting together my first cache this weekend. These are some good ideas, hopefully there will be a couple more before I complete the cache. I had never thought about putting a first find prize but I will do it now.

Great story. I too have made this a family event. My wife and two kids really enjoy getting out and seeing new areas. I think I will start looking for the benchmarks. I think they are pretty interesting hopefully I will find a couple unlike what happend to your first day on them.

We used this in the military. It had instructions on applying it to clothes. The military version lasted 6 - 9 washes and was highly recommended. I was in charge of the Field Sanatation Team for our company and had sevearl cases of this stuff but I never used it. I never really found that I needed it where I was and now that I am back in West Texas where we get little to no rain I really can get by with Off. But as far as everything I learned its not bad news, errr, just for bugs.

Mine stays on, because I'm to lazy to turn it off and I really dont see a problem with batteries.

Sounds cool. I can't wait till I place my first one. Hopefully it will be this weekend.

I haven't found a Virtual one yet but plan to soon. I have been really in the mood to do some bush wacking so when it gets a bit hotter I'll be looking for the virtual ones. Ignore the person. To each his own.

n00bie camo.

Well I'm a n00bie too, but so far all the cahces I have gone after, I have found with the look for something that doesn't belong method. If you stop and look around when your GPS tells you you are close within x amount of feet usally for me 8feet, you can usally pick something up, or you will see a tree then search it for a hole. But as far as I can tell it gets easier with the more you find. So welcome aboard and like was said before your gonna have a good time.

quote:quote:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Dave54: Actually, George Bush wants to privatize the system with corporate sponsorship. Pretty soon the words "This coordinate is brought to you by Coca-Cola" will appear on the screen. ======================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While in the middle of a "Goto" route you will be interrupted with a commercial for the "BowFlex" system, order yours within the next 20 minutes and receive a free workout video, bla bla bla..... WOOT Pop Up Ads For GPSr.....errr this could suxor. P.S. first time quote hope it works.

I myself am pretty new to the geocaching sceen, but I love my Sportrak Pro. I use MapSend Topo and the maps are pretty good. (although I really haven't used many different programs) It's easy to use and easy to learn, I self taught the software and the GPS in just a couple hours to find my first 2 caches. Well good luck and welcome.

Night caches sound really cool. I will have to try some out and maybe set some of my own out. The area I live in isn't heavly cached atm so I have a lot of area to play with.

That is to funny. I think I would have been laughing so hard at that guy. I will be trying some camo ideas soon and seems I saw a thread that had some pics of camo jobs that were really cool. I have some ideas and can't wait to get started. I should be placing my first cache this weekend.

I would say place it. I think that if you travel to the spots on a frequent basis this is not a vacation. I would call a vacation, getting out of an area were you frequent. I visit my family an hour from where I live and travel there 2 or 3 times a month, this area has no caches yet so next weekend I will be hitting it hard and heavy to place a couple caches in areas I know are super for it.

Hiya Fly. I too am new to the geocaching community and I would say that I really love the GPS. You can do so much more with it. It is really worth the investment, and I would be willing to bet that you find new ways to use it just about evey day and for that matter it is nice just to mark a wpt and come back to fun areas.

I use Topo and like the heck out of it. I'm a n00bie but it has been easy for me to use/learn.

Sportrak Pro. I also use a Garmin Map76 at work both are great, but the Sportrak is my primary.

My dad had one and used it to plot WPTs on the lake for good fishing spots. I was interested but didn't know how they really worked. I joined the Army and was introduced to the PLGR. I learned about maps and how to use the PLGR with it. I recently ETS'd and came to work for this fellow here back where I was from orgnially and he flies hot air ballons. He showed me the Garmin Map76 and I was like how nice it is compared to the military stuff. So I went exploring the web to see just what the civilian models had to offer. This is when I found geocaching.com. After reading the msg boards and looking up caches in my local area I ordered a GPS and the rest is history. Now my plan is to get my wife hooked.