lrosell
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I'm usually a 1.5 - 2. Then, sometimes.... it just explodes to an 8. At least.
My wife's an 11.....
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Not sure what they mean with geobeacon.
But if you put a GPS transmitter on a hog, wouldn't that be Geo-bacon?
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I want one too!
XL should fit good....
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Thanks... I actually did do that. In my profile it lists the ones that I found (it says "retrieved") so I think I did it right. After I retrieved them I dropped one so I shows the one I am still holding. It just doesn't show my finds after my username like it does on other names I see.
Actually, what you have retrieved are two travelbugs. Is that what you intended to log? I also nticed the you do not have any caches logged. Did you indeed find two travelbugs or could it be that you by misstake logged the bugs instead?
Not necessarily, it could be that you have just not managed to log the caches. Since you did find bugs you must also have found the caches. To tell what has really been going on and if you have made a ‘bug mistake’ you need to get those caches logged. In fact, after looking again on your bug logs it looks like you may have those ok but you definitely should get the caches logged right.
Ok, now I am confused. I actually have retrieved 3 not two after all. My first find was a travelbug (Big Ben) which I logged and then dropped at another cache. At the second cache I dropped Big Ben and took a geocoin which I logged and I now am holding. Then I also picked up a travelbug (heart) which I picked up from it's starting location so I forgot about it. So now I'm holding a geocoin and the heart. Did I log them incorrectly?
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I heard about Geocaching through a co-worker and couldn't wait to learn more! So I bought a simple Garmin etrex and I did figure out how to put waypoints in but now what? Where do I start? Do I start from my "home" coordinates? I know that it isn't like a TomTom that you use on the road, so how do I even get close to caches with it? I obviously have no experience with a GPS!
Search for a cache by using for example ZIP code ssearch on the main page. Pick a cache that is fairly close to where you live. Also make sure that it do not have more than one or two stars on either difficulty and terrain.
Enter or download the cache coordinates to the GPS. You can do this by either hooking the GPS up to your computer and use the 'Send to GPS' feature or by entering the coordinates manually. To enter coordinates manually you hit 'Mark' on the GPS and then change the coordinates to those of the cache.
To download the coords to the Garmin you need to first install the drivers for the GPS. YOu do this by installing the Mapsource Manager that came with the GPS. Then, while having the GPS hooked up to the computer you will also need to install the Garmin Communicator plugin. You can find a link to that after you hit 'Send to GPS' .
Use a good old fashioned map to get in the vicinity of the cache, about a half of a mile or so would be nice.
Fire up the cache as your waypoint and hit Goto.
Good luck
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Thanks... I actually did do that. In my profile it lists the ones that I found (it says "retrieved") so I think I did it right. After I retrieved them I dropped one so I shows the one I am still holding. It just doesn't show my finds after my username like it does on other names I see.
Actually, what you have retrieved are two travelbugs. Is that what you intended to log? I also nticed the you do not have any caches logged. Did you indeed find two travelbugs or could it be that you by misstake logged the bugs instead?
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Hi! I just starting geocaching and I have "found" 2 caches and logged them. But when I look at my profile it says 0 finds. How do I get it to update with the correct info?
Thanks!
Make sure that when you log them you select 'Found It'. Maybe you by accident had 'Write note' selected when you entered the logs?
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Hi Fellows, this is my first post and I need lots of help.
First let me introduce myself and that may end this new interest before I get stsrted.
My name is Mike and I am 66 yrs old. I have health problems, diabetes among others and my walking is pretty much limited to 100 yds or so one way, I have had 6 eye operations but thanks to good doctors I can see good enough to drive and do other things.
I just bought a new TomTom ONE XL-S, can this unit be used fo geocaching? I have prog. 4 friends and checked it out only that far and sort understand that much
. Would it be possible to get into this new interest with these limitations if so what else would I need? Thanks for any and all help, I will wait on what you folks say before I go any further, Mike in TNWelcome Mike!
I woiuld say that it would be POSSIBLE to use the TomTom from Geocaching but not recommended. You can certainly try. Remeber to set the Tomtom to OffRoad though, otherwise it will give you VERY bad directions.
I did find 5 caches myself using a TomTom before I caved in and bought a Garmin 60CSx.
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Just got my Colorado 400t, but I did not purchase any maps because I am uncertain if I'm goin to like this unit, and I understand that once you buy maps they are locked to the unit forever. (i.e. if i return it, I've lost my money on the maps.)
How do I put the caches into a route? Is there a way for this unit to select the cache closest to me, and then the next cache closest to the first one, and then the next etc. etc. etc. Essentially, make a route out of the cache locations keeping the distance to a minimum.
How is this done?
No need to buy maps really, the 400t got topo maps built in. I got the same unit and I really like it.
The GPSr WILL show you the next nearest cache you have downloaded to it but... it will be the nearest cache in any direction from where you are!
Best thing would be to print out a map over the area with the caches you plan to go for, so you can tell which one is in the general direction of what you travel.
Good luck!
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I am brand new to geocaching also. My kids gave me a Garmin Nuvi 200 for Fathers Day, and I thought I'd give it a try. Failed miserably on my first attempt (GCVGY2). I'm pretty sure I was close, but didn't find anything but a significant tick population. I will keep trying, as my daughter wants to experience it also, and it will give us an activity to do together. I am hopeful that I can do better on future efforts. Any advice would be helpful. The posts here have already helped.
The cache you were trying to find is a difficulty 3 cache (counting the starts on top of the cache page)
I would recommend sarting out with one that have a lower rating. How about GCX5HG Cache Across America -- Kansas, just north of the one you were looking for?
It's has a difficulty rating of 1.5 and terrain 1.5. Should be a better cache to get started on! It seems to essentially be located in the same park but according to Mappoint the terrain seems a lot les dense there!
Good luck!
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Some of the cache listings talk about walking in a certain heading or degrees. I'm not sure what they mean. I'm using a Lowrance H20c GPSr. There's a page that shows degree's but it doesn't change when I move around. Can someoone explain to me the difference from headings and degrees. And how it works with my GPSr. Thanks!
First of all, go get a good old magnetic compass. Got it? Kewl, here goes;
Look at the compass, see where the red needle points; that’s north. Now, turn the compass so the big N aligns up whit the direction of the red needle.
You can now see where in what DIRECTION North, East, West and South is.
Now, let’s imagine that the red needle (north) is pointing about 2 o’clock (meaning that the compass is imagined to be the face of a clock and the way you are looking at it you see the ‘top’ as 12 o’clock).
Let’s also assume that the cache you want to walk towards is on your 10 o’clock. That should also mean that NW would be about 12 o’clock on your imagined clock, right?
That means that the BEARING (while you are stationary) to the cache is, you guessed it, West, or 270 degrees. As you travel towards the cache your HEADING should be West (or 270 degrees).
In short,
BEARING = the direction of a given pint on a map
HEADING = the direction you are traveling. Can also be called COURSE
North = 0 degrees
East = 90 degrees
South = 180 degrees
West = 270 degrees
I hope this helped you some!
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Is it possible to find a Geocacher info page ( in order to contact him via email ) by using his geocaching nickname (or name) ?
A geocacher took a TB and left one in one of my caches but did not log any online.
I would like to reach him to let him know of the geocaching process concerning TB's and Geocoins.
All I have is the name he wrote in my cache logbook.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Loba2007
Sure it is!
Log into your account, on the right hand side click 'Find another player', type in the name and hey presto..!
Just make sure to give the cacher a couple of days to catch up on his/hers logging.
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Hmmm.......
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Help! Brain dead geocacher here! I want a really neat spot 4 my cache, but i cant decide where 2 put it?
Need Advice!A friendly advice: go find a few more first. The more you find the more (and maybe better) ideas you will get about where and how to hide your won cache.
Good luck!
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And by the way; it seems like you found a few micros even though it was a while ago. So they can't be that bad?
Personally both I and my wife like micros, as well as ‘traditional’ caches. Sure, there are a lot of “thrown them around” micros out there, but the same goes for ‘regular’ size caches. The size is never relative to the quality. At least when it comes to caches.
The beauty of Geocaching and the variety of cache containers is that there is something for everyone; whether if you want to hunt for unnatural wood or rock constellations in the woods or cleverly hid micros downtown Miami or Washington DC a cache is there to be found.
The beauty is that not all caches needs to be found!
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I don't know about anyone else, but in the Jacksonville, FL area we are inundated with these "park and grab" 35mm film containers they like to call caches. I would very much like to see a classification of "micro" for these things so I can filter these waste of time "finds". I feel that these people do not fully understand the spirit of geocaching and only want to bolster thier cache numbers. I cannot include my son on most of them because it's like they are just tossing them out their window as they drive along a busy road.
Check out my "Say No To Micro" essay I made a few years back when we moved here. http://www.we3dements.com/geo/nomicro.html
It hasn't gotten any better but if only we could filter these things I would be much more happier.
Thank you.
We3Dements
There is a classification on micros. Run a PocketQuery and filter them out there
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I was wondering if there is a way to transfer multiple caches using the "Send to GPS" feature. If not, is this something that could be created?
~extelon
It also depends on what GPS you are using. With the Garmin Colorado you can do just that; send a LOC file or a GPX file directly to it, without involving another application. And, by using a GPX file, you will also get descriptions, logs and hints on the GPSr.
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here's my commentary:USE BB CODE [ url = xxxxxxxxxx ] LOOK [ / ].................
(Google BB Code)That would work on here but not in the logs on geocaching.com. At least as far as I can see.
I'll take that back. It does work. If I type it right. Thanks!
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OK, check this out, found in another topic
Anyway, flask, how do you do that? I mean posting links in a log? All I can get it to do is to put a 'visit link' . What I saw on flask logs was that he/you (depending on who is reading at the moment, your pick) managed to get a link embedded with the log text. Pretty cool. I wanna know how to do that.
And without gettin "edited" stamps at that!
Flask is my hero!
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In general there is no time frame within a co has to respond, it comes down to common courtesy. Just out of curiosity, which cache are you looking at?
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Come again...?
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OK, so this is not completely related to the original topic but kind. If get yelled at I can just start a new thread. Anyway, flask, how do you do that? I mean posting links in a log? All I can get it to do is to put a 'visit link' . What I saw on flask logs was that he/you (depending on who is reading at the moment, your pick) managed to get a link embedded with the log text. Pretty cool. I wanna know how to do that.
Let's see, I'll try it here:
Did it work? Duh... have to hit 'Add reply first to find out...
It didn't work, had to edit it and use the block tags for the forum. But I know (think) that's not the way to do it on gc.com....
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You can use it to foexample load GPX files onto it. When you do you can check out cache locations in 3D view for one. You can also overlay satellite photos on the topo and get a very realistic view of a cache location.
To use this feature you need to set up and run Pocket Queries. You will however have to become a Premium Member to do that. But hey, what's $30 when you're on a roll...?
Also, if you load Topo USA on a laptop, load a Pocket Query GPX, connect your GPS to it and take it with you in the caryou'll have the ultimate caching machine!
Just don't drive and mess with the laptop at the same time....!
here's my commentary:
Send Coordinates to GPS
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Sure is, but you have to be a Premium Member and it depends on what GPSr you have. You can then use Pocket Queries to create a GPX file. A GPX file holds cache name, description, logs and hints.
This GPX file can be imported to for example a Garmin Colorado. If you have a PDA you can put GPXView on it and use the GPX file on there.
I would also recommend using GSAK, a nifty utility program for PC that can use GPX in a multitude of nifty ways.