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Around here being in a cemetery at night is a quick way to get a ride in a police car. They tend to fingerprint first, check for tipped grave stones later... Most of them also have gates which definitely makes it trespassing.

You need to edit it out of your cache log and post in the forum too... Depending on where the cache is... If it isn't moving on its own, you could move it to a more active cache yourself. I have two out there. Both are where I left them, but they have been out less than two weeks. At some point, if they don't move, I will go get them.

I read an article in 'The Providence Journal' about Geocaching. The article mentioned someone using it for exercising their dogs, that peaked my interest. Six months or so later I tried to find my first with a Tom Tom One... then my Venture HC came in, now I'm hooked. So far I have been spending weekends searching out caches. Walked about six miles with the dog on Sunday looking for caches in a park I have ever been to, even though it is only thirty miles away.

Interesting... it worked when I went to bed... Can't even switch to satellite now. Don't like this at all...

Biggest problem with your idea... If I found a USB drive in a cache, I would not put it in my computer. I'm willing to bet I'm not the only one...

I visited a cache from a banned member today, GC11TOK, that is in need of a little maintenance if it is going to stay in circulation. How do I go about adopting the cache? I can't wait for him to put it up for adoption... I would be interested in taking over his other two caches as well, they are all local.

Both models I listed have a high sensitivity receiver... but the HC adds a basemap, USB interface, built in memory, and a colorscreen. It also is set up for GPS games and Geocaching. For $20, I'd get the HC...

Garmin Etrex Venture HC at Amazon... just a hair over your target. You can get the Etrex H for under $100, but the small increase in price is worth it for the HC, IMO... The USB interface and basemap is worth it to me...

As mentioned before, if it is a must see spot, just Waymark it. I usually look to see what waymarks are around where I am going, never know what you might have missed...

I wish my dog was more help in finding caches, but the nose is not what her ancestors were bred for... the only time she found a cache was when it was dead ahead on a path. That is the one cache that the scent trail wasn't scattered about by others searching. Every other one she just wanders around taking in all the smells while I look. I don't have a walking stick, but at a lot of cache spots I find something to poke around with. I consider that no different than what you are doing. It's all part of the game... As stated, a TomTom is not ideal for caching (although I used the same as you for my first cache hunt). You don't have to spend a lot to get a decent handheld, if you can put aside $20/wk you would have a new Garmin Venture HC in six weeks. A handheld is night and day to a car GPS... Might be able to find a deal in the garage sale section of the forum too. PS, Cardinal Red... I have had to carry the dog through some nasty bushwacking...

When you reach 63 you don't mind who you're 'lumped' with - as long as it isn't with the 64+ group! I don't like being lumped with the 21 year olds... I recently saw a survey that listed 18-23, 23-29, 30-49, 50+ Talk about lumping...

Are they spotted cows? Looks like she could use a new leash...

That's all wrong... the 21 year old's should not be lumped with the 30 year old's.

Gracie, a four year old Shetland Sheepdog. I blame getting into Geocaching on her... she needs walking and I am tired of the neighborhood. The worse part of caching with her is checking for ticks afterward... 'Anchored' to the backpack while I check out the view off the cliff.

So far I only cache with my dog. Walking around in circles with a dog is very natural... Non dog people ignore you, dog people ask questions about her I also chose my first several caches based on them being out in the woods, so it hasn't been much of an issue. The only non-dog-walking cache I have done, I parked the van to block any view - i knew exactly where it would be. Got out, grabbed it, signed the log, put it back, went on my way...

I can see it perfectly fine. Not archived, shows up as 'NEW.' You don't have it set to hide your caches, do you? Only thing I can think of...

IMO, if its purely for caching, get a handheld. I found my first one with my Tomtom (TT One, third edition), but I'm much happier with the Garmin Venture HC for cache hunting. The Tomtom gets me there, Garmin gets me into the woods. 1xl, that is a cool idea. Never looked into whether or not i could do txt on my TT. How was signal in the woods for you on tomtom? I had a lot of issues with that...

The price of the HC on Amazon is better than I could find anywhere (never checked eBay). It's far better than wandering around with a car unit. Basically what we're saying is... yes, you can use a car unit if it has a coords screen, but you will be much happier with a handheld GPSr.

From the Harry Potter books... for us it means a person who doesn't know about Geocaching. To them a cache is trash, so you don't really want to be seen hiding or retrieving one.

Can't help you on that particular unit, but I used my Tomtom to find my first one... I used the 'Where Am I' screen, which shows the coordinates of where you are (on a Magellan Maestro it's the AAA screen). It works, as long as you can keep the signal. Mine will not allow you to navigate to a specific spot in the woods though - must be on roads, yours may be different. That is where the coords screen comes in... get near where you need to be, then switch screens. The day after I found cache #1, my Garmin Venture HC came in. I have not used Tomtom for finding a cahce since Amazon has the best price on the unit...

I was using a car GPS for a few days... needed to know where North was in order to get any success. Most units have a screen that will show coordinates. On Tomtom it's the 'help, where am i?' function, and on my Magellan Maestro it's in the AAA screen. A handheld is better for caching, but it can be done without. Even with the Venture HC, I still have to look around, no GPSr will bring it to your feet. Having looked at GoogleMaps, the area is at least right, but in the Northeast the images are not very good. Other parts of the US have newer images...