Roadlover

Thanks, entropy512 and maingray, I am set up on the WGS84. I know there is a learning curve and expearence only get one better at knowing what to look for but trying to convince my wife that we will get better at this is a different story. We are going out again this afternoon and just hope for some luck. Thanks for everyones help. Just to let you know, my wife and I went out yesterday afternoon to bike ride and cache. We ended up looking for four caches and found two. The first two we found back to back were micros and were hid in very clever spots. My wife found the first micro and it revived her thrill to cache. We felt we were on a roll but couldn't find the last two. My wife got a little discouraged with the last two DNF's but wants to go out this afternoon. I appreciate everyone's encouragement that you just will not find them all but the racio will get better.

Thanks, entropy512 and maingray, I am set up on the WGS84. I know there is a learning curve and expearence only get one better at knowing what to look for but trying to convince my wife that we will get better at this is a different story. We are going out again this afternoon and just hope for some luck. Thanks for everyones help.

Thanks, entropy512 and maingray, I am set up on the WGS84. I know there is a learning curve and expearence only get one better at knowing what to look for but trying to convince my wife that we will get better at this is a different story. We are going out again this afternoon and just hope for some luck. Thanks for everyones help.

Also check that you have the correct datum WGS84 selected. I am also a nubie who has had the similar sort of frustration and trying to work throught it. I do have a question about checking that I have the correct datum WGS84. I have a oregon 400t. How do I check if the datum is WGS84?

I have a Blackberry Curve with a downloaded trial version of GeocacheNavigator by Trimble. I really love the simplicy of the GN software but have been a little frustrated with its performance and accuracy when coupled with the internal GPS I have in the Curve. I have heard about the Freedom 2000 GPS keychain and want to know if anyone has used it and their feeling about it's performance and accuracy. Thank you

I want to thank everyone for your help. Your advice and the links gave me some incredible information. I ended up ordering a LaCrosse BC-900 charger from Thomas Distributing, which was on a special for $34.97 and included 4-2600 mA AA Batteries and 4-1000 mAh AAA batteries. Hopefully it was a good deal. Again, thanks for all your help!

I just ordered a Garmin Oregon 400t and can't wait to get started. I've found a few caches with a barrowed gps unit but looking forward to having our own. But I have a question about batteries, particularly rechargable batteries. What kind of batteries do most people use in their gps units. Alkiline, lithium or rechargeable? And for those who use rechargable, what is the best battery and best kind of charger? I'm sure over the next few weeks I'll be asking a bunch of questions but that is one I was just thinking of for the time being. Thank you