SgtSue

Wait for the 62 series to come out and check the reviews. Hopefully it will live up to all that is promised. If it is as good as the 60 and true paperless I think that will be the new favorite and more important the best. For me the delorme's display is just to hard to read - font much to small but others love it. The Colorados and Oregons are nice but displays are difficult to see in bright sun and my Oregon is a battery hog, new Magellan GC is good, paperless, easy to use, and inexpensive. But still I am looking forward very much to trying out the new 62 series.

Hmm, I'm wondering how many Need Maint logs have been deleted. It appears when one is posted the CO logs a Owner Maint then deletes both but does not take care of the problem. A NM is not a "smack" but a notification something is wrong. Some do use it incorrectly but this case appears it was used properly. If I see something wrong with a cache and it isn't a big problem and appears new I will email the CO and mention in the log. If I see the same problem mentioned several times in others logs I usually will post a NM myself. While I may stick a bit of paper in to sign my name, I don't maintain other people's caches (unless a friend asks a favor). I travel often and don't often go to those local forums to know any local customs that may differ from the mainstream. IMO - the CO's post here is the most insincere post I've seen in quite some time. It reads more like "I'm sorry you're wrong" than "I'm sorry for what I did". I can honestly say that I'm glad when I was in that area I didn't bother to search for any caches by that particular CO.

Personally I like a cache that makes me laugh, takes me some place beautiful, give me the opportunity to view some wildlife, or has me standing next to a piece of American history. Of course that's just me, you do what you like. Swag isn't important, but I will look through it if it's there.

This past Sunday I was caching on a part of the Palmetto Pass when I saw one on my shirt then another. After a check and shower I found another. Didn't fine the two attached for another 24 hrs. I'm still watching the spots they were removed from.

I tried it and while it loads the file the caches are not recognized as found by the unit.

Waiting on my battle buddy to get here, then off we go.

For future reference the Help function has an link to the GSAK support functions which will answer any of your questions as the apply to GSAK. In it's Getting started portion is a GSAK 101, 201, and 301 documents which are great reading to get you on the right track. But for now how are you sending your caches to the gps? waypoints? or geocaches? What version of GSAK are you using? Describe the problem you are experiencing. Try to update to the newest version then in the GPS Setup select Garmin then Oregon 550. Make sure you are sending fewer than 5000 caches then use the send to option.

Meetings and travel I wasn't ignoring you joykinz. Seems all the questions have been answered. Personally I've left the original file in, just for fun. Since you can have multiple .gpx files all active and I am no where need to the cap of 10,000 I just left them in case I pass by one somewhere, you never know where I might pop up. Vantage Point has quite a few features from what I understand, but as I already had GSAK up and running and Clyde already has it set up to support the GC I just load my files from there. Loads the caches, attributes, logs, and pictures. One day I may have time to explore VP.

Like others said upgrade to 1.0.1 .gpx file for attributes. If you load from GSAK you will have an option for for GSAK to get the pictures from each cache page's gallery. You will need internet access when you select that option. Works like a charm and doesn't take as long as I thought it would. Currently there is no way to have the GC recognize your finds from a .gpx file.

After you do all the previous suggestions and are ready to go out the door, practice. Waypoint your front door then walk a couple blocks away. Then activate the waypoint representing you home and try to navigate back home. Now remember this if nothing else - ALWAYS waypoint you car when you get out to find a cache. You are excited, you can smell the swag, you will forget what way you came in and get turned around. Activate your car then walk back to it. ok before you go out. Clear all your tracks and walk from your home for a few blocks. DO NOT pull up the waypoint for your home. Pretend you forgot to waypoint your car and are in the woods. activate your backtrack feature. This will let you walk the "breadcrumb" trail back to your home. After you are proficient with waypointing and backtracking go in search of a cache and the fun that comes with it. Looking forward to reading your stories of adventure.

Think I saw something about the European release on Magellan's Facebook page, but I can't find it right now. Did check the GC though, of the 999 preloaded caches there are several in London, as well as many throughout Europe so I would think it's a safe bet it will be released there soon. Also took the time to zoom in and the streets are on the same level as those in the US, down to the very small streets.

Step by step from the manual - Make sure to read #6 so you get the proper file in the proper folder. Installing Pocket Queries from E-mail 1. After getting the e-mail with your pocket query results, save the attached zip file to your computer. 2. Unzip the pocket query file. There will be two extracted files, one with a xxxxxxx.gpx filename and one with a xxxxxxx-wpts.gpx filename. 3. Connect your Magellan eXplorist GC receiver to your PC using a USB cable. 4. When prompted, select “Connect to PC”. 5. On your PC, open the MAGELLAN directory. 6. Drag the file xxxxxxx.gpx to the ‘Geocaches’ folder and the file xxxxxxx-wpt.gpx to the ‘Waypoints’ folder. 7. The data will be transferred to your receiver and the geocaches are ready to use. (You need to disconnect or reboot the receiver to exit the “Connect to PC” screen.) Do you use GSAK? Make sure to upgrade to newest version (7.7.0) with build 18 then choose Magellan and explorist GC as the GPS type and click the "Send" button.

If you marked them as found on you GC you can filter your geocaches to show only found caches. If you click on a found cache scroll down past hints, attributes, and the rest to "history" it will show the date and time you marked the cache found and the amount of time to find it. Time to find seems to be the elapse time from when you first click go to until you click found.

Forget the safety brief, instead take an NCO and do what you are told.

As the GSAK forums say, you will need to upgrade to the latest version and build. And make sure you upgrade to GPX 1.0.1 for the attributes to be sent to your devise. I've upgraded and had no problems one I switched to GPX 1.0.1. Does take awhile to grab the pictures if you choose that option and the caches have lot of pictures in it's gallery.

IMHO - I think this would be a very good unit for a newbie. Easy to operate and it has a section in it that has geocaching FAQs, lists the different types of caches, explains difficulty and terrain, and probably a few other things I can't remember off the top of my head. It is simple to operate yet accurate and supports paperless caching (you may very well want to become a premium member and enjoy the Pocket Queries to make full use of this feature). It doesn't have the bells and whistles other more expensive units have but is still a good quality device.

Isn't labeled as such, but when creating a new waypoint there is an option to "set accurate position". If you select that option the gps takes about 2 minutes to determine the position. I haven't read the manual yet, but it sure acts as if it is averaging a waypoint. Edit to add: according to page 26 of the manual what I described is the waypoint averaging feature.

Along coastal Carolina, the only ones I see are GC1YDGK and GC1E052. Both are located in Hunting Island State Park, a lovely place to visit on it's own merit. I have not done those caches yet, but I have been to the park many times and it is very nice. Park is not to far from I-95 (I'm taking the leap and assuming you will drive from Charleston to Fl). In Georgia I would suggest GC1BFB2 which is not to far from I-95 and just before crossing into Florida. Another I haven't visited the cache myself just going off of proximity to interstate for that one.

Depends on what is important to you. The 60CSx is an excellent model. Easy to load. Holds 1000 geocaches and as many POIs as the memory will hold. Accurate with great visibility - just won't do paperless. Don't know a lot about the PN-40. I was excited to try them out but when I looked at them found the font used to small for easy reading. If you have better eye sight it maybe perfect for you, or they may have increased the size of the font by now. I would suggest a hands on evaluation prior to purchase to see if whatever device you are thinking of is right for you.

Great when you can find something that the family all likes. Glad you had a good time.

Just wanted to let you know about the other features if you hadn't found them yet. Sorry if it came across otherwise. As xyzee said, think there maybe something wrong with your system if not holding correct time as you have it set to the proper time zone. You maybe the test to see if customer service has improved with the introduction of the new system.

The filter options will allow you to hide found caches by deselecting the Found button. This will "remove" the cache from the map and list of cache. Thus you have the option to show or not show those you've found. True, but I always clear mine on my Oregon to count how many I've found that trip, not total. Have reported it may be an issue to others such as yourself. Do you have it set to the wright time zone? and have daylight savings time selected? I've not noticed that problem at all. In addition to the pluses you noted I like these features listed below. Having pictures from a cache on the GC - don't know how many times I've wished I had a picture with me I saw on line. Holding 10,000 caches for those long wandering trips Ability to load single or multiple files. - I can see having my normal load of caches in my area and throwing a second file for a location I am traveling through or to then removing that file upon return home. Child waypoints placed in separate waypoint section and identification of parent's GC# and Name Displaying cache attributes Geocaching FAQs and explanation of different type of caches. - especially nice for newbies.

Where the heck is this? What am I missing? I don't see those icons and I have a SporTrak Pro so I know what they should look like assuming they are the same. Sun is not very obvious, just a yellow circle. The moon is a little more recognizable blue/gray. In this review there is a screen shot about a third of the way down displaying the sun and moon at the North position.

It's so simple to use even a Marine can do it. Go Army!

The new Magellan eXplorist GC comes with 1,000 (actually 999) caches preloaded, but you can load up to 10,000 caches in it. You can load one or several .gpx files in it to total the 10,000 caches and all files will be active. You can easily delete caches preinstalled. As stated earlier you can load your garmin 60csx with POIs in addition to geocaches. These POIs can have distinct icons for the different types and sized if you so desire. Using the POIs will allow you to have tons of caches loaded, but the 60csx doesn't really support paperless caches. The Garmin Nuvi's are pretty inexpensive and you can load them with POIs that will give you all the cache details, still gets down to having an idea of where you maybe so you can generate PQs just prior to traveling through that area. Even though you may not have internet access every night you will have it many nights and can plan the next few days of travel, load those caches, then travel forward. You do have your start point and an end point I would assume. From there what are your travel options? Start with planning option A and B for the first few days. Reviewing the caches along the different routes may help you decide on the route you want to take.