Wooden Cyclist

GCXX5M is exactly that kind of cache in the Kalamazoo MI area. You could contact brp000 and ask them how they did it.

Caching while I drive around for my job cacher.

One of my other hobbies is woodworking so there are plenty of smal wood scraps in my shop. Take the scrap, rip a strip about 1/16" from the side. Handplane or sand the strip nice and smooth. Cut into 3/4" to 1" lengths. Slightly bevel edges with small handplane. Use markers do decorate the pieces. This is what you get. My artwork is crude but it works. Roger

This is reply 1701 so I doubt it will be read much. I downloaded Cachberry to my Blackberry Curve after a friend told me about it. After spending a day figuring it out, I went out and found 2 guardrail caches. HOOKED! I am 27 day into my 30 day free Cacheberry trial and I will go out and find my 99th and 100th finds today. My 9 yr old son went caching with me a few times and he is hooked too. I am gonna have to pay the very reasonable Cacheberry registration fee because there is no way I am going to stop. As far as the complaints about rude replies on these forums. Don't read them if they offend you. Its a freedom you can exercise anytime you want.

If you are using your Blackberry to Geocache or any other activity that puts your 'Berry at risk, I stronly recomment the Otterbox defender. I have dropped mine in the snow while ice fishing, dropped it on concrete and generally banged it around all without any damage to the phone.

So 3ft difference between a $400 handheld unit and a $20 phone application? Not too shabby. However one thing I do not like about the phone apps is the battery life. Less then 2 hours in my situation. Im actually debating getting a new phone or the PN-40. I purchased a Magellan 4000XL for $399 about 10-15 years ago. The cover on one button is ripped but still works great. Ide purchase the PN-40 for the simple fact 2AAs can run 18 hours, and I have 16 rechargeable AAs for the current gps unit, which takes 4 AAs, and my Fendix LD20 light perfect for night geocaching (also 2 AAs). I guess the point im making is, if your serious about caching, and you dont have an expensive micro laptop phone already, its going to cost a few hundred for a good unit with awesome features either way you go. I get several hour on my Curve. Havent completely run in down yet, but i have gotten over 4 hours.

I have been using my Blackberry Curve with Cacheberry since I started Geocaching 2 weeks ago and have logged 54 finds. My brother in law is sending me his old GPS12. Is there any value in adding the GPS12 to my Geocaching kit?

I just found out that my brother in law is sending me his old GPS12. Do you know of anyplace that has information on how to use it for Geocaching? Thanks in advance Roger

[i am also not too happy that the Curve 8900 does not take the normal small usb charger so I have to buy new car adapters and wall adapters as well as make sure I do not lost this special usb cable! Come on, the best phone I have ever used and you could not use a standard adapter! I will check out cacheberry today. The Curve 8330 uses micro USB so my chargers all work.

I am also a fan of the Blackberry / Cacheberry combination. I don't see any need to purchase a stand aloone GPS unit.

I started geocaching 2 weeks ago with Cachberry loaded on my Blackberry Curve on the Sprint Network. Fity-Four finds in 2 weeks isn't bad for a newbie so you could say that my setup works well. Cacheberry is a full feature app. I load GPX files onto my Curve, import them into Cachberry and I am off and running. I usually get closer than 20 feet to the cache. Field Notes can be logged on the run and uploaded to Geocaching.com when I get home. If I were to list all the features and uses of Cacheberry I would probably exceed the character limit of this forum so just go to www.cacheberry.com and see what they offer. Cacheberry does not currently have a compass feature but that is due to be released soon. Compare the cost to other geocaching apps and you will see that Cacheberry is a real value. I agree with MoonPhoenix on the Blackberry vs iPhone debate. It will never end and there will never be a clear winner.

I use a Blackberry Curve from Sprint with Cacheberry loaded on it. This is the setup that I started Geocaching with. After 2 weeks and 54 finds I can say that it works well for me. I am still in the free trial period for Cacheberry, but I will definately pay the registration fee. Its well worth the modest cost. I does what other caching software does but at a much lower cost.

I am fortunate in that I can do some searching while working. I am in sales and there are many hundreds of caches in my territory. Its easy to stop at a park and grab that is along m y route. But sometimes there is time in my schedule to look for a more challenging cache. So I guess my work schedule determines how long I will search. So far the longest I have searched is 15 minutes.