Hi All, I am also new to this, seems like its catching like wild fire. I purchased a used Garmin Etrex Vista C which I know is a discontinued model but it was a good price and came with a few maps and accessories. I have figured out the device pretty good and have looked for about 5 caches so far and only found 2. I am looking usually in conservation areas( heavily wooded). When I am searching, I am following the gps path and it is counting down metres to the target, how close should it get me and when it shows the cache is off the path I sometimes lose the signal once I get into heavy woods. I would just like to know if I am doing something wrong ? Sorry about the long e-mail, one more thing, should I buy "Geocaching for Dummies" or am I on the right track.
Thanks