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What kind of Magellan is it? You could probably use it. Maybe something in the settings.

See title PM or post price. Thanks!

I'm considering buying this model due to the price / color screen / and electronic compass. Anyone familiar with the eTrex series will know that the biggest down side to this model is that it lacks a SD slot and only has 24MB of memory. My main concern is whether or not this is enough memory for me. I really only need to load about 500 caches at once in my area, which takes up about 2MB of space. I"m not sure if this will hold the Oklahoma TOPO map as well though. Since i don't have mappsend on my computer, I can't really tell how large the Oklahoma TOPO map is. On gpsfiledepo.com, the install file is about 168MB, which I assume can't be close to the actual size of the TOPO it self. However I'm not sure. Can this thing hold 500ish caches and 1 state TOPO? If it can, I think this will be my graduation present to myself Thanks!

I wouldn't have a problem with it if it's been abandoned and it's in a state park. It's abandoned and you can't contact the owner, plus it's in a public place. Honestly, your best bet is to ask your reviewer. You can send the reviewer messages and simply ask. If he says sure, then go for it. I ask my reviewer about weird questions like that all the time.

I recommend ebay or the site posted above. I don't know why there is all the hate against nano's. I actually really like finding those. They are the most difficult traditional cache in my opinion. They are pretty evil, but I get more satisfaction finding them.

I'd have to say wait and find a few more before placing and don't place with an iPhone. You mentioned your friend was a geocacher? Why don't you use his GPSr if he has one and ask him/her what they think about the hide. Some hides suck and some are great. It look me a few hides and quite a few finds to really pinpoint what separates the so-so caches from the great ones. Best of luck to your future in the sport!

From now on I'm going to mention that analogy every time a newbie posts a topic about finding caches without a GPS. Yes, it's possible. I try to discourage it though, since Geocaching is supposed to be a high tech treasure hunting game and if too many people start find caches without using a GPS is becomes a find-junk-in-the-woods game. I don't understand this analogy. If you can find caches with out a GPS, then I would consider you a little more hardcore than most. I did find a few of my first finds with out a GPS, but they were really easy. The caches that are in a tree in a field are really easy with out a GPS. Just look at Google maps and it will literally tell you which tree it's in from the aerial photo. But really, do some research on ebay / craigs list / or even the garage sale here on this forum. You can get a used GPSr for around 60 bucks. It may just be a plain old yellow eTrex H, but many a geocache has been found with that little bugger. Dig a little deeper and you may find one for cheaper.

Some people are just.... uhg....

If it's a public park or place, I generally don't ask anyone. I would almost say that most geocachers I know wouldn't ask the park if they could place a geocache there. There is some exceptions. Tulsa Parks and Rec requires that all geocaches placed in their parks seek permission and actively police this due to a bomb squad indecent with a geocache.

Yesterday, I had a terrible experience with my eXplorist 400. I have been doing a series that is on heavily wooded bike trails for about a week when my gps pooped out on me on the final. The GPS did great on the other trails. But yesterday, it could not get a lock on satellites to save its life. I managed to get within 100 feet of the cache but then couldn't maintain a lock for even one step in any direction. What was strange was that even out in the road after we gave up the GPSr couldn't get a lock. I have one question regarding this: Do GPSrs just have bad days some times? I mean this thing has been a truck with satellites until yesterday. I did drop it once on the trail, it was a soft drop on mud, but I wouldn't expect this to ruin it. However, I did manage to get this unit at a steal of a price ( <50 ), so I wouldn't be crying a river if it just didn't work anymore. When I got home I got a decent lock on satellites but not what I'm used too. This brings me to the GPSMAP 60CSX question. I've been saving up for one but I've been halted from buying due to one thing, paperless geocaching. What do you guys consider paperless? I consider my eXplorist 400 paperless, I can load PQs on my SD card and it has hints with the loc. Can the GPSMAP 60CXS do that? Because that's all I really care about, even if you couldn't put it on the SD and had to use internal memory that would be fine. Thanks!

Honestly, I was holding out on getting a GPS for the best price. About a week ago I found an Explorist 400 on Craigs list for $20. Luckly, it worked out fine. At a price that cheap, I thought I was going to get scammed but it turned out to be worth the gamble. I love my GPS, I hope it loves me too and keeps working for a long time.