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  1. Has anyone loaded the latest 3.02 beta version for their 76S. Are there any problems anyone has had or is having since update. I would like to know before I give it a try. I have the standard 2.01 now. Thanks for any help. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  2. Thanks skydiver. I agree with you 100 percent and it's really not a rant if it is the truth. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  3. Maybe it is just me but I think UTM is much easier and quicker to use in converting your position from gpsr to topo map or topo to gpsr than LAT/LON. Caches have both coordinates listed so why use the more difficult one. But then again that is just my 2 cents worth LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  4. I have owned a Garmin 12XL for 5 years and after passing it on to my son I got a Garmin 76S. I guess I could knit-pick any product I own do death but I really have never had any real complaints about Garmin. My 12XL after 4 years lost memory but after contacting Garmin they told me to send it in and they sent me back a new factory rebuilt with all the latest updated software, case, manual, lanyard so I had no problem with that. Garmin has got me there and back too many times to count so I love GARMIN. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT
  5. Just got my garmin 76S from Off Route.com and I am pleased with their price and fast service. Came one day earlier than expected ( 2 days after ordering ) and the price was as good or better than most online suppliers. A plus is supporting Geocaching in the proccess. It works for me. LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  6. Sorry I didn't give more details about the " Lucky Key " travel bug. I live in Montana but the travel bug is currently in Hawaii. I see it has been picked up and not placed in a cache as yet. I would like to ask that in your travels in Hawaii if you happen to stumble over it please consider giving it a ride. Thanks sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  7. Sorry I didn't give more details about the " Lucky Key " travel bug. I live in Montana but the travel bug is currently in Hawaii. I see it has been picked up and not placed in a cache as yet. I would like to ask that in your travels in Hawaii if you happen to stumble over it please consider giving it a ride. Thanks sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  8. I am looking for someone going to Hawaii to pickup a travel bug of mine called the " Lucky Key ". It is located in the " Haleakala Bike Cache " located on the island of Maui. Thanks sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  9. I am looking for someone going to Hawaii to pickup a travel bug of mine called the " Lucky Key ". It is located in the " Haleakala Bike Cache " located on the island of Maui. Thanks sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  10. well last week came and went...still waiting http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/11902_900.gif CachePotato I can't even imagine how anxious you must be. I would like to see how the people who could afford this coool new gpsr like them. It is like watching someone open a christmas gift even if it isn't yours it is still so much fun to watch them play and have fun with their new toy. Please pass on the joy when you get it. I feel your pain and can hardly wait until you get yours. Soon I hope. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  11. well last week came and went...still waiting http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/11902_900.gif CachePotato I can't even imagine how anxious you must be. I would like to see how the people who could afford this coool new gpsr like them. It is like watching someone open a christmas gift even if it isn't yours it is still so much fun to watch them play and have fun with their new toy. Please pass on the joy when you get it. I feel your pain and can hardly wait until you get yours. Soon I hope. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  12. It sounds like a good idea although if every geocacher in Montana bought one that would only be 50 some. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  13. It sounds like a good idea although if every geocacher in Montana bought one that would only be 50 some. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  14. New-age treasure hunting catching on 04/18/02 By KAYLEY MENDENHALL Chronicle Staff Writer Respond to this story Email this story to a friend Hunting for hidden treasure is no longer a game left to eye-patch-wearing pirates with hooks for hands. The New-Age pastimes of "geocaching" and "letterboxing" have brought treasure hunting to the 21st century. The games challenge computer-minded souls with a love for gadgets and outdoor exploration to leave their cubicles and venture into the wild. Armed with a topographic map, a global positioning system unit, exact latitude and longitude coordinates and clues printed from an Internet site, Mark Sheehan drove in the general direction of a geocache hidden just north of Bozeman. "The reason you want to print maps beforehand is you can see the exact spot," Sheehan said as he searched for the right place to park. "It is on this side of the river." Before leaving for an afternoon adventure, Sheehan used his laptop and a computer map program called "Topo USA" to get his bearings. The software only costs about $50, but he said geocachers could buy a topographic map at any outdoor gear store that would work as well. After a few wrong turns, Sheehan decided to park near a trailhead for the "Main Street to the Mountains" trail system just off Bridger Canyon Drive. He strapped on a fanny pack full of supplies and put his GPS unit around his neck before heading down the trail. "You can actually pick up a GPS unit on sale sometimes for under $100," Sheehan said. Watching the arrow on the tiny GPS screen, he narrated when the trail was veering off course from the final destination of hidden treasure. "Danger Will Robinson, danger," he joked as the trail wound sideways away from the direction the arrow indicated. Soon it straightened out and Sheehan knew he was within 10 feet of his goal, he set down the GPS and scoured under fallen logs and bushes until a small Tupperware box was found. From a note pad placed in the box, Sheehan read entries from the nine geocachers who had visited the site. The latest entry was from Don and Nancy Wilson, the Bozeman couple who hid the box of odds and ends including a yo-yo, a compass, golf balls and some baseball cards. "Most of our things are kind of like little camping gadgets or survival tools," Don Wilson said of what he chooses to hide. "There are certain things you don't put in caches. You don't put food in a cache. We don't personally put any matches in caches. We think about safety." The Wilson's started geocaching a few years ago. They have hidden nine caches so far and Don is working on a 10th that will incorporate a series of clues leading people to different statues around Bozeman. "We've taken whole vacations just based on geocaching," he said. "Most people who place caches, place them at neat places to visit." Sheehan admits he is more into letterboxing than geocaching, but has an interest in both hobbies. Letterboxing is more labor intensive. People are expected to carve their own unique rubber stamps -- one to leave in the box they hide and another to carry with them as a trademark. "An article in Backpacker magazine gave letterboxing a higher geek index," Sheehan said. "Because you have to carve the stamp." Geocaching, on the other hand, requires only that a person carry along an inexpensive trinket to leave behind in exchange for whatever trinket is taken out of the box. Instead of collecting items, letterboxers have a journal used to collect stamps. Sheehan has hidden five letterboxes in Hyalite Canyon, but he thinks he is the only letterboxer in Montana. "It came first. I read an article about it in the Smithsonian magazine," he said of letterboxing. "Geocaching is a little more elitist in the sense that you have to own a GPS unit. Anyone with Internet access can letterbox." While this may be true, by Sheehan's calculations, geocaching is about six times more popular than letterboxing in the United States. Web sites like geocaching.org and letterboxing.org give all the specifics of where to look, how to start and what rules to abide by when participating in the hobbies. There are some ethical issues about making fair trades and staying close to trails discussed on the sites. "The whole movement is very ecologically sensitive," Wilson said. "Most people are very sensitive to the ecology and will try to put them near a trail so people aren't traveling through the woods so to speak. A responsible cache owner will check on the cache every once in a while." For most, it seems, the fun is more about the hunt and the glory of finding the hidden box than what is tucked inside. Many who had visited the Wilson's box north of Bozeman wrote, "took nothing, left nothing," on the note pad. Wilson agrees with that sentiment and said he likes geocaching for the problem-solving aspects of it and for all the interesting places it has taken him. "If a hider is really thinking about a good place to hide it, they are putting it in a place that is interesting or historically exciting to see," he said. Kayley Mendenhall is at kmendenhall@dailychronicle.com ©2002 MyWebPal.com. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy All other trademarks and Registered trademarks are property of their respective owners LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  15. Thanks doesn't seem enough. I just received my Canadian geocoins today and they are spectacular to say the least. I have one Moun10bike coin and will keep one of these for my collection. These are almost too nice to put in a cache. Thanks MrGigabyte for sharing this with us. You have done a great job putting this whole thing together from concept to completion. I will be ordering some more at a later date. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  16. I guess you could look for more exotic ways to protect your gpsr screen. The mailing tape suggested by Rich in NEPA works great. I put it on my garmin 12XL several years ago and the screen still looked like new when I had to send it into garmin for a internal battery problem. Garmin sent me back a factory rebuilt and I applied mailing tape to this one also. A cheap and most effective way to save your screen from scratches. sidewinder Lost and Found dept. LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  17. Let the fun begin. good job on the first one. although i have only found 4 to date the first one will always be one to be remembered. the road to a hundred cache finds begins with the first one. sidewinder Lost and Found dept. LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  18. Let the fun begin. good job on the first one. although i have only found 4 to date the first one will always be one to be remembered. the road to a hundred cache finds begins with the first one. sidewinder Lost and Found dept. LOST AND FOUND DEPT.
  19. Yes like a first love you never forget your first cache and the treasure found there. A set of bungee cords that I still have and use. They were taken from the continental divide cache here in montana. Although the most treasured item taken from a cache is the moun10bike geocoin. sidewinder Lost and Found dept.
  20. Change is good and I love it. Thanks for all your hard work AGAIN. sidewinder Lost and Found dept.
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