Photoguy505

Thanks Pax, I went to the wiki page, did the low level format (works on a PN20 too, incidentally) and I am now able to send caches to my gps again. Thanks VERY much!!!!

What about the PN20? I have been using the cable since I got it over a year ago. Hadn't done any fancy messing with it.. no resets, no settings changes, just adding and deleting geocaches.. up until about a week or 2 back when I got the same 'Waypoint Indexing Problem". But on my PN20 there's no "file" option when I'm on the waypoints page... I press menu again and it gives me the standard list of stuff. I have run the updater and it says my firmware is up to date. Weirdest thing about mine is that I was doing it and suddenly no more than 2 weeks ago, POOF.. I couldn't.. for no apparent reason. Thanks in advance for any help offered. Don

Don't know how well it works in Europe, but GC Droid works pretty well in the USA

Tried to check this one out, your description was very intriguing. I'm not a premium member though, so I couldn't go past the warning page.

I agree with the others that say report to the cache owner and let them sort it out. Also, I read about something called EPE (Estimated Postion Error). When you put your gpsr on the 'sattellites' page and you see the graphic of sattellites, there's a number near them. That number is the number of feet it may be off. Some of the numbers are low, some are high. So basically the EPE COULD make it further off the mark than you think. Don

A lot of gpsr's will allow you to add caches via the cable, but being a premium member gives you an advantage I found today. You see, I'm not premium just yet. I have a fairly new (bought it refurbished less than 2 weeks ago) DeLorme PN20. I loaded a bunch of caches this morning and took off into the woods. I found out quickly that I could see the last few logs. It took a while to find out that if I WERE a premium member I could view the hints as well as the last few logs. Happy Caching Don

Hello all, My name is Don. I don't think I qualify as a lurker. I only come in every 3-4 weeks and don't post enough (read: hardly ever). When I do come in I find some interesting information.. sometimes, with all the off-topic stuff in a thread, getting to the information I want is like caching with a 30-foot accuracy rating but it all works out in the end. Don :slipping quietly back into the shadows now:

I use the Garmin Etrex H for now. I can see the need for a mapping gpsr in the future, but I found 4 caches my first day (about 2 weeks ago) with the Garmin. I recommend for non mapping gps, like some others have, to have an alternative. What I do with mine is use Google Earth to look at a sattellite photo of the general area, make a route by marking points there, then adding them as waypoints to my H. Cool? Don

On a side note.. other than specific instructions (no brainer there) is there any rule for how far they need to move? I don't get out of my home town much.. maybe I move them from a remote site to one within my town that may be visited by out-of-towners?

Hi all, Here's my input for the no-find situation. I JUST returned from my first cache excursion. Well, technically my second. The first was a cache that was less than 500 feet from my house and I didn't find it. How's that for lame? Today was different. I had been past one of the caches I found today several times on my mountain bike! It was a 2-stager named Jetty Jacks near zip code 87114. The second stage was way cool. Ammo can with all kinds of goodies. The second cache was a bit more trying. Seeing as it was less than a quarter mile from the first, did I use trails? Oh no, I bushwacked. I know, bad on me. Sorry. You'll see why it won't happen again shortly. Halfway between the first and second cache there was a tent set up. They had to bushwack to get it where it was. Normal folks don't usually camp there, there are many more appealing places within short distances. I heard some language I hadn't in a while, threatening me to leave and what sounded like a gun cocking. I got out as fast as I could. Second cache finally... lost a water bottle, found a cell phone, and was (according to my gps) still 40 feet away.. and I walked up on it! Almost in plain sight. Said all that to say this.. it's an adventure that sometimes doesnt work out but like my co-cachers have said, check the accuracy of your gps and also if the cache hider listed their accuracy at the time of placement. It's a hoot.. I'm just getting started and I'm hooked like a bass on a Gamakatsu!!