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    Any tips n tricks for a Newbie

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    #1 tip/trick.... have fun!! remember this is a game :anibad:

     

    Hey guys! I'm new to Geocaching! Can't wait to get started! :anibad: I just ordered a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx. I should receive it next week! I have never done this before and I can't wait to get into it! I am from Ontario and it just snowed a bit here, so I have a feeling that might make things a bit difficult but I was just wondering if any of you can offer some tips and tricks with Geocaching for a beginner!?

    Thanks a bunch!

    Cheers,

     

    K

    Geocache Dollars?

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    those are soooo unique.. awesome idea better then the golf ball, tennis balls, and clothes pins im starting to see here lol

     

     

     

    That's exactly what I've found. Wasn't sure what it was. As the link is no longer active what would I do with it now? Keep it and just trade it with other items at caches? Or keep it? Still a bit lost. What did they use to be before you changed isp's?

     

    The link was for some tracking I tried to run on my old ISP. I was trying to create a poor man's travel bug system. It was very tedious, required manual intervention and did not work well so I abandoned trying to track them. Much easier to use Geocaching's travel bug system.

     

    It is now a collectable signature item. You can keep it if you like or you can put it in another cache as a trade item.

     

    Oh ok cool, thanks for the help.

    New to Geocaching - caching alone

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    my 7 year old and I cache together during the week as well and are always out and about in the woods. People have seen us out there and kinda look but no one has ever said anything. I think it looks like we out just walking around in the woods for a nature hike... kids can be great excuses while caching lol

    signature items

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    they are made of plastic so they can get dirty and just wipe off =) I didnt think about the craft baggies at the store lol... i think Ill drop some in the caches this weekend and watch those caches and see what people say =)

    signature items

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    I have read this entire getting started forum and haven't seen this answered anywhere. If i missed it I apologize. And I also know there are lots of different opinions in here hence the reason I am asking lol.

     

    I got some "TMF" signature pieces (they are pieces of plastic cut in the shape of TMF think cookie cutter to get the picture. They are about 2 inches long by a inch high if that.) The question is if i need to put them in a baggie to let people know they are signature items or just drop them in the cache??

     

    any thoughts on this would be great!

     

     

    TheMayfieldFamily

    Sprint Blackberry

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    i have the spring lotus and it has "gps navigation" meaning i can put in the street or area i wanna go and it will give me turn by turn to it i also have web on it so i can look up the cache's while out but im not sure you can use the blackberry sprint applications if its anything like my phone but (and im still a newbie so dont quote me on this) i think there is a program you can get for the BB called cacheberry.. not sure about coses

    Signature Swag

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    i agree lol (preface this by saying in very very new at the sport) but i dont think i would know pencils were swag and would definatley leave them in there unless you somehow put your geonick on it

    Signature Swag

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    we are getting some signature swag to drop in the caches but we are going to do it in addition to trading out the swag..... meaning if the younger 1/2 of themayfieldfamily (tmf) wants something she has to leave something and i will drop in the tmf swag =)

    Junk In Cache Box

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    My 7 year old daughter is the other 1/2 of themayfieldfamily that hunts and loves finding swag as an added bonus of the hunt. One of the caches we found(only found 2 a ammo box and a micro) had just a few little junkie things in there... she took a foam red dice (maybe a sig item as it was handmade) and put in a mctoy and a kids necklace (to help the cache as she said) I was glad that she understood the philosophy behind the "bonus" We are going this weekend with 5 dollars to hit up the dollar tree for the party goodie bag things to add to our bag of mctoys that she has to trade with again her idea and her allowance... she has taken to this great and we love love it :)

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