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Try this http://www.gpsworld.com I don't think it's aimed at consumers and that it's more of an industry magazine.

The City navigator I have (v4 I think) on cd came with a Street Pilot III and I have it installed on my 76cs. I don't know if that will help but...

This isn't going to help much but: Yes I think so.

Drgnsrealm: First of all welcome and thanks for the story. You said you didn't want to log your first two finds but, what you could do when you get you GPSr is to go back and find them again using it. That way you can log them and get some practice learning how to use the unit. As you'll soon find out a Gps will rarely take you to the exact location of a cache and knowing where it actually is and where the GPSr thinks it is can be great practice.

All above are great suggestions and I'll add, get a magnetic compass. Unless your GPS has an electronic compass built in (I don't think your's will) the compass on the GPS doesn't work when standing still. You have to be walking at a pretty fast pace before the goto feature will work. Your GPS can give you a bearing to the cache (a compass direction) and you can then use a magnetic compass to find the right direction. Hope this helps, don't give up, and welcome to Geocacheing

The first: Garmin 12: I still have and plan to keep. The second: Lowrance IFinder: I sold. The third: Garmin yellow etrex: I sold. The Forth: Garmin 76cs: will keep until I can afford the x series. So 4

If you have to have voice prompts you can connect it to a laptop running Enroute. That will give you voice prompt and a larger display. Of course where to put the laptop can be a problem.

Look into Ham radio and Automatic Position Reporting System.

Off topic I know but: I had a 64 (I think) International Scout at one time. And welcome Karl! Edited: to fix quote

This place might have the cable and connectors your looking for http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/re05u.php# . As for what your trying to do I don't know but it sounds interesting. Let us know if it works.

What kind of sick twisted game are you guys playing where you set foxes on fire.

Anybody in and around the Greeneville, Tennessee area interested in setting up a get together at a local restaurant to meet and swap cacheing stories.

I'm a Garmin fan but I did own an IFinder for a while. The one I had had the interchangeable face on it so it wasn't moister proof at all, other than that it was a really nice unit with some really nice features. Like I said I'm a Garmin fan, but thats because my first GPSr was a Garmin and I got used to Garmin. Except for the IFinder that's all I've ever owned. I think the Coke vs Pepsi vs Red bull vs store brand analogy is a good one. Each brand has it's strengths and weaknesses and a lot of it comes down to personal taste and the way you use your Gpsr. For geocaching even the most basic unit will work fine. If I where you I would use what you have until you figure out what you want/need in a GPSr and then decide.

Short answer no (with a but), long answer yes (with an "if").

I know what you mean about the creepy man feel.

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For me it's the parking lot micros that bother me the most when I'm alone. It seems like it would draw less attention if other where there to distract muggles. Edited to add: Or at least a lookout would be nice.

Also use your compass, Gpsr are great at getting you close, but in those last few feet and many times yards/meters the don't do to well. It can help alot to back off some, let the GPSr give you a bearing to the cache, then use the compass to follow it. If you can make a circle around ground zero taking barrings from different locations and then triangulate.

I thought he meant cachers who drive Chevy novas

This may have been said before but: If you need voice prompts and you have a notebook/laptop you can hook up any of the garmin auto routing units and get the voice prompts from the computer using Garmin's En rout. Some one correct me on this but I don't think you have to have the maps loaded on the GPSr if they are on the computer? You can also use the computer's display to view the maps. Then when you want to head into the woods you can just unplug the handheld GPSr and carry it with you. The biggest problem is where to put the computer in the vehicle so that it's not in the way. If you get an external antenna the GPSr doesn't even have to set on the dash. This is the setup I plan to use on our next trip and it seems to work well, I justhaven't figured how to mount everything yet. I have a 76cs that works great but if the x series had been available when I bought mine I would have gone for one of them. I liked the 76 models for the marine stuff (which I never use) and the fact that it had more memory, but now that you can use memory cards I think I would recommend the 60__x models (They seem to fit the hand better). You might be surprised at the number of maps that can be held in the memory. Just my two pennies, I hope that helps.

I think the Garmin quest2 will do all that. Edited to add: Except the cheep part, which I don't think is going to happen

Tried it, Works great. Thanks.

For geocacheing set you gps to h ddd mm.mmm and datum to wgs84 and leave it. the only reason you might need to change it is if someone gives you coords in another format (probably not a geocacher) or you are using it with a map that uses some other grid format and/or datum. Eventually you should learn about the other types but for geocaching it's not necessary.

I agree; Let others see and share in a part of history. Edited to add: Make up a card explaining what the coin is and it's historical significance. Then hot glue the coin to the card. That way hopefully no one will be offended.

I knew about the priorities and I usually turn of the Set I'm not using but I haven't noticed any speed difference. Of course I'm limited to ~116 megs total and I guess using a large card could make a difference.