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Rebelgent

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  1. Hey Keguiste, I'd say find a GPS or use your smart phone and go full steam ahead! There are caches that require hikes along trails, and caches that you can drive your car up to within a few feet of where it is hidden. I've found caches in several states and it's a great way to enjoy the outdoors and discover new places (many nearby home) that you never knew existed. Anytime I go anywhere, I take care of whatever business that brought me to that particular area, then I take my phone out and see if there are any nearby caches to look for. I've never been disappointed. I live about an hour and a half from you...I'm in the far NE corner in Ohio, about 2 blocks from Lake Erie. I've done some geo-caching in Erie, PA last summer and I'm sure I'll be there again when the weather gets warm again. I certainly hope you give this a go....and enjoy it as much as I have. Good luck!
  2. I'd like to thank everyone for their insight. I purchased a new phone literally the day I read the replies made on this thread and am very happy to say that my phone and I are read to find treasures this summer. Plenty of geocaches are around....all I have to do is wait for Spring time to return. We got 3-6" of snow today, and here it is April 9th! Sheesh! Have fun one and all.... Rebel Gent
  3. Thanks for all your input. I have a hand held Garmin GPS that I still use and it has served me well. It's just that I really like the convenience of the phone app when I had the iPhone to be able to start a cache hunt at a moment's notice without having to go online and manually download the waypoint coordinates. And since there just had to be more than a few folks out in the geo-caching world who knew more about phones and the apps that go with them than I did, I'm glad I sought out the counsel of this forum. Thanks again, Rebel Gent
  4. Hello everyone, Although I'm not new to the geo-caching world, the geo-caching app on a smart phone has befuddled me somewhat. If I can get an answer or two to my questions, I'd certainly appreciate the help. I currently own a Blackberry "dumb" phone. Actually, I was told it wasn't a smart phone, so I can only assume it's a dumb one. I don't know how one tells the difference between a smart phone and all other phones to begin with. Anyhow, I am in the market to get another phone because my BB is beginning to fade, and the one thing I want to make absolutely certain of is that I can use the geo-caching app to find caches on my new phone. I had a company Apple 5 phone where I used to work and used the geo-caching app on that and it worked wonderful well. Unfortunately, the job didn't last and when I left the company, I had to give the company's phone back. So, now to my questions. From what I've heard and read, the Blackberry doesn't have a really good app for geo-caching, correct? When I buy a smart phone, is there any one phone that is better than the rest for the geo-caching app? I assume battery life gets drained pretty quick when using the phone for geo-caching, no? Does the Android system support the geo-caching app in the very same way as the Apple app? I suppose this is the question I would like to have answered the most, and is the question that has stopped me from buying a new phone. If I can buy a smart phone and know that the Apple or the Android will work just as well as one another, I'd be a happy camper. Thanks for your help! Rebel Gent
  5. I not only carry a very large walking stick to poke around holes and crevices, but consider it a handy thing to have to fend off an unfriendly dog, snake, raccoon, or some other critter not happy with my geo caching hobby. (It doesn't work against mosquitos though!) Thankfully, I've never needed to put it to such use. I also wear ankle high leather safety shoes with steel toes in them. I have kicked and tripped over my share of stones and tree roots and this seems to prevent the stubbed toe thing. The ankle high leather boots do give me some sense of security against a snakebite too. . .though most snakes I've seen are in a hurry to get away from me. Almost all the caches hidden around me are on or around natural trails with a lot of wildlife . . .and I suppose you have to be ready for whatever you run across while you're out on the trails.
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