[Strangest Swag You've Found]

Just curious - I'm sure we've all seen the plastic army man, the occassional nickle, or even the degraded paper card that is long since "readable".

Sorry to get a little OT but I keep hearing mention of plastic army men.... Does this mean that tiny plastic figurines are inappropriate for use as a signature item? (say altered in some small way to make them 'unique')

[All The Techies Out There I Need Your Help!]

I will give it a try one more time today.  I have the coordinates logged in and I will see if I can get a sat lock.  The thing that is really aggravating is that is that i just got this unit on Dec 26 and have not been able to use it.

I have been having almost the same problem! I got a Magellan GPS 3000 for Christmas (old, no warranty info etc) and have not been able to get a lock since... Tried most of what you did except for downloading software because I don't know where to find that or how to put it on the gps...

I tried outside my house, in an open park, in a parking lot, (upright) etc... For varying amounts of time.

I did get it to find 3 satellites (3 bars) in the parking lot but it still did not get a lock and when I looked at the sat status screen it only showed 'numbers' for one satellite, the others shows were all ' * ' (no signal.)

 

I am wondering if I DO get it to get a lock finally, is it going to be this difficult every time I am search for a cache?

[Micro Caches?]

Sorry to reply to this so late but I had a related question--

 

How small does a cache have to be to be considered a micro? Would a container the size of an 8 or 9 oz bottle (big enough for small items) be considered a micro cache?

[How To Get Money To Buy A Gps??]

Make friends with someone who is technologically-oriented and has other technologically-oriented friends, and ask them if they know of any GPSr's lying around that someone is not using or someone who is buying a new one and would be willing to get rid of their old one.

That's pretty much how I got mine (well it was actually a gift but it's an old un-needed model). And my digital camera. And my laptop. And my computer chair.

 

Except it was all through my brother and not a friend... It pays to know people who know people/companies who throw out their old computer stuff!

 

Edited to add: I forgot one-- that's also how I got my Blackberry

[How Long Until I Should Get Nervous]

Hey all,

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who replied here! Even though I wasn't the one asking this was VERY helpful to me, especially since I have a Magellan

 

I am going to go out and try to get a lock on mine now. Thanks! (crossing fingers)

[Pop Can Cache]

you can hide it in the air

you can hide it anywhere

you can hide it in a town

but never dig up the ground

you can hide it in a tree

but beware of nests of bees

 

Sorry, couldn't resist a little humor. Good luck with your cache!

Is it just me or are other people reading these to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw"? (Do your ears hang low, etc...)

[How Subtle Can You Be With An Ammo Can?]

If you act like you're supposed to be there doing whatever, no one usually cares enough to give you a second look.

I think this is a case where having a dog with you could come in handy Assuming it's a 'dogs-allowed' area of course.

 

I've found that no one pays attention to you/what you're doing if you've got a dog with you, unless they want to ask about the dog. People with dogs are just somehow less suspicious!

Example, there's a suburb near my house without sidewalks on the sidestreets, and pretty much no one who lives there walks. I go to the area with friends to get ice cream during the summer and we often walk around the neighborhood to eat it. If we have no dog, people look suspiciously at us. If we are walking a dog, they just ignore us.

I've also found this it true with police officers-- they tend to be less suspicious of people with dogs... I remember when I was young enough to be under city curfew laws a friend and I used to walk around way past curfew a lot. We always had our dogs with us though, and none of the police passing ever bugged us, except once or twice to wave and smile at the dogs!

 

Aside from simply walking WITH a dog, having one can also be useful in that if someone catches you searching for a cache you have more things to make up such as you're looking for your dog's lost tennis ball