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subbing... We are new to this but I have 4 yr and 8 yr old b.days coming in May and June and this sounds like a great idea although I need to learn more about geocaching myself first.

HI, I've heard the term geocaching but never gave thought to it until recently. However now that some of my kids are a little more independent, we will enjoy this activities. We went to look for our first treasure but couldn't find it. Well, we did find something but it was empty sprinkler piece (my 8 yr old son found it and we were so excited but when I opened it, it was empty with just drips of water). My questions are: How do you guys get a list of caches to look for? I have Android phone but sometimes it doesn't get connection. I also have Garmin GPS but how do I use it? I don't know how to read the compass coordinates. Also why this location moves when we move? There was a canal between two spots yesterday and it was keep giving us opposite side as the geocach location. What is muggle? Any tips for newbies would be appreciated. TIA