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    Using car GPS for geocaching?

    in GPS technology and devices

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    Actually my $50 budget is for the waywayway older handheld gps units that honestly I wouldn't mind if it were beat up as long as it were usable for a good while still. Obviously, the price would have to reflect the wear of it but still I'd be willing to do that just to try this out.

     

    As for car GPS, Id likely go up to $200 on that, even for used but only if it's REALLY good. I'd hate to buy a cheap piece of junk and end up lost because it wasn't reliable.

    Using car GPS for geocaching?

    in GPS technology and devices

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    For right now, I have been searching for as cheap a unit I can find for geocaching with. ($50 max) and I have several friends with kids that I can get into this if I ever upgrade. Just a matter of finding one... If I canlt before I get the car navigation, I can just test it out with that. Then like you said, can try and get money for a real handheld for christmas. My birthdate isn't tik April though, so about half a year to go on that one.

    Using car GPS for geocaching?

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I should be driving soon (by next month if all goes well) and I know I will want to pick up a navigation system. But I recently found out about geocaching and want to get more into this. My question is, for those that use their car GPS for this, how useful is it actually? I'll probably be looking at a lower-end TomTom or something else under the $100-$150 budget. Could I expect anything useful out of that?

    Barely finding cache sites in my area.

    in South and Southeast

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    Thanks :) I'm checking out the garage sale forum now. Trying not to rip anyone off, while getting a super cheap started for myself. Probably try and get my room-mates kids interested in it if I can, then I could talk her into driving us around *for them* lol. Does anyone know if the girl scouts has a GeoCaching badge, like Boy Scouts does? If so, her daughter is a girl scout. Maybe I'll have them ask the troupe leader, if no one here knows.

    Barely finding cache sites in my area.

    in South and Southeast

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    While that *was* helpful... my issue is I don't have a car and I can't just talk one of my friends or family into road-tripping across North Carolina. There's an event listed for Charlotte that I *MAY* be able to talk one of my friends into going because they love exploring Charlotte. But the one who definitely actually would, her car is totaled.

    WTB: Prefer: under $50, ANY condition (usable, of course)

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I don't really care what kind it is, as long as it still functions and is under $50. Would prefer one that I can enter a lot of coordinates into and backtrack. Honestly, as long as the price reflects the wear, I don't care if it's about to fall apart (but again: price reflecting wear). I just want something I can test out geocaching with but not spend $100-$300 on something crazy I may never use again.

     

    Thanks.

    Barely finding cache sites in my area.

    in South and Southeast

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    I'm just wondering if there are some people around me that I can do caching with. I just found out about it the other day, and have found a few locations I want to check out and try and find. I don't have a GPS system and my phone is extremely basic so the application isn't an option either. The 3 or 4 caches in my area shouldn't be too hard without one I suppose. But I'm terribly limited with walking (only one cache I can see is under 1 mile from my house) or busing there... I don't even own a bike.

     

    Honestly, I don't really know what I really want. I have a serious aversion against meeting people from the internet, even in extremely public places. But I would love to cache with other people and no one I know would be interested in this activity.

     

    I guess I wouldn't be so against meeting up with someone in a public place (mall, restaurant, other business) and sticking to extremely public cache sites... And that way I can check out some GPS units before I go buy one while getting used to best ways to find caches.

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