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NatureGuy360

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  1. I have a Dakota 20, and I absolutely love this little unit! However, the Dakota 10 does not have an electronic compass, and a couple of the other features that my Dakota 20 has. So with that in mind, if basic paperless geocaching, and touchscreen is what you want, then the Dakota 10 sounds perfect. Otherwise I would maybe lean towards the Colorado.
  2. As far as I am concerned, if it is not physically in my geocache then I will go ahead, and mark it as missing, and hopefully who ever does have the trackable will eventually log that they have it. That way, geocachers will not be expecting to find a trackable that has long been gone, and the trackable owner will know that their item has not been logged properly by whoever took it.
  3. After years of geocaching with my stone aged Garmin eTrex Legend, I finally purchased a brand new Garmin Dakota 20 a few weeks ago. Wow, this unit is amazing! Well, it was amazing until my clumsy self dropped it onto some rocks, and put a nice little ding, or chip into the touch screen. Ugh! So I know there are products on the market that remove dings from a car windshield. Do they also make any products like that for a touch screen GPS unit, or a touch screen phone for the matter? I think it will take much more than a band aid to this fix this injury. Any help is appreciated!
  4. While scouting for a new geocache location today, I accidentally stumbled upon the physical container to a local mystery geocache. Unfortunately, even though I signed the log, the cache owner would not let me log the find online since I didn’t technically solve the puzzle to find the coordinates to the geocache.
  5. I started out with my Garmin eTrex Legend nearly four years ago and I have used it up until just recently when I upgraded to a Garmin Dakota 20. Wow, what a difference! Here is an overview of all of my GPS purchases. 1. Garmin eTrex Legend 2. Garmin eTrex Legend (first one stopped working) 3. Garmin Street Pilot c340 4. Garmin Nuvi 260W 5. Garmin Dakota 20
  6. Plus, if a lazy or careless geocacher places a geocache, they may walk to the location and push "mark waypoint" just once instead of averaging multiple waypoints over time and from several directions. Due to fluctuations in GPS reception, this will cause the coordinates to be off.
  7. I’m… so... addicted! I think I need to turn my self into cachers-anonymous clinic.
  8. I just recently purchased a Dakota 20 and I could not be happier! After using the eTrex Legend for the past four years, it was definitely time for an upgrade. I thought about the Oregon, however, I simply did not have $500 to spend on a quality Oregon unit. Plus, all of the horror stories about not being able to see the screen in direct sunlight was a major concern for me. With the Dakota however, the screen has its best visibility when it is in direct sunlight without the backlight on! Granted the screen size is a bit smaller on the Dakota, however, I have not had any difficulty reading the text or symbols on the screen. Also, having the three axis compass is definitely a perk! Besides the Oregon, I also considered purchasing an iphone for geocaching. However, I could not justify spending $200 on the phone itself, plus an additional $30 for a monthly service charge on a phone that has sketchy GPS accuracy to begin with. The Dakota 20 has allowed me to finally catch up to the rest of the world and go paperless. Although there are many diehard Oregon fans out there, I simply could not be more satisfied with my compact, efficient and yet very powerful Dakota 20.
  9. Um, I tell them the truth? Actually, the only muggles that I have come across recently are angry business owners or managers who had no idea that a geocache was placed on their property. In situations such as that, it is simply best to tell the truth. What boggles my mind though, is that the business owners and managers are usually okay with having a geocache on their property but they are offended that no one asked permission to place it there. If it's just a random person walking by then I can understand just giving them a quick excuse. However, if there is someone with an inquiring mind then just tell them the truth. This world is so much more open to the idea of geocaching when we actually expand their knowledge about it. Let's hide geocaches, not our intentions.
  10. How about this for an acorn geocache? Acorn Link Okay, maybe not.
  11. Short descriptions are fine if the quality and creativity of the geocache speaks for itself. If someone writes a short description just to haphazardly toss a used plastic container into some random bushes and call it a geocache than I might be a little more frustrated about that.
  12. I started out geocaching with family until they ended up moving out of state. For years I had to geocache alone. Then I just happened to meet a new friend and through the course of our conversation she learned about geocaching and wanted to try it out. She has been hooked ever since! Now we try to go geocaching at least once a week together. Even more bizarre, I was sitting at work entering coordinates for geocaches into my older GPS unit. One of my newer coworkers glanced over and asked if I was a geocacher. I was stunned! "How do you know about geocaching?" I asked. He said he was a geocacher too! I had been working with a fellow geocacher and never knew it. It's a very small world so don't give up hope. I would strongly encourage you to attend some of the local geocaching get-togethers to broaden your network of geocaching friends.
  13. There was a geocache owner in my area who had placed two geocaches and yet she had only found a total of two geocaches herself. Needless to say, she archived her two geocaches after she decided that she no longer had time for geocaching right now. As long as you have found more than two geocaches, and as "Kit Fox" mentioned, as long as you put some thought, effort, and creativity into your geocache then you should be just fine.
  14. I miss the old days when geocachers would put real thought, effort, and creativity into geocaches. Lately, I have found so many geocaches in my area where it appears that the hider just tossed a used plastic container into some random weeds and called it a geocache. My very first geocache find (which is archived now, may it rest in peace) was a very clever hide placed on the top of a bluff overlooking a nearby lake. I'm sorry but the randomly placed lamp post micro just does not evoke that same emotion from me. Call me old fashioned, but I would rather have fewer well thought out geocaches than a bunch of haphazardly thrown out park and grabs. Sure, I can simply "ignore" the geocaches I do not enjoy hunting for. However, it seems like I am having to "ignore" more and more each day. Thanks for the memories.
  15. It does not matter if it is illegal to place a geocache on a mailbox or not. Unless you have permission granted from the owner of the mailbox, and/or the property owner where the mailbox is placed on, then any geocache there is violating the geocaching guidelines.
  16. Get permission! Get permission! Get permission! It does not matter if the property is vacant or abandoned or not. Unless you own the property, or you get permission from whoever owns the property, then you are not only violating the geocaching placement guidelines but you are trespassing. Just because a piece of land is vacant, or abandoned, does NOT make it public property. Sorry this is just a pet peeve of mine.
  17. I just recently purchased a Dakota 20 and I could not be happier! After using the eTrex Legend for the past four years, it was definitely time for an upgrade. I thought about the Oregon, however, I simply did not have $500 to spend on a quality Oregon unit. Plus, all of the horror stories about not being able to see the screen in direct sunlight was a major concern for me. With the Dakota however, the screen has its best visibility when it is in direct sunlight without the backlight on! Granted the screen size is a bit smaller on the Dakota, however, I have not had any difficulty reading the text or symbols on the screen. Besides the Oregon, I also considered purchasing an iphone for geocaching. However, I could not justify spending $200 on the phone itself, plus an additional $30 for a monthly service charge on a phone that has sketchy GPS accuracy to begin with. The Dakota 20 has allowed me to finally catch up to the rest of the world and go paperless. Although there are many diehard Oregon fans out there, I simply could not be more satisfied with my compact, efficient and yet very powerful Dakota 20.
  18. I understand it may never happen but I always thought it would be nice to have a "film canister" icon for a micro, a "tupperware" icon for a small, an "ammo can" icon for a regular, and a "5 gallon bucket" icon for large.
  19. Around the office I am still considered one of "the rookies" since I have only been in law enforcement since December 2006. However I did have a custom novelty geocaching badge made just for the fun of it. Click the link to see a picture of it. Custom Made Geocaching Badge
  20. Okay I admit it when I first started Geocaching in 2005 I carried everything imaginable and more! I had a water bottle, first aid kit, pens, pencils, notepad, compass, street maps, whistle, flashlight, and a pocket knife and that was just in the first pocket of my backpack! I looked like I was going on a ten day hike while searching for a lamp post mirco. Now I have streamlined things and I carry my GPS receiver, a pen, and that is all.
  21. Currently I am clocking in at twenty three years of age ...and counting!
  22. Let me start off by saying that the YouTube video I included in this post has absolutely nothing to do about Geocaching specifically. However I think you will find some similarities between the video and Geocaching when it comes to the human element of an unsuspecting public. The video is about a man in the New York City area who was so fed up with his bicycles getting stolen that he filmed a short documentary on just how easy it was to steal a bicycle in a crowded downtown area. To perform the experiment he used his own bicycle, locks, and tools. Notice how the public reacts to his attempts and then imagine if that bicycle was a Geocache. This video should shed some light for any Geocacher who thinks that every muggle is constantly watching them. What are your thoughts?
  23. If Groundspeak sold Geocaching flags I would definitely buy one!
  24. When I first started Geocaching I would take anything and everything with me! I always looked like I was about to embark on a three day excursion for what was really just a 10 minute trek into the woods. More recently however I have started carrying less and less with me and now I only carry the bare essentials which are my GPS unit, a pen to write with, and maybe a couple of trade items.
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