SidAndBob

Although smelly bags may not be pleasant to us the key issue here is that plastic bags can be a danger to wildlife.

Bob, on my Garmin GPS-unit there is a micro SD-card. It is possible to save all the track logs to that card (one GPX-file created every day). This gives you more or less infinite storage space. But it is not possible to display old tracks that are not in the GPS internal memory. I'm glad someone knew this. I have a CSx and track logs are only limited by microSD size, so unlimited in effect. The functionality is there, it just seems that most people don't know it. I use a low-tech approach and save my log files with date-description. It works for me, especially in conjunction with Memory Map where I can load multiple tracks/routes/waypoints onto one map.

Of course a whole new generation of high sensitivity receivers has come out since you got your Explorist. If you cache under heavy tree cover it would be worth considering an upgrade.

Many thanks d-dixon. Great work.

Really? I've got a TyTN II and I think it's a superb phone. Caching with it has proven to be a great experience in my book. I use a combination of Memory Map and Beeline GPS. Once again, sorry for late response but I seem to miss this thread each time it pops up . I've now seen 3 people who have stated that they are getting good results on a phone using the QualComm chipset (as far as I know, all GPS equipped HTC designed phones except for the original XDA Orbit and equivalents). I have, or have had, 3 such phones (2 x XDA Stellar, or HTC Ty Tn II, and an XDA Orbit 2). They are all unqualified rubbish for caching, when compared to my Asus P750 phone, my eTrex HCx and my Pretec bluetooth receiver. The issue isn't the software - they all run MemoryMap, OziExplorer, TomTom and a cache database equally well. The issue is the GPSr performance, especially under the marginal conditions which frequently pertain when caching. How does your unit perform under tree cover? In an urban jungle? What I would quite like to do is meet up with someone from the West London/Heathrow area who has one of these models that appears to work well, and actually go caching with their TyTn II, my TyTn II, the Asus P750 and the eTrex. I'm quite keen to find out if the difference in our perceptions is a real one, or if we just have different expectations of performance. I have a good reason to want to know the answer to this - my Asus P750 has good GPSr performance, but only 64Mb of SDRAM. I would prefer a phone that performed as well but which had more memory. Having had 3 devices with QualComm chipsets that are way below the standard I require, I'm very loth to get yet another without a real expectation that it will be OK. Rgds, Andy I've not had a problem with the TyTN II under tree cover. I get a good signal in my house and satellite lock is lightning fast with QuickGPS. It's an all-round awesome device, but not the best for finding geocaches due to the static navigation issue. I nearly always take my CSx with me and have never seen a mobile device yet that would come close to changing that.

It's great to hear that your geocoin has eventually turned up. Unfortunately for us the Geocaching equilibrium has been maintained, as we have recently lost an identical geocoin. Maybe it will also resurface after 17 months. The fact that it was in a cache called There they were.... Gone! seems somewhat ironic.

Although the CSx cost £500 RRP when it came out 3 years ago (nobody I know paid more than £400 even then), I think you'll find you can easily buy it for this price or cheaper now. I'm guessing the Legend is a similar story.

You should never risk your a**, let alone multiple asses.

I refresh my POI every month or two. I have many thousands of POI, but it's just a backup in case I'm impromptu caching away from home. On a regular trip I download waypoints in the area I'm caching. I find it quicker with a shorter list. I hide the POI and just use them for a quick hint lookup in this case. I never download them as geocaches as I use custom icons, so I can see cache type at a glance. POI use the same icons. You can hide POI by selecting a smaller Map Points range in the Map Setup screen. A similar thing can be done with waypoints.

I've used it with gpx files and it works great. It imports as many logs as are in the gpx file.

A quick search brought up this thread and this bookmark list. The other alternative is to either Find Caches Along a Route or use GSAK.

Try the search button, as this has been covered a squillion times before. Also check out Garmin.com.

We're trying to program Will's to find caches, but we can't find a GPSr sensor? Great fun though.

Congratulations to Satellite Kid and sirclimbsalot on reaching1,finds.

We've moved the Wye Valley & Forest of Dean Event back a week as the Mega event would have clashed. It's about 35 miles north of Weston. Should be 15th August 2009 if all goes as planned. Camping all weekend. Looks like a good site from this years stats.. We dont mind either side of WSM date wise. Used to live near Wotton-Under-Edge so know the SW pretty well. Looking forward to it all How could I forget Don't push me over the edge!!! with 6 finds and 25 DNFs owned up to.

We've moved the Wye Valley & Forest of Dean Event back a week as the Mega event would have clashed. It's about 35 miles north of Weston. Should be 15th August 2009 if all goes as planned. Camping all weekend.

I stumbled across this guys profile today. He apparently reached 5,000 back in 2006 and never found (or at least logged) another cache again. I wonder what his story is? I'd have given up a long time ago if I got in half the scrapes you do anyway SKid?

Christmas Cracker was around a couple of years ago. Someone muggled it and stole the pressies though.

Configure the port to COM4 as you would with other apps.

My main criteria is it must run the Windows Mobile o/s so you can use Memory Map.

I've just tried navigating using it on the TyTN II and it's very good. It seems better that the Cachemate plug-in. Although there isn't as much detail (no TB management, for instance) the listing pages seem easier to read, all logs from the gpx file are included and in-line images are shown. Decoded hints and additional waypoints are also shown. The Radar screen also shows the closes caches to you. You can't add voice notes, but switching between listing, navigation and writing notes is much simpler than Cachemate, as is adding a waypoint. As you can use the same .gpx file you create for Cachemate there is very little overhead here, so I will certainly be trying it next time I'm out caching for real. Hopefully this will go on to be developed further, but it's a great start. (OK, it's v2.1).

I've just downloaded this software for Windows Mobile devices. It looks pretty good at first glance. It's very simple to import a gpx file and get caching. I've not tried it outside yet though.

Looks like I missed saying Congratulations to The Moor We Hunt... on a huge milestone too.Well done.

May I return the sentiments and say Congratulations to the Squirrellys on making their 500th find in Devon after just 7 months in the game.

Anyone can get high cache karma. My aim is to achieve good logs from happy cachers. Quality, not quantity.