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Well I am glad that it has happened to others, and doesn't mean anything horrible. Thank you for your replies!!!

Hi, I am wondering if anyone else who had a Garmin eTrex Legend has ever been out geocaching, only to look down and see that the entire screen has disappeared, and in it's place there is only a thin blue line running down the left hand side of the unit's screen. This has happened to me twice recently. Once while in the car heading towards a cache, and another time while we were out searching for a cache. Please don't tell me my unit is dying

Actually I've never found a cache that is a cold wet shopping bag. All sorts of other containers, to be sure. I think he means an ammo box or tupperware wrapped in a cold wet shopping bag, placed by the cache owner with the horribly mistaken assumption it would protect the container, when actually plastic bags attract, rather then repel moisture, and are a breeding ground for slimy, creepy crawly insects. It's pretty much a regional thing in some areas, a "monkey see, monkey do" sort of thing. Speaking of which, I see many regional "oh no's" in this thread. Sign me up for Oh No, not another micro in a pine tree which I believe DocDitto said. Can't see them to save my life. Even if it's a decon container, which is not even a micro. I am not anticipating the day that I reach for the black garbage hidden under a tree in the middle of woods, and find out that there is no cache inside, yet something else much less desired.