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Right you are HJS, that's the point at which I would try watching the coordinates to get a closer fix since the directional arrow doesn't register such slow or small movements. I haven't done enough to really test this theory and I have been told it is the hard way to go. Time will tell, and being the hard headed Irishman that I am, I'm sure it will

Brian thanks for your help, I think I have a handle on it now. If you feel the need for some really good fishing and get down this way I know a few good spots

Brian thanks for your help, I think I have a handle on it now. If you feel the need for some really good fishing and get down this way I know a few good spots

Thanks Laurie I'll keep that in mind for future trips. I will also keep spare batteries in my saddle bags. I have a "Ram Mount" on the handlebars and I am thinking of adding a 12 volt recepticle (Cigarette type) to the bike to save on battery power geting to the general area of the site. I have found that to come in handy since I don't have any topo maps as yet, but they're up there on my list.

Yeah Jamie you're right, I'll have to mend my ways . A "did not find" is a did not find no matter what the reason including operator error .

Yeah Jamie you're right, I'll have to mend my ways . A "did not find" is a did not find no matter what the reason including operator error .

Thanks Markwell, I read the thread and found a lot of good pointers. I guess I really need to get a few under my belt to find the best way to go about it. Thanks Brian, I hope you can help with the info I e-mailed you about. Thanks Laurie, I'm thinking most of the fun may be in the hunt and the places visited. Even on the one we didn't find we had a good time For anyone interested I didn't log the missed cache as a "did not find" because the fault was mine. I thought the batteries were new and you know what the say about thought. Anyway we plan to go back after that missed one with fresh batteries.

Hi folks, we're brand new to this sport so I'd like to ask some of you for techniques you use. On our first hunt we were unsuccessful due to batteries running out. On our next attempt we found the cache (my partner did)while I was still working the GPS. The technique that makes most sense to me, for a trail cache at least is to get one coord close (say N/S) and then work laterally (E/W) to close in for the find. Does this make sense? How do you folks do it?