I am fairly new to Geocaching and my wife and I has over 100 finds in a few short months. My friend that got me into Geocaching showed me how everthing works and took me out to find a few Caches. He has a Garmin GPS 12 and since he showed me the ease of operating the GPS, I went out and bought one. Now I have two Garmin GPS 12's because I wanted another one for work. I am a soldier in the US Army and the GPS 12 is much easier to operate than the plugger GPS the Army has. You can get a used Garmin GPS on ebay for a fair price. If you watch the auctions closely and bid at the right time, you can get it pretty cheap. I bought my first one for $90.00 + $8.00 shipping. I found the second one right as the auction was about to end and I got it for $55.00 + 10.00 shipping. They are both in great shape and you can even go to the Garmin websight and download the manual and software upgrades for free. You can even buy the power cord for your car and the computer data cable for the GPS 12 on ebay. So if you are thinking about buying a GPS, go with the Garmin GPS 12. Its great for beginners.
J&A