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quote:Originally posted by Waffle Stomper:I'm new to this sport and I'm wondering what PocketPC PDA folks are using out there when they geocache. " Handspring Visor Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by SCUBANOS:We were thinking of creating an underwater cache, where the GPS heading will only address the first issue - where on the open ocean the boat is anchored. The second (and perhaps harder) part would be to locate the cache at depth. The caches would be located in popular dive sites in the Monterey area. Would anyone be interested in hunting an underwater cache? Will be visiting Monterey later this month on business. Wanna take me diving while I am there so I can find your cache after you place it? :-) Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Maeglin:I have a few friends in the area who are into this, and decided to try it out this weekend. I picked a couple (relatively) easy caches near here for a start, drove out and found then both this morning, and I've got to say that I enjoyed it! I Welcome! A great way to pass the time. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Data Lynx:Greetings all, I just wanted to say howdy and let a little of my new-found excitement out. - Howdy backatcha. Welcome to the obsession! Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by El Diablo:I for one have been sidetracked from caching. I used to spend the weekends either hiding or devising a cache...or seeking one. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. So what caused you to become sidetracked. Just lose interest? Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Team Boogidy:I broke my toe last night (it was really stupid, believe me) So now I don't know what I'm going to do if I can't go geocaching. (Got to feed the addiction...) How long does it take a toe to heal???? I'm so bummed about this I thought I would post it and share my pain Mama Go cachin' you sissy! It's just a toe! :-) Actually sorry to hear about your oops, hope you get better soon and don't have to miss too much time stomping through the woods... Mike ...Running over the same old ground, what have we found?... Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Elias: It looks like the last scheduled query for you was Tuesday. That query ran and was finsihed by 2:25 pm (PST), but your ISP's mail server didn't accept the mail until around 4:25. Did you not get this query? -Elias Had to go back and look. I did get the Tuesday query. Will be more patient for the pending ones. Leaving early for a trip and hoped to have them for the road. Thanks Guys... Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

Anyone else having problems getting pocket queries? Haven't been able to get any the last few days. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:I've posted this here before, but the application is now mature enough that I thought I would give this a more meaningful title. Well this is certainly not a "Fizzer"! ;-) Very nice. Recently said goodbye to Mobipocket, now must say goodbye to Spinner as well, although I actually liked spinner. Thanks for doing this Amigo! Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by barberoso:Well, I have recently happily entered the world of geocaching. I have the opportunity soon to go scuba diving off Puget Sound with a waterproof GPS and I have heard that some caches are underwater. Is this true and where can I find out about underwater caches? -barberoso The GPS unit may be waterproof, but it's not gonna work very well below the surface. Better to make this one an offset. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by hillbilly steve: so, I saw the etrex legend on sale, but the wife has her foot down until the purchase can be justified. I need some help from you all. any tips for use are greatly appreciated... Tell her you are really gonna miss her! Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by USN Retired: Only thing left to do is figured out what the GOTO does and tomorrow I am off to find the first cache. Go Navy Go Navy Congrats Amigo and good luck tomorrow. Welcome to the addiction. Go Air Force! ;-) Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by upinyachit:I am curious to find out if there are any geocachers out there who are famous. BruceS and The Feros Family have both found one of our caches and we consider them "famous". LOL We also are referring to movie stars, singers, famous athletes, etc. Some of them have got to be interested in this sport/hobby, right? Duane Does being a legend in your own mind count? Upinyachit http://home.rochester.rr.com/thehughesfamily7/images/work1.gif Our feet go where the caches are! http://home.rochester.rr.com/thehughesfamily7/images/feet.gif Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Cap'n:Hello AAll, I'm new to the Board & GPS itself, "Please Bear With Me" --- I've been give the task to find which handheld gps would be suitable for our F.D. use.... The Chief has been approved for a grant for $1500.00 to procure 3-5 gps units for several proposed uses, Paul Paul, I'm a search and recovery diver for a local team that does, obviously, underwater searchs and recovery's for our local, city, state, county, and on occasion, federal law enforcement agencies. We use GPSr's to mark shore locations for searches that we do. We will mark multiple locations on shore so that we can do some triangulation to go back to a particular area to continue a search or to map an area for use in court. They are particularly useful to mark areas that might need to go back to that don't have what we would consider "permanant" items that we can use as markers for our search areas. As an example, we might not have a good permanant item handy that marks the position on shore where we entered the water to begin our search. In this case we would drive a rebar pin into the ground, completely, and mark the waypoint of the position. Should we need to come back at a later date, we would use the waypoint to get us in the neighborhood and then a metal detector to locate the pin. Now we have our starting original starting point. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Tahosa:There are allready enough rules. Why come up with another do this and not that thing!! Tahosa - Dweller of the Mountain Tops. It's quite obvious you did not read Brian's post. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z: The website (as of this writing) says it is http://www.gpscity.com/accram/ramb148/ramb148ma2.html, which was four days ago. My order has not yet been shipped. Anyone know somewhere else I can get this RAM mount? Jamie Just got an email saying that mine has finally shipped via FedX. Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by jeff35080:Out of curiousity, how many people are here from the B'ham area? Jeff http://www.StarsFellOnAlabama.com http://www.NotAChance.com Not from B'ham, Huntsville here, but do plan on hitting some ya'lls cache's sometime soon. :-) Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Mooreman:I was told today that my virtual cache of locating and photographing the different seals and designs on the sides of police cars was "inappropriate". I was not told what was inappropriate about it, but I have received several emails tonight asking why it was archived, and if/when it will return. It seemed to be a popular cache for the three days it existed. Apparently a note can be posted in the forum to gain support for the return of the cache. In reading some comments earlier I found that a virtual cache should be worthy of a coffee table book, and I think this would make a very interesting book. The people who have logged it thus far have included extra pictures and history, so some people find it interesting...Help me un-archive my virtual cache...THANKS FOR ANY SUPPORT! Mooreman I like it. I'd go out tomorrow and shoot a cop car for ya. :-) Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Bubba Louise: I never accused you or anyone else here of cheating. In light of your own statement, I don't think you can say the same. You most certainly did, in your very first post in this thread. Might want to go back and take a look at it again. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by hunky: Does it matter how one gets to the cache? My gps is a garmin and the terms to define what I am doing may not be clear to all, hell they might not be clear to anyone, in anyevent please advise. Thanks I use the goto function to get me in the area. But if what you are doing works for you, then by all means use it..... Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Bubba Louise:Trying to determine how prevalent cheating is in the geocaching world. Please comment on whether you do any of the following, and why: - When revisiting a previous find, you log it AGAIN as a find (not just post a note). _ No but I will post a note if think it would benefit others. Have do so a vandalized cache where I recovered as much of the missing stuff as I could find. I then emailed the owner and asked them if they wanted me to mee them to give the stuff back to them. A day or so later, someone else posted a find on the cache and said that they restocked it and replaced it. I took the stuff back that I have recovered and replaced it in the cache and then posted a note on it on the cache page. - You log caches that you haven't actually found. No, why would you do this? - If you fail to find a cache, you DON'T post a "Couldn't Find" or you post a note blaming your failure on other factors. I post a could not find. If go back at a later date and find it, I'll post it as a found. - When creating a cache you post incorrect coordinates or some other misleading clues. Nope, course I haven't placed any yet either. - You contact the cache owner for special help in finding the cache. Nope, but I have contacted a cache owner, see above. Why???? Please be honest. It is my distinct impression that these practices are very common. Am I wrong? Dunno if you are wrong or not. I'm personally not all that interested in others folks logging habits. I'm in it strictly for my own enjoyment and love the hunt and the find. The numbers of finds mean nothing to me. BTW, I met the number one and number two geocachers this past weekend. A couple fine individuals that have no reason whatsoever to "pad their scores" and I would not hesitate to say they don't 'cheat'. Do you know of others that cheat? Nope. [This message was edited by Bubba Louise on January 07, 2003 at 09:19 AM.] Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Readymixer: Has anyone else experienced this with Magellan? "What tha hell?" Hank Hill Nope. I had an issue with my Gold, shot them an email and told them about the problem and that I needed to return it for repair, but asked if they could expidite the turn around because I could not afford to be without my unit for more than a couple days for reason other than Geocaching. I received an email response from them the next day informing me that they were shipping me a unit that day and to return mine upon receipt of it. Got it in a couple days, even during the holidays. Can't say enough good about the service that I have received to date. Mike Gsdvr Huntsville

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z:Art, I'll let you know how it works out. Right now I have to correct a problem with my order. I got an email when I got home from work that says my address didn't match my billing address. Jamie I just jumped on their site to order one as well and it says they are out of stock on it. Looks the cradle is what they are out of.... Mike Gsdvr Huntsville