Team-Goonie

I have an older Magellan that even though I replaced the batteries, set it outside and left it alone for a while thinks it is still in WA state. That's a little more off than 200M. But still interesting.

My first find was a micro that is attached to a stick inside of a hollow tree. I was excited and got more excited when I found my second one. It seems more fun to me to have to find the whole thing, like where to park, how to get there, the whole deal. This is a lot of fun though.

I was actually turned onto 'caching by a friend who is also a cop. I don't fear being encountered by other cops as much as I do by muggles. I have yet to encounter either but then due to having a great deal of my time off occurring during the mid week and during the day, I don't encounter a lot of either. As others have said, just tell the truth, keep your hands in plain view and don't be offended if you get asked to be pat searched or pat searched. I pat search everyone just to be fair. It isn't common knowledge among non-police but most officers are killed by answering "suspicious' persons or circumstances calls. Cooperate and all will go well. And man is this ever a fun game.

I only have two cache finds under my belt but thanks to the advise I received here I put a little pack together that has things like rubber gloves, batteries, flashlight, digital camera, ziplock bags for cache repair, pens and paper and for now that's it. I think I am going to add some bug repellant, some hand sanitizer and a small first aid kit.