+eddyokie Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hooray! found my first cache today,had a little trouble i was standing about 3ft from it and my gps would point me 13ft in the opposite direction and as soon as i took a step or two it would point me back about 13 ft is this normal ? Quote Link to comment
Neos2 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hooray! found my first cache today,had a little trouble i was standing about 3ft from it and my gps would point me 13ft in the opposite direction and as soon as i took a step or two it would point me back about 13 ft is this normal ? Yep, that's just about average. Congrats on your first! Quote Link to comment
+eddyokie Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 thanks i printed some more off for tommorow I have two weeks off. Boy am i going to have a lg battery bill for my explorist 500 Quote Link to comment
+jpred1 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Dude,go to magellan website and get the ion battery,it will pay for itself real soon.20 bucks,Go to academy and get the car charger/data cord.25 bucksNo more printing,just pay 3 bucks a month here and get pocket querries emailed to you.Download 200 caches at a time with hints included.Took me a lil time to figure it all out. Quote Link to comment
+eddyokie Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 I ordered it already on backorder. I am going to hand load a few at first so i can get a good grasp on how to use this thing Quote Link to comment
+Team JSAM Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Welcome and congrats on your first find, use your GPSr to get you to the general location dont focus to much time and letting it take your "right to the cache". Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hooray! found my first cache today,had a little trouble i was standing about 3ft from it and my gps would point me 13ft in the opposite direction and as soon as i took a step or two it would point me back about 13 ft is this normal ? 13 feet is pretty good. You rarely find a gecache right where your GPS says it is. Between 10 and 30 feet is most common, but 40-60 feet is not unheard of and occasionally farther. Quote Link to comment
kvhollis Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Dude,go to magellan website and get the ion battery,it will pay for itself real soon.20 bucks,Go to academy and get the car charger/data cord.25 bucksNo more printing,just pay 3 bucks a month here and get pocket querries emailed to you.Download 200 caches at a time with hints included.Took me a lil time to figure it all out. Do they have the ion battery for Garmins too? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Dude,go to magellan website and get the ion battery,it will pay for itself real soon.20 bucks,Go to academy and get the car charger/data cord.25 bucksNo more printing,just pay 3 bucks a month here and get pocket querries emailed to you.Download 200 caches at a time with hints included.Took me a lil time to figure it all out. Do they have the ion battery for Garmins too? Not that I know of, but rechargable NiMH batteries are a good alternative. I even found a car charger for them at Target. Quote Link to comment
+nameless301 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 There was one time I was searching for a cache and it was pointing me about 60 feet forward, but I was already at the edge of the cliff. I eventually found it in the fence right before the cliff. Quote Link to comment
+eddyokie Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 went back today but failed will try again later now that i know to look around more Quote Link to comment
+oprystar Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Consider it this way, you can have an extremely accurate GPS, that is hitting true and dead on. It is still only going to be as accurate as the GPS of the person who hid the cache. If you find a cache with cords dead on, be thankful. It does happen, but it is not often the case. Quote Link to comment
+Yno Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 There was one time I was searching for a cache and it was pointing me about 60 feet forward, but I was already at the edge of the cliff. I eventually found it in the fence right before the cliff. If the Force was truly with you, you wouldn't have worried about a mere cliff. Of course, you wouldn't need a GPSr, either! I have found many caches that showed being in the road or creek, but it has only rarely been off by more than ten feet. I usually circle about and get a couple of fixes, put the GPSr away, and go from there. Quote Link to comment
+nameless301 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 There was one time I was searching for a cache and it was pointing me about 60 feet forward, but I was already at the edge of the cliff. I eventually found it in the fence right before the cliff. If the Force was truly with you, you wouldn't have worried about a mere cliff. Of course, you wouldn't need a GPSr, either! I have found many caches that showed being in the road or creek, but it has only rarely been off by more than ten feet. I usually circle about and get a couple of fixes, put the GPSr away, and go from there. I am still just a padawan to the force, I have not yet mastered it. Quote Link to comment
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