No Gps

[babyface2003]

How do you find them without a GPS? Do you just use the coordinates and a good map?

[+huskerrich2000]

it is possible to find geocaches w/o a gps'r muggles do it all the time. first of all, choose a 1.5 difficulty cache assuming one is available in your neighborhood. Know what you are looking for. (tupperware, ammo can etc)

try to stay away from micro for now. (film canister, bison tube, nanos).

Read hint, logs, and desription carefully, for any hints and clues to where it might be. Use map and satellite photos to give you an idea.

 

if all this fails, take up letterboxing, until you purchase the gps'r, this will at least teach about hiding methods.

 

atlasquest.com

letterboxing.org

[babyface2003]

it is possible to find geocaches w/o a gps'r muggles do it all the time. first of all, choose a 1.5 difficulty cache assuming one is available in your neighborhood. Know what you are looking for. (tupperware, ammo can etc)

try to stay away from micro for now. (film canister, bison tube, nanos).

Read hint, logs, and desription carefully, for any hints and clues to where it might be. Use map and satellite photos to give you an idea.

 

if all this fails, take up letterboxing, until you purchase the gps'r, this will at least teach about hiding methods.

 

atlasquest.com

letterboxing.org

thank you very much

[+ChileHead]

Go letterboxing instead. It's a fun activity, and my wife seems to prefer it to geocaching (there's no accounting for taste)

Edited April 6, 2008 by ChileHead

[+huskerrich2000]

one caution, letterboxer's don't leave swag or trading items. I recommend buying a pocket notebook to "stamp" your find. Both of the previous site, I gave will allow to log you find. I doubt you will find a (hitchhiker), bring it home, and carefully follow directions. Above all, never take the stamp, it isn't trading swag.

[Tonka_Boy]

Following the advice above, using a combination of Geocaching.com and Virtual Earth http://maps.live.com/ you should be able to get yourself within 30 feet of any cache. From there, just look around.

[+zafwon]

If you want to add a little exercise to a location based hobby try Orienteering

[+theosus]

I have a geofriend at work. he's found 700 or so caches. His newest thing is trying to find some without the GPS. Its easier now with google maps. I dont know how many of you hear remember the old orange and blue geocaching map. THAT made it tough.