+uxorious Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Santa is NOT dead. I got a Garmin 60CSx, and the label on the gift box clearly said it was from "Santa". My son and his wife,my daughter and her husband, and my wife handed me the box, but they assured me it was from Santa. Quote Link to comment
Team-woof Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 A Pn-40 was Santa's slurge to me this year. I love it but have yet to cache with it. Quote Link to comment
+REDRAIDERS4 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Santa, aka my wife, got me a Garmin 60CSx. She wanted to get the Oregon but we will wait for the price to go down some. It has already helped us find a few more caches and will be looking for ways to at least carry the hints along like our Magellan Explorist 500 allows us to do. Will have to load caches into both units for the time being. Quote Link to comment
+Chungaz Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 well the big guy brought my son and I the Garmin Vista HCx.We have found about 8 geocaches so far with it ..LOVE IT Quote Link to comment
+tooiake Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Santa's gift is a little late for me...but he assures me I should be getting an Oregon in a few weeks. It'll be my first GPS. Can't wait to try it out! Quote Link to comment
+HouseofStone Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Santa brought a new Garmin 60Csx. Just getting started figuring it all out. We'd hoped to be finding our first caches this weekend but we all got sick. Quote Link to comment
+jststmpit Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Santa (DH) was good this year. I got a Magellan Triton 400. (I'm a newbie to caching, and haven't figured out how to do anything on it yet. I've been reading the reviews for this, though, and am not sure if I'm going to keep it or not. PM me other comparable models....user friendly, + SD slot) Quote Link to comment
+Walkworthy & Wife Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I must have been a good boy after all. I received a Premium Membership 2008 Garmin TOPO U.S. maps for my GPS and two Geocoins. Plus I got a book on the history of the county in which I live. I hope to do some, hopefully, interesting caches based on historical events. Quote Link to comment
+Ramona Retired Snipe Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Look like Santa got a deal on Garmin 60's. Got a Garmin 60CX with a 2GB micro sd card and premium membership! Quote Link to comment
+Mredria Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 My bro Coaxfun got me some microcache containers and a travel bug. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Everyone ignored what I said I wanted. Oh, well. I did get 8 geocoins and a gift certificate to Groundspeak! Quote Link to comment
+iPhone3Gcacher Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 OtterBox Defender case for my iPhone. Wow This thing is rugged. Quote Link to comment
+stagunner Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 my two boys recieved a Garmin Etrex (the one the Garmin Web site is discontinued). Now I need some help from someone, My family is new to the Geocaching. I want to use this GPS reciever first to understand geocaching before upgrading. and am finding out that I think I need to get a data interface cable. Dos anyone out thereknow where I can obtain one other than the Garmin web site. The one Garmin sells is for hardwiring into another device. looking for one with a USB on the one end. I think you need to get a USB to Serial converter, the Etrex interface is an RS-232 interface and many newer computers do not offer an RS-232 port. Garmin does have a cable that connects an Etrex to a standard serial port on a PC but if your PC has no serial port you wil nee dthe USB to serial converter to make the Garmin cable work. My old GPSMap 60 Series used that system and to connect to my laptop I used a Belkin USB to Serial converter and then a standard serial cable from Garmin. You should shop for your own USB to Serial converter, they can be had a lot cheaper than the units I see quoted in the GPS stores. Future Shop or Walmart should offer one that doesn't cost too much money. Once you have that cable connected ands set up you will need the eTrex serial cable and it can be plugged into the com port that is created by the USB to Serial adapter. You don't need to have this cable. If you just want to test out geocaching then you can manually enter information to your eTrex and use cache page printouts to make sure you have all the information you need. Good Luck with your etrex and have fun geocaching. I had the same type of reciever when I first started caching, a good unit to start out with, but evenytually I needed the speed of the direct connection to my laptop,, if you are using a PC the serial cable will work fine, I bought a cheap USB to SERIAL cable at The Source.. and it worked great. BTW I had my first caching experience in the HAT a few years ago.. but it was after the spring flood and we presumed the cache had drifted away,, another good Idea is to find the local association,, they will help out lots.. OH ans we got snow shoes, gaiters and a HOLUX GPSr for the laptop to do all of our vehicle navigation,, Now to get out and Get em Quote Link to comment
+doingitoldschool Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Santa's a bit late in getting me our Nuvi 260W... Quote Link to comment
+RifleMan81 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I got a cool Fisher Space Pen. Already tested it out and it worked great. Signed a soaked dripping wet log with it. Also doesn't freeze so I can leave it in the car during the winter. I also got a tshirt with the geocaching logo on it. Still saving up for an Oregon 300. Santa had a rough year. Quote Link to comment
tboyla Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My grandsons 2 and 5 "bought" me a geocaching backpack, tee shirt, water bottle, flashlite, etc. All from a geo site. Thanks guys for supporting a site with "your" money. I AM TERRY Quote Link to comment
crawil Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Completely out of the blue, my dad got each of his three adult children a Nuvi 760! It is the perfect complement to my Vista eTrex HCx. Quote Link to comment
+Cornell Finch Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hey All After belonging to the geocaching.com website for over three years, Sants finally listened to my plea and got me a Garmin eTrex Venture HC. So far I have DNF on two local caches! Not a bad start eh! Loving every minute of it and my wife is starting to grumble that she's created a "Geomonster" as every time I come down the stairs I start a sentence with "there's a cache at xxx place!" Quote Link to comment
+tosatony Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I got a Delorme PN-20 as a first GPS! Could use some advise on how to proceed. Quote Link to comment
fletch88 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I bought a garmin 76CSx. I was comparing all the different brands of handhelds after a "almost lost in the fog" fishing trip and kept noticing the phrase "geocahing compatible" which really struck my curiousity. After a quick google search, and several days of studying this crazy sounding thing, I think I'm addicted and I don't even have the GPS in hand yet! Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I got a Delorme PN-20 as a first GPS! Could use some advise on how to proceed. DeLorme has a forums which can help you!! DeLorme Forums Santa came a bit late to me this year, but he was very generous in giving me a new DeLorme PN-40, I receive the unit tomorrow...can't wait!!! Quote Link to comment
IslandAdventure4 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 $300 Bucks to put twords my Oregon 300 Quote Link to comment
+hmarshall Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Got a PN-40 and a 400t. Family member wanted to get me a GPS, I mentioned the 60csx and the 400t as candidates. Came back with 'backordered', so it might not happen. So, figuring no GPS as gift, I get to digging on Groundspeak and such, and decide that the PN-40 sounds pretty sweet, so I jump on Amazon and get myself squared away with one. Christmas rolls around, am opening a gift, lo and behold, its a 400t. Just wanted me to think they couldn't get one delivered in time. Works out okay, get to spend time w/ both. So far its mixed. Both have strong and weak points, but am reserving opinion until I've had a chance to work both of them in the field. Thanks Santa!! Quote Link to comment
+kevnjenn Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Mrs. kevnjenn got an iPhone for Christmas, and then we got the geocaching program to go on it. Works like a charm! Quote Link to comment
Shockwave the Superh Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 My wife hit up a Black Friday sale, and got me a Magellan Maestro 4350. It's pretty sweet. I like the touch screen display. But, the unit isn't really built for geocaching. There's no wrist strap, and I'm very afraid of dropping it. Which isn't a problem right now since the screen had a large ring of dead pixles in it. So, it's currently being repaired. Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Santa was a jerk, he made me settle for a new Dell computer with a 22 inch screen so that when I checked the caches logs I have posted, the DNFs would be easier to see. Quote Link to comment
+Pat in Louisiana Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Santa (AKA my Wife) brought me a Garmin Oregon 400T and the hard case to go with it! Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Santa brought me a little unit to stick on the windshield so I don't kill myself trying to read maps in traffic. Still GPS-less once I leave the car. Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A little update...I received my PN-40 and I must say WOW!! NICE unit, it is SWEET! Maps completely included, it auto-routes roads and trails!! Will go caching today, can't wait to find some of the 500 caches I loaded up...complete with descriptions and all (yes, PAPERLESS)!! Me like!! Quote Link to comment
+lil'hobo Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A Venture HC. I know there are much more sophisticated GPSrs out there, but I love it. Quite a jump up from my old GPS 12. Thanks Santa! Quote Link to comment
+junico Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I got a pack of mini cards with my gc nick, the waypoints of the caches I own and my travelbugs and a set of mini stickers to put into logbooks all of that with pictures from my gc gallery - that was quite a nice surprise. And just before Christmas, the best caching partner there is went through half of Germany to rescue one of my tb's that had been stuck in a cache since April! My parents told Santa that I'd like a Nuvi 255WT to get my cachemobile near all those hiding places Quote Link to comment
+junico Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) double posting, sorry... Edited January 8, 2009 by junico Quote Link to comment
+michigansnorkelers Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Portable Car Mount for my Garmin 60cs. It attaches to the window with a suction cup. It works great and I can use it in both our cars! Also Car power cord. Now I can leave the unit lit in the dark without worrying about wasting batteries! Edited January 8, 2009 by michigansnorkelers Quote Link to comment
+EmanonPettes Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I received a Red Ryder Range model BB gun with a compass in the stock and....oh wait, that was LAST year. My girlfriend upgraded me from the eTrex legend (whopping 8 mb or RAM) to the Vista HCx with 8 Gigs. as well as Fishing Hotspots of the Northeast. I had heard about geocaching, but had never tried it, now I'm hooked. Quote Link to comment
+scubafrog Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Santa-wife got me a PN-40 and hid it in an ammo can in the backyard. Then I had to find it with my Legend Hcx(which is now hers). Of course it was raining and dark still, but at least I got the and not a Quote Link to comment
K-9Patrol Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My girlfriend and I are short on cash so we spent all the Christmas money on our toddler and my parents. For us, Santa arrived a couple weeks late in the form of a very generous co-worker. Upon mentioning that I was in the market for a cheap GPS, he gave me his Rino 110 and 130. He said that he bought them to use in Iraq and has no further use for them. He still had the owner's manuals, serial cable, wrist strap, and headset for the radio feature. He had no interest in geocaching and wouldn't take any money for the units. Obviously, he'll never see this post, but a big THANKS! goes out to him. Quote Link to comment
+bronzedoll Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I just purchased two units for us both of which were on sale. The first is a Sony NVU94T with a 4.8" screen and the second is the Sony NVU44 with a 3.5" screen. They are both really easy to use but bo not have a wrist strap so we will have to keep a tight hold on them out of the car. Quote Link to comment
+smilealot Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I got an E-trex Ledgend and my husband got Lowrance XOG from the jolly old guy. Going on our fist road trip for caches. Quote Link to comment
climbntrack Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 garmin colorado 400t! ..... im happy! Quote Link to comment
+f.stop Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Santa has just sent me an eTrex H......... (Garmin have just had a buy a nuvi 265W and get a free eTrex promo in Aussie !! ) I don't need a handheld GPS with all the frills. This little yellow eTrex H has already proven it's accuracy so this will do very nicely for me.... Quote Link to comment
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