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So, What caching gear did Santa bring you?

coman123

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coman123

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I got a new Fujifilm Finepix xp15

Waterproof camera.

 

I have been wanting a waterproof camera for canoeing and diving caches.

 

Also got a 50 cal ammo can, and a 30 pack of RE Magnets

 

And you???

n0k1a

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Cool question! I got a road atlas, which is quite handy for caching. Also got a new pair of shoes, partially because the last new pair I got ended up getting scuffed on rocks in a recent desert caching excursion. ;)

 

If presents to myself count, I got several more SureFire LED illumination tools (what some people call flashlights)...those things are superb for night caching, and even useful in the daytime in some situations.

nazcat

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A garmin Dakota 10 Very happy!! My husband got a tee shirt with the Pillsbury dough boy on it and I said i am taking that , I have been watching a PBDB travel bug and dying to get it when it comes my way, so its my goal in life. Other then that , just an itch now to get out again to cache!!

Coyote's Girl

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Santa brought my HUSBAND a nuvi. :angry: My non-caching, map-hating husband. Of course this is the santa that visits the in-laws' place, so he might not have been well-informed. Or maybe Santa knows my hubby gets lost going to the post office.

TheLoneGrangers

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This year christmas was a beginning geocachers dream! It was a coordinated effort from my wife and her family. Lets see I got:

Garmin Dakota 20 (Awesome!! way better then the mobile one we got with a 4 hour battery life) from the wife

A geocaching starter kit, has a bunch of micro containers, and everything you need to repair a cache, cool gift from mother-in-law

Some nice trekking poles from mother in-law

H-Tec Waterproof hiking shoes from the wife

underarmor moisture wicking underclothes from the wife

leatherman - wife

a very nice backpack with internal frame step-mother in-law

bunch of trail snacks and jerky

 

wife got some trekking poles from me

a geocaching t-shirt - her mom

a travel bug - mom

a day pack with fanny pack - me (fanny pack perfect to stick her camera in for quick access when on the trails)

 

Almost ready for the outdoors, still missing some vital items like a TENT! lol but these items really jump started us.

Twitch Hugs Trees

+Twitch Hugs Trees

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I got a nice haul from "Santa":

 

- two Camelbak backpacks (one heavy for winter, one light for summer)

- a water bladder for said backpacks

- three new water bottles

- Leki trekking poles

- Hi-Tec hiking boots

- two jackets (one thick, one thin)

- a Motorola Droid 2 Global

and... wait for it... A Magellan eXplorist GC! Finally, no more old eXplorist 200 for me!

 

I'm going caching this week to test out all of my new gear, and maybe drive up to the snow to experience real "winter caching". :laughing:

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d+n.s

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got a 60CSX to upgrade from the Nuvi from the wife (A freind got us Topo maps as a gift too!). Used it today in conjunction with an ipod nano she used for cache descriptions and logs. It was amazing. That thing laughs at trees.

I had gotten her a camcorder which was put to much use.

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birder428

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I got a nifty GPSr holder for my bicycle... it slides in and stays securely, and easily comes out! Now I don't have to worry about dropping it as I ride!

 

A DeLorme map of NY, so I can work on the NY Challenge.

 

A borescope so I can see in those nooks and crannies (and those black iron fences) for those sneaky caches.

 

Thanks, Santa!

tmwed4

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Huge haul for me, too. Several containers to continue my Marley Series and 4 trackables from the mil. Wife got a couple of containers, an iPod touch so I can connect at wi-fi spots, and AN EXPLORIST GC!!! Love the new GPSr!! Already have found a few that I wouldn't have found without the access to all of the old logs. Thanks, honey!

GeoReapers

+GeoReapers

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The whole team got gifted coordinating shirts, which for as big as our family is, it is no small feat. I got new trackable that we dropped in a cache that we made specifically for christmas (an ammo can painted to look like a present).

astrowolf67

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I got a promise from the wife to pick up one of those good military UTG shoulder packs next time we are at the nearest army base town (should be in another week or two). Our current cache pack works, but, with only three compartments, things tend to get pretty mixed up. Other than that, leading up to Xmas, I got one of those little telescoping mirror things, one of those extended reach grabber thingys, and a Dakota 20. All of which I told her to just consider part of Xmas. I usually don't want/get anything for Xmas, I have more fun getting stuff for her and the kids.

 

David

JL_HSTRE

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Swiss Army hiking pole. Good for long geocaching treks, but best for poking in areas with large quantities of fallen palmettos.

 

Poke. Poke. Poke. Thunk. "Found the ammo can."

coman123

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I got you all beat.

 

GPS technology helped my favorite 1LT find his way to my home for Christmas Eve dinner with the whole family. What a wonderful feeling to open the door and see him standing there.

 

Your right, you win hands down.

Do me a favor shake his hand for me and say Thanks from Coman and family

Team Dennis

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Santa brought me a pair of snowshoes. Right now we have over 2 feet of the white fluffy stuff on the ground and more on the way. I used them today and went 3 for 5 and walked 3 miles. I wouldn't have made it 100 yards without my sweet new snowshoes! THANKS SANTA!!!

ChileHead

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I had a Garmin Nuvi on my list for Christmas, but told my wife to get me a TomTom instead after Garmin's decided to try and split the geocaching community.

 

So far I'm happy with the TomTom and have to figure out how to load caches into it so I can see them while driving, though I'd use my DeLorme to actually find the cache.

NYPaddleCacher

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Santa didnt bring me any caching gear.

 

 

Me neither. The Christmas present for my wife and I is a week long vacation in Costa Rica. I'll be working the first two days but the rest of the time is all vacation. I'll probably find a few geocaches while I'm there too.

jennkarita

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My boyfriend got me a Garmin eTrex Venture HC, which is wonderful because we've been using the regular car GPS all along while caching. We had an accident with it a while ago while out caching and the power button popped off, and now the only way to turn it on or off is plugging it in in the car.. so I'm glad we don't have to do that and will be able to use a nice handheld unit!!!

 

My parents also gave us a container to hide a cache in, a small first aid kit, and some other small outdoorsy stuff. :)

Whiteboy47

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lets see santa brought me some lock-n-kocks the good ones and some other little goodies to hide.but the best gift was a call from my son and caching partner who is serving in Irag.santa did good this yr

Shuckymomo

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Santa didnt bring me any caching gear.

 

My cat bought me a DeLorme PN-60w with SPOT.

 

My Podcacher Secret Santa gave me an ammo can, several geocoins, a Geowoodstock deck of cards, heaps of plastic soldiers and cowboys, and other swag.

 

Wow, that's a generous cat!! I wish mine was that generous!

lamoracke

+lamoracke

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I got the cost to upgrade to an Oregon 450T, also got a cache dedicated to me, a chirp, some bison tubes, a mini ammo can, and a longer USB cable as the one that came with my Oregon 450T was pathetically short.

 

Oh, and some official geocache tupperware.

 

Oh, and a coin!

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Ambrosia

+Ambrosia

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No gear unfortunately, but the family didn't scoff when I said I wanted to find just one on Christmas.

I managed to find one the day after Christmas, after a lot of arguing. :rolleyes:

fruit of the nile

fruit of the nile

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I got a VERY good haul this year. :D

 

-A nano inside of a

-micro inside of a

-waterproof match container inside of a

-used spice container inside of a

-LnL soup tupperware inside of a

-ammo can

 

I also got

 

A new backpack, leatherman multi-tool, and a handful of TBs :P

FloridaFour

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I got: (at Thanksgiving sale) Oregon 450 and Ram bicycle/motorcycle mount.

 

On Christmas Day: Garmin Nuvi 265 for my car (to get me to the cache area), hiking pole and laminating plastic to make tags for my travel bugs, signiature cards and name tag for myself for Geo Events, and also a small flashlight.

 

My son got a real compass, flashlight and pocket knife/tool set.

 

Day after Christmas we went to our first Geo Event and got to meet lots of cachers, and use some of the equipment!

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