How does one delete found Gecocaches in a Garmin62S

[+OgresBananna]

Like the title says, can anyone help me to delete found geocaches on my 62s??? I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but cant figure it out. It's a pain to scroll through all of our found GC's to log in the ones we have just found...

thanks in advance

[+ecanderson]

Like the title says, can anyone help me to delete found geocaches on my 62s??? I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but cant figure it out. It's a pain to scroll through all of our found GC's to log in the ones we have just found...

thanks in advance

One doesn't. One deletes or replaces the existing *.gpx file with a new one in the Garmin/gpx folder (either directly with your PC or the application of your choice) , the 62s discovers this, and rewrites the internal tables from the information it gathers from the *.gpx file.

[Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide]

Like the title says, can anyone help me to delete found geocaches on my 62s??? I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but cant figure it out. It's a pain to scroll through all of our found GC's to log in the ones we have just found...

thanks in advance

 

You don't upload your field notes to the Geocaching site? Your method of logging the finds is very outdated.

 

Try this instead: http://www.geocaching.com/my/fieldnotes.aspx

[+ecanderson]

Actually, since SO much of this applies to the 62, the OP should probably read through the Wiki for the Oregon. Covers the issue of found caches, field notes, etc.

 

http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Geocaching

[+geodarts]

After logging in a group of group of caches (using field notes) I delete the geocaching_visits.txt file to clear the notes then run a new pq to keep the cache listing fresh.

[+Huntleigh]

Like the title says, can anyone help me to delete found geocaches on my 62s??? I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but cant figure it out. It's a pain to scroll through all of our found GC's to log in the ones we have just found...

thanks in advance

Don't know if this applies to a 62 but on my Venture I can go Find/Waypoints which shows a list of all waypoints on my machine. There is then a menu selection for Delete which brings up a sub-menu of Symbol type. Scroll down to you get to the Geocache Found symbol and select.

[Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide]

Like the title says, can anyone help me to delete found geocaches on my 62s??? I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but cant figure it out. It's a pain to scroll through all of our found GC's to log in the ones we have just found...

thanks in advance

Don't know if this applies to a 62 but on my Venture I can go Find/Waypoints which shows a list of all waypoints on my machine. There is then a menu selection for Delete which brings up a sub-menu of Symbol type. Scroll down to you get to the Geocache Found symbol and select.

 

This does not apply to the new generation of gps like the Oregon, Dakota and Colorado. Or the 62/78.

Edited January 3, 2011 by Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide

[+Dare2Geocache]

I've had the same problem and finally came up with a solution, not an easy/quick solution, but one that at least works. No credit to myself; I had to probe my local geomentor's mind for this.

 

Assuming that you have Easy GPS installed on your computer, and that Garmin Spanner is "on." Also, my geomentor suggests backing up all your waypoints in Base Camp before fooling with this.

 

1) Connect your 62s to your computer with the USB cable.

 

2) Choose "Yes" for mass storage.

 

3) On your computer, click "Start" and choose "Computer."

 

4) Click "Garmin GPSMAP62s."

 

5) Open Garmin folder.

 

6) Open GPX folder.

 

7) You should see all the geocaches in your GPSr. If you've loaded via pocket query, they should be at the bottom, labeled "Send to GPS (date)." If you loaded them directly from Geocaching.com, they should be listed individually. (Saved routes are here, too.)

 

8) Open any geocache or pocket query to clearly identify it. Then return to the listing and right click, Delete whichever ones you want to get rid of.

 

 

This is kind of clumsy if you have hundreds of caches to delete, but hopefully if you have that many, you loaded them via large pocket queries and therefore can delete whole pocket queries at a time. If you want to keep the unfound caches in a pocket query, the only thing I can think of is to delete the whole pq and then make another pq with the same values, except exclude "found caches."

 

I'm definitely NOT an expert, but I feel your pain, and I hope this helps.