GOOBR Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 HEY GUYS AND GALS, IM NEW TO GEOCACHHING, I STARTED LOOKING AT CACHING YESTERDAY AND HAVE YET TO GO LOOKING TO FIND A CACHE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT YOU'S ARE FINDING OUT THERE, AND ALSO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY NEWBIE CACHES IN THE SARNIA, ONTARIO CANADA AREA THA A FATHER AND 3 YEAR OLD SON COULD START OUT ON? ANY HELP WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. Quote Link to comment
+Two Ton Whale Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 See this link for some more unusual hides: Clicky Quote Link to comment
+mwellman Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 HEY GUYS AND GALS, IM NEW TO GEOCACHHING, I STARTED LOOKING AT CACHING YESTERDAY AND HAVE YET TO GO LOOKING TO FIND A CACHE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT YOU'S ARE FINDING OUT THERE, AND ALSO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY NEWBIE CACHES IN THE SARNIA, ONTARIO CANADA AREA THA A FATHER AND 3 YEAR OLD SON COULD START OUT ON? ANY HELP WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. Welcome to Geocaching GOOBR! If you would like to see some pictures of what geocaches look like, have a look at the Groundspeak store at the containers. We often camo ours with camouflage paint and tape just to blend in more. Also check out the Cool Cache Containers forum topic for some more creative interpretations. For beginners, we recommend looking for easier caches - 1 to 2 in difficulty and with your child - easier terrain - again 1 to 2.5. Regular or large containers will have swag that your little pirate will enjoy trading. The Favorite points may indicate some better caches. Also check to see when it was last found, you don't want to go looking for a cache that has a few DNFs (Did Not Finds). If you go to the Canada forum section, you can find local geocaching associations. You can contact them and see if anyone is willing to go out with you. Also events are a great way to meet other geocachers, share stories of the hunt and get some hints. Enjoy your geocaching adventures! And let us know how you did. mwellman from Alberta. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 A common recommendation for beginners is to stick with small size, regular size, and large size caches. Until you're more experienced, avoid micro size caches, some of which are smaller than most beginners can imagine (sometimes called "nanos"). Save those for later, after you have some experience. Also, stick with caches that have a difficulty rating of no more than 2 stars . Save the more difficult ones for later. You may also want to choose caches with easy terrain ratings. (The difficulty rating tells you how hard it is to find the cache once you get there. The terrain rating tells you how hard it is to get there.) And it is often best to start with traditional caches, which will be at the published coordinates. Multi-caches or mystery/puzzle caches or other cache types can require more work just to figure out where the container is located. Under ideal conditions, a consumer GPSr will be accurate to about 3m (10'). That applies both to your device, and to the cache owner’s device, so you may find the container 15-20' from ground zero under ideal conditions. Under less than ideal conditions, both GPSr readings can be much less accurate. Once you get within that distance of ground zero, put your device away and look around for places where a container could be hidden. Go ahead and read the cache's additional hints (if provided), and read the past logs and look at any photos in the cache's image gallery. They may help you understand what you're looking for, and how/where it may be hidden. It may also help to look at some of the cache containers available online. For example, check out the cache containers sold by Groundspeak. Also, take a look at the Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's) thread in the forums. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 One more thing, if you use the geocaching.com search function to search for caches near your home, then look towards the bottom of the page. There is a "Highlight beginner caches" checkbox. If you select this, then some good beginner caches will be highlighted in the list. (In this case, "good beginner caches" are defined as caches that are more likely to be found by beginners because they are traditional type, low difficulty, larger than micro, recently found by others, and free of reported problems.) Quote Link to comment
GOOBR Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 THANK GUYS, ANYMORE AND ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED, THE PICS ARE AWSOME. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 THANK GUYS, ANYMORE AND ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED, THE PICS ARE AWSOME. THERE'S NO NEED TO YELL! WE CAN HEAR YOU! Quote Link to comment
+LizzyHoops Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Also look for caches that have been found recently. Starting out avoid caches with recent DNFs and those no one has posted anything on in several months. While they may be there, they may not and you will have better chance with the ones found recently. Quote Link to comment
+LizzyHoops Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 THANK GUYS, ANYMORE AND ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED, THE PICS ARE AWSOME. THERE'S NO NEED TO YELL! WE CAN HEAR YOU! Yelling at people for yelling seems kinda hypocritical Quote Link to comment
GOOBR Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 WHO'S YELLING?, just because caps are on does not mean im yelling, sorry if offended. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 WHO'S YELLING?, just because caps are on does not mean im yelling, sorry if offended.No offense taken. But you should be aware of how people often perceive all-caps text, for example: http://email.about.com/od/netiquettetips/qt/Writing-In-All-Caps-Is-Like-Shouting.htm Quote Link to comment
+LizzyHoops Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 WHO'S YELLING?, just because caps are on does not mean im yelling, sorry if offended. Well actually it kinda does No problem though, no one was offended, just letting you know. Happy caching! Quote Link to comment
+luvvinbird Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hey, GOOBR, don't forget to post some pictures of you and your little guy having fun together and finding some caches! Quote Link to comment
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