K&A17 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 my daughter and i are new to the game, just today to be honest. We did a few today and do not find much challenge in just using GPS. is there a way to find more clue based Geocaches?? we did 3 today and two were totally GPS with no other way to find. any way to sort out the clue based from the gps based hunts?? Quote Link to comment
+mlrs1996 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 try some harder caches they are star rated 5 being the hardest also there are puzzle, mystery caches which show up on the map as a question mark. some caches are alot harder than just walking up and finding them. hope this helps some. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Traditional caches should always be at the exact coordinates listed. If you want something other than that, then look at other cache types: multi-caches, mystery/puzzle caches, letterbox hybrid caches, etc. http://www.geocaching.com/about/cache_types.aspx Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 my daughter and i are new to the game, just today to be honest. We did a few today and do not find much challenge in just using GPS. is there a way to find more clue based Geocaches?? we did 3 today and two were totally GPS with no other way to find. any way to sort out the clue based from the gps based hunts?? If Geocaching isn't challenging enough for you, ditch the GPS and check out Letterboxing. Less high tech, very much clue based. Google Letterboxing North America and Atlas Quest: A Letterboxing Community Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Atlas Quest http://www.atlasquest.com/ Letterboxing North America http://www.letterboxing.org/ B. Quote Link to comment
+BigChiefS4 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Traditional caches should always be at the exact coordinates listed. If you want something other than that, then look at other cache types: multi-caches, mystery/puzzle caches, letterbox hybrid caches, etc. http://www.geocaching.com/about/cache_types.aspx All of those need exact coordinates, just like traditionals. Letterboxes are the only exception. Letterbox hybrids are cross-listed and should have exact coords on the GC cache page, but I've run into a couple that don't. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Traditional caches should always be at the exact coordinates listed. If you want something other than that, then look at other cache types: multi-caches, mystery/puzzle caches, letterbox hybrid caches, etc. http://www.geocaching.com/about/cache_types.aspx All of those need exact coordinates, just like traditionals. Letterboxes are the only exception. Letterbox hybrids are cross-listed and should have exact coords on the GC cache page, but I've run into a couple that don't.There is no requirement that these caches use the exact coordinates of the final container. There is only a requirement that exact coordinates be an integral part of the hunt. I've found a number of multi-caches and mystery/puzzle caches where exact coordinates were used for early stages, but where hints, distances, bearings, and other techniques were used to locate later stages, and even the final cache. (And the letterbox hybrids I've done have started with exact coordinates, but then used letterbox-style clues to take you to the final.) Quote Link to comment
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