Very new and very excited to start finding!

[+Rockriley Dee & Rios]

Hi All,

 

Just wanted to say hi and that I am excited about giving this a go! Any help or advice for a complete newbe is definitely welcome. Thanks and good hunting everyone!

[+Carbon Hunter]

Welcome - it is a great pastime/hobby - enjoy and dont be afraid to ask question - and serach these forums - there is plenty here.

[+The Blorenges]

Hi there

 

As Carbon Hunter says, there's a lot of good info to be found here on these forums. First, have a look at the pinned topics at the top of this forum, in particular read What is geocaching? It's fun and Geocaching FAQs.

 

Those two, with all the links, will take you a while... You may want to get a cup of coffee and settle down...

 

MrsB

[+ayrbrain]

you will soon be hooked welcome.

[BlueRajah]

Welcome, and have fun.

[+niraD]

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 (10ft). That applies both to your device, and to the cache owner’s device, so you may find the container 15-20ft 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.

[hoosier guy]

Get out there & have fun! Enjoy yourself. Best advice there is.

[mikhar14026]

Hello everyone!

Wow talk about abundance of info. Iguess I have some reading before I venture out. Anyone from Southern Ontario?

mike

[+Ma & Pa]

Hello everyone!

Wow talk about abundance of info. Iguess I have some reading before I venture out. Anyone from Southern Ontario?

mike

 

Do not worry about the reading right away. Try a few and then come back and read to answer your questions. And beware of becoming obsessed.

 

PAul from the maritimes

[+Understandblue]

Hi and welcome! You will be addicted soon. I guess my best advice is once you get close - quit looking at your GPSr or phone and start looking around the area and use your head and eyes. When I started I was so focused on "3 feet away" or "20 feet away" I missed just finding it with my senses.

[+popokiiti]

I had a quick peek at your profile, and see you already have some finds - that's great! Welcome to the fun. One thing I will say is enjoy your DNFs (did not finds) as much as your successes and log both.