ragewraps Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Hello, I’m new to this and was wondering if you can track a personal item? If so how do I set it up? Or do you have to buy a trackable item? I’m going on a trip soon and revisiting a geocache and want to leave something there. Also I’m getting my kids involved and they want to use a personal item. Please advise. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, ragewraps said: Hello, I’m new to this and was wondering if you can track a personal item? If so how do I set it up? Or do you have to buy a trackable item? I’m going on a trip soon and revisiting a geocache and want to leave something there. Also I’m getting my kids involved and they want to use a personal item. Please advise. Once you purchase a trackable, you can put that number on whichever item you'd like. If you only need a few and don't care what the icon looks like, I recommend checking out the clearance trackables on Shop Geocaching. Right now there are some for $2.50 and $3. Edited July 13 by Max and 99 2 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 11 hours ago, ragewraps said: Hello, I’m new to this and was wondering if you can track a personal item? If so how do I set it up? Or do you have to buy a trackable item? I’m going on a trip soon and revisiting a geocache and want to leave something there. Also I’m getting my kids involved and they want to use a personal item. Please advise. A "Travel Bug" is recognizable as a Trackable Item, and has a little extra inscribed info in case a cacher is new and doesn't know what a Trackable is. Securely attach the tag to a small object to track it. But as Max and 99 mentioned, you may instead use a TB's Tracking Code by marking it directly on the object. Your challenge will be getting people to understand it's not Swag to trade. You can get a good deal in the Geocaching Shop buy buying a bunch of Travel Bugs at once. But I usually wait for some themed Trackable Tags to go on sale, which can be a really good deal as Max and 99 also mentioned. I try to keep a few tags on hand, in case I have an idea to make a new Trackable Item. Edited July 13 by kunarion 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 19 hours ago, ragewraps said: Hello, I’m new to this and was wondering if you can track a personal item? If so how do I set it up? Or do you have to buy a trackable item? I’m going on a trip soon and revisiting a geocache and want to leave something there. Also I’m getting my kids involved and they want to use a personal item. Please advise. Guessing you're going to explore the Geocaching itself in the meantime, or is this a sock account ? Thanks... You need to find caches to track 'em... We know of a few people who use a trackable for each child with them, using the "Visit" log. - Later they want to be a member too, there's a record of finds. Pretty-much everything you need to know about Trackables. 1 Quote Link to comment
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