'nother newbie question - GCxxxx waypoint - where does this go

[paradox0430]

I have a Garmin V and I recently went on my first Geocache hike and entered the lat./long. coordinates and named it as waypoint GCxxxx - whatever was listed on the site by the person leaving the geocache. I was not successful in finding the geocache - I was soooo very disappointed. What did I do wrong? I really don't know what the GC number is for - perhaps that's my problem. Help! Thanks.

[+ApK]

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Originally posted by paradox0430:

I have a Garmin V and I recently went on my first Geocache hike and entered the lat./long. coordinates and named it as waypoint GCxxxx - whatever was listed on the site by the person leaving the geocache. I was not successful in finding the geocache - I was soooo very disappointed. What did I do wrong? I really don't know what the GC number is for - perhaps that's my problem. Help! Thanks.

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Your first step should be to go to www.geocaching.com and read all FAQ and help pages. The links in the very first paragraph should talk you 80% of the way to everything you might need.

 

On the cache's web page, right next to where it tells you the GCxxx waypoint, there's a little link that says "(what's this?)". Click it.

 

ApK