FOF Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Geocaching was shown on Travel Channel tonite On the Worlds Best looking ofr artifacts. It got the #7 ranking, and was filmed in Seatle washington. Quote Link to comment
TheMoore's Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 The Travel Channel is re-airing the show at 1:00 am. The show is called "World's Best: Lost Treasure." It shows Jeremy planting a cache and the Roths looking for it. It was very cool! Good job! (And Jeremy's desk is very CLEAN!!!) --------------------------------------------------------------- "You're no verra sensible, Sassenach, but I like ye fine. Let's go." Quote Link to comment
+Team Mixster Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Had a buddy give me a call but by the time I found the remote, found the travel channel and got the stereo on I saw the GPSr in hand and then they moved on to the next item... Now, can I figure out my VCR plus codes by 1AM? -Mixster Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 For all you Central Time Zone folks, the show replays at midnight. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Thanks for alerting me to the show. I saw it...cool! The cache was Da Vinci's Cable. It's archived now. I was the last one to attempt hunting for it. I tried for it two different occasions...first time, I couldn't find the first part and it got late. Next time, few weeks later, I found it and second part, but hunted for hours and hours for the last part, but recent park brush work "destroyed" the cache location. Jeremy went out there and checked on it and couldn't find it so it was closed. Quote Link to comment
+Shoebox Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I checked the Travel Channel schedule and it also lists the Worlds Best Lost Treasures on Feb. 2 at 7:00 PM (ET). I don't know if it's the same exact program but it likely is. Channels like that tends to repeat programs quite a bit. In any case, I missed the program you are talking about so I'm going to check it out on the 2nd just in case it's the one talking about geocaching. Shoebox. Quote Link to comment
+Team Mixster Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I actually stayed up and watched the second show (I had a few hour nap in the evening) and thought it was really neat. I liked the first portion of the multi-cache container. Suspended inside a hollow tree truck with string. I also found it interesting that both husband and wife carried their own GPS to help aid in the discovery. I'm wondering how long it will be before my wife confiscates mine and I'm forced to upgrade. -Mixster Quote Link to comment
+Newenglandah Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 How I heard about Caching! See you in the woods! Natureboy1376 Quote Link to comment
Buttons Brigade Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 http://travel.discovery.com/schedule/anthology.jsp?anthology=5725 It looks like the episode was called "Worlds Best Lost Treasures" and is on again Feb 02 2003 7:00 PM Eastern Time. I'm going to record it off my TV card in my computer to my hard drive Opinions based on experiences with eTrex Vista... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mixster:Now, can I figure out my VCR plus codes by 1AM? Is that VCR PLUS thing still around? I've always programmed my VCR using the program time and channel. Oh well, not everyone can be a geek. Quote Link to comment
+Mxyzptlk Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 I just saw Geocaching feature on "Lost Treasues". Wow a $200 gift certificate in a cache??!???! Jeremy, please start hiding some caches in the NYC metro area. Quote Link to comment
Buttons Brigade Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 I successfully recorded the whole show. Pretty good. One thing that kinda worries me is how many people that aren't into Geocaching are going to look for caches since the cache they found had a $200 gift certificate in it. The show makes it seem like there is buried treasure (i.e. very high *monetary* value) in the caches. Opinions based on experiences with eTrex Vista... Quote Link to comment
+Seattle Seekers Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 quote:. I'm wondering how long it will be before my wife confiscates mine and I'm forced to upgrade. Mixter, dont you mean. Your hoping she will hurry up and take yours so that you'll have an excuse to upgrade? Quote Link to comment
Orions Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 This is how I found out about this web site and hobbie. Was up late one night a week ago and saw it. Next day I hit a cache near my work and now I'm hooked. Took my wife to one over the weekend and we're visiting one today. Been picking up stuff to put in caches. Quote Link to comment
+DuckPondGang Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 I second the concern that Button's made. Anytime I have seen shows that talk about Geocaching, they leave out the part of TRADING items. So every yahoo out there that hasn't heard of the sport, will think they walk away with something that they can retire on. I have had to explain to people that there are not any gold bars, jewels or large stashes of cash hidden away with clues posted on the internet on how to find these things. Other people think the items are buried and that a shovel or pick axe is needed to access it. *sigh* "Be who you are and say how you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss Quote Link to comment
cachewidow Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 And be thankful there is no big money on the line, as one team here on the West Coast started doing. Granted it made the chase more exciting for a couple of months because of the mental gymnastics required to solve these puzzles, but it also turned ugly when the greed factor kicked in. Throughout the last 5 months or so, very little traditional caching has gone on in favour of the big prizes, and not one cacher finding these prizes has traded an item of like value. Let's face it, would you carry something worth hundreds of dollars to replace the money you took? Assuming you were the first finder, and the money was all still there. Yes, it's true. They have now suspended operations, and I can say I am glad because it really made for a bad situation amongst people who were formerly friendly. Cachewidow Quote Link to comment
cachewidow Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Sorry - got off-topic. I regret we do not have cable in our house, so we missed this feature, but it sounds great. Quote Link to comment
+altree Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Enjoyed the show, wish i found the cache first lol. When i saw it there was another treasure show on it befor the 10 best was on. I belong to the club in North Ga that had the gold mining information on it. The geocaching was a pleasent suprise when i saw it, as i wasn't expecting it. And i have paid for my metal detector many times over with gold found in the surf at the beaches. I hope it gets more people into geocaching as it sure was a positive for the sport Altree (you will not starve with a p38 and a can of food) Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Enjoyed the show, especially the part about GeoCaching. I agree Jeremy's desk did seem unaturally neat...hmmmm. Otherwise a really good spot for our sport. Cache On! "Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life. Quote Link to comment
+Team Mixster Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Seattle Seekers:Mixter, dont you mean. Your hoping she will hurry up and take yours so that you'll have an excuse to upgrade? Do you think a red bow tied around it and left on her pillow would be too obvious? But honey, I HAD to get the GPS V, you took mine... -Mixster Quote Link to comment
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