Accidentally Found A Cache

[sandyhatch]

I did not know this organization existed until today. I went for a walk at Wolf Creek Park near Palestine Texas and I noticed something white sticking out from a bank. I discovered this plastic box with was filled with a dollar bill some fishing equiqment a couple of pens (which don't work) and a unsharpen pencil and a notebook. I opened up the notebook and discovered there were many entries. I did not have anything to write with so that is why I deceided to enter this forum.

I placed the container back under the leaves were I found it. This was so much fun when I found it. It was like a treasure hunt. This sounds like a real fun thing to get into. So what do I need to get started?

[+Stunod]

Congratulations on your first find!!

 

If you can get your hands on a GPS, you'll be all set to go. I'd also recommend that you read the Geocaching FAQ.to learn a bit more about the sport.

 

Feel free to ask questions here in the forums and have fun!

Edited January 19, 2004 by Stunod

[+DustyJacket]

You use a GPS receiver.

You get the latitude and longitude of a box from cache pages. (You can enter your ZIP code in the "Hide and Seek" page to get a list of caches near you.)

 

Then enter the coordinates into the GPS receiver and let it lead to to the vicinity near a cache.

 

I suggest browsing the "Getting Started" message threads.

 

WELCOME !

[Cachengrab]

Congratulations on your first find!!

 

If you can get your hands on a GPS, you'll be all set to go. I'd also recommend that you read the Geocaching FAQ.to learn a bit more about the sport.

 

Feel free to ask questions here in the forums and have fun!

LOL...... congrats on the first find, I usually have a hard enough chore searching with the GPSr.

[+Team GPSaxophone]

Just walk away.

 

If you buy a GPS, you'll be hooked on finding caches! You'll start engaging in healthy outdoor activies like hiking. You'll probably gain a greater respect for the environment and pick up trash near cache sites.

 

(I'm kidding...welcome to Geoaching!)

[DiverMan]

Welcome and thank you for returning the cache!!!

 

You can get a GPS receiver from stores like Best Buy, Target, etc. Shop around there are usually good deals.

 

I personally have a Garmin Etrex Legend and love it. It is small (about the size of a typical cell phone) and has a bunch of nice features that I use outside of the geocaching game. Be sure to get a unit that has a cable so that you can download the caches waypoints directly.

 

Good luck and welcome to the game

[+ZingerHead]

Don't forget to warn your family that you will be now gone most weekends and holidays looking for tupperware in the woods. Lunch hours too, most likely. Welcome to the addiction .

[+sturgeongeneral]

Another good thing to do is to go to an event. Texas is big on events and seem to have the best out there. You can meet a lot of great people, learn tricks and techniques, and just have a wonderful time. You might try to email "Snoogans" who could hook you up with someone nearby. You can find his posts here on the forums. He is kind of a Guru of geocaching in Texas, especially when it comes to events. Welcome to the club!!!!!!

[Deego]

Welcome to geocaching. Dont forget to log your first find .

[+Imajika]

Welcome to geocaching (a wonderful addiction!). Thanks for putting the cache back where you found it. I wish all people that accidentally find caches were as nice and thoughtful as you!

[+robert]

Another good thing to do is to go to an event. Texas is big on events and seem to have the best out there. You can meet a lot of great people, learn tricks and techniques, and just have a wonderful time. You might try to email "Snoogans" who could hook you up with someone nearby. You can find his posts here on the forums. He is kind of a Guru of geocaching in Texas, especially when it comes to events. Welcome to the club!!!!!!

Texas events can be found from the front page of geocaching.com. Click the states drop-down menu and select Texas, or do what I do and bookmark your state's page:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/local/default.as...d=44&submit2=GO

 

Events are listed at the top, and the organizations you can join are at the right.

 

Oh, and welcome to geocaching!

[+mrmnjewel]

Welcome to geocaching. And, yes, don't forget to log your find here. It's exciting to see someone new to the sport by accident who is so respectful of it!

[+GeoTeam Maggi]

Welcome!!

 

Hope you enjoy this sport/pasttime/additction as much as the rest of us!!

[+Fatboy Slim & Rainey Belle]

Here is the log of someone else who found a cache, but didn't know what it was he found:

 

It was in the Rest Area R&R cache.

 

We never laughed so hard!

[+TerraTrekkers]

After reading your post I realized we had done this cache. I looked it up and sure enough we logged it as our 100th find. We hope you have as much fun and meet as many nice people as we have.

[+Perrin]

I did not know this organization existed until today. I went for a walk at Wolf Creek Park near Palestine Texas and I noticed something white sticking out from a bank. I discovered this plastic box with was filled with a dollar bill some fishing equiqment a couple of pens (which don't work) and a unsharpen pencil and a notebook. I opened up the notebook and discovered there were many entries. I did not have anything to write with so that is why I deceided to enter this forum.

I placed the container back under the leaves were I found it. This was so much fun when I found it. It was like a treasure hunt. This sounds like a real fun thing to get into. So what do I need to get started?

Dang! I've been doing this for months and I still haven't managed to stumble across a cache without intentionally looking for it!

 

I'm really hoping to find one like that someday. You are so lucky!

 

Oh and welcome to the obsession.