Spamiam Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 We got the GPS for Christmas, and are thrilled to find out about Geo Caching! We have a new hobby! (Like we needed another one of those! ) We live in the SC foothills, just west of Greenville. Just wanted to say Hi!! Best regards, Spam Quote Link to comment
+RtheJudge Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Welcome Spam! I'm new to geocaching myself. I started late November 2004 and am really excited about it. I to really needed another hobby. I live in Easley SC, so we'll be visiting some of the same caches. I tend to enjoy the loong walk caches along trails, lakes and in the mountains. Tomorrow, my wife and I are going towards the mountains above Walhalla for some caching. If you ever have a question or comment you want to share about our areas caches, I'd love to hear. Anyway, I just wanted to welcome you! RtheJudge Quote Link to comment
Spamiam Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 Thanks R! Easley!! Cool!!! We're in Powdersville. We went out today, and I saw your entry in the "A River Runs Past It" logbook! Maybe we'll meet up on a cache sometime! Any tips you have would be most welcome. Best regards, Pam Quote Link to comment
+OzGuff Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 You are both welcome up in Jackson County, NC! Lots of caches of every possible type for young and old! Quote Link to comment
+Swamp Thing Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Welcome! The next SC Geocachers Association meeting will be in the Hartsville area on Feb 12th. You can keep tabs on geocaching in SC at: SCGA Swamp Thing Quote Link to comment
+RtheJudge Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Thanks Swamp Thing and OzGuff for the welcome. I've visited the SCGC website and signed up as a new user, and of course the news letter. I would like to attend a local meeting just to see who's there and to hear the stories. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment
+thumperness Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 We got a GPS for Christmas as well and are really enjoying useing it. It is just for geocacheing right? We are in the Charleston area and have found some great caches. If ever in the area check out the I'on caches in Mt.Pleasant thats were we started and are now spoiled. Anyway welcome! Thumperness Quote Link to comment
+Beowulf83 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 (edited) Always happy to welcome new cachers to the area! Spam, it sounds like you're in the Dacusville area. You've got some great caches nearby. Edited January 14, 2005 by Beowulf83 Quote Link to comment
+andersonranchero Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Great to have new geocachers in the area. The mountains in the Oconee-Pickens area have some great caches. Most include a nice hike and many include a visit to a waterfall. RtheJudge I'm a little upset though. You beat me to hiding two caches in the Walhalla area. Fish Pond Micro and Sertoma. I work about 5 miles from each. I guess I will have to find another place for my first hidden cache. Again welcome to the sport. andersonranchero Quote Link to comment
The_Geek Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Simpsonville, SC here. Quote Link to comment
+Brett&Citty Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Hi... I'm new to this... I heard about this from a friend at work... And boy am I surprised how huge of a thing this is . I can't wait til friday ( my day off ) to try this out. It sounds like a lot of fun, only problem is I can't convince my boyfriend to give it a try and that sucks... I guess he's just a stick in the mud.... So hi to everyone and hopefully y'all will see more posts from me once I get started. Citty Quote Link to comment
+Eswau Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 only problem is I can't convince my boyfriend to give it a try and that sucks... I bet you could if you really tried hard enough. It's amazing what women can make men do Quote Link to comment
+Brett&Citty Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I bet you could if you really tried hard enough. It's amazing what women can make men do well obviously my southern belle charms are lacking. Because no persuasion of any kind has worked. He would perfer to play with his xbox... Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 It sounds like a lot of fun, only problem is I can't convince my boyfriend to give it a try and that sucks... Heck, go by yourself. Plenty of folks do. What area are you in? Quote Link to comment
+jamrasc Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 BrettandCitty: Where are you in SC? If you are close to us, you are welcome to come along. My husband never used to go with us. I would take my 3 girls out by myself, then he realized he was missing out on the fun we were having, so now he goes with us every weekend. Occasionally I still go without him. Keep working on the BF, he'll go eventually. Quote Link to comment
+Brett&Citty Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I'm in Columbia and I"m not waiting on him... I was just wishing he had more of an open mind.. I'm just waiting for my day off... day off from school and work.. so that i'll have plenty of time to have fun with it... Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 ::ears perk up:: did I hear "new geocacher in Columbia" I am 22, USC student, a geoholic and would really love to show some newbies the ropes around town so they do not look at a cache by Tinsparrow or The Commissur and think "hey, this would be a fun first cache for me to fine" WRONG!!!!! Wait until you hit about 500 finds then attempt them Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 For anyone who is new in the Columbia, SC area or near by I would highly recommend you do a search for event caches in the area. There will be a geoholics meeting and a meeting in Camden within about a weeks time of each other. I highly recommend attending these because it is a great way to network and meet new people. Trust me, I have made a lot of great geo-caching friends though these events and it also helps to have people to call if your stuck on a cache and they can provide you help. So I highly suggest these meetings, they are fun, informal, always a raffle for TB's and other prizes. Plus, shhhh don't tell anyone, you log it as a find and it counts towards your offical find count Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Hi... I'm new to this... I heard about this from a friend at work... And boy am I surprised how huge of a thing this is . I can't wait til friday ( my day off ) to try this out. It sounds like a lot of fun, only problem is I can't convince my boyfriend to give it a try and that sucks... I guess he's just a stick in the mud.... So hi to everyone and hopefully y'all will see more posts from me once I get started. Citty I let a GPS go unused for well over a year because I had a BF at the time who said he'd go. Well he never did. And I eventually got rid of him. My advice, check out the SCGA website and network to find other cachers in your area. Go out with them. That's what I did. And heck, I even got a new BF out of the deal. Nice little bonus. Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 SCGA website is a good site but sadly the only real feature that is updated is the new caches, but this is a good way to locate event caches. To start out with, look up these caches in keyword search PEUSC Micro 1 (On the Riverwalk in W. Columbia PE USC Micro 2 (At the fitness/wellness center) Buried at the Graveyard (Near the soccer field at USC, but NOT in the graveyard) Once you get the hang of it and start to understand how to think like a geocacher, things will come more natural to you when it comes to searching. There are a few multi-stage caches also that have final locations on campus. For now, I only recommend one, and that is "Cruise The Campus" A. Gal, no one was mad or upset you got the cache in the garden at Hartsville, because we had been looking for a while and needed the new two fresh pair of eyes to help us look. Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Think this thread has died Quote Link to comment
+tands Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 No, just sleeping. T of TandS here. Don't forget the Cola Geoholics meeting next week. Quote Link to comment
+The Commissar! Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 PE, whats with dissing The Commissar!'s caches...they are not ALL hard... everyone else...contact me if ya want some beginner level Commissar! caches. I to would be willing to help new cachers in the area...contact me through the website e-mail... Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 In all seriousness, The Commissar is a great guy and he does have some easy caches. All his caches are high quality caches and from what I hear and read, always a joy to find when you are able to locate them Quote Link to comment
+The Commissar! Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Nice hat by the way! Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I know, it is my speical geo-hat that helps locate those hard to find caches :-P Quote Link to comment
+DiskDevil Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I like a lot of Commissar's caches!! Evil is he........ Sandbags on ratings a little, but evil nevertheless!! Keep throwing them under the bus Commissar!! Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 So anyone else really new here in SC geocaching wise? Quote Link to comment
+jamrasc Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 What the heck, you changed your name! I had to do a double take to realize it was you, the pe dude. What made you change your name? Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 What the heck, you changed your name! I had to do a double take to realize it was you, the pe dude. What made you change your name? Oopss sorry...yeah everyone, Geoholic28 is me pe4meusc I changed it because it was getting annoying to have to say it, and it was a little long. I started using Geoholic28 on a local geo-forum and just went a head and made the offical change. Same great taste and flavor, just a new name Quote Link to comment
+DiskDevil Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Why not try PE4MEGEO28USCHOLIC ? Serious note....Why 28? Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 April 28th is my b-day Quote Link to comment
+ratacrats Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Fairly New geocacher in Walhalla, SC. Quote Link to comment
+DiskDevil Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Welcome Ratacrats to our sport! You will be amazed at the things you find (and don't find) Lots of joy and hair pulling at times. Good Luck...... Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Welcome Ratacrats to our sport! You will be amazed at the things you find (and don't find) Lots of joy and hair pulling at times. Good Luck...... Pulling out of hair?? that explains why we have so many cachers here in Columbia going bald Quote Link to comment
+tands Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I resemble that remark! - T of TandS Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I resemble that remark! - T of TandS LOL nothing personal T Quote Link to comment
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