GeoCache-ing...anyone?

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Gadget54

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Does anyone here do this? Looks like fun. I have had a GPS for sometime but haven't tried it. I'm thinkning this would be a fun Treasure hunt with the Kids.

What is your hardest find?
What was your best treasure trade?

Let's hear the stories.

Gadget54
 
Did a little bit of letterboxing, which is the low-tech version. It's a good way to spend an afternoon.
 
I do it now and again. It's as good an excuse as any to go hiking and I keep finding new parks and areas to explore that I never knew about before.
 
I'm really getting anxious to go and try it with my kids. Only two problems exist.

1. It snowed last night, about enough to cover the grass and finding a hidden cache would probably be futile.

2. My wife doesn't know I have a GPS, becasue I aquired it through a late night shopping trip. and become adept at hiding purchases from her.

One time I traded a Black rifle for a Black rifle of greater value but forgot that a my buddys kid was with us...I got 'punked out!'

Gadget54
 
Gadget - Recent snow would make the GPS really shine. Thats a great test for the device. Geo-cache expeditions are the best tutorial for a GPS I can think of. Easy way to learn the fundamentals.
 
Thats actually the one that I found.
I never realized how many people were doing this.
I found quite a few wihthin a few miles of me.
I ride mondays on the Harley and may now have some new places to explore. Last summer it was a Hooters summer.

Gadget54
 
We have a Magellan 315 GPS, which cost about $100, and it's great for Geocaching. (The other popular brand is Garmin). We've found it a lot of fun, both alone and with our daughter. However, when she was younger (2) the cache had to be easier to find without to much bushwhacking, or she'd get tired and bored. Remember to bring a compass in addition to your GPS, and it doesn't have to be a fancy one; our little Brunton button compass worked just fine. You might want to get a bigger one on a lanyard and let the kid hold it; our daughter loves to be the official "direction finder". Also bring a stout walking stick; some caches have you going up and down hills. As for knives, we have mostly stuck with SAKs, but I've also used my Buck Crosslock Horseman.

Lisa Danger
(Mrs. Jeff Venture):)
 
I just started doing this. . . . in NYC no less.

I went looking in Central Park. There were seven caches listed, but I only found 3. I think the rest were probably raided. Central Park is tough because there are SO MANY people! Hiding has to be very good and discrete.

There are two on Ward's Island that I'm going after next.
It's a hell of a lot of fun.

Lunumbra
 
I was thinking abotu Geo-Caching food and camping supplies in my local state park... perhaps those caches should remain secret. or do you think people would respect them to use only in emergencies.
 
I just visited the High Desert of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree National Park. Beautiful country and weather compared to our Ohio weather. I also went Geocaching for the first time and found a couple of places I would not have found had I not been loking for 'Treasure' with my kids. We had lots of fun in an ancient Mayan Bivouac and near Pioneer Town.

This has given me a whole new appreaciation and confidence in my GPS.

If you are suggesting cahcing emergency suplies for all to have and publish for those in the park, I doubt it would last.

Gadget54
 
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