Geocachers?

**Topgumby** · 03-14-2011, 09:29 PM

I know you are out there? Sound off!

Garmin Etrex Legend HCX here.

**fidjit** · 03-14-2011, 09:50 PM

Haven't done as much as I should lately

Compaq Ipaq HX2420 with Trimble Pathfinder XB GPS Receiver w/Bluetooth and Beeline GPS

or

HTC Desire with c:geo

As well as GSAK.

**galopede** · 03-15-2011, 01:16 AM

another one here. Just a basic Garmin Etrex does for me. That and a big stick for the nettles...

Gareth

**SRock** · 03-15-2011, 02:20 AM

Garmin GPS Map 60 CSx, Garmin NUVI 550 (on my Ducati) and iPhone GPS with Geocaching.com app.

Yeah, I love geocaching.

Its about to get a bit more difficult on the main island of Japan though, last weeks big quake moved the island 8 feet to the East.

I'm also the President of Misawa Geocachers.

**EvilGobi** · 03-15-2011, 06:20 AM

I'm not, but would like to be. I'm currently looking into my first GPS.

**aimsport** · 03-15-2011, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Topgumby

I know you are out there? Sound off!

Garmin Etrex Legend HCX here.

Yop!

**csmorris** · 03-15-2011, 06:26 AM

I also have not been out for a while. I may start up again in the summer when (hopefully) I will have more free time. Did it a little more frequently when the kids were younger.

Garmin eTrex Vista C

Would love to try the iPhone w/ Geocaching.com!

**probesport** · 03-15-2011, 06:30 AM

Geocaching family here, the kids love it. We take the winter off to do other stuff but plan on getting back on it again shortly. We like to plan a whole day around it, go out to lunch, etc. It's a good time.

I use a Jeep Trailguide - basically a Garmin Quest II. It has a dock in my jeep then it comes out and its a regular handheld GPS with all sort of great features. I also use it on my bicycle with a special mount.

I usually like finding the obscure, out of the way hard to get to caches that allow us to get this thing a bit dirty

**fidjit** · 03-15-2011, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by probesport

Geocaching family here, the kids love it.

It's great for the kids. I'd never get them to walk for a couple of hours just to walk, but chuck a few geocaches in front of them and the "treasure hunt" is on. And that's for teenagers

TFTC TNLNSL

**probesport** · 03-15-2011, 06:54 AM

Yeah the kids complain about the walk at times, especially the 7 year old but we try to keep it fun. I know what they are capable of and walking for a couple hours should never be an issue. I'm a bit tough there, plus after 11 years of marriage and 2 kids I have perfected the art of tuning out.

**SeattleSparky** · 03-16-2011, 11:08 PM

Would like to get started doing this with the kids!!

**Drybonz** · 03-16-2011, 11:13 PM

I've done a few... I use the Geochaching.com app on the iPhone.

**sup909** · 03-17-2011, 07:54 PM

I am just getting into this myself. Looks to be a ton of fun and an added adventure I can add to my vacations.

**Clovis Man** · 03-18-2011, 09:35 PM

Been Geocaching for a while now -- I did one in 2002, then skipped five years before I decided to give it a good shake. Have now done 350+.

And you wouldn't believe my Geocaching.com member number -- it's less than 200!

**Topgumby** · 03-18-2011, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by sup909

I am just getting into this myself. Looks to be a ton of fun and an added adventure I can add to my vacations.

This has been the key thing with Geocaching and my kids. One of the best vacations we ever had was a "Staycation" that involved daily Geocaching, and we targeted parks we'd never been to in the local area. I was amazed at how many there were, and I grew up around here.

The kids thought it was the greatest thing since peanut butter met jelly.

**brucered** · 03-19-2011, 02:51 PM

Garmin GPS62s here. been at it a couple years now, but we take the winter off (-40 in winnipeg, no fun for geoaching with the kids).

upgraded my Legend HCx to the 62s to go paperless, glad i did. load up 1000 caches with all the info, no paper needed, hints are there, i can upload my field notes.

only problem with it is, mine has the "squeaky case syndrome". but it's from MEC, so if developed into a problem, it'll get exchanged.

i got into it, so i wasn't sitting around all summer and it's been great. kids love it, we can do it when we camp and it gets us places we would never go, plus it's FREE. we have a premium membership, so we pay for that, but other then the cost of the GPS and gas, it's a N/C hobby.

if you are on Geocaching.com, we are "TheRedArmy"

**Groat** · 03-19-2011, 03:16 PM

One thing I've learned about GPSr units is that I don't ever want one again without a high-sensitivity receiver. I suppose they probably don't make them without them any more, but the point stands all the same. I had an older Garmin Rino unit that worked decently well, but coverage in the forest was spotty at best and often inaccurate. Also, you needed to have a GPS lock before getting under cover. Geocaching was sometimes a royal PITA with it. If you were caching under cover and it was cloudy outside, forget about it.

I ended up getting a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx last summer and it was a night and day difference. The high sensitivity receiver gets a lock VERY quickly, even under cover. It stays accurate anywhere. I can't think of a time I've lost reception with it. It's tough as nails and pulls double duty on my bike. Lithium batteries last a surprisingly long time in it. I do have one or two gripes about the device, but they're relatively minor after you consider the advantages.

**tchudson** · 09-30-2011, 01:11 PM

I drove over my last GPS, so I'm looking at one of the new Garmin eTrex 20s.

**Topgumby** · 10-01-2011, 05:26 PM

Ok, geek challenge time.

I'll post a picture of shave gear at a geocache.

**Picaro** · 12-15-2011, 11:10 AM

Have an Etrex 20 on the way( company purchase for hhmhhm, vehiclular navigation) which I'll mainly be using to map some of the unmarked bushwalking tracks we have around here..and find my way out again...but I've been studying up on GC'ing as well.

Originally Posted by Topgumby

Ok, geek challenge time.

I'll post a picture of shave gear at a geocache.

So.........