Geocaching

[Moriarty]

Who else is a fan? What's the most interesting thing or location you've discovered while out and about?

And for anyone who may be unfamiliar but curious:

What Geocaching is (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[Subverted]

I have stopped intentionally geocaching... I have found 4 in the past 6 months just by chance. :suspicious:

[harrycallahan71]

I remember doing it at the local park as a kid for cub scouts. My dad set it all up because he uses GPS for his job.

[firebee]

Oh wow, total coincidence! I was just yesterday staring at an annoyingly-nude-looking lamppost that I had seen a certain icon right on top of using Google satellite view. Surely they don't expect disassembly of electric devices...?

I've had a GPSr for quite some time (Garmin GPS V), and briefly tried geocaching when I was living in Pueblo. Found a couple of caches and kinda lost interest. Lately, I've been making investigatory expeditions into the mountains around Golden, and it occurred to me that the Table Mountains were prime geocaching territory, and that such was quite a good excuse for a walk. So I've found all the pieces, and I may go hunting this weekend or the next if my sanity stays sane (aiee tests coming up!).

[Moriarty]

I found a microcache yesterday stuck under an air conditioner at a car wash and was foiled trying to find a supposedly easy one in a park.





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Added three caches to my collection today since the weather was quite pleasant.

One was in an out of the way park I didn't know about and was just a simple signature log:

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The second was stuck behind a guardrail on a pleasant little bridge overlooking a pleasant little stream in the woods. Just another simple log:

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And the last was a container filled with treasure!

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[loosefanbelt]

Wow - I can see why that is intriguing...

I have accidentally found caches at my previous gig (150 acres), but I have never had time to do it.

Are there distinction groups for adults and children?

[Moriarty]

Wow - I can see why that is intriguing...

I have accidentally found caches at my previous gig (150 acres), but I have never had time to do it.

Are there distinction groups for adults and children?

Some groups and clubs organize events for kids, but lots of families enjoy the hobby together anyway. It pays to read the cache notes before you go tearing off blindly following your GPS, though. Not all locations are kid friendly. There are a number of them hidden in public establishments to include bars, and I'm aware of one not far from here in a peep booth..

Anyway, the fun of microcaches is not the cache itself, but the challenge of finding them and the places they take you to. ;D

[Hasway]

I have a friend that has taken me to geocatches around our neighborhood. She's kind of strange though(well, not saying that I'm not strange, but I think that she hits the spot for stranger) and is incredibly secretive about it.

[Doppelbock]

I've been a few times. The kids love it.

[Moriarty]

Had to work for one today, but was well worth it.


Walked a couple of miles over some steep terrain.

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There's always time for a break, though.

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The cache was very well hidden. Can you see it in there?

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Signed the log, of course.

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Took the long way home :)

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[Subverted]

I have stopped intentionally geocaching... I have found 4 in the past 6 months just by chance. :suspicious:

Ok... well, I lied, I am now formally back into geocaching.

[Moriarty]

Ok... well, I lied, I am now formally back into geocaching.

If you get any interesting finds or locations, post em here. ;D

[loosefanbelt]

I think this sounds fun... and good talents to acquire. I was asking about the kids, because if I were doing this on my own, I would like to think that what I would discover in the cache would be very random and maybe even hints about the people there before me. That would be ruined if I kept finding a my little pony or something like that over and over.

One of the ones I found at work was a journal in a large ziplock bag. The instructions were to take the journal, write in it, take it with you and leave it elsewhere. Then you could go online and update where the journal had been found but not say where it currently was. Maybe this is different than what you are describing, but it was fascinating nonetheless.

[Moriarty]

Nope, that's the same thing. There are some numbered items called Travel Bugs that are placed with the intent of moving them all over the world. Eventually, they often come back to the owners. The journal thing is just a twist on that idea.

[Subverted]

If you get any interesting finds or locations, post em here. ;D

My two favorite caches thus far: I Hate Micro Nano's (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and Pure Logic (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Oh, then the one I decided to hide after getting the idea whilst driving around: TOTT or Not? (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

Feel free to send me a pm if you want to find out what the container looks like and where it is located...(as long as you arent from SoCal, then you will have to find it. ;) )

[Maayan]

My aunt's best friend is supposedly a big name in the Geocaching community. She lives in Toronto and loves ferrets. Does that ring a bell?

Once, while hunting for a cache, she got chased by a bum with a weapon.

[Bobert]

I decided to get into it when my wife and I were trying to get pregnant. So I figured if I got a GPS, then that would assure a pregnancy, because then we wouldn't have the time for it. It worked.

[reb]

would be fascinating. another thing i have not had time to get into, but i am sure i would enjoy geocaching. was going to go on a 'meetup' at one time, but dint get to it. my experiences with handheld gps were a little disappointing-lost on the mississippi at 2 am in a small boat, with batteries dying...the dock was definitely the treasure. wound up using prehistoric compass and river chart.

[Storm]

I have had a lot of fun geocaching. It's a great way to explore or hike while having a goal. Actually, my avator is the result of a geocaching expedition.

[altoid]

I really like geocaching. I haven't been in a few years - I need to start doing that again.

[dalidaisy]

I've been geocaching for years. I'm an avid hiker & geocaching adds a sense of adventure. The kids think of it as treasure hunting, though they will rarely join me if a cache is more than a 1/2 mile from the road. They can be pretty lazy. I often go alone, as I unfortunately have friends who wouldn't risk their manicure to dig out a cache.

Presently, I cannot locate my GPS unit. I must have packed it in the move & it's probably buried in my storage unit. I've been thinking about digging it out, since the weather is starting to get gentler.

One cache I went looking for was hidden on a disc golf course. We decided t bring out discs & watch the GPS as we played. The cache was located near the 8th hole, which was in some dense foilage.

The kids & I like to leave puzzle pieces as goodies for the cache. Maybe someone following behind will be able to put it together...

[Shinqui]

This is a really neat past time, new to me, I think I will try it this summer.

[INTJoe]

Jimmy Hoffa

[wolf]

Used to geocache a lot with my brother before he died. Haven't done it since then, but I'd be happy to get back into it.

I usually go to extreme points with my GPSr. The next one I hope to visit is the easternmost point in California, but it could be the easternmost in the contiguous US.

The last place I went to was the westernmost point in the contiguous US, then the northernmost in the contiguous 48 last summer.

[loosefanbelt]

Has anyone used the iPhone app - it is $10, I am considering getting it...

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[wolf]

Considered it, but haven't used it. My area has nothing but nano caches and they're a pain to find with a precise GPSr, let alone the mediocre accuracy of the iPhone. Also, they say it doesn't have a handy map search and doesn't use a map to show where you are and where to go, just an arrow.

It doesn't sound like it's quite worth it yet.