Geocaching

[cerbera147]

Almost got a FTF a while past, but was beaten to it by 15minutes

Scribble, did you ever get your Secret Santa cache planted somewhere?

I can claim two FTF's 

[LandyLiam]

Used my car satnav

if its a tomtom i can give you a few tips to make searching easier, if its anything else your on your own mate 

[cerbera147]

Do you hook your Tomtom up to your PC?

If so I can send you a Pocket Query. It will basically have every cache in the country loaded onto it. Save you typing in coordinates every time. It appears on the Tomtom as POI like a petrol station, etc.

All you have to do is copy it from your PC into your Tomtom.

[cerbera147]

You do know you're on a slippery slope to getting a GPS of your own   

[LandyLiam]

The wife said to me last night 'Now I know what to get you for Christmas'

you can't possibly wait that long 

[cerbera147]

Cool glad it worked

You'll need to print out any description or hints. Or if you have a smartphone take it from that.

With a good geocaching friendly GPS it will have all this information stored on it.

Like your sig. TBH I can't remember how I did mine but do remember it was a bit of faffing about.

Mine is linked to my geocaching profile and will update itself automatically. Not sure if that is a Premium Membership only thing though 

Premium Membership costs $30 a year and is essential if you want to make your geocaching life easier. Allows you access to Premium only caches and allows you to create pocket queries. Also allows you to be notified of new caches to help you get a FTF

[silentbobt]

I do a fair bit of geocaching id same as here. Its very addictive some of them are so clever Ive found 99 so far

[cerbera147]

My GPS has died  Literally just over one year old 

It is currently with Garmin HQ; hopefully then can fix it with breaking my wallet  So far I've heard good things about their customer service; I guess I'll soon have first hand experience.

Managed to get a lend of one from a friend to keep me going; I'm sitting on 91 caches so nine more before the big 100

[LandyLiam]

so have you picked a special cache for your 100th?

[cerbera147]

None as yet.

We're off to Spain in a couple of weeks; provided my GPS is back with me I could wait and do a Spanish cache as my 100th 

[cerbera147]

Fortunately I discovered my GPS was dead at home but is does show you can't depend on these things. They are really useful and essential for geocaching but if you want find your way off that mountain they play second fiddle to the map and compass 


Iphone is the way to go. I think a lot of guys who get loads of First to Finds have Iphones.

They'll be out and about and get an email telling of new cache. By the time I'd have the keys in the car they've logged it 

I can see new GPS units having the ability to do this.

[cerbera147]

I'm a happy boy 

Called Garmin to check on my GPS. They've shipped a replacement today; yay 

Think im defo going to go for the paid for membership. But after spashing on my new bag and headtorches have to wait till I get some more browny points.

It is worth it. I pay on a quarterly basis; it's $10 per quarter. I get emails everytime someone finds a cache with 10 miles of my house or if someone hides a cache within 15 miles; of course you can play about with it. I also get new Pocket Queries delivered via email twice a week. It's not just to get the latest caches in the area but also updates logs which can really help if you're stuck

What bag did you get?

[LandyLiam]

geocaching event in the mournes on sat 13th august

details here http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC313EF

Edit:
Event postponed

[Daithi2004]

I am also into Geocaching. Great sport. I have 253 to date. I am at tis sport two and half years. I use the basic Garmin Etrex which is good. Not totally familliar wth Pocket Query yet but still learning....

[Al Fresco]

I have an Android HTC phone and have tried all the geocaching apps, if you want the best try c:geo, it really has everything you could want for Geocaching and its free. It stores caches offline, finds nearest to you on a map, gps is accurate, can give you live map of nearby caches, links to geocaching.com and your account, so you can log finds, uses gps radar or compass or step by step directions to guide you and loads more.
I really can not say enough good things about this app.