Geocaching

Doesn't look like there's any rarities there at the moment. Pretty cool area though.

If I ever go down to Nashville, you are gonna take me geocaching.

If you come to Nashville, we will go. I promise you that.

Watching birds when you are geocaching is always nice.

I got two micros today (one based off the book "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy") and attended a Middle Tennessee Geocachers Club event. That's 1530 for me now.

I am heading out the door to try for 2 FTFs about 15 miles from the house.

Great to find FTFs.
Again two more.

I would like visit an event too.
Nice to talk with people about our favorite hobby.

This is awesome! My husband & I love to geocashe together. This is so cool to have geocashing on a Christian Metal/Rock forum. Because who doesn't rock out to their favorite band when they are on the "hunt"!

Awesome! We have another among us who wanders but isn't lost!

I got my two FTFs, found 4 more caches (micros), and hid my 32 cache. The one I hid is a traditional, regular sized cache. It is a large lock-n-lock box.

Welcome to CHM Readi_Sketti.

rockerVu2 wrote:

Welcome to CHM Readi_Sketti.

We have another CMR/CHM member here. Cool.

alldatndensum wrote:

Awesome! We have another among us who wanders but isn't lost!



I
got my two FTFs, found 4 more caches (micros), and hid my 32 cache.
The one I hid is a traditional, regular sized cache. It is a large
lock-n-lock box.

Thanks Wow! Thats great! We just started, so our numbers are no where near that :p

rockerVu2 wrote:

Welcome to CHM Readi_Sketti.

Thank you!

danielbandfan wrote:

rockerVu2 wrote:

Welcome to CHM Readi_Sketti.

We have another CMR/CHM member here. Cool.

Yup, I just joined both

Where do you guys get your geocaches from?

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Where do you guys get your geocaches from?

What do you mean by that? What website, or which area? They're all displayed on Geocaching.com

Yeah, I meant website, we used geocashing.com too. I just thought there might be some other place too, wasn't sure.....

www.geocaching.com is THE place for geocaching. They are the largest organization in the world and they started the sport. You can join with a free account and maybe move into a premium membership after you get used to it. The cost for premium membership is only $30 per year. It opens up a lot of tools you can use, so it's worth it to me.

I have done most of my caching in Tennessee. I've also been to Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. My brother sabidoo has about 18 states now. I have 1536 finds in just over 2 years. I have 32 hidden as well.

If you sign up at www.geocaching.com, be sure to send me a friend's request. My name is the same there as it is here and on the CMR.

502 finds. Mostly in TN but have finds in a total of 21 states. 46 hides.

Yup, I'm a legend.

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Yeah, I meant website, we used geocashing.com too. I just thought there might be some other place too, wasn't sure.....

Garmin has a site called OpenCaching, but I refuse to use it. They don't have a reviewer process, they try to get info from Groundspeak all the time concerning laws, and they just don't have many caches to do. Besides, they only launched this site when they tried to buy Groundspeak and found that the company wasn't for sale. They just started this to try to draw away some disgruntled geocachers and create a larger marketshare for their handheld GPS unit. It's lame.

There was also Navicache and Terracache as far as sites go, but they are all but dead now for the same reasons that OpenCaching isn't catching on: no reviewers and no knowledge of state/local/federal laws.

247 founds in five different countries in Europe.
I've never hidden a cache, but thinking about one.

79 finds, mostly in Ontario. I've found a few in France this summer, and a couple in the province of Quebec. I'm not exactly a caching beast, but I go with my dad from time to time.

I found another one after work today. 1537.

Wow! That's awesome, we really just started I mean like, we've found
like 8 LOL! No so impressive :p What GPS devices does everyone use? We
have been using our car gps unit. We have trouble with it jumping around
alot. Is that common?

alldatndensum wrote:

If you sign up at ww.geocaching.com, be sure to send me a friend's request. My name is the same there as it is here and on the CMR.

We do have a free account there, I'll have to find you!

Add me too, I'm pembroke-dbf there.

A car GPS, as Alldatndensum can tell you, is kinda imprecise, as it's built for general navigation and not precise GPSing. A phone usually is about as uncertain.

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Wow! That's awesome, we really just started I mean like, we've found
like 8 LOL! No so impressive :p What GPS devices does everyone use? We
have been using our car gps unit. We have trouble with it jumping around
alot. Is that common?

Automotive GPS units are made to be accurate to around 100 feet. When looking for a micro container in the woods, that's a LOOOOOOOONG way off. I tried my first few caches that way 2 years ago. I quickly bought a handheld GPS.

I am currently using a Garmin eTrex 30 GPS. It is set up for paperless caching, so all clues, most recent logs, and the hint are included on the info in my machine. It also has a compass that continues to point where it should even when you stop moving. Of course, mine has to be acting up even after updating the software. So, I am about to send my back for repair or replacement. I think I just got a bad one as I have seen no one complaining of my issues on the Garmin site.

I use a Garmin eTrex Vista.

That's great info, thanks guys, I'm gonna look in to a hand held

For the price, you might want to look at the Magellan Explorist GC. The people that I know that have that unit seem to love it.