SimplexCoda Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Has anyone tried this? A buddy of mine was passing through town today and he is into it. So we checked out a couple of local caches. It was fairly fun. Also I determined I am far better at hiding things then I am finding things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Haha yes. I did this a few years ago with some buddies. It was fun. There a couple hundred in my city so we went to find the hardest ones. I remember this one at the golf course took almost an hour to find. Another one at the office depot parking lot I dropped in this huge ass bush and it's lost forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplexCoda Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 I wouldnt mind doing it more, but dont know if i will much for two reasons: First i have too many hobbies already, second i dont have a GPS and dont want to buy one either. I will prolly just do this when i hang out with this one particular friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 YES !!!! I LOVE DOING IT ! Have done it many times ! You can look on the net and find them within 5 miles of any start point. WAY fun ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 seems cool...there's quite a few in hawaii... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplexCoda Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 i think im gonna have to be on the look out for a used GPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidglass Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 if you guys have a smart phone often they'll use the gps antenna to do geo caching. I used to be into it a lonnnnnggg time ago before you could even get a digital camera at a reasonable price much less a gps. Thinking about getting back into it since my palm pre has some apps now that will allow me search for them wherever the mood strikes me (from my current gps location) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaffaaf27 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 yeah my pre has a lot of geocaching apps. Don't use them thoguh. No idea what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashes87 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Ive never heard of it before, but it sounds like it would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff_T Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I did this a few times about 6 years ago when I was in college, it was pretty fun. I should see if there are any blackberry apps for this and try it out with the gps. I'm sure there are a ton around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [img]http://headlessshirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/geocaching.jpeg[/img] found this shirt utterly hilarious, in all seriousness though, i actually would like to try it some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcbayern Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Sounds like fun to me!!! I gotta try this now,, DAMN! Just what I need Another hobby to suck my bank account dry.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 [quote name='fcbayern' date='07 January 2010 - 10:15 AM' timestamp='1262888157' post='443785'] Sounds like fun to me!!! I gotta try this now,, DAMN! Just what I need Another hobby to suck my bank account dry.. [/quote] Actually once you get past the GPS purchase, it's one of the least expensive hobbies there is. Almost entirely walking/hiking and inexpensive items to leave in the cache. It gets even more interesting with international caches. Someone will put something it they're trying to move around the world so you take the item and take responsibility for moving it to another cache closer to it's final destination. There are sometimes letters left in there from other geo-cachers, etc. It gets kinda involved. Oh! And if you're an adrenaline junky, there are caches at the top of mountain ledges you have to climb to get to and even at the bottom of the ocean. Go to [url="http://www.geocaching.com"]My link[/url]for all the information. If I get back into it I'll be leaving 50 grams samples of tobacco........ 'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amn_sinclair Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 oh this looks fun... there are a lot in my area... will my navigation gps i have for my car work for me? i can set it for walking and set a latitude longitude for my destination. the only problem is all the geos here are in german Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff_T Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 [quote name='Amn_sinclair' date='07 January 2010 - 11:04 PM' timestamp='1262934286' post='443886'] oh this looks fun... there are a lot in my area... will my navigation gps i have for my car work for me? i can set it for walking and set a latitude longitude for my destination. the only problem is all the geos here are in german [/quote] I'd think this would work fine. The gps I have in my car also has a walking setting, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I guess just make sure it has the battery life to be unplugged for long(er) periods of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amn_sinclair Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 [quote name='Jeff_T' date='08 January 2010 - 08:52 AM' timestamp='1262937171' post='443899'] [quote name='Amn_sinclair' date='07 January 2010 - 11:04 PM' timestamp='1262934286' post='443886'] oh this looks fun... there are a lot in my area... will my navigation gps i have for my car work for me? i can set it for walking and set a latitude longitude for my destination. the only problem is all the geos here are in german [/quote] I'd think this would work fine. The gps I have in my car also has a walking setting, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I guess just make sure it has the battery life to be unplugged for long(er) periods of time. [/quote] yeah it does have a pretty good battery life. man im looking at all the ones that are back home in new mexico... i think i know what me and my dad will be doing when i go home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum055 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 ...you know this sounds like a freaking awesome thing to do... I'll have to talk to my club, but I think you guys have given me something our club can do for fun... so we actually have something awesome I looked on the site and there are a lot in my area ... though I can't really see the total or much at the moment I'll need to make an account ... but this looks like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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