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I just heard about geocaching a couple of days ago and it sounds amazing. I have been reading some basic info on the game. Would anyone be willing to elaborate more on the game. Any suggestions on gps units to look into.
Thanks
I just heard about geocaching a couple of days ago and it sounds amazing. I have been reading some basic info on the game. Would anyone be willing to elaborate more on the game. Any suggestions on gps units to look into.
Thanks
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Re: new to the game
Thu, January 6, 2005 - 3:47 PMThere are a lot of different units to choose from, all sorts of options, sizes, etc...
I have a Garmin and have been extremely happy with it, nothing to fancy and it was under $200...I bought if a few years ago though so prices may have changed...
cache on-
Consoul
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Re: new to the game
Sat, January 22, 2005 - 6:15 PMHi there and welcome. If I can help out just let me know.
BTW: Dig the hair ! :)
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Re: new to the game
Sat, January 22, 2005 - 6:42 PMI have a garmin etrex legend that I got for christmas that I would be happy to sell you. It's in perfect condition (still in the box) and we can do live tracking via UPS. Retail at EMS (www.ems.com) it costs 169 and Id be down to sell it to you for 150 + 5 for shipping.
I still haven't decided if I'm going to get into geocaching. I've got debt from traveling around the world. I would be curious to hear what other people think about the model. -
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Re: new to the game
Fri, January 28, 2005 - 8:38 PMWith the eTrex Legend, Garmin has loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit. The Legend is also designed to provide precise GPS positioning using correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). This product will provide position accuracy to less than three meters when receiving WAAS corrections.
The basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines. The eTrex Legend is also equipped with additional memory totaling eight megabytes. The added memory allows the eTrex Legend to accept downloaded map data from Garmin's entire line of MapSource® CD-ROMs, including Fishing Hot Spots®. The eTrex Legend comes in a brightly-colored translucent blue case that really makes the unit stand out. New to the product design, Garmin will include marine aids to navigation in addition to the basemap. These navigational aids will be pre-loaded into each unit from the factory.
Suggested Retail Price:
$182.13 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only) -
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Re: new to the game
Tue, February 1, 2005 - 7:29 PMGarmin eTrex are really nice, but I just upgraded to Garmin Rhino 130's. They are really nice. GPS, FRS radio, weather band, and many more features. Very nice! -
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Re: new to the game
Mon, February 28, 2005 - 9:37 PMso.. the question is, just to keep this going..
what is the bare minimum for a gps unit that a new geocacher would need (i'm new too)? I'm thinking about scrounging around and getting one SUPER cheap, and I'm curious what it is that I'm 'really' looking for.
Those rhinos are cool... is there an advantage to getting one with 'mapping' for instance? i already have two way radios which are fun to have around, so i guess I don't need that...
any help is appreciated!
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Re: new to the game
Sat, April 21, 2007 - 6:45 PMI bought that model for myself for christmas season gift. Works great, the biggest expense to get involved.
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Re: new to the game
Tue, March 8, 2005 - 3:35 PMSome good websites to start are:
www.geocacher-u.com
gpsinformation.net/
www.geocaching.com/about/
The Garmin eTrex Legend or eTrex Vista are great geocaching GPSrs
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Re: new to the game
Sun, December 10, 2006 - 6:19 PMI had heard about this for a few years off and on, never thought I would enjoy it. TOday I ventured out for my first three hunts. I know alot of people probably were initiated by friends and family, not I, just kind of fell into it like everything else i do. THe feeling of the hunt and fidn are hard to describe but a lightbulb went off in my head today.
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Re: new to the game
Sun, December 17, 2006 - 8:21 AMMy wife and I are both very new to GeoCaching, we bought a bare minimum GPS unit. The Magellan eXplorist 100. It works and does the job it was intended to do. With that having been said, after going after just 3 caches and 3 benchmarks I think I should have spent a little more to get one with an actual compass chip in it. There is a compass on mine, it just requires you to be moving (so it seems) to be able to correct it. Needless to say, we walked around in circles a lot looking for some of the caches. Anyways, when or if you start, I recommend putting some benchmarks on your list to find. That way if you don't find any caches initially you won't be very disappointed. As to manually entering the data into the GPS. That doesn't bother me at all. Not hard at all to do. So... now you have my two cents, for what it is worth. -
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Fri, March 23, 2007 - 1:16 AMI started out with a partner and we bought a Garmin at the local pawn shop. It is bare bones, but waterproof and accurate. We spent $40 for it. My partner is a civil engineer and survey party chief, so he can function well with minimal equipment.
I go solo now, so no GPS unit, just a compass, clues, maps, and some clever luck. Plus I know the area well, but next time around I'm definitely saving for the compass chip, as I can turn myself in circles using my old school compass. I do benchmarks and virtual caches and a whole lot of hiking.
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