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Geocaching : chatty thread

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bumpybecky · 23/03/2012 16:24

hello geocachers :)

there were lots of outdoorsy shite threads, but now we have our new great outdoors forum, I thought I'd start a new thread for us :)

I am (one of) Dave's Piglings and an in Bedfordshire. We've currently got about 140 finds and 9 caches placed :)

OP posts:
EndoplasmicReticulum · 12/03/2014 19:33

I have a very unsubtle child. He makes sure that everybody knows he's found it.

I haven't found many recently as the mud has just been so deep everywhere it's putting me off. I have to go and find some dry caches. Husband now has a decent phone which is making life slightly easier but I still think my Garmin thing is more accurate (just a pain to input all the data).

ReadyisKnitting · 13/03/2014 09:43

Can you not connect your gamin to your pooter? I've just discovered pocket queries, but still don't really know much about them. Succeeded through luck more than anything else! I've finally got the kids accounts up to date Smile bit daft, but they wanted to keep track of their personal finds, and although dss isn't as bothered, I didn't want him left out. Easter hols are coming, so lots of opportunities to get out. Plus there's a section of a ring I've done where I forgot to note the bonus numbers!
Really looking forward to camping. Trying to persuade dp that it would be worth taking the canoe- he's not convinced we'd get a chance to use it.

haggisaggis · 31/03/2014 15:42

Pocket queries are really handy - if we are likely to be somewhere new at the weekend, I create a PQ based on where we are going and upload the caches in one go to the gps. Does mean I have hundreds of caches stored on my gps though. THink you have to be a premium member though, don't you? (although I think it's worth it being able to create PQs)

KinkyDorito · 13/04/2014 19:32

I really want to try this - how do I get started? Is there etiquette around making a find? Do I need to put anything out?

If anyone has help and advice to help me have a go, I would really appreciate it Thanks.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 30/04/2014 20:07

Hi, just returning to the thread after a long absence. We hadn't tried caching for a while but were at a motorway service area at Easter and thought I'd see if there were any, we found one and re-ignited our interest. It contained a trackable, so we took it and have still got it. It's a 50 cache marker, the previous carrier visited caches with it till they had 50 and then placed it where we found it. A couple of questions?

I've taken it to about 5 more caches this week as a visitor and logged them all. However that has been mostly me picking off my local ones, I'm not going to be able to keep this up. Is there some sort of etiquette about how long you can hang on to them, or should I pass it on now. I'm still on less than 10, so 50 will take a while.

Secondly, been considering the premium membership, but how do I see if there are many premium only caches in my area?

Relivingmyouth · 24/05/2014 19:57

Hi- please can someone tell me more about pocket queries?

Just getting into this using my iPhone but on the coast it's rubbish!

I have got my brothers old garmen sat nav - can I download the caches into this or do I need to input them manually?

I've been surprised at how much of a buzz geocaching is!! WinkShock

noyouhavehadawee · 25/05/2014 19:31

oooo hello Grin, I downloaded the intro geocaching on my iphone and last week we had our first dnf and all came home a bot Sad, today we got our first find Grin, I not when recording on the log there is loads of abbreviations and I haven't a clue what it is though know what a muggle is and dnf but that's about it - were off to the lakes next week and im mega excited at prospect of finding any - is there a way to see if any there other than waiting till there and striking up my phone?

FiveGoMadInDorset · 25/05/2014 19:40

Having dithered and dithered finally went on our first geocahce today aided by some freinds. I have a very reluctant DD age 8 in walking and thought this would be the ideal thing to get out and about. We used the app on the iphone but I have a GArmin GPS60 which I got for my birthday a couple of years ago but unsure how to use it. Any help on that one?

karatekimmi · 25/05/2014 19:46

Hi, just found you all and don't want to lose you. Been geocaching as a a family For over a year now, aiming for on average a find a day this year and we are currently on track.

I'll catch up with the thread now!!

Choccyjules · 29/06/2014 17:40

Hi just checking-in, been out searching today for first time in a few years, took DD who found it so exciting to be acting nonchalant to put off any lurking muggles!
Downloaded the iphone free app but it wouldn't show me the ones I knew from the main website were nearby so have bought the real app. Going to have to keep this up now to make it worth the money.
I do love the idea, though, so it will be nice to read through this thread despite most of it being quite old.

MercuryRising · 22/07/2014 21:29

We discovered geocaching at the weekend and I have been out with dc, dm and dsis every evening. It is addictive!!Grin

EddieVeddersfoxymop · 26/07/2014 17:50

Mercury, glad to see you're into it! We love it - we have 63 finds and are aiming for 100 by years end. But more exciting - our first cache was published yesterday and has been found twice already.

It's very addictive indeed!

Minisoksmakehardwork · 11/08/2014 08:59

Can I say hi? Just found this thread. Have had the geocaching app a while but only got my first find while on holiday this year (was just a short walk from our holiday park). There's 2 in my village which I've not yet had the chance to go for due to having 2yo dts and the footpath not being suitable. Thought I'd try yesterday but got seriously rained off. The two older dc are a bit hit and miss. Dd1 gets bored easily. Ds1 loves the walk and the hunt.

I've only found 4 so far. Inc a teeny magnetic nano (was fun hunting for that in a busy park). But saved loads to my offline list just in case.

BBQsAreSooooOverrated · 23/08/2014 08:42

Just popping in to say 'hi'. :)
Very new to geocaching but enjoying it so far. I'm surprised my 11yo was really getting into it too!

I've only got 6 finds so far but there's several in my village I'm going to try and find. There's loads out there, find it amazing there's so many that we don't realise are there!
There's one just a few hundred yards from our door.

I'm camping next week so will have to save some offline with my app to try when we're away :)

ecofreckle · 23/08/2014 08:59

Hi. Was delighted to see this thread pop up in active. I'm a cacher of about six years now although my stats are rubbish. I have two caches of my own and loads of travel bugs. I've also set up caches and bugs as presents for friends and family to start them off on their cache careers Smile

I am recently relocated to Bedfordshire from Norfolk (anyone luck enough to be from Norfolk should look out for caches by captain birds eye, they're clever) so I should get my gps out and maybe look to try and hook up with op!

BBQsAreSooooOverrated · 23/08/2014 16:54

:)
I'm in norfolk so will definitely look out for those thanks!

ecofreckle · 23/08/2014 17:25

Great! Try the Ingham church circuit. Awesome in my opinion. enjoy Smile

Minisoksmakehardwork · 12/10/2014 20:38

Happy international earth cache day! I took a trip to our nearest earth cache today. I've been saving it since I missed it in August. Was much closer than I thought and a beautiful spot. You could spend hours there just watching the world go by.

MeAndMySpoon · 03/01/2015 15:45

Hello cachers! Smile I've just got into this over the holidays, having meant to investigate for ooh, a few years or so. Wink Turns out our first one was less than 100m from our house!

We've done 7 and failed on a further 3 so far, and I can see this being something that will get me and my older son out of the house even on unpromising days (neither of us are particularly avid outdoorsy people and we're wimps about weather). DS2 never needs any persuasion to get outside though. I've already got a travel bug - was going to ask you more experienced cachers - do I need to move it on asap, or can I hang onto it until we go further afield? It doesn't have a goal but the tag says 'travel the world'. I'm half tempted to post it to my brother in Nevada, who also does geocaches, and get him to place it somewhere, but assume that's a massive breach of etiquette? Grin

Minisoksmakehardwork · 31/03/2015 17:45

I've recently doubled my finds in just 1 day. Did a circular route with 25 caches and a further 2 nearby.

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PancakeHen · 05/08/2015 16:10

Downloaded the app last night after reading the other thread in chat. I haven't got a clue what I'm doing yet!

OverScentedFanjo · 24/10/2015 18:29

Can anyone help? I've got a TB but don't know what its goal is as its in a differnt language and I haven't a clue.

I've had it for a few weeks as we haven't found any new caches.

Haven't logged a TB before, so how do I manage that?

Minisoksmakehardwork · 18/11/2015 11:14

Have you tried looking at the trackable info on a desktop pc/in safari? Some of them I'm sure translate as I've had German ones before.

lamiashiro · 16/03/2016 21:04

I was just wondering if there was a geocaching thread on MN and here it is!

Hello MN geocachers!

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