Any Geocachers out there?

[Richwon4]

I'm brand new to this, thought it would be fun for my kids. I am on geochache.com but not a premium member. I cannot get the caches to download and show up on my etrex vista. The site tells me they downloaded but they do not show up on my unit......?

 

[insanemonkey]

I go with the wife and son, plus anyone else that wants to tag along. It is a fun time and chance to spend some time outside.

I just input the coordinates into a smart phone.

 

[zinx]

Anyone know of some good iPhone apps for it? I'd like to try it sometime.

 

[Grunt]

My brother geocaches and is very good at it. I have no patience for it. I did try it, but after searching for several targets for about an hour each, I gave up my geocaching career. My fear was the competance level of the person setting in the cache point.

You should consider orienteering to do with the kids. It's fun and good exercise. To find a club near you visit the US Orienteering Federation Home | Orienteering USA

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Me and the guys go. That's how we found our favorite camping spot down in HNF.

 

[canav844]

It's been a while since I've tried, most of the ones I've attempted have been people just marking local historical society placards you'd see anyways, or caches that were all that was in the area so I put them in they weren't there and hadn't been seen in over a year.

 

[Ambu]

If anyone in Kokomo wants to go Geocaching, let me know I'll come. I've found a few around town and I'm fairly good at it

 

[Indybeer]

I'm brand new to this, thought it would be fun for my kids. I am on geochache.com but not a premium member. I cannot get the caches to download and show up on my etrex vista. The site tells me they downloaded but they do not show up on my unit......?

I have the same GPS...and am on the same site.... Just starting out too.

Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

When I download a cache, I get a marker that pops up on my screen.

Haven't figured out everything for it yet when it comes to geocaching.....but that's part of the fun.

 

[Richwon4]

INtro for the kids today geochaching. Pretty dissapointed with the local findings and lack of findings.

 

[canav844]

I'm brand new to this, thought it would be fun for my kids. I am on geochache.com but not a premium member. I cannot get the caches to download and show up on my etrex vista. The site tells me they downloaded but they do not show up on my unit......?

I run an eTrex Legend here's the upload process that I go through, and I get a little icon that looks like a package that stores it as a waypoint

First I've got Garmin Communicator setup
Garmin Communicator Plugin

Of course when I started geocaching, there weren't maps it was write down the numbers, look up on a map to get close then turn on the GPS and walk it until the numbers matched. Jot down the coordinates, make sure your GPS is in the same format and have at it. Depending on the view of the sky you could have a 30-150ft radius to be searching for something that's hidden, and typically small. This is an activity where success needs to be measured in the journey not the location of a cache.

 

[GI JOE]

There's a few for iPhone... Cache me and geocaching. I've used the geocaching one before but not cache me

 

[Ambu]

For android smart phones, I like to use C:Geo, it's the best free app