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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:27:47 AM EDT
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i have done a few. It's a lot of fun. Also some good training for tracking with a gps.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:29:58 AM EDT
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BenDover, try it - you'll like it!
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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:32:26 AM EDT
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There are tons of sites in my area too. Gonna try it next weekend.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:33:56 AM EDT
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Have GPS, will travel. Sounds like it might be fun, could lead to discovering new shootin' spots too.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:57:59 AM EDT
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I think I will give it a try. Maybe I can put my Garmin to some good use since it sits on the shelf most of the time.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:02:53 AM EDT
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If you find a fired RG NATO 7.62 casing in the cache, chances are I left it. It has become my trademark trinket to leave.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:06:04 AM EDT
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I have one in central Arizona. It's an excellent second use for ammo cans. Decent exercise, and can teach good navigation skills. When you get good enough, try it without a gps and find stuff with a map and compass.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:26:04 AM EDT
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i use same site [url]www.geochaching.com[/url] fun stuff if i might add. There are some GREAT places here in Southern california to hide things.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:27:57 AM EDT
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... I've developed inexpensive, intermediate ranged, off-the-shelf componetized, smart programmable "cruise" RPV aeroplanes, guided by palm pilots and cheap Magellan GPS units. Warhead: Tannerite.
... Hell, if I can't find it, [b][red][size=4]I'll blow it the fuck up[/b][/red][/size=4]! |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:34:16 AM EDT
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The wife and I were talking about this the other day while walking at night after I found the link posted ...she thought it would be fun...
I get to go buy a GPS now.... |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 11:56:00 AM EDT
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cool... maybe I will put an AR15.com watch in one.... hehe if I ever get a GPS unit.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 12:15:11 PM EDT
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I have done several in a few different states and I also leave live ammo in the stash.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 12:17:08 PM EDT
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I've geocached every dump I've taken where I hike. Want the coordinates? |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 12:54:46 PM EDT
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SWEET! Now you've got me thinking....
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Posted: 6/13/2003 2:36:13 PM EDT
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BTW, if you leave ammo in a cache, "FoodSaver" it first! [;)]
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Posted: 6/13/2003 2:54:32 PM EDT
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There is one on my way home from work......
maybe ill look for it on way home. I alway keep GPS locator and extra batteries in truck. Im not sure if the coordinates given are spot of cache or what the deal is. [url]http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=&ID=41001&decrypt=y&log=[/url] |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 3:27:36 PM EDT
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My better half and I have been geocaching since last summer. It's a blast! You gotta try it! Excellent exercise, and it takes you off the beaten path to some really interesting and beautiful places that you might not see otherwise. Plus you have the thrill of the hunt. What more could you ask for? I highly recommend it.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 3:33:23 PM EDT
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A friend of mine does it with his kids. Like said before, there's lots of neat places you'd probably never see if you weren't looking for them. The kids take all their happy meal toys they collect and put them in the caches.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 3:42:57 PM EDT
[#19]
Sounds like it might be pretty cool; I may have to try this out.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 4:06:17 PM EDT
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well, i printed out the above link and located the plaque and then the hidden box on my way home from work. This one was pretty easy.
I'd like to find some that are hidden in forests or state parks, that would be fun. |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:36:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: well, i printed out the above link and located the plaque and then the hidden box on my way home from work. This one was pretty easy. I'd like to find some that are hidden in forests or state parks, that would be fun. Did you take something, leave something and log it to the database? |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:37:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: try it without a gps and find stuff with a map and compass. [ignorant] How d'ya do that?[/ignorant] Scott |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:42:57 PM EDT
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Thanks for the tip, BenDover. I went to their site, typed in my zip code, and found that there was a cache less than a mile from my house! So I got the family together, got out my trusty GPS , and we located it. Cool! I'm going to take the boys to a couple of other caches this weekend.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:43:02 PM EDT
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Quoted: I have one in central Arizona. It's an excellent second use for ammo cans. Decent exercise, and can teach good navigation skills. When you get good enough, try it without a gps and find stuff with a map and compass. ... Jacob Waltz did it in the Superstition Mountains. |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:48:58 PM EDT
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I am thinking I might try to stash one in Minerva for Bulletfest -- call it the CAMPYBOB's BulletFest Cache 2003. Maybe put some spent brass, an empty beercan, and a polaroid of an S-10 in it.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 5:51:47 PM EDT
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Sounds interesting.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 7:50:18 PM EDT
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Checked my zip and there's around 1200 within 100 mi of home base. Some look fun. Looks to be a good way to get the kids into landnav while taking in the scenery. Several interesting ones within 5-10 mi of our house that are hiddin in the woods.
And after reading the history and faq's on caching I see why there's so many around here. The first cache was about 7 miles from our place. Small world I guess,,,, |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 8:05:06 PM EDT
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I use plastic morter round cases to hide my stuff not the more expensive ammo boxes others seem to love. Waterproof as well.
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Posted: 6/13/2003 8:13:37 PM EDT
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Very, very cool!
I am on it! Thanks for the heads up! |
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Posted: 6/13/2003 10:19:48 PM EDT
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my brother and i did a cache, it will be up 2 years in sept, it even got publicized on the front page of the local small town newspaper. [:D]
then some dickhead who operates a facility nearby complained to the geocache website people about it being on private property and encouraging trespassing. well that guy is full of shit cuz its on Federal Public Land (BLM), and is on the OTHER SIDE of a hill away from his place, the entire hill is BLM. and the only access that i know about to get to the cache is on public road. well we finally got it back online after a week. look up "Silver n Gold" by d-duck in the antelope valley, of SoCal |
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Posted: 6/14/2003 6:24:22 AM EDT
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We've been doing this sonce March, it is great fun for the family.
Try some benchmark hunting too. |
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Posted: 6/14/2003 7:00:55 AM EDT
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Okay, I need more sleep. I thought the title said "Geocatching."
Wow, people are building catapults and throwing Geo Metros. But whose the idiots doing the catching/ [whacko] Sounds like fun though. I'll have to see if there's anything around here. |
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Posted: 6/14/2003 5:15:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: well, i printed out the above link and located the plaque and then the hidden box on my way home from work. This one was pretty easy. I'd like to find some that are hidden in forests or state parks, that would be fun. Did you take something, leave something and log it to the database? No you just sign your name. |
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Posted: 6/15/2003 12:38:20 PM EDT
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Scottman: AZ-K9: try it without a gps and find stuff with a map and compass. [ignorant] How d'ya do that?[/ignorant] Scott [url]http://ubbx.groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=2016058331&m=54060916[/url] |
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Posted: 6/15/2003 1:09:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: BenDover, try it - you'll like it! Talk about double meaning... |
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Posted: 6/16/2003 2:04:08 PM EDT
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[center][lolabove]
(And I thought no one would get it...)[/center] |
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Posted: 6/16/2003 5:56:48 PM EDT
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Went out this weekend and tried it. Seven or eight locations within a couple of miles of the house. Like others have said it was pretty good practice and fun for the kids.
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