The next step to being a famous geocacher
@shaggin (74987)
United States
September 19, 2016 9:12pm CST
Okay so I don't really think or intend to ever be a famous geocacher. I would need to pay an additional $30 a year for an upgraded membership to try to get all the caches as they appear and accumulate a ton of First To Finds.
I just enjoy finding them. It is so hard though with this junky cell phone that I have. After going out and finding about 30 geocaches the past few weeks I just have to give in and take the next step and buy a handheld gps.
When I am in the woods and I am right on top of the cache and it is saying I am 200 feet away it is just impossible a lot of times to even come close to them. It takes me so much longer to find them then it should. Sometimes I just can't find them at all. Or sometimes it takes me a few tries going back and looking every single area over.
I bought a Garmin etrex 20x on Amazon last night around 11pm for $185.45 (that included the tax). I had $76.31 in my amazon account from egiftcodes I earned on crowdtap. I put them towards this purchase so I only had to pay $109.14 from my checking account. It is going to arrive sometime tomorrow and I am so excited.
Once it arrives I will spend the following day out geocaching and creating two geocaches in my area.
The photo I uploaded it the stock photo of the gps I bought on amazon.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Sep 16
okay what on earth is a geocache? animal, mineral or what? everyonme assumes we all know these new terms but I do not have a cell phone or ipad or any of the new gadgets so am lost.
hope you find a lot of them then what the heck will you dowith them I take it they are not real objects see I am totally lost
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@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
20 Sep 16
Patsie, I asked weeks ago to another user, here is what this thing is.
It's an outdoor activity, in which participants use a GPS or a mobile device to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
22 Sep 16
@responsiveme Basically! That is what my children called it when we first started.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
20 Sep 16
I've heard of people doing this. Not for me, but glad you enjoy it!
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
20 Sep 16
I don't personally know many geocachers but I love it and you are right its not for everyone :-)
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
20 Sep 16
This is the first time I've heard of it. Good and have fun
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
20 Sep 16
It is a lot of fun glad I posted something that now you may know a little more about.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Sep 16
I'm glad you're getting a new GPS to help you with your geocaches.
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Sep 16
So shortly you are getting a new piece. Congrats. Can you get picture of good quality and sharpness.?
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
20 Sep 16
Sure I can post a photo of it for you to see. It just arrived today.
