Geocache

sniffer · Mar 27, 2009

when I was out scouting a new site yesterday, I found this geocache, in it, it had various things, so following geocache rules, I took one thing and left one of mine

Cynangyl · Mar 27, 2009

That is too cool! I thought about doing that at one point with my mom...even bought her all the stuff to make up her own geocache and she was all excited about it but never went and did it. lol

sniffer · Mar 27, 2009

I thought about too, until I found out how much a good GPS costs

Cynangyl · Mar 27, 2009

I got her a GPS, container and a bunch of stuff to put in it....then it turned out she had already gotten a better GPS so she gave me the one I had gotten her and said it was a mother's day present. lol She had all these plans how we were going to go do this....never has the time to actually do it. lol My GPS is still in my glovebox rarely used even. ::)

Monty · Mar 27, 2009

I never knew the "rules" but some time ago I found a small vial obviously hidden by a grade school child. There was a piece of paper in it stating that she had planted it here and was wondering who would find it. I wrote my name and phone number and found date on it and put it back. It was in the hollow at the bottom of a big oak tree. I checked several weeks later and it was gone. So, someone must have relocated it? Monty

sniffer · Mar 27, 2009

It's kind of interesting to see what people leave behind

Cynangyl · Mar 27, 2009

I bet it would be! I have not found one before but read some about it and it looks like it would be fun to look at what all folks wrote and left behind.

grafter · Mar 27, 2009

why to go

mxtman2 · Mar 27, 2009

I was into the Geocache thing pretty heavy for awhile a few years ago. It's a great way to get out and do some exploring! When exploring deserts or the mountains, before you go, just print out a few geocache's off the website in the area you plan to go. Enter the gps coordinates in your gps and go! You'll find yourself in areas you never knew existed. It's great to do with kids as well. Teaches them how to read maps and how gps works and as a bonus, they actually get to find treasure!! For adults, (me at least) it became a been there done that kinda thing. But whenever I have nephews over we head out to find some treasure! :icon_pirat:

By the way, You don't need a expensive gps. A cheap one works just fine for Geocaching.

Young River · Mar 27, 2009

Geocaching sounds like fun. My little girl's Brownie troop went " Letterboxing". They had a lot of fun doing it too. Here's the jist of it...

"Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth. There are about 20,000 letterboxes hidden in North America alone. Individual letterboxes usually contain a log book, an often hand-carved rubber stamp and may contain an ink pad. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox's stamp on their personal log book, and leave an imprint of their personal stamp on the letterbox's logbook ."

They are located all over the US and could be a fun thing to do with the kids while on vacation. You don't even have to use a GPS. Here's a link that tells about it...

http://www.letterboxing.org/

Mike from MI · Mar 31, 2009

Been there! Found two while out digging. I also geocache so I knew what I had. I also logged them on the site. For those that have not done it, it is a lot of fun!

bclark · Mar 31, 2009

Monty said:
I never knew the "rules" but some time ago I found a small vial obviously hidden by a grade school child. There was a piece of paper in it stating that she had planted it here and was wondering who would find it. I wrote my name and phone number and found date on it and put it back. It was in the hollow at the bottom of a big oak tree. I checked several weeks later and it was gone. So, someone must have relocated it? Monty

I remember as a kid when I lived in Florida as a class in Elementary school we would right a note similar to the one found in the vial and put it in a balloon and let it fly away. I think we did this several time throughout different grades and then we stopped since balloons were going into the ocean I think.

sniffer · Mar 31, 2009

we did the balloon thing too, when I was a kid. one time. I think we only ever received one reply back, from about 30 miles away

allen · Mar 31, 2009

I found one of the balloons just about a month ago...
it came from montgomery, Indiana and I sent it back
to the little girl who is a first grader and hers was the first
balloon to be sent back. they released the balloons about
two months ago. it travelled about 120 miles or so.

relic lover · Apr 2, 2009

Geocashing is great! I have found many little known historical spots it is a great way to learn local history there is little chance of learning otherwise :thumbsup: