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When is a “Find” a “Find”?

billnpegz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:26:53 +0000

I was out doing some caching the last weekend and a thought crossed my mind. The account that I have on geocaching.com is technically for both my wife an I. Now normally we go caching together so it has never presented a problem before but since only 1/2 of the team was there is it really appropriate for me to log a find to that account? For the record I did log the finds. [...]

Geo-Caching….a bonus!

Pegz1213 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0000

For some, Geocaching is all about the search, all about finding that hidden cache. The journey there and what you see often falls into second place or worse. For me the journey is the best part. Especially for those hunts that take us into the mountains of North Eastern Washington.

I enjoy the Jeep ride, the fresh air and the gorgeous scenery. Green meadows, dark fern covered valleys and trees that reach the sky. All [...]

Geocaching, Technology and the Outdoors!

billnpegz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:30:46 +0000

I’ve had my GPS unit for quite awhile. In fact I even knew about geocaching but never really embarked on the adventure until this past summer. I must say after about 30 cache finds so far I am hooked!

Geocaching, for those of you that are curious is an international “treasure hunt” of sorts. Individuals will hide a cache that may contain small trinkets for trading, and post the coordinates to this cache online for others [...]

First Cache of the New Year…

billnpegz — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:31:29 +0000

When the weather outside looks like this it is pretty hard to not only hide a cache but the search becomes quite challenging as well.

I was quite happy when I received my email of new caches from geocaching.com that someone had placed a cache in our area AND it was relatively close AND it was winter accessible. I just had to jump on the opportunity to go searching. It could be my New Year’s first.

We [...]

For The Best Geocaching GPS Here’s What To Look For

billnpegz — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:49 +0000

By: Tessa Green

To make absolutely sure that every geocache hunt is thoroughly fabulous and successful, your GPS must have the ability to do the following:

It must find it’s position quickly and easily. When you switch on, the gps looks around, finds four or more positioning satellites and works out how far away they are. Using this information, it works out its own location. That’s a lot to do. And some GPS do [...]

Cache Talk – Rating Systems

billnpegz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:23:37 +0000

I found this interesting article on an article exchange and thought I would introduce The Geocacher to the concept of guest authors while at the same time sharing some information related to the rating systems for caches and terrain. We can explore this a bit more with your comments and future articles. If you would like to publish an article on The Geocacher please contact the admin via the Contact link at the top of [...]

Review – DeLorme Earthmate PN-20

billnpegz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:25:57 +0000

First let me start out by saying that I did NOT purchase this GPS unit with geocaching in mind. I had heard of the sport but never really did any investigation of what it was all about until after I had purchased the unit.

Overall I think it is a good device… There are a number of positive things and negative things about it that I will detail below. I know for the holiday season that [...]