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Need an Atlantic Puffin Geocoin

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While is was off doing other things I happened to miss Eclectic Penguin’s release of the Atlanting Puffin geocoin. I’ve included an image on the left here of what this coin looks like. 

I have searched a number of places on the Intenet and I have not been able to find anywhere that has this coin available.  If you happen to be one of those collectors that purchased a number of these I would be interested [...]

Bomb Squads and Geocaches – Some Tips

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 If you watch the RSS feed on the home page you will notice that there seems to be an ever increasing number of geocaches being exploded by the bomb squad.   One of the more recent being an ammo box located in a industrial/office park that was near an airport.

I can’t help but wonder if these types of things continue to happen what the ultimate result will be to the sport, or worse yet what the [...]

Geocaching – A Beginner’s Guide

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Author: Heather Bayer – posted by BillNPegz

Geocaching crazy – join the hunt!

I’m a self-confessed technophobe. I have never sent a text message or taken a photo with a cell phone; played a video game or watched a movie on a personal DVD player. In fact, I never quite mastered working the video machine [...]

Geocaching – The Technology Behind "The Hi-Tech Treasure Hunt"

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Author: Tonia Jordan

It all started on May 2, 2000 with the removal of selective availability by the White House. (Selective Availability is the intentional modification of GPS signal to degrade accuracy of readings) At that moment, the GPS receiver became 10 times more accurate.

GPS, or Global Positioning System is a navigational system which operates through the use of twenty-four satellites positioned around the globe in low Earth orbit. These satellites were [...]

Looking for Guest Writers!!

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The Geocacher is looking for your help.  We would like to publish articles from those of you that are active in the sport of geocaching. 

Surely I can write about my experiences and the caches that I visit and hide, and the geocoins and trackables that I have come across in my travels,  but in doing so you get a pretty narrow view that would in no way represent all that is happening in [...]