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Need an Atlantic Puffin Geocoin

billnpegz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:40:43 +0000

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

billnpegz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:22:54 +0000

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

billnpegz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:42 +0000

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"

billnpegz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

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!!

billnpegz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:28 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is Geocaching a Sport? Hobby? or Game?

billnpegz — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:13:26 +0000

When I started thegeocacher.com I wondered where it should be placed in terms of categorization. I think we could fairly place it into categories with sports, hobbies, or games. There are quite a few more categories you could use to describe geocaching, but ultimately I thought those 3 were the most all encompassing.

Using the technology at hand, I jumped onto Wikipedia to see if I could gather some further information and perhaps fine tune [...]