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TonyL
09-20-2004, 09:07 PM
Geocaching. Anyone else do this?

we've (the family) have been running around all over town treasure hunting. what a blast we have been having.

for the uninitiated, geocaching is hunting for hidden treasures with a gps handheld device. there are thousands of em!

68RallySport
09-20-2004, 11:05 PM
what kind of hidden treasure?

hotrodgary
09-21-2004, 05:39 AM
yeah, what he said?? what kind of hidden treasure?

68LSS1
09-21-2004, 06:12 AM
Here is a good link (http://66.70.234.198/forum/showthread.php?t=1117) from last week.

TonyL
09-21-2004, 06:38 AM
wow brian. i totally forgot about that thread. what kind of "treasure"?
all kinds. there is stuff as small as glow sticks and buttons, army men to headphones, they could be anything. I went on my first hunt last night and found 3 of them.

68RallySport
09-21-2004, 08:42 AM
does someone go hide these things or is this like the guy with the metal detector on the beach?

TonyL
09-21-2004, 11:11 AM
geocachers hide them. my maintenance guy hid one on the site of the apartments we work at. you dont have to hide one, but anyone can, anywhere.
This (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c3cc4864-615a-4b6d-b391-b14f2ce0fb22) is the link to the one im talking about. you see on that page that "waypoints" are given. coordinates and a map, even clues to the exact location.

and a log of the people that found them. So far its been HUGE fun. some caches are as big as a five gallon bucket painted cammo and hung in a tree. some as small as a film canister.

TonyL
09-21-2004, 11:13 AM
oh and i'd like to thank Todd for the link last week that was one of the many reasons i got into it.

qwik1320
09-22-2004, 05:55 PM
Tony - you're welcome! My Garmin Vista just came in the mail today...I'm like a kid on Christmas morning!!! :jump: :jump: :jump:

The weather's supposed to be nice here in PA this weekend so we're going out to find our first cache.

TonyL
09-22-2004, 06:53 PM
ive found 4 so far, the latest one, was PACKED with stuff!! toys of all kinds, brand new!

qwik1320
09-22-2004, 06:56 PM
I was reading some of the posts and it looks like some people put some pretty cool stuff in. The kids and I started a bag with stuff to "trade" - they are very excited. Happy caching!