Geocaching [Archive] - Military Photos

ChuckThunder

12-24-2003, 07:06 PM

Any fellow geocachers out there?

Deuterium AKA Duc996

I've done it with my cousin once. Its was pretty cool, great way to get learn GPS skills. I'm going to try a "marine geocache" out on the Chesapeake Bay this coming summer. I'll attach a cache to several buoys and anchor them. Have my friends try to locate them in Boston Whalers and wave runners.

Romulus

07-14-2004, 10:49 PM

Heh, old (very old) topic but I wanted to get some info.

What kind of GPS device would you recommend for a beginner? and do you trade things that you find in the caches?

ibstolidude

07-14-2004, 11:01 PM

Heh, old (very old) topic but I wanted to get some info.

What kind of GPS device would you recommend for a beginner? and do you trade things that you find in the caches?
Garmin Etrex - 100$
Magellan 310/315 etc

it depends on what you ultimately intend to use it for/with - especially if you seek to use it with mapping programs like Falconview.

I actually would suggest you purchase a reliable used one (as you may never really use it)

Deuterium

07-15-2004, 12:18 AM

Wow this is old. I consider myself a Geocaching fanatic. I use Cachemate to store all my intended victims along with previous logs of the sites and clues. I use Terraserver to view imagery of my prey. I use an iQue 3600 with MapSource City Select v6 to route me to the location or find the nearest parking lot. I use a Garmin Vista with Topo for the actual hunt. I have my laptop with GSM card to log the visit, get up to date info, or just be first to log the visit. Yeah I got a problem.

Tranceaddict

07-15-2004, 01:05 AM

anyone want to enlighten me on Geocaching?
:)

Gordon

07-15-2004, 02:44 AM

http://www.geocaching.com/

Yosy

07-15-2004, 07:35 AM

This looks fun. I think I'll give it a go. But first I need to get a GPS: anyone knows a good one that it's cheap and for a beginner?

NcDeuce

07-15-2004, 03:40 PM

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/3808/merid.jpg

There, finally recharged batteries for the camera

Tranceaddict

07-15-2004, 03:46 PM

wow, that's pretty damn cool.

Do you guys do this a lot?

NcDeuce

07-15-2004, 03:49 PM

wow, that's pretty damn cool.

Do you guys do this a lot?

I'm fairly new to it...

Many times, I swear it talks to me!

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/9664/merid2.jpg :D

justuser

07-30-2007, 03:39 PM

I love it all

Anthony91

07-30-2007, 03:43 PM

A three year old thread for christs sakes....

Red

07-30-2007, 03:45 PM

I really miss Deut. Deut if you read this, please come back. Same goes for XASA.

Adumb

07-30-2007, 03:52 PM

How many here do this? i've been thinking about getting a GPS just for this. :D

Weasel

07-30-2007, 03:53 PM

I love it all

Use the search function:

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115220&highlight=geocaching

Midn./Patriot

07-30-2007, 04:03 PM

I used to go find caches about 2 times a month. Sometimes I would see how many separate ones I could find in one day, my record was 4.

They are mostly ammunition boxes hidden in stumps, but some are extremely creative. The best ones are caches at historic battlegrounds. The best one I found was connected to the lynching of a 16 year old black boy in North Carolina. The first cache was at the cabin where he lived with his family, the second was outside the old jail, which had turned into the DMV. The last one was 5 miles off the highway beside a bend in the Tar River. That was where the lynch mob hung him in the 20's. There was still a copper cross nailed to the tree. Very Creepy.

He was suspected of raping his white neighbor, who was his age.

Weasel

07-31-2007, 10:06 AM

My geocaching-backpack.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3207/img1582vu6.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1582vu6.jpg)

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5681/img1574jr1.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1574jr1.jpg)

Found a Micro-Cache yesterday but didn´t find a second cache at this location: :-(

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3113/img1568aa7.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1568aa7.jpg)

Roldwin

07-31-2007, 11:15 AM

nice backpack !

What are the caches you were looking for?

Weasel

07-31-2007, 11:30 AM

Thanks.

The first one (the one I found) was a film canister with a list of people who found this cache. The second one was a theme cache. The theme was "baby" and should consist of baby accessories. Unfortunately I didn´t find the cache but I will try it again.

Opening Batsman

07-31-2007, 12:05 PM

Weasel

07-31-2007, 12:10 PM

I've been looking for a good price for the basic yellow garmin etrex on ebay, it is actually cheaper to get one sent over from America than to buy one from Australia for some reason. I've zeroed in on one, just waiting for a response regarding postage out here.

What´s the price for the yellow Garmin from the USA? I purchased the grey etrex because of the eletronical compass. And the basemap is the european one.

Opening Batsman

07-31-2007, 12:12 PM

What´s the price for the yellow Garmin from the USA? I purchased the grey etrex because of the eletronical compass. And the basemap is the european one.

The one I'm looking at is 70USD (brand new). That is the cheapest I've found yet, plus it is a buy it now one. Looking at other ones, postage here can be anything from 20 to 40USD, depending on how big a rip off merchant the person is.p-)

Weasel

07-31-2007, 12:18 PM

The one I'm looking at is 70USD (brand new). That is the cheapest I've found yet, plus it is a buy it now one. Looking at other ones, postage here can be anything from 20 to 40USD, depending on how big a rip off merchant the person is.p-)

Nothing wrong with a 20 USD GPS unit. :)
Too bad the software (Fugawi, topo maps etc.) is expensive as hell.

Opening Batsman

07-31-2007, 12:22 PM

Nothing wrong with a 20 USD GPS unit. :)
Too bad the software (Fugawi, topo maps etc.) is expensive as hell.

70, not 20.:p I'm really not fussed with fancy stuff myself, as long as it points in the right direction and tells me how far I have to go, I'm a happy camper. Plenty of caches in interesting place around here I would love to visit.:)

Roldwin

07-31-2007, 12:26 PM

Although is not vital (Geosense works better), the electronical compass is a useful feature once you're near the cache

Weasel

07-31-2007, 12:27 PM

70, not 20.:p I'm really not fussed with fancy stuff myself, as long as it points in the right direction and tells me how far I have to go, I'm a happy camper. Plenty of caches in interesting place around here I would love to visit.:)

Sorry, 20 was for postage. :cantbeli:
You will need a topo map to have more details. The regular basemap isn´t very useful if you are looking for smaller roads or paths. But of course the needle will always point in the right direction. :)

Opening Batsman

07-31-2007, 12:29 PM

Electronic compasses, topo maps... I don't have a job! I'm too poor for fancy things.p-) Not to say I wouldn't like them!

Roldwin

07-31-2007, 12:30 PM

well, you can dowload some topo maps using any p2p program...

*cough, piracy, cough*

Opening Batsman

07-31-2007, 12:33 PM

well, you can dowload some topo maps using any p2p program...

*cough, piracy, cough*

Piracy? I couldn't do that...

Y'aaarrgghhh, they call me the Blackbeard of the Internets!p-)

Weasel

07-31-2007, 12:41 PM

Piracy? I couldn't do that...

Y'aaarrgghhh, they call me the Blackbeard of the Internets!p-)

rofl

I still need a topo map of Norway. If you accidently find one while you are on looting expedition............ p-)

Roldwin

07-31-2007, 03:46 PM

Wow !! I "found" in my hard disk a copy of mapsend direct route v2.00 for magellan, which is an automatic street routing map.

Weasel

07-31-2007, 03:49 PM

Wow !! I "found" in my hard disk a copy of mapsend direct route v2.00 for magellan, which is an automatic street routing map.

Understood. rofl