Basic Geocaching Tips
Written by Jeff on August 27, 2008
courtesy Kimbo
Make a waypoint for your car or starting location before heading out.
This is important! It’s easy to get turned around and disoriented when looking for a cache. Do yourself a favor and mark your starting location. No matter how close the cache seems to be. Better safe than lost. (Just think how embarrassed you’ll be if you have a GPS in your hand and still can’t find your way back to the car!)
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Four Craft Ideas for Geocache Signature Swag
Written by Jeff on August 25, 2008
by Melanie Marten at Quazen.com
In the increasingly popular sport of geocaching, people find caches filled with log book and swag by using their GPS receivers. The swag that is traded usually consists of dollar store items, small toys, and signature items.
Signature items are things that are specific to one geocacher or geocaching team. Often, people make a craft for their signature item. Below are four great craft ideas for geocache signature swag.
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Geocaching Containers – Part II (Micro Containers)
Written by Jeff on August 21, 2008
Micro caches are a topic that generates a lot of heated discussion in the Geocaching.com forums. They have their ardent supporters and staunch foes. However, even most detractors admit that there are some quality micro hides out there. So what makes a quality micro hide? I’ll leave most of that for the reader to decide, but I think most people will agree that any quality geocache hide starts with a quality container.
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Geocaching Containers
Written by Jeff on August 20, 2008
So you’ve been geocaching for a few months, found a few dozen caches and decided its time to place your first. Pawing through your kitchen cabinets you spy a spaghetti sauce stained Tupperware container. “Perfect!” you say, as you grab it and start to sneak away to the garage with it. Just as you reach the door you hear your wife’s slightly annoyed voice from behind asking “Just where do you think you’re going with my good Tupperware?” Busted! It’s back into the kitchen with the Tupperware and you’re again at square one - what to use for a container?
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Geocaching uses GPS gear to point the way to adventure
Written by Jeff on August 19, 2008
By Joshua Winata
Killeen Daily Herald
There were only two days until the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division was scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan on June 26, but instead of using his lunch break to make preparations, Staff Sgt. Brian Heitman was out looking for hidden treasure.
Armed with a hand-held Global Positioning System device on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Heitman navigated his family’s Honda Odyssey van up Lutheran Church Road, a dusty white trail leading north out of Copperas Cove, following a set of coordinates. His target: two new geocaches placed the day before.
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Camouflaging Ammo Boxes
Written by Jeff on August 17, 2008
courtesy GeorgiaGeocachersAssociation
First, chose your ammo box carefully. Reject those with dents and large scrapes. If all the boxes you have to choose from are dented, try to pick out the ones that are not dented on any of the corners or edges. Those dents can make for weak points.
Second, open the box. If it’s clean and still smells of oil, then the seal is still good. Check the latch and make sure it holds the lid tight. Don’t be bashful in the store, you’re selecting a game piece for who knows how many players.
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