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Title: My New Hobby
Post by: ASTAC on January 02, 2006, 08:04:10 PM: This is great..just found 2 today (my first day)

Http://www.geocaching.com (http://www.geocaching.com)

All you need is a handheld GPS and a sense of adventure...Planting my own cache tommorrow.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Gunslinger on January 02, 2006, 08:44:59 PM: Get with Sandman, he's really into this as well. IIRC he's got some interesting stuff on his website about this (link can be found in his sigline)
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: lazs2 on January 03, 2006, 08:22:05 AM: not that there is anything wrong with that but...

"get with sandman" is very descriptive of the act for one who would cash geo's

lazs
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Jackal1 on January 03, 2006, 08:54:30 AM: What size shot should be used for hunting geos?
Are they hard to clean?
Better fried, baked or smoked?
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 03, 2006, 11:36:17 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Gunslinger
Get with Sandman, he's really into this as well. IIRC he's got some interesting stuff on his website about this (link can be found in his sigline)

There are a few pics there (http://dotdoubledot.com/image.html), but not much else. I've slowed up considerably the last couple of months. Between mountain-biking and reflooring my house, I haven't been out much. I'm awfully close to 100 finds. Here's my profile (http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=1ae66e84-b867-4b98-ad71-728a096d8bab)

SOB (http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=ab0ad60c-4d53-4d95-8af6-84c8e3437f38) is into it also.

I have three hides:

Slate Range Crossing (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=29526265-d852-464d-a8db-146f85e713f9)
Pinnacles Sci-Fi Book Box (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=10bb2d53-505d-4d0f-9535-87b36eabf504)
Tres Equis Puzzle (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=93e054b7-7930-460f-89b1-80cc61744491)

ASTAC, what's your username at Geocaching.com?

Tips:
If you haven't signed up for the premium membership, I highly recommend it. The pocket query function alone is worth the $3/month.

Get GSAK (http://www.gsak.net/). With this software, Plucker (http://www.plkr.org/), and a Palm Pilot, you can go paperless.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: ChickenHawk on January 03, 2006, 01:52:06 PM: Another similar hobby is Letterboxing.

http://www.letterboxing.org

The difference is that in letterboxing the goal is found through clues and directions, sometimes with a compass, and the treasure is a new stamp in your logbook.

Great family fun.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: ASTAC on January 04, 2006, 11:11:39 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Sandman

ASTAC, what's your username at Geocaching.com?

DaveCB400F

I have one hide so far:

Foxfire Downs (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=&guid=6d4c857a-0e14-48bd-b5b3-b438ee2301ad&decrypt=y&log=&numlogs=)

It started out kinda rough..had the coords all screwed up and a few other problems.

About to place a 2nd.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 04, 2006, 11:32:31 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ASTAC

It started out kinda rough..had the coords all screwed up and a few other problems.

Quite the understatement. ;)

It gets easier. I've got an ammo can here ready to go. Just haven't found a place for it yet.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: ASTAC on January 05, 2006, 07:20:32 AM: Oh and I am a premium member. Not that it matters..dropped my handheld, can't replace at least til the end of the month.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: lazs2 on January 05, 2006, 08:10:56 AM: wow... here I thought you guys were pansies but.... my freinds cash ammo boxes too. small world.

lazs
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 05, 2006, 09:39:06 AM: Maybe you're friends are pansies too. ;)
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: lazs2 on January 05, 2006, 02:21:46 PM: It is a possibility but I have a "don't ask don't tell" policy. That includes... "don't invite me to see Broke butt mountain" with you.

lazs
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 05, 2006, 02:33:49 PM: LOL... I'm with ya... that one isn't going to find its way to my NetFlix queue.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: ASTAC on January 05, 2006, 03:56:03 PM: Sandman,

Sent ya an email.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 05, 2006, 04:07:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ASTAC
Sandman,

Sent ya an email.

I won't see it until I get home. You can use PM here if you like.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: SOB on January 05, 2006, 08:53:58 PM: I stayed at a beach house over at Neskowin on the coast with some friends over New Years, and really wanted to do this one (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4c902d0e-e887-4f2e-b1ac-4606ed76bae7), but it was too cold, rainy & windy to go wading through the surf. I'm gonna have to go back though!

It's up on this big rock...
(http://www.matthoffman.us/dl/htcbb/proposalrock.jpg)
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: NUKE on January 05, 2006, 08:58:38 PM: SOB, you should have been able to drive a car over to that rock, no problem.
Title: My New Hobby
Post by: Sandman on January 19, 2006, 08:45:36 PM: ASTAC, I forgot to show you this:

I made this handy website (http://dotdoubledot.com/teamxterror/) using GSAK (http://gsak.net/). I upload the entire thing to a Palm Pilot.