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There used to be a thread about geo caching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_caching , but I can no longer find it. Any fellow geo cachers out there? Althought we brought our GPS unit 1 1/5 years ago, we found our first cache today. Both Mr Fuchsia & I really enjoyed it and there are lots of caches near us. Does anyone have any tips?
Hi Fuchsia I have been caching for a couple of years now. Love it. In fact I have no idea what we (me and bf) did before we went caching. I have 348 finds. Although by tomorrow it will probably be a couple more. Whereabouts are you? We are in Merseyside and there are tons around here. It has taken us to some absolutely beautiful places that there is no way we would have visited without going caching. We have met some really nice people. They always have lots of meets going on, and although we haven't been to a meet I know that they make everyone really welcome. We know most of our local cachers, if not in real life, certainly in the geocaching world. Its absolutely great fun.
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I'm in Derbyshire and there is a lot of cache's around here, esp in the Peak District. Within a 6 mile radius of where I live there is about 20. My parents live in Merseyside and we're planning to go geocaching when we next go home. When we found our first cache I couldn't belive where it was. The amount of times we had walked past it in our pre-geocaching days and never realised it was there!
We have done that loads too, all these little boxes that we have walked past and not had a clue there was anything there. Its just really good fun. Tips would be as you come up to where the cache should be have a look round before you wade in and see if you can see a track, might be only faint but you soon get used to spotting it. Bit of flattened grass and the like can lead you straight to it. Also something that doesn't quite look like it should be there, a little pile of logs too carefully placed. Or a pile of stones, a big pile of dried leaves. Anyway, happy caching. You might do some of our caches if you do end up doing some up round Merseyside. We have placed plenty round by where we live.
Hi guys, I'm new to geocaching (found 2) in the Thames Valley region. I can't believe how many there are! off into london soon as there are millions in a very small area 
do you both use GPS?
do you both use GPS?
Hi Janeyjamjar. I use a GPSr. When we first started we had the most basic model a yellow etrex http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-eTrex-GPS-Personal-Navigator/dp/B00003WGP5/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-9176323-8392765?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1177663973&sr=8-1 but we have a rather posh one now. And to be honest the cheapest one did us brilliantly. There is also what is known as paperless caching, where you don't have to print out the bits of paper with all the info of the cache on you just download as many caches as you want into your PDA and away you go, but to be honest we didn't do that until we had been caching about a year and decided that we really really enjoyed it. We have met some really nice people. The best bit is having a really interesting day out in the sunshine. When the weather is gorgeous it just makes for an interesting walk/day out. I found your logs janey as you have the same name, but I can't find Fuchsia.
I haven't got a GPS system yet, I onlny use ordnance survey website and a bit of patience. There are so many I want to do around here but it's so hard finding the time!
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We have a Garmin Geko 201. Ah, our geocache login name isn't Fuchsia as Mr Fuchsia wouldn't allow it, due to it being too girly!
Oh, wow, I had never heard of this before and it sounds like so much fun! I love walking around exploring places. I live in Central London but have to visit Shropshire regularly for hospital so I would be able to go hunting out caches both in the city and the countryside. It really appeals! 
I'm just about to sign up on geocachers.com - has anyone got any advice for a total newbie? Goldfinch xxx
I'm just about to sign up on geocachers.com - has anyone got any advice for a total newbie? Goldfinch xxx
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You can actually do caches without a GPS but you would have to be quite competent at map reading, and sometimes even with the GPS they are hard to find. I have just put my first GPSr on ebay, (obviously I can't post a link) but its just a yellow etrex, and it works brilliantly for caching. Just sign up and then see if there are any caches around the area you live or where you go to hospital, then we used to find the best way to do it was print out the pages of the cache you were going to visit as you need to note the clue (don't believe anyone who says they don't decrypt the clue!). As I have already said, its just so much fun. It gets you out and about and you find some wonderful places that there is no way you would ever have gone to or known about. Although some caches are in awful places. We read the logs to see what people say about the cache so you know whether its worth doing or not. Most cachers are quite honest in their opinions of caches, which is useful. Anyway its brilliant, I can't recommend it enough. Enjoy!
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