Geocaching Help…

[Ledz]

Geocaching Help… No it’s nothing to do with the Eclipse GEO….Some of you may have heard of this and some might be scratching their heads. Well in a nut shell it’s a geeky GPS related treasure hunt around the world and something I quite enjoy.. I even took Davey Williamson and Tom Buckley Geocaching at Campaign Cup and they loved it…

Look here if you want any more info… http://www.geocaching.com/

Anyway. For my 40th Birthday in April my friends got me my own Geocache that I can put somewhere and also a Geo coin which is an on-line trackable item (the web site will explain if you’re interested).. Problem is that I use my iphone to Geocache and when planting a Geocache for other people to find it needs to have quite accurate coordinates and I don’t have a GPS unit to do this with… So I’m looking to borrow one if anyone has one that I can use for a week and send back to them… Bit of a strange request I know.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks.

LEDZ

 

[Lump]

Get your self a Bluetooth GPS receiver, it will work better than the one on the phone, but still work with it. or if you want a proper toy have a look at the Garmin range of mapping devices

 

[Ledz]

Get your self a Bluetooth GPS receiver, it will work better than the one on the phone, but still work with it. or if you want a proper toy have a look at the Garmin range of mapping devices

The point is that i don't want to buy one. I know some of the GPS devices are amazing but i only Geocache casual and don't want to drop £250+ on a one use GPS unit (coz after i have planted it i will not use it again). I'd ideally just like to borrow one, if some kind person has one???

LEDZ

 

[obladeo]

Can't you just use a tomtom?

 

[Ledz]

Nope it needs to be pin point accurate. Imagine being in the woods and having to look under a bush to find the treasure.. Tom Toms are not that accurate as far as i know.

LEDZ

 

[obladeo]

Nope it needs to be pin point accurate. Imagine being in the woods and having to look under a bush to find the treasure.. Tom Toms are not that accurate as far as i know.

LEDZ

but the video on the website says that the gps coordinates just take you to the area and then you have to search.

All i know is that someone has put something near the big wind generator here in green park Reading

 

[Cook$]

I have one of these you can have.... I think it should do the job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Forerunner-Wrist-Mounted-Personal-Training/dp/B0001ILXGQ

 

[Missy-Q]

I've got a buddy in cali that does this. He loves it too. I'd like to give it a try.

 

[Robin Hood]

Ha! I just checked out their website and there's a cache literally across the road from me! Sounds like a pretty cool way to check out new places.

 

[Cook$]

There's quite a few near me too! And as I'm off for 6 weeks I might go exploring...