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I still think that the generic concept of ____ of the Month -vs- Geocaches, is always prone to conflict.
Should a cache “win” because it’s well hidden … or because it has a cool container … or because it takes you to the coolest spot in Wisconsin … or because the whole theme is well thought out.
If I was voting on the Cherry Pie of the Month … I could decide what pie I liked the best. And in the case of voting for a Cherry Pie, one could assume I tasted all the Pies in the contest … and that all the Pies in the contest were tasted by the same amount of judges.
Very few people have “tasted” ALL the geocaches in Wisconsin, so maybe only those few people should be allowed to vote. I really enjoy a well done cache and we’re picky about what caches we go to, since I know we’re only going to find a few, I try to pick ones that will be the most memorable or at least an enjoyable hike. So, since we’ve only found 3 or 4 hundred caches … do we even have enough of a knowledge base to vote for a COTM?
My point … not sure I really have one … other than I think there’s NO truely right way to run COTM.
also be careful to not wear an Engineering Hat … the protective metal plate also messes with compasses.
Like Buy_The_Tie, I have an old Garmin eMap … I love that old thing … mainly because of the larger display. I don’t see that having color would be that much of an advantage.
I guess this means my opinion would be to consider screen size … if you can afford it, go with a unit with a bigger screen size than the eTrex … but at the same time, the smaller screens are fine for just finding geocaches, it’s when you are viewing roads where the added size helps (at least with my eyes).
Welcome aboard!
My 2 cents …
Having the maps is nice. In your pre-geocaching life you may think you didn’t need electronic maps. But you MAY find that now that your geocaching, the ability to find roads will be handy. It’s not directly needed for finding geocaches, but will help you drive/park your car.
I see no advantage to an electronic compass. Myself, each of our GPSrs has a little $8 compass (very small, about the size of a watch battery) hanging on the GPSr. When I can’t figure out which way is north, I just look at it.
For a raffle … yes you need to by non-profit. $25 for a one year license. Application: http://www.doa.state.wi.us/docs_view2.asp?docid=231
Also I believe there is a form to fill out and send in after each raffle.
Cool!
I’m going to start planning an event that breaks all the rules for hiding caches and events. Opps the first part of that has been done already … ala Ken’s 7/4 party a couple years back. LOL10″ of snow yesterday and 7 degrees today, on the lake side of the railroad tracks in Port Washington … we have two climates here, east of the tracks and west of the tracks … so I can’t speak for the “warm” west side.
At “Rainbow Red Raindrop” (GCJDZP) we we’re on the other end of the problem. Some guy the prior day accidentially pocketed this micro that is one of six needed to find the final. Luckly we were able to make due without that digit.
good luck!
I hope they stay in circulation, instead of ending up as collectors items or selling on ebay!Speaking of old GPSrs … maybe I don’t understand the techology … but I suspect it MIGHT be possible to have a GPSr that so old that it doesn’t any longer work with the satellite network … I THING!?!
A friend of mind got one as a gift like 12 years ago, never used it … Garmin Trailblazer, I think it was … asked me if it would work for geocaching. I put the first set of batteries in that the thing had ever seen … fired it up, for problem only .00 accuracy rather than .000 … but a bigger problem is that I set it out in a clearing for 6 hours and it never picked up more than one satellite signal.
Unless the unit is defective, there seems to be an issue there.
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Originally posted by smokey & the teacher:
I guess lets just remember, you dont need to purchase a brand new PDA with all the fancy stuff on it to use for “paperless”.
I totally agree. If I only wanted it for geocaching, I’d buy a cheap black/white on ebay … that would be a no brainer. In my case I’ve got another application that takes a lot of memory and benefits from color (QuickVerse 2005 bible software) … so for me the PDA is for both in the woods and in the Word. But this does cause me the need to “protect my investment” a bit … I typically have it tucked into our geo-bag when not actually reading the screen and I bought a waterproof cellphone bag for $3 that I slip it into when we cross a creek or something.
Speaking of protecting your investment … a tip … take one of those screen protectors that are used for PDAs and cut it to the size of your GPSr screen … stick it on … it protects your GPSr from SOME scratches if you drop it.
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Originally posted by Gypsy Rose:
What kind of PDA do you use?
Not picking on you … but it’s amazing how many times this question has been asked on the message board … someone should write a monthly article, so we can just reference that.
Anyway … in my personal experience … I’ve only used Palm Pilots and have been happy with them. For geoaching purposes, I think you need to stick with one extreme or another: either get a cheap black/white screen unit, or get a BETTER color unit. The reason being that mid/low price color units tend to be hard to see in the sun. For color units I recommend anything with a screen that uses “transreflective” technology, the cheaper color units don’t and you’ll be sorry. Examples (my experience on color): do NOT get a Palm Zire or Z22 units ($99), they’re nice for everyday use but the cheap color screens disappear in the sun … so I upgraded to the Palm Tungsten E2 unit ($199), which works much better. To go with a black/white unit, check out e-bay … you can get a cheap black/white that works well for geocaching, but might not have much memory for other purposes.
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Originally posted by Auntienae:
Fox6 news Monday 9 PM is confirmed
It better be confirmed!
Brad only shouted in my face about 15 times so far.For future reference … be aware that pine cones have two ends … one way they go in easy and come out hard … the other end they go in hard and come out easy.
I’m not sure if there is a deeper mean to that … but just thought I’d throw it in.
Should be good.
They are really playing the teezer spot alot!
I’ve seen it 8 or 9 times in the last 2 evenings.I kinda like them calling it “high tech hide and seek” … while it’s not accurate, it’s less like to raise concerns than “high tech treasure hunt”.
HOWEVER, it would be good to impress upon the reports, that when someone finds the cache, they do NOT move it to another spot, a lot of people don’t understand that. The hide part of “hide and seek” might imply that the first time geocaching-rookie needs to do some hiding.
[This message has been edited by EnergySaver (edited 02-02-2006).]
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