Geocachers are some of the friendliest outdoors people you can find, besides jeepers. Here in Cleveland / Akron area, we have a large & active group of cachers, over 100 of us. Active meaning we get together monthly to tell caching 'war' stories and just socialize. We also hold large events that attract 100's more cachers from the surrounding states. In fact this weekend, I'm travelling to Kendallville, IN to attend the Midwest Geobash, in my Jeep 'natch.

I've geocached in over 30 states. A lot of the caches I've done are in areas only known by the locals. This hobby takes you to some great 'secret' places and there are many 'Jeep' caches out there.

BTW, no caches are buried. You would never find them! The GPS will get to you within 9 feet of the hidden tupperware, if you are getting a good signal, after that use you senses, "Where would I hide some tupperware?" Easy as that.

If you're just getting started or don't have a GPS yet, click on the cache owner of the nearest cache to your house and email them for help in getting started. They'll be glad to help. If that doesn't work, contact me and I'll put you in touch with somebody near ya to help.

 

have fun at Kendallville! I'm so jealous

 

You have to mail me a check for a geocaching license!

 

ok bigblue your check is in the mail.
can anyone recommend a good handheld gps for a beginner. preferrably $150 or less.

 

Costco.com has this one for $139 right now. They usually sell it for $179 which means it's probably $200 anywhere else.

 

Me personally would prefer this one since it can do geocaching but can help you out daily finding your way around. Shopping, gas, food,hospitals, whatever....
Costco.com has it for $199

 

Our w-mrt has this same one for $169.
We bought one this weekend.
Have used it a few times for driving directions.
It seems like it just gets you in the close proximity of an address.

 

Do people with the my gig use it to get close and then use their hand held when they get close or park their vehicle?

 

You can definitely do that. I use my TomTom to get me to the parking coords and then switch over to the Garmin 60 CSX to get me to the actual cache.

 

Are you sure its the 270? Walmart.com shows it at $338. Mine is actually the 680 and takes me exactly to the location I request. I can see a lower model having fewer features but you would think the accuracy would be the same.