mrfry Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Anybody try this? I went for the first time the other day with my brother. Our 3rd stop we were questioned by curious police officers.They thought we were tresspassing or doing illegal things. They ran our licenses and found we had no records or warrants and let us alone. It was quite humerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socaln8tv Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 geocaching? everyday im finding new things i am forced to google because i have no clue!! aging sucks! did you explain to the officers what you were doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood3586 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I used to work with a guy who was SUPER into this. I'm not sure if I could get into it if all I'm going to find is a key chain, or some gum. But hey, to each their own. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknight Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I started about 2 years ago, but haven't in a while. There was a site... I think its http://www.geocaching.com/ where you can look up caches in your area. My sister got me into it. She and a friend were once in the woods looking for one and came up on a buried box. The rain had washed away dirt so you could just see the top. They dug it up thinking it was the geocache, it was a revolver, with bullets, serial number filed off. They called police and they approached the scene with extreme caution. They ran licenses and all that... They had to go back in to show police where it was.. Never heard another thing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granda080 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I work at a school and we had a creeper stalking around our building. He said he was doing this...specifically looking for a rubber duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfry Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 We had to explain to them what we were doing with alot of detail. I don't think they were totally convinced. My experience wasn't as exciting as finding a gun lol. Either way I will probably just stick to my usual hobbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harb67 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I've been considering getting into this for a while. I'd be all over it if I could hunt down caches way out in BFE southeast Ohio - half the fun of hitting the twisties out there is getting lost and seeing what there is to see. Though this could easily lead to me trying to offroad, which would probably not turn out well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 A guy I work with does this with his kid and has for about 3 years. They enjoy it, he bought his gps for this very reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) So basically people leave things like a log book somewhere then tell you where to find it then you leave it there....I'd rather pan for gold. Edited March 8, 2012 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I did this a couple times in California. It was fun out there because you got to go off roading in the desert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palandor Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I've gone multiple times locally and several on a trip to a state park. It was fun, except for the one cache which no longer existed and was previously located in an area that became a dumping ground for trash, needles, and used diapers (saw a dung beetle rolling a baby nugget out of one). The fun of geocaching is that it's like hide-and-seek with electronic toys. Sometimes interpretation is required when reading the GPS and its coordinates in order to figure out where stuff should be. Also, it's fun to see how active some caches are or aren't.-b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Two of the kids and I found our first. Think we found ourselves a new hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I started about 2 years ago, but haven't in a while. There was a site... I think its http://www.geocaching.com/ where you can look up caches in your area. My sister got me into it. She and a friend were once in the woods looking for one and came up on a buried box. The rain had washed away dirt so you could just see the top. They dug it up thinking it was the geocache, it was a revolver, with bullets, serial number filed off. They called police and they approached the scene with extreme caution. They ran licenses and all that... They had to go back in to show police where it was.. Never heard another thing about it.Sounded like someone's zombie day cache. it's what high points are for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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