I was so EXCITED when I did a search for Geocaching and found this group.

I am still a newbie only 65 caches but we love it. I started doing it so that I had something fun for my neice and nephew to do and they love it. I have gotten a few of my coworkers doing it now just because I was so excited when I would come to work and thell them we found another one!

My Geo name is AuntieCharleen

I went to geocaching.com and looked at the site and signed up for the free membership. Might upgrade later...just started Wednesday with my family and we love it!!! And it gets us out of the house!!!

Love it! I started out without a GPS or phone. Time To Make the Donuts series is a good one for people that just want to test out the idea without getting an app or buying anything. After TTMD I moved up to an app and now have a hiking GPS. Now if only I had a car... lol There are only so many caches within walking distance. I'm planning on putting out a few of my own, just waiting to find a good container and place to hide it.

Hello! My honey bought me a Garmin for Christmas because I'd mentioned wanting to get into Geocaching. I've been reading a lot of the geocaching websites around and decided to do a search of MFP to see if there was any info here and found this group. I'm still learning how to use my GPS so I haven't even gone on a hunt yet but I will soon. There are about 10 of them within two miles of my house and a bazillion more out the road I live on. (My neighborhood borders a national forest and the main road is full of hiking trails and camp grounds so there is no shortage of caches for me to start with!)

Greetings Geocachers!
My husband and I found our first 3 geocaches back in 2002 under the username Janster - that was it. This past April, we were introduced back into the hobby and have been doing it ever since. We should reach 1000 before our 1 year anniversary in April. Our username is "Lieblweb"
I don't have any favorite caches to list but the best thing about it - is the local group called LOST (Lancaster Organization Seeking Tupperware). The people we've met and the caches we've done are what keeps us going. It's GREAT fun and great exercise!!!
My husband and I have 10 hides. We also have 12 other hides under a 'Battleship Command' - which is 106 cache Battleship Game in our area.

I must Thank tiffproven - who got me on this site. Her family (Tom, Kent, Adrian) have been a blast to go geocaching with!!

I'm still new to this site and I'm not even sure how easy it'll be to keep up with this site once work gets busier. But I'm certainly going to try.

We hate the cold weather....and don't cache nearly as much....but winter gives us time to figure out tough puzzles.
Thanks
and Happy Caching!
Jandy Liebl

Hiya everyone *waves*

I've been caching since Sept 11 so still a newbie but loving it. I'm from Nottingham, UK and cache with my husband and our baby. We find it a great way to exercise without it feeling like exercise, if that makes sense! I got the premium membership and a Garmin GPS for Christmas so just looking forward to summer when the weather's a bit better to go out, although saying that we have recently done some snow caching, not the easiest thing in the world with a pram!

Our username is the_dolans

Hi y'all! I'm Sequoia_2 from Bossier City, LA. I have been caching since April 2005 and have 3,416 finds and 93 hides (some of which are archived). If anyone wants to add me on their friends list, please feel free. We have been busy getting ready for our trip to Geowoodstock X. Looking forward to it. I am also planning on being a few pounds lighter before I go there!
Cache ya later

We just started. Only have 11 logged. My husband, 12 year old son and I do it together under the name BFexplorers. We are from Michigan and we travel quite a bit, so we are excited to log caches from all our destinations.

Hello fellow Geocachers!

My hubby and I have been geocaching on and off for about 5 years. We are starting to get back into it and hope to find a bunch this summer while do more hiking and being out and about.

We haven't hidden any ourselves (too busy finding them to do that yet!), but my hubby released a travel bug several years ago so it's been fun to watch it travel.

I love it when we are searching for a cache in town and someone will drive by and yell out, "Your close, keep looking!" :laugh:

Hi there. Yes I'm a cacher. I love it!! I've mostly found them in Niagara, Ontario, Canada area but if I go anywhere I'll try to find them so I have a few finds in Quebec, Niagara Falls (Ontario and New York sides), Lillydale, and New York City. I haven't done much lately but now that I'm back on MFP and kickin it back into shape I plan on getting back at it. Hoping this thread will pick up some ... I love geocaching stories

i know some cachers who live in page, arizona. they don't cache much in the summer either.

Hello, I just started geocaching and I love it! I live in NYC so there are TONS of caches to be found. So far I have only found 8 or so, and have five caches that I haven't been able to locate. I don't have a GPS, just a smart phone, and it really isn't very accurate in the city! I have found it works pretty well in less urban areas, oddly. I am hoping to get a GPS at some point, but until the money fairy visits I will have to stick with my phone.

My geocaching user name is TalaZWS (same as my name on here). Does anyone no of any NYC geocaching meetups? I haven't been able to find any active groups.

oooh! i know a cacher who lives on vancouver island. he is in the canadian navy and his caching name is tirediron.

my caching name is uperdooper.

How do you recommend getting started in geocaching. I was interested in it before every electronic device had a gps in it, but didn't have a gps until Feb. I still haven't started, but it seems like an interesting hobby.

Go to www.geocaching.com and set yourself up an account. Pick a user name that you will like. Don't worry about getting a premium membership until you are SURE you will keep caching. Some of the droid phones are great for caching, and can get you really close to ground zero. A good handheld GPS is the best bet and you can get a nice one not too expensive and upgrade later. Enter you zipcode and check out all the caches that are near you! There will be a lot, trust me. We found our first without a gps, just using the clues and a picture someone posted. Pick the ones that have a 1 & 1 or 2 difficulty for your first ones. They are cleverly hidden and blend in with their surroundings. You can go to ebay and enter Geocache and will get a look at a lot of containers that people use that are sneaky. (HINT: lampskirts in parking lots lift up, such as at Walmart. Every walmart has a cache. Those little brown skirts lift up and caches are placed underneath. ) Be stealthy!! You don't want everyone seeing you finding the cache and logging it. Muggles do steal them. Make sure you replace them exactly as found. If you ever need some help, you can find local geocaching groups. Do a search on google for Geocaching in your state. You should find some message boards and local groups. My user name on geocaching.com is Sequoia_2 and I am in Louisiana. Been caching since 2005 and I am addicted.