Geocaching - Anybody else? - SV650.org

SIII · 09-07-15, 07:43 PM

Have just discovered a great new activity to do with the family. Maybe even get out on the bike to find a few out of the way ones. Started Last night and we've found 8 already !!!!

Thanks to LOM (IIRC) for suggesting it on things that go with biking thread

L3nny · 09-07-15, 08:16 PM

I've tried it a couple of times but could never find the caches. Might give it another go, good excuse to get out and about.

09-07-15, 08:51 PM

Did this with my lad for while. Getting to within a few feet was fun, but then actually finding the bloody things was generally a frustrating pita!

SIII · 09-07-15, 09:22 PM

Found one today in the centre of Dumfries, was a small magnet capsule not much bigger than a tyre valve cap stuck to the back of a drainpipe!!!
Can be tricky, but part of the fun.

littleoldman2 · 09-07-15, 09:27 PM

They are often disguised as a nut and bolt.

Yep laying on your back trying to find which of the seventy or so snails was the magnetic one whilst looking inconspicuous is an art I've yet to perfect

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Bibio · 09-07-15, 09:52 PM

i think Geo chasing would be better fun. give Geodude a wad of cash and tell him to go hide then we all go looking for him.

Geodude · 10-07-15, 07:31 AM

Heehee chase me

11-07-15, 02:38 PM

I found one by accident a few weeks back, stopped at a landmark coming home from getting the bike MOT. Knew what it was, but left it alone.

I've just signed up, see if I can find more round here to start with.

11-07-15, 02:41 PM

Should clarify... I found a capsule, not a Geodude!

Kenzie · 11-07-15, 03:38 PM

Yeah, I do this as well. Normally tie it in with being on the motorbike, maintain biking or out for a walk. My wife doesn't enjoy it so I tend to do it by myself. Using Geocaching.com and found a few. There is one hidden on the way to work and its doing my head in as I can't find it.

09-07-15, 07:43 PM	#1
SIII Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dumfries and Galloway Posts: 1,319	Geocaching - Anybody else? Have just discovered a great new activity to do with the family. Maybe even get out on the bike to find a few out of the way ones. Started Last night and we've found 8 already !!!! Thanks to LOM (IIRC) for suggesting it on things that go with biking thread __________________ "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuk-U. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground" The Stoppy King

09-07-15, 08:16 PM	#2
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,109	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? I've tried it a couple of times but could never find the caches. Might give it another go, good excuse to get out and about. __________________ 2015 GS 1200 Adventure

09-07-15, 08:51 PM	#3
JonSV Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? Did this with my lad for while. Getting to within a few feet was fun, but then actually finding the bloody things was generally a frustrating pita!

09-07-15, 09:22 PM	#4
SIII Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dumfries and Galloway Posts: 1,319	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? Found one today in the centre of Dumfries, was a small magnet capsule not much bigger than a tyre valve cap stuck to the back of a drainpipe!!! Can be tricky, but part of the fun. __________________ "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuk-U. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground" The Stoppy King

09-07-15, 09:27 PM	#5
littleoldman2 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cramlington Northumberland where we are truely blessed Posts: 1,385	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? They are often disguised as a nut and bolt. Yep laying on your back trying to find which of the seventy or so snails was the magnetic one whilst looking inconspicuous is an art I've yet to perfect. __________________ used to be littleoldman but forgot password due to failing memory

09-07-15, 09:52 PM	#6
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,541	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? i think Geo chasing would be better fun. give Geodude a wad of cash and tell him to go hide then we all go looking for him.

10-07-15, 07:31 AM	#7
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,669	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? Heehee chase me __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

11-07-15, 02:38 PM	#8
haggis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? I found one by accident a few weeks back, stopped at a landmark coming home from getting the bike MOT. Knew what it was, but left it alone. I've just signed up, see if I can find more round here to start with.

11-07-15, 02:41 PM	#9
haggis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? Should clarify... I found a capsule, not a Geodude!

11-07-15, 03:38 PM	#10
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Geocaching - Anybody else? Yeah, I do this as well. Normally tie it in with being on the motorbike, maintain biking or out for a walk. My wife doesn't enjoy it so I tend to do it by myself. Using Geocaching.com and found a few. There is one hidden on the way to work and its doing my head in as I can't find it. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/