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Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Finch ()
Date: October 11, 2007 12:03PM

So I recently found out about this whole "geocaching" thing. Apparently it's a hobby lots of people have where they'll bury something (or just put it in a container, hidden) somewhere around you, and send you out on a hunt to find it. I know, it sounds a little childish and corny, but what else is there to do in the Centreville area?

Anyhow, it turns out that these people leave all kinds of weird random goodies for people to find, along with a log book for you to sign saying you've been there, and you can leave something in return.

At first, they told me I'd need a GPS finder to find half this stuff. Truth is, all you really need is Google Earth (free) on your pc, or go to maps.google.com (free). Type in the coordinates, follow the clue, and bam, you found the cache.

Oh, and there's like 3,000 matches for the Centreville area.
http://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=47&x=9&y=7

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Hell yea ()
Date: October 11, 2007 12:31PM

hell yea i just found a cache at the local 7-11
One busted condom for me thank you very much

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: October 11, 2007 01:02PM

Very cool. I've been jogging right past several of these and didn't even know it. I'll have to check one out tomorrrow morning.

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: mariokart ()
Date: October 11, 2007 05:07PM

haha take the shit inside it and leave a shit for the next person.

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: October 12, 2007 08:43AM

I think you really need the GPS, I walked all around the area and followed clues, couldn't find the treasure. I now have the directions to the cache so I'll see if I can find it on next Monday's jog.

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: October 12, 2007 02:04PM

I found some Geocash in your Mom's wallet.

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: bdimag ()
Date: October 12, 2007 02:17PM

yea I've heard of that..

infact my friend was at the 495 bmx trails waiting for me to get out of school and he found one..

had a logbook, and a bunch of semi-cool things in there (semi-cool meaning you pick it up and say "COOL!!!" then throw it away)

we ruined somebodies game.. but got a couple little goodies!

sry :D

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Finch ()
Date: October 12, 2007 03:02PM

Lurker, I'll let you know if I find anything, and you do the same.

I can understand that the people who do this are pretty experienced, so when they give an 'easy' difficulty level, they mean for them.

I'm gonna go hunting tomorrow.

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Re: Geocaching: Crap buried all around you!
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: October 17, 2007 08:55AM

Well I found one on my morning jog. Thought I would show U what it looked like. Picture is a little blurry, Sun was still down and from my cell. It has some dice, toy Easter egg, whistle, all sorts of dollar store stuff. Hidden WELL, probably would take forever with out a GPS.



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