Anniversary Gift? Would You Believe A Hobby?

Elspode · 11-04-2003, 10:17 AM

The GPS gets you to the site, but you still have to use clues provided on the site, and good old-fashioned "pirate's treasure hunting" skills to actually locate the hidden cache. Stuff that has been concealed in a complex terrain is damn hard to find. Curiously, a GPS doesn't go to zero when you are on top of a location...it gets kind of weird, and shifts around, due to the inherent accuracy limitations, the amount of arboreal cover blocking the signal, and other factors.

The third cache we looked for on Sunday was not found by us, because I figured that it would be easy, and did not print out the clues and bring them along...

11-04-2003, 10:17 AM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The GPS gets you to the site, but you still have to use clues provided on the site, and good old-fashioned "pirate's treasure hunting" skills to actually locate the hidden cache. Stuff that has been concealed in a complex terrain is damn hard to find. Curiously, a GPS doesn't go to zero when you are on top of a location...it gets kind of weird, and shifts around, due to the inherent accuracy limitations, the amount of arboreal cover blocking the signal, and other factors. The third cache we looked for on Sunday was not found by us, because I figured that it would be easy, and did not print out the clues and bring them along... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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