Welcome to my Personalized guide to the outdoor activity known as Geocaching
What is Geocaching?
In short, Geocaching is a treasure-hunting game...
Geocaching is an outdoor game where the individual uses A GPS to locate and find treasures known as "caches" placed anywhere and worldwide by other players. What makes Geocaching stand out is the freedom the individual has when creating and hiding a cache but also the cache hunter for experiencing new places while finding these hidden caches.
Does Geocaching cost money?
Does Geocaching cost money?
Geocaching is completely free for all players but there is A premium option available that costs around £30 annually and with that subscription you will find more caches as cache hiders normally set their location to premium only to prevent trolls, vandals, and other annoyances. There are other perks available too such as unlocking all cache types, offline mode, in-depth filtering, and more.
I think the premium is 100% worth it despite the recent price change it is still quite low at around £30, (USD 39.99)
What do I need?
What do I need?
The items you need depend on the caches you visit but you will always need A pen, A pen is vital so that once you find a cache you can sign the paper inside known as a (logbook) this is proof that you have found the cache. There are other tools worth carrying on your adventures such as...
Tweezers (for grabbing tiny logbooks in micro caches)
Magnet (some caches may have some sort of configuration that requires a magnet to unlock)
swaps (normally bigger caches contain various items that players can take but it is kind to leave something of your own when taking something)
There is so much you could theoretically bring on your geocaching adventure so it is advisable to wear a backpack on such adventures
If you want to know more about geocaching HERE is an official guide from geocaching themselves on how to get started
Hiding A cache?
Hiding A cache?
So after you have found a dozen caches you are probably wondering how to create your own, Well despite there being some rules the process is quite easy and fun.
Remember as the cache creator you have to freedom to be as creative as you want but some things to bear in mind are durability, water resistance, and overall concealment of your cache.
Now for some basic requirements for placing A cache...
Make sure you own or have permission for the land you are placing a cache on. Normally public areas are fine to place caches.
Communicate with your reviewer. When you submit A cache it is reviewed by volunteers in the community they may have queries about your cache so it is good to be in contact and be positive.
Maintain your geocache. Once submitted you need to keep an eye on your cache pay attention to the logs on the app and look and see if people are finding or not finding your cache.
That concludes my short beginners guide to Geocaching
Thanks for reading my short guide to Geocaching I hope you learned something today and if you haven't heard of geocaching I hope this post has tempted you in giving it A go.
Join the Geocaching community here
Official Geocaching Help Centre
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Congratulations... on finally getting your community up and running! I know this is something that is quite close to your heart! While there are a few others here... on our blockchain; use your love and knowledge, to help it become a staple, for all those who are also interested in this activity!
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many thanks @wesphilbin very kind words :)
I been meaning to have a go at geocaching for a long time, am definitely going to try it out now.
Given the international base on Hive, do you intend to cater this for other country users, like recommending some local geocaching sites? You might get more subscribers by doing that
It is interesting you mention that I have been researching independent geocache stores that sell geocaching equipment and merchandise all over the globe as the only official geocache shop is in the US so the plan is to spread the word to attract hivers from all over