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Hi guys,

I know a few of you are into geocaching and I have been looking into it (www.geocaching.com). I think I could be interested in having a go at this (and even better, my wife is very interested in it too).

Could someobody recommend a cheap hand held GPS receiver that would be up to the job, please ? And with any Pros/Cons.

The basic is the yellow Garmin Etrex which i think they are stopping making so you will pick up a bargain out there! They are in the argos book but you could do an web search for cheaper ones. Had mine a few years now and theres nowt to go wrong with them and will get you to the all important cache find with ease! Its waterproof which is a bonus! Use rechargable batteries as they last longer.

Im QUEENY if you fancy doing any of my caches ;-)

Check out www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk 

You don't need anything more than a Yellow eTrex for geocahcing, although getting the PC link cable as well is a good move for transfering waypoints.

Yep, I have to agree with my fellow geocachers...Yellow Etrex from Garmin is perfectly adequate, you can pick them up for as little as £65ish if you shop around.  As you get into the hobby you may wish to upgrade, colour screens, integrated mapping are all available for a price.  If you already have a Satnav that you can input your own POIs into you may not need a GPS at all.

Whatever you decide the guys over on GC.com are always very helpful and far more technically minded than me...have fun.

Garmin Etrex due for delivery today !!!!

Hi again guys thanks for all the comments.

I ordered it yesterday afternoon with next day delivery, it arrived about an hour ago. I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

I needed it in a hurry as we are going away (camping) on Saturday until after the Bank holiday. We're hoping to do a bit while we are away... and maybe find some caches too . I've got a couple of days to try it out and there is a cache only half a mile away to test it on (A Ferry Fine Fiddler Mk2)

Thanks for the invite, Davep .... I've never been adopted before  ....  unfortunatley I am away with the family when the cache event is on

Well I found my first geocache this morning on the way to work !!! woooohooooo http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2e3da7dc-6164-4942-9d15-8858a4fc8fe1     My handle is F1rst_Timer.

A little too easy really. I was surprised that the GPSr took me right to it. It read "2ft to go", and there was it's hiding place 2 feet in front of me. I don't expect I'll have this much luck on future hunts ..... can't wait to do more.

Davep:- I do on-call for work every other week/weekend due to long term sickness at the moment and unfortunately that is one of my weekends too. Could you explain about the CITO icon ?