What to take

So what do you need?

At the minimum all you need to be a successful treasure hunter is a GPS enabled Device such as a cell phone or other specific unit. There are many devices to choose from but all that is needed is a device with the ability to impute coordinates and see a map to that location. There are however, GPS devices with special abilities like tracking distance traveled or even allow you to connect to a computer to download coordinates directly from the website.

After you find a GPS unit that you like, you are almost ready to get out and go play. There are a few other items that are useful to have when you are out hunting treasures. It is always a good idea to have a pen or pencil with you so that when you find any of the geocaches you will be able to sign the logbook with your name and date. When collecting treasures from a cache it is a rule amongst geocachers that you must leave another item of equal or lesser value in place of the item you took. So if you plan on collecting any treasures it is important to have a couple of little prizes in order to replace any items you take. Prizes range, anywhere from McDonalds happymeal toys, baseball cards, golfballs, basically any small item you can think of can be hidden for other geocachers. For long hikes it is always a good idea to have water and perhaps a snack for the journey. All of the items can be stored in a backpack to make for easy transport while exploring.

Now that you have all your items ready to go it is time to get out and go explore.