Caching

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

In planning another road trip, MHz came across an event listing in Fargo that she and I thought we might go to. Its on a Saturday morning at the end of April and our plans were to head out there Friday night, go to the event in the morning, and do some caching in and around the area afterwards and then h...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

I think this is a good place to ask about this info as I know some of you have a Blackberry or reasonable facsimile!

My dad is retiring next week and my mom is thinking of buying him a Blackberry as a gift. They travel in the winter and there are obvious bonuses to having one. She was t...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Any chance this site will be up and running soon? I've swapped lots of my coins south of the border and was hoping to let these cachers know they could register them if they wanted so at least we can keep track of where they've gone. I've written down the numbers I had and have sent out so it is still possible...

junglehair · junglehair

I just wanted to draw your attention to a fund raising effort that is going on at the moment to raise money for a Trust Fund. Many geocoins were donated to the cause, and they are now being auctioned off on eBay. Search for NNJC to see the list of coins available. Normally I wouldn't re...

TurdleEggs · TurdleEggs

I'd just like to thank Brian publicly for the great job he's done on both the MBGA GeoCoins and the tracking website. The coins really are great - the raised province really make them unique. But the whole design - the logo, the antiquing - everything - really makes them a sharp looking coin. As if th...

ertyu · ertyu

I've been happy with the maps I got when I first got my unit, but several new options have been released since, none of them really seem to improve the areas I'd like. What are your opinions on the best maps? Looking at both Magellan and Garmin they have products based on 3 data sets: Navteq: Of...

dutch53 · dutch53

To the Board Members of MBGA and all that participated in the article - Thanks! It was good to get this morning and read about our great sport/hobby or ours. The article was well written and in my opinion explained geocaching to the those who would not know about geocaching. It has a...

Tannasaurus · Tannasaurus

Greetings! In discussing it with a few of our group, and judging by the delight in getting together that seems evident from the logs, I think that it would be good to plan a regular meeting date where we can talk, have a drink, and drop off/trade bugs, etc. The questions to be ans...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

As I've mentioned to a few people, I'm interested in hosting another event in February sometime around Valentine's Day. I think everyone had a good time at the Soiree and seemed to just be tickled pink to get together with other cachers. Although the caching events everybody is coming u...

grnbrg · grnbrg

I went caching yesterday, and checked in on each of the sites of the Winnipeg GPS Validation Network that I placed in Novmber. When I went to log the visit and collected data, I had a "I wonder what does this button does?...

ertyu · ertyu

The first new Modernized GPS satellite launched in September is now operational and shows up as PRN 17. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0512/19gps2rm1/ The second one launches in January. They can be used wit...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

Hello to one and all! It was brought up as a suggestion in another forum here on the MBGA forums site about perhaps having a bit of a Christmas gathering for us geocachers who are suffering from the winter blues, and hey, maybe just not enough caching. I have volunteered to go ahead and organize...

Tannasaurus · Tannasaurus

Does anyone else feel that there is some kind of inborn skill required for this? Now, I think that I'm getting pretty good at it, but really, how do you do it? Sometimes, it's like there's a magical perfect solution to the puzzle that you have to get JUST right, or forget it, you're there for ten m...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

With the amount of caches in Manitoba growing rapidly - how do we approach caches that have not been labelled "winter-friendly". Sometimes, frankly speaking, the cache owner has no idea if the cache still is winter accessible or not as the winter goes by. Should the MBGA suggest people disable those...

MHz · MHz

Anyone else in Winnipeg interested in entering the Great Canadian TB Race 2006? I'm working on a new TB to enter into the race and thought I'd see if anyone wanted to race against me. I'd be willing to gather up the TB's and send them off to Utsman in January. The Race begins in March 2006. [ur...

ertyu · ertyu

On the geocaching forums, someone is trying to track down their travel bug in the hands of welook2 forum post

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

I know Peter & Gloria have checked it out but has anybody else checked out http://www.waymarking.com which is through gc.com? Was cruising around and discovered it myself today. Interesting...

junglehair · junglehair

I've been trying to find out more about a square coin that was picked up in a cache in Winnipeg last year. I've started collecting geocoins, and it seems that the square coin and round "GD" coin are quite rare and something that many geocoin collectors are looking for. A pic of the coins can be se...

Lizardo · Lizardo

Does anyone have the URL of a good coordinate conversion tool? I am tired of using the calculator. Going from DM.m to DMS to decimal degrees...arrgh! Anybody? I tried writing my own in Excel, but I want it to be a bit more portable than that. Thank you

Lizardo · Lizardo

If you haven't tried it yet, check out the new google earth link on your profile page. Wow. This makes it so much more simple to plan caches along a route or at a destination. Especially if you are unfamiliar with the area. Everything is linked back to gc.com for the descripti...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

I'm doing a scrapbook page for my 100th find and got curious as to what everyone's favorite cache is that they've found and why? No, I'm not going to include your answers on my scrapbook page!

My favorite (and its hard to pick just one) would have to be Needle In A Haystack. It was a l...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

http://www.todayscacher.com/archives/may04/caches2.html

grnbrg · grnbrg

I found this last night -- the Canadian Spatial Reference System website, run by the feds. You'll need to register for a userid and password to use most of the features, but this is free and painless. There are all sorts of goodies on this site...

grnbrg · grnbrg

Looking through the previous posts to this board, there appears to be a fair amount of both interest and confusion regarding WAAS use in Manitoba. Since this feature was one that interested me when I was shopping for a GPSr, I did a fair amount of research on it, both before and after I picked up the recei...

TurdleEggs · TurdleEggs

ScaryCary came across this GeoCaching test. I'm definitely ready for GAS HOG! By John M. Hebert , aka Opa&PK Psychologists have noticed a new and alarming trend, the growing number of people afflicted with GAS (Geocaching Addiction Syndrome). Someone once said that, since on...

Peter and Gloria · Peter and Gloria

Did you know: When you want to get a cache approved, any "Reviewer Note" that you post is automatically deleted when the cache is approved. This way, only you (the owner) and the reviewer can read the Reviewer Notes. BUT, if you write a reviewer note after the cache has been approved, everyone who rea...

Peter and Gloria · Peter and Gloria

Someone just asked me how to adopt a cache and I thought I would share the answer with everyone. GC.com now has a quick adoption system. Both cachers have to agree to the adoption. Cacher1 - Owns the cache now Cacher2 - wants to adopt the cache Cacher1 goes to http://www.geocaching.com/adopt/ and en...

pink_panther · pink_panther

I'm working on something for the kids korner and I was wondering if everyone can help. Since I haven't been to that many caches yet, I was wondering if everyone who can, can send me some of there favorite caches that would be kid friendly. That means that they can't be too far of a walk, any dangerous condi...

ertyu · ertyu

How do you generate those colorful first to find certificates?

burchil · burchil

June 23 while searching for the Whitetail Cache by Peter and Gloria (GCKBWK) I found a pair of polarizing aviator style glasses with silver rims right where the final cache should have been. If anyone local has lost a pair of glasses you can contact me at burchil@cc.umanitoba.ca. The glasses&...

Peter and Gloria · Peter and Gloria

Does anyone know where you can buy camouflage duct tape?

ertyu · ertyu

So now thats it open again, who's going to try it? Looks like we might need to make another event out of it.

Master Instigator · Master Instigator

Just wanted to see what everyone thought about the episode of Law and Order with reference to geocaching in it. I liked the story even thou they showed a no no about burying a treasure and the cache container was a little boring. I feel that they would have never had found the hoody and gun if...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Aha - it always goes to motive doesn't it. Let's see why the MBGA members do what they do. If I could pick all of the below I would but limit yourself to only 1. Unless the poll allows you to choose more - then by all means do so. -- Edited by 1queenand4jokers at 08:47, 2005-03-24

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Huge bouquet being sent from us to Madhobbit on their daring rescue of our Patriot Games cache! It inspires us to go out and hide a few more clever ones. (First a few micros to pass the time though) He showed great intelligence in moving it and posting a good hint which we'll keep til the waters rece...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Caching Excursion/Road Trip? (Preview) In planning another road trip, MHz came across an event listing in Fargo that she and I thought we might go to. Its on a Saturday morning at the end of April and our plans were to head out there Friday night, go to the event in the morning, and do some caching in and around the area afterwards and then h...	ThreeTs	0	256	Thu Feb 9 9:44 AM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	Blackberry Info? (Preview) I think this is a good place to ask about this info as I know some of you have a Blackberry or reasonable facsimile! My dad is retiring next week and my mom is thinking of buying him a Blackberry as a gift. They travel in the winter and there are obvious bonuses to having one. She was t...	ThreeTs	2	302	Wed Feb 8 10:27 PM, 2006 by Lizardo
	MBGA Coin Website? (Preview) Any chance this site will be up and running soon? I've swapped lots of my coins south of the border and was hoping to let these cachers know they could register them if they wanted so at least we can keep track of where they've gone. I've written down the numbers I had and have sent out so it is still possible...	1queenand4jokers	6	401	Wed Feb 8 2:59 PM, 2006 by MHz
	Geocoins - Looking to start or add to your collection? (Preview) I just wanted to draw your attention to a fund raising effort that is going on at the moment to raise money for a Trust Fund. Many geocoins were donated to the cause, and they are now being auctioned off on eBay. Search for NNJC to see the list of coins available. Normally I wouldn't re...	junglehair	0	249	Wed Feb 8 7:35 AM, 2006 by junglehair
	Thank You grnbrg! (Preview) I'd just like to thank Brian publicly for the great job he's done on both the MBGA GeoCoins and the tracking website. The coins really are great - the raised province really make them unique. But the whole design - the logo, the antiquing - everything - really makes them a sharp looking coin. As if th...	TurdleEggs	4	333	Mon Feb 6 3:50 PM, 2006 by junglehair
	Best Map Software (Preview) I've been happy with the maps I got when I first got my unit, but several new options have been released since, none of them really seem to improve the areas I'd like. What are your opinions on the best maps? Looking at both Magellan and Garmin they have products based on 3 data sets: Navteq: Of...	ertyu	10	412	Thu Feb 2 9:16 PM, 2006 by GrumpyIII
	Free Press Article Jan 15 - 06 (Preview) To the Board Members of MBGA and all that participated in the article - Thanks! It was good to get this morning and read about our great sport/hobby or ours. The article was well written and in my opinion explained geocaching to the those who would not know about geocaching. It has a...	dutch53	17	771	Mon Jan 23 9:19 PM, 2006 by TurdleEggs
	Monthly Get-together (Preview) Greetings! In discussing it with a few of our group, and judging by the delight in getting together that seems evident from the logs, I think that it would be good to plan a regular meeting date where we can talk, have a drink, and drop off/trade bugs, etc. The questions to be ans...	Tannasaurus	17	491	Thu Jan 19 9:38 AM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	February Get-Together Question (Preview) As I've mentioned to a few people, I'm interested in hosting another event in February sometime around Valentine's Day. I think everyone had a good time at the Soiree and seemed to just be tickled pink to get together with other cachers. Although the caching events everybody is coming u...	ThreeTs	6	329	Mon Jan 16 10:09 AM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	"Finding" your own caches? (Preview) I went caching yesterday, and checked in on each of the sites of the Winnipeg GPS Validation Network that I placed in Novmber. When I went to log the visit and collected data, I had a "I wonder what does this button does?...	grnbrg	5	766	Sun Jan 15 11:09 PM, 2006 by 1queenand4jokers
	New Modernized Satellite Operational (Preview) The first new Modernized GPS satellite launched in September is now operational and shows up as PRN 17. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0512/19gps2rm1/ The second one launches in January. They can be used wit...	ertyu	0	240	Thu Dec 22 9:39 AM, 2005 by ertyu
	Christmas (After Christmas) MBGA Soiree/Event? (Preview) Hello to one and all! It was brought up as a suggestion in another forum here on the MBGA forums site about perhaps having a bit of a Christmas gathering for us geocachers who are suffering from the winter blues, and hey, maybe just not enough caching. I have volunteered to go ahead and organize...	ThreeTs	19	540	Sat Dec 3 8:47 AM, 2005 by Wild About Cache`
	Cramming everything back in the container (Preview) Does anyone else feel that there is some kind of inborn skill required for this? Now, I think that I'm getting pretty good at it, but really, how do you do it? Sometimes, it's like there's a magical perfect solution to the puzzle that you have to get JUST right, or forget it, you're there for ten m...	Tannasaurus	4	341	Sun Nov 27 6:07 PM, 2005 by TurdleEggs
	Winter-Friendly Caches (Preview) With the amount of caches in Manitoba growing rapidly - how do we approach caches that have not been labelled "winter-friendly". Sometimes, frankly speaking, the cache owner has no idea if the cache still is winter accessible or not as the winter goes by. Should the MBGA suggest people disable those...	1queenand4jokers	6	347	Fri Nov 25 11:06 PM, 2005 by Wild About Cache`
	The Great Canadian TB Race 2006 (Preview) Anyone else in Winnipeg interested in entering the Great Canadian TB Race 2006? I'm working on a new TB to enter into the race and thought I'd see if anyone wanted to race against me. I'd be willing to gather up the TB's and send them off to Utsman in January. The Race begins in March 2006. [ur...	MHz	1	265	Thu Nov 17 10:04 AM, 2005 by MHz
	welook2 ? (Preview) On the geocaching forums, someone is trying to track down their travel bug in the hands of welook2 forum post	ertyu	1	273	Wed Nov 16 10:00 AM, 2005 by dani_carriere
	Waymarking (Preview) I know Peter & Gloria have checked it out but has anybody else checked out http://www.waymarking.com which is through gc.com? Was cruising around and discovered it myself today. Interesting...	ThreeTs	0	263	Thu Nov 10 3:51 PM, 2005 by ThreeTs
	Groundspeak Project Coins/Tokens (Preview) I've been trying to find out more about a square coin that was picked up in a cache in Winnipeg last year. I've started collecting geocoins, and it seems that the square coin and round "GD" coin are quite rare and something that many geocoin collectors are looking for. A pic of the coins can be se...	junglehair	4	368	Thu Oct 27 2:52 PM, 2005 by MHz
	Coordinate conversion tool (Preview) Does anyone have the URL of a good coordinate conversion tool? I am tired of using the calculator. Going from DM.m to DMS to decimal degrees...arrgh! Anybody? I tried writing my own in Excel, but I want it to be a bit more portable than that. Thank you	Lizardo	3	300	Sun Oct 23 12:16 PM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
	New personal page on Geocaching.com (Preview) If you haven't tried it yet, check out the new google earth link on your profile page. Wow. This makes it so much more simple to plan caches along a route or at a destination. Especially if you are unfamiliar with the area. Everything is linked back to gc.com for the descripti...	Lizardo	3	316	Sat Oct 22 2:05 PM, 2005 by Lizardo
	Favorite Cache? (Preview) I'm doing a scrapbook page for my 100th find and got curious as to what everyone's favorite cache is that they've found and why? No, I'm not going to include your answers on my scrapbook page! My favorite (and its hard to pick just one) would have to be Needle In A Haystack. It was a l...	ThreeTs	9	478	Sat Oct 22 10:27 AM, 2005 by TurdleEggs
	Cache Size (Preview) http://www.todayscacher.com/archives/may04/caches2.html	1queenand4jokers	4	344	Thu Oct 13 12:50 PM, 2005 by ertyu
	Anyone interested in Canadian Benchmarks? (Preview) I found this last night -- the Canadian Spatial Reference System website, run by the feds. You'll need to register for a userid and password to use most of the features, but this is free and painless. There are all sorts of goodies on this site...	grnbrg	1	265	Thu Sep 29 11:19 AM, 2005 by Lizardo
	WAAS in Manitoba. (Preview) Looking through the previous posts to this board, there appears to be a fair amount of both interest and confusion regarding WAAS use in Manitoba. Since this feature was one that interested me when I was shopping for a GPSr, I did a fair amount of research on it, both before and after I picked up the recei...	grnbrg	0	262	Tue Sep 27 2:06 PM, 2005 by grnbrg
	A Case of GAS (Preview) ScaryCary came across this GeoCaching test. I'm definitely ready for GAS HOG! By John M. Hebert , aka Opa&PK Psychologists have noticed a new and alarming trend, the growing number of people afflicted with GAS (Geocaching Addiction Syndrome). Someone once said that, since on...	TurdleEggs	1	270	Tue Sep 13 1:51 PM, 2005 by dani_carriere
	Reviewer Notes (Preview) Did you know: When you want to get a cache approved, any "Reviewer Note" that you post is automatically deleted when the cache is approved. This way, only you (the owner) and the reviewer can read the Reviewer Notes. BUT, if you write a reviewer note after the cache has been approved, everyone who rea...	Peter and Gloria	0	254	Fri Sep 9 3:15 PM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
	How to Adopt a Cache (Preview) Someone just asked me how to adopt a cache and I thought I would share the answer with everyone. GC.com now has a quick adoption system. Both cachers have to agree to the adoption. Cacher1 - Owns the cache now Cacher2 - wants to adopt the cache Cacher1 goes to http://www.geocaching.com/adopt/ and en...	Peter and Gloria	1	273	Tue Sep 6 5:16 PM, 2005 by junglehair
	kid friendly caches (Preview) I'm working on something for the kids korner and I was wondering if everyone can help. Since I haven't been to that many caches yet, I was wondering if everyone who can, can send me some of there favorite caches that would be kid friendly. That means that they can't be too far of a walk, any dangerous condi...	pink_panther	3	317	Tue Aug 2 9:40 AM, 2005 by Nexemis
	FTF Certificates? (Preview) How do you generate those colorful first to find certificates?	ertyu	5	462	Tue Aug 2 9:21 AM, 2005 by Nexemis
	Lost and Found (Preview) June 23 while searching for the Whitetail Cache by Peter and Gloria (GCKBWK) I found a pair of polarizing aviator style glasses with silver rims right where the final cache should have been. If anyone local has lost a pair of glasses you can contact me at burchil@cc.umanitoba.ca. The glasses&...	burchil	0	272	Sat Jun 25 6:49 PM, 2005 by burchil
	Camouflage Duct Tape - Where can you get it? (Preview) Does anyone know where you can buy camouflage duct tape?	Peter and Gloria	7	401	Tue Jun 14 8:34 AM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
	Brains, Brawn and Beauty Cache (Preview) So now thats it open again, who's going to try it? Looks like we might need to make another event out of it.	ertyu	5	373	Wed Jun 1 10:22 AM, 2005 by MHz
	Law and Order C.I. (Preview) Just wanted to see what everyone thought about the episode of Law and Order with reference to geocaching in it. I liked the story even thou they showed a no no about burying a treasure and the cache container was a little boring. I feel that they would have never had found the hoody and gun if...	Master Instigator	4	322	Wed May 11 10:56 AM, 2005 by Master Instigator
	What is your primary reason for geocaching? (Preview) Aha - it always goes to motive doesn't it. Let's see why the MBGA members do what they do. If I could pick all of the below I would but limit yourself to only 1. Unless the poll allows you to choose more - then by all means do so. -- Edited by 1queenand4jokers at 08:47, 2005-03-24	1queenand4jokers	5	391	Wed Apr 27 3:17 PM, 2005 by dutch53
	Flood Rescue 911 (Preview) Huge bouquet being sent from us to Madhobbit on their daring rescue of our Patriot Games cache! It inspires us to go out and hide a few more clever ones. (First a few micros to pass the time though) He showed great intelligence in moving it and posting a good hint which we'll keep til the waters rece...	1queenand4jokers	0	272	Wed Apr 6 5:39 PM, 2005 by 1queenand4jokers
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