I saw a PBS show about this and thought it was so cool that I went out and bought a GPS handheld to do this with my kids: GPS Treasure Hunting.

Here is the crux of how this works:

Visit http://www.geocaching.com/ and put in your Zip Code and a distance you are willing to travel and they will return a list of treasure hunt locations within your given radius.

Next step (you'll need a login) is to get the Longitude and Latitude corrdinates of the cache and the difficulty, etc.

Head out and when you reach the location (or about 20 to 30 feet within the spot) switch to looking for the cache by eye. This is where it gets exciting - once you find the cache (and if you have kids WOW are they gonna be psyched!) you can open it up and there are little treasures from previous hunters inside. Take one and leave one is often the rule. So be sure to bring along something to put into the cache. Typically the cache is something like a coffee can and the contents are kept in freezer ziplock bags to prevent moisture problems.

Generally there will also be a notebook for signing your name, etc.

HEY! Maybe this is another place to leave your business card with URL !?

If anyone else tries this I'd love to hear your experience - my kids and I think it's great fun.

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Well, you let us know how it goes, and takes some pictures, will ya!

I can't believe they'd have something in my area, so I'm not even going to try.

EDIT: I stopped being a dummy and actually clicked the link. There are 300 places in my neighboring city!

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Hey this is pretty neat. This is a good way to get out and use you mind for different things. A good reason to get out and get some fresh air.

I already have a PPC Phone and I could put it to use.

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Well, I already found 2 caches. This is so fun. And I don't even have a GPS!

My first was a micro cache.. and it was under a small boulder. I'll show you some pics!


Bottom left of this "stone wall" is where I found this...


about 4" long. I edited the photo so you could see it better.

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Isn't it cool?!?

My kids and I are going to be doing this on weekends all summer long - get outside and have an adventure!

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It totally is cool. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have found out there was a Zen-Like garden half a mile from my house!

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Very cool, I might have to do this when the kids are out of school. Looks like fun.

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