Modern day treasure hunt

[fenderbelly]

I came upon this link and was wondering if any of you globe trotters took part in the search


Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site (http://www.geocaching.com/)

[NCArcher]

G'Day Fred,
we've been Geocaching for years. Much easier now with GPS enabled phones.
It's not just one treasure hunt. "There are 1,461,637 active geocaches and over 5 million geocachers worldwide." and that's just on the Geo site. There are others.
Anyone can place a cache and load the clues onto the site. If you have an iPhone or an Android phone, download a caching app and search for caches in your area. You will be surprised at how many there are. Some are really clever. We hunted for one in a large cemetery a while ago. The GPS locations put you in close proximity to a certain grave stone, the dates on the grave stone gave you the next GPS location. Some use riddles and clues others are just a straight "find the hidden cache" when you get close.
It's good fun and the kids love it.

[Sparhawk]

I've done a few of the local caches, and will do more as the kids get older. It's also good idea when you go on holiday to check out (and find) some caches.

[Sebastiaan56]

We are keen cache hunters as well. Great fun and its usually the younger kids who find them, just to upset the established pecking order :D.