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 The Geocaching Logo | |
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What is it? |
An online treasure hunt |
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What do you do? |
Find containers with objects inside |
Geocaching is a special treasure hunt for finding objects called "geocaches," which can be anything from a tupperware container to a small metal tube. To join the hunt, you must have a GPS and a membership at geocaching.com.
How to find Geocaches
To find a geocache, you go to a geocache description page and enter the cache coordinates into your GPS. Then you must go to the coordinates and look for the cache (sometimes there are hints that may help). When you find a cache, you may write your geocaching name, the date, and any comments in the logbook (usually a book or a piece of paper inside the cache).
Travel bugs and Geocoins
- Main article: Travel bugs and Geocoins
Travel Bugs
Geocoins
In most of the larger geocaches, there are objects with silver tags on them and small coins with numbers on them. These are called travel bugs and geocoins, respectively. Travel bugs and geocoins are items that travel across the world and gain distance. For more info, visit this page.
Membership
There are two types of membership: basic and premium. Basic membership is free and premium member ship costs $30 USD a year, or $10 USD for 3 months.
Membership benefits
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| Benefit | Basic Membership | Premium Membership |
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| Organize Your Favorites | No | Yes |
| Custom Searches | No | Yes |
| Be Instantly Notified of Geocaches | No | Yes |
| Caches Along a Route | No | Yes |
| Support Geocaching.com | No | Yes |
| Premium Member Access to all Groundspeak Websites | No | Yes |
| Access to Location | Yes | Yes |
| Share Your Experiences | Yes | Yes |