Seriously. I've been in treasure hunting for a couple of years now. It started because I like to walk and always liked to do that with the children but who were less and less motivated to go along (okay, that we are 2 times seriously lost during a walk in Sweden and Poland also played a role). I say treasure hunting because that's how I sold it to the kids, but I actually do GEOCACHING. “Now geocaching(pronounce: dzjio-kesjing)a popular game where you use a GPS to search for a treasure (the cache). Such a cache is, for example, an ammunition box. In the box there is always a logbook, in which you write your name as proof that you have found the cache (log).This name is usually a name specially conceived for the geocaching (nick name). The box also often contains items such as key chains, hugs, games etc., which you can exchange for something of equal or higher value. “So when I say I'm a treasure hunter, I'm not lying.

Little piece of history

Geocaching started in the United States and invented by Dave Ulmer.On 3 May 2000, Ulmer hid a bucket of swap in a forest near his hometown of Portland, Oregon. He reported the coordinates of the bucket on the Internet in a discussion group on satellite navigation (sci.geo. satellite-nav). He calls the game “The Great American GPS Stash Hunt.” Anyone with a GPS could then look for the bucket (the stash). On May 4, he is first found by Mike Teague who signed the log, took the money and supplemented the contents with cigarettes, a pen and a cassette tape.(1)

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Geocaching.com
The prompts needed to find a cache are published on www.geocaching.com . That's an American site belonging to the organization Groundspeak.
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To request cache descriptions, you need to become a member at Geocaching.com. Groundspeak has two types of memberships: a basic membership that is free and a premium membership that costs money. The basic membership is sufficient to participate. When you start geocaching, you can just become a basic member. Later you can always opt for the premium membership. If you choose a basic membership then you have a nice hobby. But a premium membership is just a few dozen, if I'm not mistaken.

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