Geocaching Like It's 2005 (Blue Garmin Etrex Legend)

I missed my geocaching anniversary, but I still decided to head out and find a cache. But instead of my Garmin 62 S, I decided to break out the Blue Garmin Etrex Legend from 2005. This GPS has no maps, no cache data and it's old as heck. Can I even get a signal with it? Let alone find a geocache with it all these years later?

Music in this video: "Farmhouse/First Approach" "Night of the Living Dead" soundtrack. 1968

[Geogurl]

I literally jumped when you screamed, lol. I remember before we had a GPS, we would print off the cache page and the map of where the cache was and go out and try to find them. Definitely don’t miss those days!

[landocommando]

Still have a Garmin Emap that I bought in 1999 before most knew what gps was. Still works great.

[chrisstroud]

For an entry level geocaching gps would a etrex 10 still be a good option or a good condition used 450t have better features?

[jameslong]

I can't believe it was always that far off. My Garmin 12 that I still use is accurate within a foot or two with good sats. and a half way clear area and a few feet in the trees.

[MitchCieminski]

You mentioned that "after an eternity, " it finally found a signal. Roughly how long was that? I recently powered up my unit, same model, and have let it try to locate satellites for at least 72 hours? It seems like maybe it's finally just time to junk it but part of me holds out hope that this thing could still work!

[RandomTaskFilms]

Can this unit be updated for today’s satellite? I use to own one of these and I want the nostalgia boost when out caching

[cachetheline]

Wow, you take it out for one last hurrah, it drops, and the screen is busted... yeeshk! :D

[szaki]

My 5-year-old LG30+ mobile phone, is accurate to 30+ ft, most of the time!
Used to own an old Garmin 20 years ago, triangular shape one, gave me 10ft accuracy!
Took a while for the sats to show up! LOL!

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[halemeister]

Lots of memories for me while watching this video. I also have a drawer full of geocaching goodies, including an old GPS unit that I no longer use, but will serve as a backup should I ever need it. Like you, my backup unit it also an old Garmin Oregon 450. I found several thousand caches with that thing before retiring it and going exclusively to my phone. Your usual calm demeanor sure went to the wayside when you accidently pulled out the old Garmin Colorado 400t! It kinda startled me a bit! 😆 Nice custom paint job on the Etrex Legend.

You know, it's kind of funny going back to old technology and being completely bothered by its inefficiencies, but not giving one care about that stuff when the technology was cutting edge and we were none the wiser. Now I'm wondering what kind of results would I get if I fired up my old Oregon 450 and took it for a ride. You've given me a video idea for the future and made brought back some good old memories!

[BikeLaneEnds]

Dude, you scared the s*** out of me. Fun experiment. The past is a fun place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.

[sharonbabineau]

So now I'm curious to hear the story of the "scary" Garmin! 😂 I'm curious, do you ever cache with a smartphone? It's all I use, especially once I learned you can download caches and not worry about cell coverage.

[allenite]

Now I remember you mocking me for having maps on my "fancy" Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. As I recall, something about not needing maps if you were a real cacher.

I also remember your experiences with the Halloween horror object as well once the shiny factor wore off. Really not sure if that was an upgrade from the eTrex. I still cache with my Garmin GPSMap 60Cx when on the river as it seems to be the most waterproof after drowning my DeLorme.

[kishascape]

Mines accurate too, it looks really cool I like it. I got it at goodwill. I have a adapter that turns my USB port into serial too for programming. I also have a pair of Rino 110 handhelds I used since I first started cache finding. It’s neat because it also works as two way radio and sends positions to each other.

[mikeroeger]

I have a yellow Garmin that we used when we started. It never had a cable. We printed off the geocache page and hand imputed the coordinates. I think on April 1 of last year the satellites were adjusted and older receivers lost a lot of their accuracy. I may be mistaken on that though.

[GeojerrysAdventures]

I have both of those gps units. The ole colorado is my go to...lol, but true. My etrex was my 1st gps as well. Today I rely mainly in my phone.

[flowerpotman]

Lol, I thought you were demonstrating the durability of the GPS when you threw it across the room, lol. I've never used a GPS, ok I have bought a 2nd hand unit but I never got grips with it. I love using my phone. The only problem in using my phone is I use also to vlog, which means I can't record myself searching for the cache using the phone, lol.

[drocles]

I just pulled out my old legend, it cant find anything from my dining room, it still thinks its 2015.

[KneelMore_CacheTales]

It couldn't find the last satellites it used because they are too old. 😆😆