Here in Connecticut, the "Leather Man" is a local legend. In the late 1800s he traveled through CT and NY staying in caves and wore a stiched leather outfit from head to toe. There are many geocaches in the area at the caves where he lived. A geocoin was created to commemorates his travels. On the front is the Leather Man in full leather gear with his date of birth and death. On the back is a map of his ciruit, with a leather-texture background.

You can order the coin at the link below. Coins are have arrived and will ship in early September. http://store.ctcachers.com/LeatherManGeocoin2008/

After about a month of solid procrastinating, we have actually come up with an inept geocoin.  This coin's design was "group created" by our forum members and hopefully represents at least a portion of what we feel it's like to be truly inept (at least in the field of geocaching).  We have Harry, the teetering emoticon, about to fall completely off the coin and roll under the couch, the web address is the wrong way around and what's more the "Track Me At" text is not only reversed, it's upside down too. Also, you finally get to see what the back of an emoticons head looks like!

You can pre-order the coins now at http://store.ctcachers.com/IneptGeocoin2008/ 

We expect to be shipping coins out around mid to late July.  Hooray!

The GPS Adventure Maze Exhibit is coming to Connecticut. The GPS Adventures Maze is a traveling educational exhibit developed to teach people of all ages about navigation, GPS technology and geocaching. A hands-on experience that features GPS technology (its history, current uses and future possibilities), it simulates geocaching by leading visitors through a 2,500 square foot maze rich with interactive experiences. GPS Adventures was created by Groundspeak, exhibit creator Minotaur Mazes, development sponsor Trimble and technology contributors Magellan and Digital Globe.

From May 24th - September 1st, 2008 you can see the exhibit at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport. On June 14th, 2008 an event will be hosted there with representatives from Groundspeak.

It has come to our attention that people may still be having issues viewing this site correctly.  If everything seems shifted over to the right, or pushed way down the screen you may just have to clear your browsers cache for this page.  This is done simply by holding down the shift key on your keyboard and hitting the refresh icon on your browser.  In Internet Explorer 6 the icon looks like this: in Internet Explorer 7 it looks like this: .  So just go ahead and try that and hopefuilly the site will "automagically" return to normal.  This is also a handy trick you can use anywhere else on the internet if your display seems messed up or the information you're viewing seems to be a bit out of date.

 Good luck!  Of course if you have any further issues you can bring them up on the forum.  

Welcome to the first Geo Rally to be held in CT. This is an all day event that starts at sunrise and runs until 5:30 in the afternoon. The purpose of the event will be to find as many of the caches and locationless caches that are laid out for this Rally before the event’s timed finish.

This event will take you on a scenic tour of CT and all of it’s 8 counties. We have placed 6 caches in each of these 8 counties, plus 2 additional caches. All the hidden caches are less than difficulty 2, and all terrain ratings are 2 or less. Some will be P&G's, and most will be short walks. In addition to the logable caches we are also adding a bunch of locationless caches which will make for a fun, exciting, and very tiring day.

You will be scored points for each cache and “locationless cache” toward awards and prizes. Details will be provided to all participants the day before the event at a time and place TBD.

Event runs rain or shine. We have reserved a room at the Pacific Buffet and Grill in Wallingford (www.pacificbuffetandgrill.net) for the finish. Contestants and anyone that wishes to come to the finish, will be able to purchase a buffet meal if they wish. The price of the meal will be $20.00 per person, paid for with your registration. If you are not a contestant but plan to attend the Rally event and partake in the buffet, you must notify us of your intentions due to space limitations.

All entries must be in by May 10th. To participate in the Rally there is a contribution of $40.00 per team. The contribution pays for prizes and awards related to the event. Please know that absolutely NO ONE makes any money on the event as we will spend more on this event than we take in. The registration contribution and meal fees are due when you send in your registration form and are non-refundable. Because of space limitations at the finish, registration is limited to 20 teams, and anyone wishing to enter must pre-register before May 10th. Your team can consist of no more than four persons, regardless of age.

Entry forms may be downloaded right from here If you wish to participate in the rally, there is a contribution of $ 40.00 per team. The contributions pay for prizes, awards, and expenses related to the event. We ask that teams be limited to a maximum of 4 members.

We've found a pretty nice Geocaching pamphlet that would be very handy to have on hand to give to muggles or people you're trying to get interested in our sport.  The pamphlet is a PDF and can be downloaded from here.

It is also now available from the menu at the very top of this page, the link is titled GC Handout.