The geocaches come in all different sizes and shapes. Usually stored in a waterproof container, these caches are treasures of minimal value. The container is often a Tupperware container or ammo box. The "treasures" can be just about anything you can imagine: a mini-stapler; a toy soldier; foreign coins.

How do you find them? That's satellite part. If you haven't been in a cave for last five years, you've probably heard of Global Positioning System, or GPS. Just in case you're one of cave people, GPS is a system of 24 satellites orbiting earth at an altitude of 11,000 miles. A small handheld receiver, a little larger than a cell phone, picks up signals from satellites and can pinpoint your position anywhere on earth, sometimes as accurately as 3 meters.

If you go to Geocaching.com you can enter your location by ZIP Code, state, or country and get a list of caches in your area. Each listing has a log of who found cache, when it was found, and usually what trinkets were taken and left.

This article on antler shed is provided so individuals know that antler products can be made without animals being injured in any way. I also hope to promote ethical antler shed collection. So here are basics: Antler Shed 101 by: Elly Kendall

Antlers do not just keep growing. They drop off and animals grow new ones. These sloughed-off antlers are called shed. Shed hunting or collecting has been a great source for week end entertainment, especially during off hunting season from late winter to early spring. Shed antlers are prized for making everything from jewelry to chandeliers. The big bonus is that animals drop them every year and do not have to be killed for their antlers. However, collecting shed must be done with animals best interest at heart. Never approach wild animals of any kind. There is no need to push them off their feeding and watering areas or disturb their routines just to get an antler. Winter is a very hard time for these animals besides they will drop more next year.

Bucks and bulls, males of deer, elk and moose species, shed their antlers every year usually between January and April. The father north in United states earlier they drop. Here in Arizona it seems like late February to late March is especially a good time. If you go as far south as Old Mexico bucks don’t shed until March. Younger animals seem to drop theirs last. The antlers drop off to make room for new ones which grow through summer.