All geocaches are officially registered with www.geocaching.com. Participants will need to be registered on geocaching.com to retrieve the coordinates and other location information. Registration on geocaching.com is free.
Before setting out to find the caches, you will need an official passport booklet. Passports are free and beginning August 20, 2011 can be obtained at the Borough of Spring Grove Municipal Office located at 1 Campus Avenue, Spring Grove, PA 17362, Monday thru Friday 8:00 - 4:30 or at the Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, PA 17362, Monday 12:00 – 8:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 – 8:00, Thursday 12:00 – 8:00, Friday and Saturday 9:00 – 2:00. Each cache will contain a unique stamp, to be used in your passport as proof of finding the cache. Please use the stamp only for your passport, and return it to the cache container when finished. The next person who finds the cache is going to need it! Only one passport may be given per cacher.
Once a cacher successfully finds fourteen caches they are eligible to receive their free geocoin. Presentation of the passport with a minimum of fourteen stamps must be presented at the annual Septemberfest (September 24th, 2011, N39° 52.5654 W076° 51.895) where the geocoin will be awarded and the passport will be validated. Coins will be limited to the first 250 participants. Beginning September 26, any remaining coins will be available at the Borough of Spring Grove Municipal Office. Be sure to check the Coin Count link on the website for updated coin availability. The passport will then be returned to the geocacher to retain as a keepsake. Only one coin will be given to each cacher. In addition, the first ten geocachers to pick up their coin at Septemberfest will receive a special geocaching gift.