Hey P.C.! We looked for 3 caches in our neighbourhood. Found 2 of them (easy peasy). The 3rd one- we got the right area but after a LOT of digging (1 hr before lunch and another hr after lunch) still couldn't find it. It shouldn't be THAT difficult (it was marked "easy") so we concluded that it probably wasn't there.
Mr LM looked up the geocaches for us. He searched by our postal code and found 3 "easy" ones nearby. My GPS and compass skills aren't very good, but Mr LM is good and Heckyl and Jeckyl are keen to learn. We're fortunate that Mr LM has GPS and compass units from work to use, but I know some people who do geocaching without them. In some cases, the cache directions are indicated on the website so you don't need these.