Hello Everybody,
Somewhat of a newbie still, with less than 100 finds, and 0 hides (Soon to be remedied.). I'm using my cell phone, which apparently is also a newbie thing? I've got a question regarding etiquette of maintenance. I'm sure this has been covered in the past, but there's not been a comprehensive all-encompassing article that I've found.
The question is: What sort of maintenance is Good, and what would be considered going too far?
Examples:
A.) If I find a log that's wet to the point of being unsignable or unreadable, I'll replace it with new paper and a new plastic baggie if needed. Occasionally I'll throw in a bag of silica gel if it looks like most of the moisture was from condensation and there's room for it.
Depending on the cache, I'll either leave the old wet log in the container wrapped in a plastic bag to protect it from getting worse, or if there's no room I'll take it (logging that I've done so) and stick it in my maintenance kit (In a baggie marked with cache name) until a good amount of time has passed.
This isn't the maintenance I think is a problem. I personally would find this very helpful if I were a CO. The next one is where I'm hesitant to travel.
B.) A 2-part multi-cache has had it's initial cache washed away in a flood. It's been confirmed missing, but the final is still there. Would it be acceptable to take the coords of the final and replace the initial in the same spot with the same kind of container that it was originally, or is this going too far?
*Edit* One detail I omitted is that the CO shows to have been inactive without a find for over 500 days. It's safe to assume (s)he won't be making it out to perform maintenance.
