MoonMatt

Thats sad that they didn't get more help to learn the ropes. I hope they try again someday.

I agree its difficult to word it so people don't take it the wrong way. All we can do is try to be polite and if our log is taken the wrong way nothing we can do. Thanks for sharing your views!

That does look like an awesome view. Some cachers like to make their own D/T ratings and don't pay attention to the info the CO provides. But maybe they learn for next cache.

I appreciate your comments. I did at least end the post with "Please be kind!!!"

I find great humor when I "find" the clearly marked path leaving a cache i just bushwhacked to but never thought of criticizing the CO for MY stupidity. We just need to be humble and kind.

We have also had attempted to find a cache from a new and/or careless CO and brought to an unsafe or awkward location. By all means it is our responsibility as cachers to note that in logs for the CO AND other Cachers. But we can still do so in the spirit of kindness. That is all I am saying.

This is why I went this route to just remind us to be kind Behavior that Geocaching HQ will not act on Rude behavior. Some geocachers may create a negative experience for other geocachers, but their behavior does not violate our Terms of Use.

Constructive criticism is always helpful to improve our caches. I am not referring to those logs.

I think your examples are appropriate and give details that need to be fixed or at least checked on by CO. I am referring to outright attacks that do not benefit the caching experience at all.

If you enjoy the excitement of a new cache being published for you to go find (and possibly an FTF), keep in mind that a fellow cacher put in time and effort to place and maintain these caches for us to seek. I have seen way too many negative and disparaging comments made by cachers who didn't find a cache as quickly as they expected. Honestly this has turned me away from hiding new caches. I am not talking about caches that may need better coordinates or other suggestions from helpful cachers. We all want our caches to be found, but negative comments criticizing the hide or rating are not helpful. We are living in unprecedented stressful times. Geocaching is intended to be a hobby to enjoy. Transferring your stress to a Cache Owner is not acceptable behavior. We are better than that! If every Cache Owner gives up placing new caches as I am inclined to do, there won't be anything for you to find. So Please Be Kind!!!

We released an update to the search page this afternoon which fixes a bug that we believe was causing the issue you described (along with other erroneous results). Please try your initial search again and let us know if you continue to see errors in the results. Thanks for reporting your issues! Ben I retested the original search as well as some others where I noticed erroneous results and they all returned the expected results! Thanks for your quick attention to resolving this issue! MoonMatt

Can you tell us exactly which criteria you're using, so others can try it and see if they get similar results? You mention "I haven't found", "Hidden By", and "Has Corrected Coordinates". Are there any others, or is that it? One possibility: for the ones that show as being owned by a different owner, can you double-check that those are truly owned by a different user? If someone adopts a cache and doesn't change the "Placed by" text field, it would still show the old owner's name, so I'm wondering if that's what has happened here. To confirm who the owner is, you need to open up the cache page and click on the "Placed by" name to see which profile it takes you to. Here are the steps I did to reproduce this and I did have another cacher do the same test as well. Play --> Find A Geocache Search by zip code and then Add Filter In the filter I expanded the search area from 10 miles to 30 miles I selected the radio button for Caches I Haven't Found I added A Hidden By to add the CO I was searching for The results included two caches that I verified were not the owner I was searching for and both of these had corrected coordinates. I went back to the change the search filer and removed the Hidden By and selected the Radio Button for Yes Has Corrected Coordinates and got the same two that also appeared with the Hidden By CO search. Please let me know if you need the exact values I was using. Thanks! Matt Here is one of the searches I was doing that includes incorrect results. Search Zip Code 12801 for 10 Miles Caches that you have not found that are owned by Oxyperious I got 244 Results that include the following 3 caches that are NOT owned by Oxyperious GC2C7Z2 GC4NVKH and GC3DT3D Hope this helps! Matt

Can you tell us exactly which criteria you're using, so others can try it and see if they get similar results? You mention "I haven't found", "Hidden By", and "Has Corrected Coordinates". Are there any others, or is that it? One possibility: for the ones that show as being owned by a different owner, can you double-check that those are truly owned by a different user? If someone adopts a cache and doesn't change the "Placed by" text field, it would still show the old owner's name, so I'm wondering if that's what has happened here. To confirm who the owner is, you need to open up the cache page and click on the "Placed by" name to see which profile it takes you to. Here are the steps I did to reproduce this and I did have another cacher do the same test as well. Play --> Find A Geocache Search by zip code and then Add Filter In the filter I expanded the search area from 10 miles to 30 miles I selected the radio button for Caches I Haven't Found I added A Hidden By to add the CO I was searching for The results included two caches that I verified were not the owner I was searching for and both of these had corrected coordinates. I went back to the change the search filer and removed the Hidden By and selected the Radio Button for Yes Has Corrected Coordinates and got the same two that also appeared with the Hidden By CO search. Please let me know if you need the exact values I was using. Thanks! Matt

First I think the Advanced Search does have some nice features to filter down the list of caches to your specific criteria. I was recently using this to find the caches of an Owner that I have not found yet. The results did include the ones I was looking for but it also included a couple for other owners. It looks like the results include ALL caches that have had corrected coordinates even though they were owned by another CO. Just wanted to mention this to see if it is a known issue - not a big issue for me. Thanks for your support to help us enjoy this game!