bigjim4life

Ok - I can see why the answer would be "no" - so pretty much the "archival" way and then re-posting your own cache in that spot would be the way to go.

I know there is the "adoption" option, if an active CO wants to let someone else "adopt" the cache and maintain it. But what about for inactive CO's, the ones that haven't logged online in forever - is there a way to, if someone wants, instead of having the cache completely archived and then starting anew - have a Reviewer or someone at Groundspeak - transfer ownership of the cache to someone who is willing to take on that cache? So the original CO hasn't logged online in forever, isn't taking care of a cache local to you, and at the rate it's going, it's in danger of being archived. However, you like the location, you want people to keep finding it, and don't want to lose that particular cache (for whatever reasons, sentimental, logistic, etc). Instead of having it archived, have the reviewer or someone at HQ try to reach out to the original CO - if there's no response from the CO, or they're not interested anymore - then transfer the cache (instead of a mutual adoption) to someone who is interested and volunteering to maintain it. Is this a feasible thing?

Yikes! I never introduced myself, so I figure I will now. My name is Jim - "Big Jim" is my nickname (long story - was a tiny kid in middle school, grew into the nickname by high school, height-wise - just like some giant people are nicknamed "Tiny", mine is the opposite). I live about a half-hour northish of Philadelphia, PA - I'm a huge railfan/train lover (full-size, not really toy or model trains) - if you Google "Big Jim Video Productions" you can find out more. I started Geocaching in April of this past year - I'll usually try to hit one or two every few days, and then go nuts on a weekend day or two if I'm out photographing/chasing trains - cache in between trains, on the drive there or back. Otherwise - any questions about me/my life, ask away - and hi!

What I like to do sometimes is go back through my past finds and see how other cachers are doing - if they find it as quickly as I do, slower, had an adventure to get there - just reminiscing in general about trips I've taken and caches I've found. I'm not actually physically going back to the caches. If, however, I see that I posted a NM, then other cachers after me don't report an NM - but do report in their logs that the log is wet, container is leaking or full of water, etc - that's when I start wondering if there's anything I can do to help. I put a few "Needs Archived" logs on some yesterday, mostly because those CO's (according to their profile) haven't logged into GC.com in over a year, so I doubt they're going to do anything...

Thanks! Time to start going back through logs again...

So to be clear: Cache intact, still can be found, Needs Maintenance log posted, logs still wet, not being taken care of - post Needs Archived - either it gets the CO's attention and they fix it, or gets archived?

Ok - I'm still relatively new to this - I want to piggyback off of this, because I hear conflicting things regarding CO's, maintenance and such. I like to go back and look at prior logs, past DNF's, past "Needs Maintenance" logs that I've done, etc - out of sheer curiosity, to see if people have found them lately, if the CO has done anything to the cache to maintain it. Most of my "Needs Maintenance" posts have gone unheeded, even though I usually submit photographic proof of a nearly-destroyed water-logged log. In the meantime, other people are still finding and logging these caches - either trying to write on the mostly-destroyed paper, or just not physically writing their name. What can someone do as a follow-up to these cases, to help out fellow cachers? If it's something that has been going on for a while, a few months worth of "destroyed logs"/"logs need to be replaced" entries, and the "Needs Maintenance" post has gone unheeded, do you email your local reviewer to let them know? If the CO isn't taking care of the cache (or doing anything, really), but it's still there, able to be found, and other people are finding it - what "next steps" can one take to help out? Email a CO who won't email you back? Email the local reviewer to have them make it Inactive until the CO can fix it? Or just put a new Rite in the Rain log in the cache and move on?

First post on here, still relatively new to the Geo-world. Question. I accidentally posted a TB photo with the tracking number showing - D'oh! I deleted the old photo, and uploaded a new one. On the desktop site, only the new photo shows. However, in the Geocaching app, the old one is still there (potentially making it discoverable)? Is there any way to tell if the old photo is indeed no longer in the TB gallery? Any help is greatly appreciated.