chadli

Well I got my first cache published this week... I recieved the notification on my cell phone when it was published. I went online and saw the publication. The next morning I looked at saw the FTF, and it WAS listed before the publication. SO... It LOOKED like the FTF came in before the publication, but it didn't. I don't know why, and I know there are many theories out there as to why this happens, but all I can say is that I didn't share the coords with anyone, the publication WAS the first log in the description, but the FTF superceded the publication when it was logged.

After going back over the listings where I thought this had occured, it turns out I couldn't find it. I must've made a mistake in this original posting. My apologies for my erroneous facts...

You may be right, and to be honest... I wasn't "worried" about it in the first place. I'm still pretty new at this and was looking for clarification on some things... but it looks like I stepped on more than a few toes in doing so. Sorry if I offended you. Next time I have a question, I won't ask it here... As I stated in my post, it matters not to me, I was just wondering on the rules of the game, and apparently I'm not the only one that wonders... as I am not the one that created this thread. Again, I apologize for offending anyone. Good day

Geocaching.com says it can take up to 3 days... I posted my FIRST one on Sunday as well, and it still hasn't been published. Hopefully by this time tomorrow it will be!

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Are you sure you're not confusing the "published" log with the "found it" log type? Reviewers don't physically visit the cache locations prior to pressing the "publish" button. That log doesn't mean that the reviewer found the cache. We have to drive there just like anyone else. Yes, I'm sure I wasn't confusing it with the published log... I cannot remember which particular cache I saw this on, but I'll keep my eye out and post it (or another one like it back here when I see it). There was a note in the logs from the publisher, and being curious what a publisher was I looked at the profile and saw it referenced his/her other profile. They had one profile for caching and another one for publishing. Question is... If I'm a publisher, and I get to see all the postings before they get published, what's to stop me from going and finding it before I hit that publish button? Collecting all the FTF prizes that I desire? After all it takes 3 days to publish new postings that would give me plenty of time to go check them out before publishing, or at least the ones I was interested in. I just put my first cache out a couple of days ago... still waiting for the publishing to see how long and who gets the ftf... been 2 days now since I posted it... In any case, it really doesn't matter much to me personally about the FTF. I would just like to see the game played fairly. On another note, it matters not to me if people want to share their caches before they are published, I think that in many instances it's just a result of this great game we have going, the friendships that are formed, people helping people, etc... And in some cases they are meant specifically for a certain person to find first, i.e. a milestone award, you might share with someone before it gets published to make sure that they get their coin/pin... Engagements, I've seen on youtube where people hide wedding proposals and probably even wedding rings in caches, that they certainly wouldn't want anyone else finding first, but makes a great tribute to a proposal. So I see nothing wrong with sharing coordinates with your friends if you so CHOOSE to do that. If coordinates and cache publishings are getting out before they are published against the wishes of the cache owner, then we DO have a problem. I thnk I've said enough, and probably put most of you to sleep on the subject, but that's the way I see it!

I have noticed that too... only usually the FTF is published by a reviewer. Is that legal? Can a reviewer get the ftf THEN publish it for everyone else? Just doesn't seem fair...

Hi everyone, I'm Chadli. Short time lurker (about 2 weeks). I'm a geovirgin. I live in the Inland Northwest and have a case of extreme cabin fever. I've been looking forward to getting out to the woods and doing some serious camping/hiking. I decided to get a GPSr and look up this thing called geocaching that I've seen on the news and in the paper. Well as I said above, I'm still a geovirgin but I'm VERY excited about getting out geocaching!! I've been reading just about everything I can on the subject. I seem to be obsessed with just reading about it... My GPSr should be delivered today, and it won't be long until I'm burning up the trails! I've already got several of my friends and family members very excited about doing this also, they all want to go! Anways... just wanted to say hi!