smokeeater908

I'm confused. How did you know he looked for and didn't find it? Because he sent me an email and told me that the cache I had hidden was tuff that he had spent 25 minutes there and did not find it.

If I look and can't find the cache then I log a DNF, some of the time though I might be somewhere over an hour looking because I am very persistant and do not want the feeling of "LOSING". But if I eventually throw in the towel I log a DNF. I have a guy in my area that hunted one of my caches and did not log anything so I called him and asked if he found the cache and he said NO. So I asked why he did not log a DNF and he told me that only I knew he did not find it why should he tell the whole world he did not find it. I personally don't agree with that so I told him you log a DNF because it is part of the game. That is just my two cents worth. Smoke

Nope it is not just you, I have one that I posted like for my 1 or 2 hide, but it has all went down hill from that.I don't hide anything anymore that is under a 2.5 on difficulty. For the most part the people in my area really like a challenge so I really try to give them one.I have had alot of praise on my caches since they are not your typical park and grab type cache. So I am with you and no I have gotten where I don't care about padding my numbers I try to find a good hunt.

I am new to this board and have only been caching since June BUT, I have already learned that I had rather do a difficult cache than pull up to my local Wal-Mart and sit next to a lamp post and sign the cache log without even getting out of my car. There was not many caches in my area and what was here was not very difficult and since I have been caching I have placed some very ingenious caches out and although there seems to be alot of DNF's people in my surrounding area really seem to enojy the hunts becuase they can't wait to see what is coming next. I recently did a cache that was an Ammo can and it was in a 12' high pile of stumps abound 75 yards long and you thought you were hunting a nano which in fact you were but it was in the inside of the lid of the ammo can. There was also alot of red decoys stuck in the pile to throw you off. This cache was absolutely fun. I have placed a dead bolt on a metal door, sewn leaves in a bush, a nano rolled in crushed churt in a churt pit with an ammo box decoy that when opened stated now you know I can hide an ammo can let's find the real cache, I also like creating a unique puzzle cache. There is a couple in my area that will not even hunt a cache if it is rated less than a 3 on the difficulty. So I think that is a great cache idea, I would laugh my rear end off when I opened it and saw all those nuts and bolts and so would most people in my area. Anyway I will get off my soapbox now, I would say rate the difficulty high so that those who like lamp posts will not bother with it anyway.

I would think the one in my area is on that I have placed called "Chamber Meeting" it has had some good cachers look for it without finding it and getting a DNF.