jhuoni

Hello fellow cachers, how many times have you seen a really cool TB or GeoCoin listed at a cache and get there to find nothing, nada, zero, zip, zilch, nothing? Happens way too often, doesn't it? Who is responsible for this "misinformation"? Surely not Geocaching.com, they just list them, they don't maintain them. Next person would be the Cache Owner (aka CO), it's their cache should they be responsible for accuracy of it's contents? What about the TB or Coin owner? They surely can't know the true status of their object if it is supposed to be in a cache in Moose Nose, Montana if they live in Bikini Bottomless, Florida. There is that mystery person who is know as a Reviewer. What roll should they play in this mess? This is the person who is tasked with allowing the cache to be published. He doesn't check the actual cache, but makes sure that the CO has the facts correct before it hits the list. How about you - the Cacher. You are at "The Worlds Biggest Travel Bug Hotel" and it shows a zillion TB's and coins. After walking through a mile of lava beds you find that all that is there is an old sweat sock. You could do something, post a comment in the log: TFTC - No TB's Here. But that does no good. Most of us just check the date last found and the FOUND or DNF listings. Who are you supposed to notify? Yep, that's my question. I've said it before, I can be long winded and I like to paint a good picture. Would someone with some "Authority" pleeeaaassseee help with this issue. It is really driving my OCD into high gear. I have to say that EARTHA has assisted me with this matter in the past. Eartha is but one person, and from what I can tell has much more to do than be the keeper of ALL TB's listed, but not really there. Thanks for your time and attention. If you feel as passionately about this as I do, chime in. I have other pet peeves, but they aren't TB related. Look for them on another Forumn. John

Will trade you altoid tins for film canisters - at least the later is water tight!

Ok. I'll be the second to admit it. I started crying half way through the story, and tears are still rolling down my face. I have spent the last 45 minutes reading posts from people complaining about TB's going missing, people complaining about the "junk" that they find in caches. I had every intention of posting a message complaining about my missing TB. Here's a kid, who is stuck in a motorized chair, thinking "great, there is NOTHING for me here." Little does she know that she is going to learn archery and as a bonus - Go Caching. The world needs more people like YOU! Keep It Up.

Thanks for your help. I put together some of the picture descriptions based on the logs. I contacted those who took the pictures so they can go to the TB's site and view them. I'm a newbee with only 56 finds, but I'm acting like I've been at this for ever. Is there a 12 Step Program for Cachers? Thanks again John

On 9/2/10 I visited GCPZH1 Vega Magnolia Station Returns. I found a disposable camera, thinking how cool it would be to take a pic of myself and put it back, I checked the film. There was none remaining. So I decided to take the camera and get it developed, maybe posting the pics on the cache's page. When I got home to log my visit, I found that the camera was a travel bug. However it didn't have a tag on it. The TB site said to contact the owner who would send a film envelope for me to send the camera to be developed. Unfortunately, the owner hasn't logged on since May 2008. There is no email address, it shows that it was not validated. So I got the camera developed. It was placed in 2005, and probably went through some rough places. Only 16 of the 24 photos came out. I posted them on the TB's site. I went through the log to see who might have taken pictures with the camera, and sent them an email saying that the pictures are posted on the TB's site. The owner is kambamg22. The camera has been out for almost 5 years and traveled over 1700 miles. I just want to make sure that the people who took pictures with it find out that the camera was developed. Also, how does someone other than the owner of a TB remove it from a cache? Maybe I'm obsessing overv this, but I would hope that someone would do the same if they were in my shoes. John

I searched for an answer to this question, but didn't find one. It it has been posted before, I am truely sorry. Is there a way to create a pocket query or other type of query, that shows caches which have not been found over a specific period of time. This would be helpful to eliminate the DNF's that I keep running into. I know that I could check the log, but when I load up a bunch of caches into my GPSr I don't always have time to view the logs on all of them before going out. This also brings up the debate on when to log a DNF and when not to. I won't even touch this subject. Thanks in advance. John

I'm a long winded person, I can give you a thousand words when all you wanted was a Yes or No answer. When I am logging my caches - Found, DNF, Note, Maint Needed, I have a habit of EDITORIALIZING, and even adding a few pictures if I remembered the good camera. I never take direct pictures of the location of the cache, sometimes I will even take pic's of where I thought I would find the cache, which is normally wrong. (see, long winded) Should I just say Found it, and go on? Or does anyone care if I ramble on about the black and orange spider I almost put my hand on when I leaned down to get the cache? Or the fact that I ended up with more chigger bites on my legs than I can count, why didn't I remember to use the DEET? Whats your opinion? Do you even read the comments on the logs? Thanks for you thoughts on this... John

I do all of my caching alone. Probably a bad idea, but my wife can not physically handle some of the terrain, and I (sad but true) don't have any friends or family near by. Here is my question for all you "seasoned cachers": Besides the normal things like a GPS, Water, Walking Stick, and DEET, what "tools" do you carry to make caching easier or safer? Like I said, I'm alone and have a lot of time to think while I'm crashing through the underbrush.

Please remember that one mans treasure is another mans trash. I am a big coke drinker, if I had access to a bunch of pry-off coke caps that were clean and new, I might think of leaving that as swag. Or if I were a Coca-Cola employee, ditto. I leave a #5 snap swivel, fishing tackle, because I am an avid fisherman. Would I leave a rusty hook with a dried worm on it? No. That's just unsafe and unsanitary. I agree with what your are saying, but some people don't understand the concept of TNLN. It is not required that you put something in the cache. It just adds to the mystery of "what's inside". J.