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It is not always noobs or cachers that "retire" with someones TB or GC. I met a cacher at a local event that had a board with 6-8 different jeeps attached that he had "collected". He also had an album of coins. Most were actually his, but some were not. He was a cacher with several thousand finds and still active. He handed out a sheet of codes so anyone could discover them. As I was logging these trackables, I started looking at their travels. Many he would place in a remote cache, and then go retrieve it a few days later. Or he would travel with them and log them into caches and back out. One was a jeep I had placed in a cache a year ago and he was the next to find it. I know he knows better, but other than mugging him and taking them and setting them free, what can I really do? Mark

Thanks, I was also reading through this thread to find this answer. I read that guide, but at that time had no idea what it was about. I am still rather challenged with the search function on these forums too. So again thanks for the assistance.

Personal rules for myself only. If you don't sign the log, you didn't find the cache.

Wish I could fly over.

There are a lot of good responses here. I agree with the CIJO. I also carry extra logs, baggies, trash bags and SWAG. I go to Walmart and buy 97 cent hot wheels. I drop them off still in the package. If I find a well hidden large cache I'll drop one even if I don't find anything I'm interested in. I generally like pins and buttons and signature items. I also find that caches further out on the trail seem to fair better. I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail near Big Bear and the caches were rather full and well maintained. I also like the micro, but how many LPHs do we need? I enjoy driving 30 miles out of town to find a micro way more than pulling up to a lamp post at the local middle school. But back to SWAG degradation. Those of of who trade need to keep our standards. There will always be those who don't. My favorite quote, doesn't quite fit here but is close enough. For evil to win, good men need to do one thing, nothing. To paraphrase, For trash cache to win, good cachers need to do one thing, nothing. Fight the good fight. There are others behind you who are worth it.