Gila

You guys rock! All your points are well taken and I appreciate the positive aspects of a DNF. Thanks for your gentle suggestions.

If I eventually find a cache previously logged as a DNF, can I delete the DNF log?

I have pretty much what everyone else has except the PDA and S&W. I appreciate Thrak's thought of the whistle; I'll throw one of those in too. Lots of Water! I have my big cache bag and my portable bag for leaving the car. What I really need is a 12 foot stick that folds up into 2 foot sections. Then when i'm out in the boonies, I could unfold it and put a big red flag on top and stick it on my car so I could find it. Or, I could learn to use my GPS & just "track" back ... I also keep things in my car like a radio, book, food, fire - all in case I get lost & need to keep busy and alive til help arrives. And should I plan on venturing FURTHER than the Walmart parking lot, I'd throw in a tent and sleeping bag too, just in case. Some of my caches though have been those where I had only a GPS and jotted coordinates & just "took off".

I see this forum topic and now I think I have to delete this as a 'find' ... How do I do it please? I am pretty new and want to do this well. thanx "Shoot - another DNF. Stopped for a beverage to get $1 back from my ATM purchase for exchange. But when I drove back to the coordinates, I found that I kept zoning in on an area that I REEEally shouldn't try to get to. (Steep bank, big rocks covered by chain link). WAS going to log this as a DNF, but after reading the others logs I see that I did in fact find the right place and was wise not to attempt to try & retrieve something.. So, for having a good head on my shoulders, I'm calling this a "found it". I will adjust if site master objects. Too bad about the construction; kind of a cool idea. " p.s. - no one objected, but still ...