I hid my first geocache about a year ago, and today, as I stopped by to let a friend look for it, they found a small pill bottle, complete with a paper inside, hidden very near the coordinates. The problem is, this is NOT the container, nor the location, of the cache I placed. There have been multiple finds since I hid this, but only a handful actually found the real thing. What's worse, I found the original container broken.
Now, I need to acquire a new container to put back, and figure out what to do about all the fake finds. Confused about what the general protocol is for this sort of situation.