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Thanks a lot for the response and I totaly agree. If I understand well in the community there is a need to clean up some caches that are inactive and poorly maintained, since you aren't the only that says that maintaining a cache with a bad CO isn't a good thing.

That's a good point. There are some caches around me and I checked and the owner last connection was in 2014, so I don't expect them to come and maintain them. It all depend on the situation I suppose. If it's just the little plastic bag that is sometimes around the logbook that is broken, I could simply replace it but if the logbook is wet I prefer to ask the owner of the cache. Sometimes they just have to dry the logbook and now replacing the whole thing.

Water proof paper is indeed a must have, but the problem is that once it's wet, you have to dry it to write on it and I don't think that a logger wants to wait until the paper is completely dry for it to write on. But I suppose that a good sealed container and a waterproof logbook is the best combination.

Thanks a lot for all your replies. I think the best is to have a realy good sealed container, it seems the most efficient and most easy way to do it.

There is only a GC number on it, no tracking number. The cache was from an event so I suppose they gave those coins for the participants of that event and the owner of the coin just left it in a cache as a souvenir. PS: I never found a trackable so I hope I'l find one one day so I can log it and place it somewhere else. It's like a dream to open a cache and fine a TB code ?

I'll maybe try to make waterproof caches then. I'll maybe keep using the plastic bags for when I see that an already existing cache is wet. Maybe with a rubber band it will keep the water outside, and of course choosing a place where it's pretty dry in the first place. Thanks for the information.

HI everyone, i've recently found a geocoin I think. Am I supposed to keep it or let it travel like travel bugs? There is a code on it but it isn't for tracking, it refers to an archived cache. For the gecoins you can buy, do you just buy them as decoration for your own? Like the once for 5000 caches logged, 10 000 caches logged,... Or do you buy them to put in a cache? Thanks in advance for the response to my questions.

Hi everyone, When placing a container or replacing a logbook, does anyone have an idea on how to avoid plastic bags to prevent water from damaging the logbook? They are very useful but can sometimes have holes in it after a while and then some plastic got lost in the nature. Is there any way of prevent using any plastic at all except of the container? Of course I can buy a 100% water proof container but even the best containers can get wet for some reasons.

Thanks a lot. Now just waiting until my order of logbooks arrives

Hello community. This is my first post here, so hi everyone. I've been geocaching for a while but I recently started with active geocaching, logging some caches each time I find some spare time. Now I've seen some caches that are wet, with a logbook that's unreadable/un-writable or some where the container is completely broke. Am I allowed to replace the logbook with a fresh one and add a little protection around it so it is protected, or is it completely up to the cache owner to maintain it? Thanks in advance for the response.