Logged Finds Numbers

[+Onslow Fisherman]

Why are logged notes added to "Finds" on the cache pages? They are not and I would have thought, probably wrongly, that they would have been easy to separate out.

Thought you might like to see how beautiful New Zealand is. The photo is of Lake Rotoiti in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. One of many I took in that area while on a campervan holiday.

 

[+treasure_hunter]

A lot of times when a person posts a note its to tell that the cache may need worked on or that they dropped off TB's and myself I read the notes and logs before going to the cache, I find some of them handy sometimes.

[+Team Cotati]

Why do people post notes on the cache pages?

[+copper_toad]

If I have already been to a cache and I go back to drop off a travel bug, posting a note won't count as another find. I only want my number to reflect how many I found and not how many times I have been to a cache.

[+Cardinal Red]

I'm not clear exactly what you are asking.

 

Are you asking about this notation on the Cache Page: Logged Visits (10 total. )

 

In this particular case it comprises (1) TB Dropoff, (4) DNF's, (1) Note, (1) Disabled, (1) Enabled, and (2) Finds in that order = 10 Logged Visits.

 

Are you asking why it doesn't just say (2) Finds?

 

Don't recall anyone asking this question in the year plus I've been lurking around here. But, if I have interpreted your question correctly, a MOD should probably move this to the Geocaching.com Web Site Forum. That would be the best chance to get it noticed by TPTB.

 

P.S. Nice Photo

[+Onslow Fisherman]

I'm not clear exactly what you are asking.

 

Are you asking about this notation on the Cache Page: Logged Visits (10 total. )

 

In this particular case it comprises (1) TB Dropoff, (4) DNF's, (1) Note, (1) Disabled, (1) Enabled, and (2) Finds in that order = 10 Logged Visits.

 

Are you asking why it doesn't just say (2) Finds?

 

Don't recall anyone asking this question in the year plus I've been lurking around here. But, if I have interpreted your question correctly, a MOD should probably move this to the Geocaching.com Web Site Forum. That would be the best chance to get it noticed by TPTB.

 

P.S. Nice Photo

That's exactly what I mean. I agree that notes serve a useful purpose, but having them count as finds I find misleading.

[+AuntieWeasel]

That's exactly what I mean. I agree that notes serve a useful purpose, but having them count as finds I find misleading.

Hm. Never thought about it. But it doesn't say "finds" it says "visits" -- which is more or less accurate, unless somebody posts a note just to say Hi or something. If you're DNF'ing stuff without visiting the cache site, you've got a fundamental disconnect with the whole geocaching concept

 

Beautiful photo, anyhow.

[+Prime Suspect]

I've always considered it to simply be informational, for those about to click the "show all" link, i.e., a warning to those on slow dial-up lines.

[+QDman]

I thought it was counting visits to the cache page.

[+Pork King]

Why do people post notes on the cache pages?

ANy number of reasons...To contact the owner about a ? or problem if the owner's email isn't working.

 

Maybe the person didn't find the cache, but something happened before the cache hunt was up, forcing them to abort the hunt. Can't log a find, a DNF isn't acturate cause they didn't actually SEARCH for the cache (and pride keeps them from logging DNF), but they want to say something about their attempt or condition of the area...That's a NOTE!

 

Also, to drop of TB ( if you have visited the cache before) requires a log. Can't mark "FOUND" cause you already found it before, can't mark "DNF" cause obviously you found it to place the bug in...That's a NOTE!

[+AuntieWeasel]

ANy number of reasons...

Today I posted a note to a webcam cache, because apparently you can't post a DNF to one. The monitoring site one uses to do the screen capture was down. I could've posted nothing at all, but I thought it was worth letting people know they should check the server before heading out.

 

I wanted that icon, too

[+Onslow Fisherman]

That's exactly what I mean. I agree that notes serve a useful purpose, but having them count as finds I find misleading.

Hm. Never thought about it. But it doesn't say "finds" it says "visits" -- which is more or less accurate, unless somebody posts a note just to say Hi or something. If you're DNF'ing stuff without visiting the cache site, you've got a fundamental disconnect with the whole geocaching concept

 

Beautiful photo, anyhow.

I wouldn't dream of posting a DNF with making an effort to find the darn thing. So far I've been lucky and found those that I set out to find. On one occasion the weather (snowing & I was miles from home) and the time of day (darkness) beat me but I didn't log a DNF, never occurred to me, wouldn't have been the right thing to do!

[+Onslow Fisherman]

That's exactly what I mean. I agree that notes serve a useful purpose, but having them count as finds I find misleading.

Hm. Never thought about it. But it doesn't say "finds" it says "visits" -- which is more or less accurate, unless somebody posts a note just to say Hi or something. If you're DNF'ing stuff without visiting the cache site, you've got a fundamental disconnect with the whole geocaching concept

 

Beautiful photo, anyhow.

I wouldn't dream of posting a DNF with making an effort to find the darn thing. So far I've been lucky and found those that I set out to find. On one occasion the weather (snowing & I was miles from home) and the time of day (darkness) beat me but I didn't log a DNF, never occurred to me, wouldn't have been the right thing to do!

Try this one!