+Deb&Jim Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 We were out looking for caches and stopped by a tree to take a break. I looked down and found a cache. It had the name of the cache on it, but I can't seem to find it on the site. How do I find it so I can log it? Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Are you it was a geocache? It might have been a letterbox, or a cache from a different website. If it had a rubber stamp in it - don't take it! (or secretly put it back ) - letterboxes work differently from geocaches, and they need those stamps to stay in the box... Can you give any details from the logbook (like a cache number?) so we can help you more? Quote Link to comment
+Deb&Jim Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 no number. Wynn's Mill Number 1 was written on the container. The log had several entries most of them were signed with a stamp of some sort. Quote Link to comment
+wandererrob Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 no number. Wynn's Mill Number 1 was written on the container. The log had several entries most of them were signed with a stamp of some sort. Stamps eh? Yup, sounds like a letterbox. Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 no number. Wynn's Mill Number 1 was written on the container. The log had several entries most of them were signed with a stamp of some sort. That sounds like a letterbox, then. Those work by the hider having a special stamp in the box. The letterbox finders also have a personal stamp. The finder will stamp the hiders logbook with their personal stamp, then use the letterbox stamp in their own 'journal' (dunno what they call it) to record their visit to that site. There have been times when geocachers unknowingly take the stamp out of these, thinking they are trade items. This has led to some understandable animosity from the owners of letterboxes who happen to be near a geocache. There is no way for geocaching.com to know where the letterboxes are, and vice versa. i think www.letterbox.org is one of the sites for that activity. I couldn't find a geocaching.com cache keyword search result, and google was pretty vague, as well... A more knowledgeable cacher could privide more info. Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Yep, it's a letterbox. But some geocaches serve double duty as a letterbox. To see if it's part of the geocaching website, search for caches by coordinates into this link.. If not, try Letterboxing.org. Quote Link to comment
MapheadMike Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Wynns Mill Trail Letterboxes in Newport News Park. It's on my to do list for this fall, so please please please confirm that the stamp is still there. Quote Link to comment
+Deb&Jim Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 (edited) thanks for the info. Apologize for writing in your log. Stamp was still in the box. The container had been leaking a little. We closed it as tight as possible. Edited September 5, 2005 by Deb&Jim Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 thanks for the info. Apologize for writing in your log. Stamp was still in the box. The container had been leaking a little. We closed it as tight as possible. Why apologize? Writing in the logbook is no sin. Not that *I'm* aware of. I'm sur letterboxers do it all the time. Letterboxers have found geocaches and stamped their pages as well. It's all part of the game, as far as I know... Quote Link to comment
MapheadMike Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 thanks for the info. Apologize for writing in your log. Stamp was still in the box. The container had been leaking a little. We closed it as tight as possible. No need to apologize. It's perfectly acceptable to sign into a letterbox when you find it. Just replace it as you found it, the same as you would do for a geocache. And it's not mine anyway, I'm just looking forward to finding these later on when I have a full day to find a lot of stuff in that park. A power trail of these nine letterboxes and at least that many geocaches should make for a fun day. A poor job by the last letterboxer who left it exposed for a non-letterboxer to find accidently. Good thing it was a cacher and not someone else who could have taken it altogether. Comparing the descriptions, it looks like this is between Head Hunters and Swamp Fire and not close enough to either to cause any confusion. Instead, it was just a coincidence that you rested at the relevant tree. Quote Link to comment
+altosaxplayer Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Definately a Letterbox Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 i found a letterbox the same way a few weeks ago. on my way to a cache i see a spot of blue in a small stump. i realized it was a letterbox, signed the log, and put it back. i just made sure it couldn't be seen from the trail. Quote Link to comment
+Jeep_Dog Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Hopefully you did not trade out the stamp, for if you did we would be in for another round of angst from our friends over in letterboxing land... Quote Link to comment
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