Travel Bug / Finds Ratio

[+Ratone]

I have wondered whether other players or other areas have a higher ratio / regular cache finds than me (only regular+multicache count).

 

My ratio: 13 / 136 = 9.5%

State, Country: Madrid, Spain

 

What's yours? Where? If you do not have more than 50 finds the ratio might distort the statistics so please do not include yours.

 

I can not start a poll so if any of you are able and interested in this, please consider this topic as yours and please initiate a poll.

Edited September 10, 2005 by Ratone

[+WaldenRun]

My ratio: 13 / 136 = 9.5%

State, Country: Madrid, Spain

My ratio: 1270 / 2052 = 61.9%

State, Country: Massachusetts, USA

 

There are others in the area with HIGHER ratios than mine.

 

-WR

[+badlands]

41/375 10.9%

Cincinnati, OH

[+MissippiSlim]

75%. (3 TBs, 4 caches found).

[+Ratone]

Thanks for your replies. My guess is that the average will be around 25%. Does it make sense?

 

Come on and post your ratio!

[+tiki-4]

158/775 = 20%

Waldorf, Maryland

[+Jester2112]

I have wondered whether other players or other areas have a higher ratio / regular cache finds than me (only regular+multicache count).

 

My ratio: 13 / 136 = 9.5%

State, Country: Madrid, Spain........

My ratio: 6 / 93 = 6.45%

State, Country: Panama City, FL........

 

(Edited to correct speelin is you's?)

Edited September 11, 2005 by Jester2112

[+Ratone]

Yes, edited for that. Why?

[+Kit Fox]

80 TBs 671 finds = 12%

[+AtlantaGal]

435 (had to add in the coins and jeeps since they're TBs too)/1789 or 24.31%

[+Ratone]

Thanks Atlanta. Would it be possible to know your ratio with only standard TBs? Geocoins and Jeeps are hard to find outside USA so in order to compare apples with apples...

[+the hermit crabs]

My guess is that the average will be around 25%. Does it make sense?

 

That's just what ours is, if you count only regular travel bugs: 92/358 = 25.7%.

(If you include coins and Jeeps, it's 108/358 = 30.2%.)

 

State, Country: Massachusetts, USA

[+Sagefox]

Travel bug traders haven't checked in here yet. There are many geocachers that have up to 4 times as many tb finds as cache finds. And that is yet another spontaneous variation of this game.

Edited September 11, 2005 by Team Sagefox

[+AuntieWeasel]

Ummm...36/199 = 18%. I really like TB's, but I like to be fussy about them. Usually, at a minimum post a picture and move it quickly, if not help it along more substantially. That cuts down on the number I'm able to pick up.

 

Oops! Edited to add: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Edited September 11, 2005 by AuntieWeasel

[+AtlantaGal]

Thanks Atlanta. Would it be possible to know your ratio with only standard TBs? Geocoins and Jeeps are hard to find outside USA so in order to compare apples with apples...

336/1789 or 18.78

 

But coins and jeeps ARE TBs

[danoshimano]

11 regular TBs, 151 regular/multi-caches = 7.3%

 

In my first year of caching (2004), I didn't see many travel bugs at first. They seemed to become more common in my area later in 2004.

 

Location: Barrie, Ontario, CANADA.

[+reveritt]

25 / 65 = 38.5%

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

[+StarBrand]

72 bugs - 233 finds

30.9%

[+Trail Buzzards]

546 TBs / 1190 caches = 45.9%

Massachusetts, USA

Edited September 13, 2005 by Trail Buzzards

[+Wadcutter]

101/769 = 13%

[+Sagefox]

Oh... forgot to answer the question. 8.136% ratio. For a year though I have been passing up tb's. Now they are kind of fun again.

 

Oh... still not paying attention. 105 tb's/1093 container caches = 9.6%

 

Oh... no jeeps, coins or that cool moun10bike coin in our collection = 9.05%

Edited September 13, 2005 by Team Sagefox

[+Anonymous']

34 tags/360 caches=9.4% Very near seattle, WA.

Edited September 13, 2005 by Anonymous'

[+fauxSteve]

My stats:

 

Travel Bugs Only / Traditional and Multi Caches Only

31 / 352 = 8.8%

 

However, I don’t really know why other actual “box-type” caches with logbooks don’t count (in my case mainly Unknown Caches, which often have Travel Bugs, and to exclude them makes this whole study pointless depending on what is popular in your area). So, I’m including those as well now:

 

Travel Bugs Only / Traditional, Multis, Unknown, Project APE and Letterbox Hybrids

31 / 424 = 7.3% (it's 31 / 420 = 7.4% without the APE or Letterboxes).

 

Most of my T.B. trading occurs in Unknown Puzzle caches, so it seems odd to exclude them from the count. Of course, I didn’t include Events, Locationless or Virtuals.

 

Seattle, WA

 

On a side note, I do know one local cacher whose ratio is 292.5% of Bugs found to Traditionals and Multis. At least you know that he’ll move them around!

 

Edited to add: "Oh, I thought this was the Travel Bug thread!"

Edited September 13, 2005 by fauxSteve

[+Sagefox]

However, I don’t really know why other actual “box-type” caches with logbooks don’t count (in my case mainly Unknown Caches, which often have Travel Bugs, and to exclude them makes this whole study pointless depending on what is popular in your area). So, I’m including those as well now:

I don't think anyone is excluding those caches in these counts. I believe OP meant to include all container caches.

[+Apples 2 Apples]

31 TB - 77 Cache

40.3%

 

Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

[+Sean Connery]

0/239 = 0% I have no use for travel bugs. But if others are into them, thats fine with me. State/Country - Wisconsin/USA

[+Ratone]

It was not my intention to exclude anything, I was starting a pseudo-poll and had to set up a common measurement formula, any variation of the formula is as valid as this one as long everybody uses the same one.

 

By the way I have noticed that average is below-around 15%.

[+NevaP]

65/616 = 10.5% (no jeeps or coins included)

 

74/616 = 12% (jeeps and coins counted)

 

but I know I got some of those bugs at events (can't remember how many) and I haven't included the events in the cache total so that throws off that number ----

 

OH well

Edited September 13, 2005 by NevaP

[+bthomas]

Yup, that WaldenRun likes bugs. I used to, but have tapered off with the advent of event grinding.

 

About 950 bugs and at least 6000 is 16%.

[+Puckhoundz]

it amazes how people like to "pad" their stats.

 

I pulled up a few of the cachers that had alot of TB finds. Many were logged in and and out of events - basically they are just handling the tb and some events just hand out a list of tb with the numbers to log. how childish.

[+Team Perks]

8 / 2534 = a whopping 0.003157%. Yee-haw.

 

And Puckhoundz, you only make yourself sound childish by calling others that.

[+Yamahammer]

TB (39) to Finds (171) = 23%

TB's/Coins/Jeeps (51) to Finds (171) = 29%

 

[SCP-173]

All bugs 377/1151 = 32.7%

Just TBs 265/1151 = 23%

 

Rochester/Endwell, NY

[+Harry Dolphin]

TBs/All caches Logged:

124/569 = 21.2%

Dover, New Jersey

Includes locationless, virtual and micros (I do seem to be finding an awful lot of micros! Makes it hard to drop off bugs...)

[+TH&G]

2094 bugs-jeeps-coins

to 2212 Caches for 94.7 %

 

There are others that have ratios over 100% collecting the bugs more than the caches as :

 

MaxB on the River

Feathers

Wagonwheel

NBJPoppa

Team Min Dawg

 

To name a few.

[+TeamAO]

I'm at almost exactly 10%.

[+welch]

so ratio is for (standard dogtag TBs)/(single stage trad caches) ??

92/281=32.7%

forgot to add: Iowa, USA

Edited September 24, 2005 by welch

[+beejay&esskay]

65/482=13%

 

I used to revisit nearby caches to get TBs, but I now just pick them up when I find them in a new cache.

[+GeoJunkie]

30/188 finds=about 16%