The Times, They Are A-changin’

[+sept1c_tank]

Looking back (30 months), I observe that an astonishing percentage of my early finds are now archived; seven of my first ten finds are history now. The times, they are a-changin’.

 

Archived Finds:

First month: 14-19 = 74%

Second month: 11-20 = 55%

Third month: 06-13 = 46%

Three month total: 31-52 = 60%

[+StarBrand]

6 of my first 10 finds - archived

9 of the first 20

12 of the first 30

[+Stunod]

5 of the first 10 archived (50%)

13 of the first 20 archived (65%)

21 of the first 30 archived (70%)

[+AuntieWeasel]

Five of my first twenty. It would've been six, but I rescued my first find.

 

I'm sentimental like that.

[+mtn-man]

I started early on, so I could not find many caches per month back then. There just were not as many out there. Looking at per 10 caches though...

 

- 01 thru 10 = 7 active, 1 disabled, 2 archived.

- 11 thru 20 = 4 active, 6 archived.

- 21 thru 30 = 4 active, 6 archived (one of those was the GA Project Ape Cache).

 

Overall for the first 30.

 

- 15 active, 1 disabled and 14 archived.

 

A 50% success rate for caches almost 5 years old isn't too bad.

[+MountainMudbug]

Reviewing my first 4 months of cache finds:

 

month 1 --- 7 of 10 archived = 70%

month 2 --- 2 of 9 archived = 22%

month 3 --- 5 of 11 archived = 45%

month 4 --- 3 of 4 archived = 75%

 

4 month total -- 17 of 34 archived = 50%

 

In my last year of cache finds, 4 of 57 are archived = 07%

 

Yeah, I need to cache more

[+The Leprechauns]

I've also done maintenance on my first find, as it's walking distance from my house. Also, two of my first thirty finds were archived, but have had replacement caches hidden very close by, because they were at cool locations (one hidden by me as a tribute to my first DNF). Finally, I've adopted two of my early finds and have continued to maintain them.

 

4 of the first 10 archived

7 of the first 20 archived

11 of the first 30 archived

 

Or, for the first three months (June 2002 through just past Labor Day weekend 2002):

 

First month: 4 of 19 archived

Second month: 16 of 30 archived

Third month: 9 of 34 archived

Total: 29 of 83 archived

 

Cool thread. It is always interesting to look BWGWF.

[+Moose Mob]

5 of first 10 archived

4 of next 10

2 of next 10

 

Since I descovered geocaching while at a work assignment in Yakima, WA, I did notice a trend during the first month. The caches in Yakima went missing at a much higher rate that those around Las Vegas. Hmm..

[+Jeep_Dog]

My numbers look like the last two folks on this thread, and the scary thing is I have only been doing this geocaching thing for little over a year!

 

4 of first 10 archived.

4 of second 10 archived.

2 of third 10 archived.

 

Ack! 4 of my 6 "milestones" archived. So much for memorable revists.

[+The Leprechauns]

I did notice a trend during the first month. The caches in Yakima went missing at a much higher rate that those around Las Vegas. Hmm..

Wow, you're right! Only three of my 40 finds in Nevada are archived, and these were from trips in January 2003 (ahhhh, memories ) and in May 2004. A mix of virtuals on the strip and in Boulder City, and "go here and look under this big rock" caches in places like Red Rock Canyon. Perhaps caches last longer in the desert where they're not being rained and snowed upon?

 

I also noticed that caches in my home area tend to last longer than average, compared to the places where I've traveled.

[+WeightMan]

OK, I did it both ways. First find was January, 2003

 

first month 2/4 50%

second month 5/13 38%

third month 4/13 31%

Total 11/30 37%

 

1-10 4/10 40%

11-20 3/10 30%

21-30 3/10 30%

Total 10/30 33%

[H to the Bizzle!]

1st to 10th finds: 3 archived, 7 active.

11th to 20th finds: 2 archived (one actually.. due to an event) and the rest active.

[+Mopar]

• caches 1-10 3 archived
  
• caches 11-20 6 archived
  
• caches 21-30 4 archived
  

13 archived out of my first 30 cache finds.

Not too bad for 4 years ago!

 

While I was at it, I decided to look at my finds sorted by hide date.

Of the 30 oldest caches I've found (dating from Dec. 2000 to Aug. 2001), only 5 have been archived, and 3 of those were because of changes in land manager permission, not because of problems with the caches themselves.

How cool is THAT?

[+Teamhawaii1981 & blueicyrose]

Archived caches:

2 out of 10

5 out of 20

8 out of 30

 

Not bad...At least none were archived right after my find. That has to be my biggest caching fear.

Edited November 10, 2005 by Teamhawaii1981 & blueicyrose

[+briansnat]

My first ever find is still active, but my next four are gone as are 12 of my first 20.

[Trinity's Crew]

Of my first 20 finds, from 1/3/04 to 2/17/04, 10 are archived. If I count the first 20 ATTEMPTS, the number of archived caches jumps to 12. I had two DNFs that have since been archived.

[Trinity's Crew]

At least none were archived right after my find. That has to be my biggest caching fear.

Mine too! I always worry that we didn't re-hide it well enough, or that somebody may have seen us and will raid the cache when we leave. So far, I don't think we were the last finders of any of the archived caches on our list.

 

Our total archive-to-find ratio is about 30%.

 

P.S. Cool topic!

 

Edit: Added P.S.

Edited November 10, 2005 by Trinity's Crew

[semohiker]

89 found

43 archived

Edited November 10, 2005 by semohiker

[+wildearth2001]

104 found, 7 archived and I was the LTF (last to find) on at least 2 of those, but I swear it wasnt me (one of those two was a large ammo box hidden the parking lot of a walmart)

Edited November 10, 2005 by wildearth2001

[+Eagles61]

I thought it was going to be worse than it actually is.

 

Archived Finds, figuring by the month:

First month: 4/9 = 44%

Second month: 6/19 = 32%

Third month: 12/25 = 48%

Three month total: 22/53= 42%

 

Archived Finds, figuring by first 30:

First month: 4/10 = 40%

Second month: 5/10 = 50%

Third month: 2/10 = 20%

total: 11/30 = 37%

 

But when I look at the overall it isn't really too bad:

 

216 Archived /1218 Finds = 18%:

[+Harry Dolphin]

I've only been caching for 16 months, but the earlier ones seem to be dropping.

1st month: 27 finds, 8 archived 30%

2nd month: 44 finds, 3 archived 7%

3rd month: 68 finds, 14 archived 21%

4th month: 58 finds, 14 archived. 24%

 

My first find is still there. BrianSnat had better not archive that one!

[+ajayhawkfan]

I checked my first 50 finds and only 7 were archived (14%).

[+sept1c_tank]

...Cool thread.  It is always interesting to look BWGWF.

Back When Geocaching Was Fun?

(Bold in quote is my emphasis.)

[+Team Silver]

8 of my first 50 are archived...oddly, three of them are virtuals!?

[+mintaka]

26 of my first 50 are have been archived plus 1 disabled.

[+Touchstone]

My first DNF is still active

 

5 of my first 10 still active.

14 of my first 20 still active.

37 out of my first 50 still active .

 

Things don't look so bad around here.

[+BigHank]

I just checked my first 50...of those, 38 have been archived.

 

Fortunately, one of my favorites, and also the first one I was a FTF on, is still active and was visited just last week. I had thought that the wildfires of a few years ago would have gotten it, but it survived in apparently good shape, a tribute to the cache hider who did an excellent job with the cache.

[+wimseyguy]

• First 10-6/10 archived
  
• Second ten 6/10 archived
  
• Third ten 6/10 archived
  

Do I sense a trend here?

Newer caches are near about half of the 18 archivals though, as new players come and dropouts go. A few of the earliest finds that are still active are being maintained by the local community.

 

One of the first ten is an historial marker virt, that really deserves to be used as an offest or multi.

I pushed the SBA button almost two years ago on my very first find. It had gone missing, and I wanted to place a stage of a multi within the 528' of it. Now I want to place an anniversary cache there, but cannot seem to fit it in.

I was surprised to see that finds #3&4 are out of state, when I was visiting my brother in Philly. Even back then I was a travelin' fool cacher.

[+wandererrob]

my early finds from 01-02 are all still active, but one DNF from 02 is gone now.

 

However more (3 of my 05 visits) of my recent finds and/or DNFs for that matter have been disabled/archived.

[+Mr. 0]

I was just thinking about this same thing the other day. My breakdown is as followup

 

Of my first 50 caches

 

01-10 = 8 Archived (80%)

11-20 = 4 Archived (40%)

21-30 = 7 Archived (70%)

31-40 = 5 Archived (50%)

41-50 = 5 Archived (50%)

 

Total 29 out of 50 are archived for a total of 58%

[+Miragee]

I don't know how to get the breakdown you guys are getting . . .

 

I found my first cache on January 17 of this year. Nine of my first 99 caches have been archived already.

[+wimseyguy]

I don't know how to get the breakdown you guys are getting . . .

 

I found my first cache on January 17 of this year. Nine of my first 99 caches have been archived already.

Go to 'my account' page, click on logs for 'all caches'. Go to the last page; count up and divide away.

Only one of those 9 was a traditional cache BTW.

[+nctreker]

0 - 10 5 archived, 50%

11 - 20 2 archived, 20%

21 - 30 4 archived, 40%

31 - 40 9 archived, 90%

41 - 50 3 archinve, 30%

 

46% of first 50 finds have been archived.

[+Miragee]

I don't know how to get the breakdown you guys are getting . . .

 

I found my first cache on January 17 of this year. Nine of my first 99 caches have been archived already.

Go to 'my account' page, click on logs for 'all caches'. Go to the last page; count up and divide away.

Only one of those 9 was a traditional cache BTW.

By my count and recollection, all nine are Traditional caches.

 

Are you looking at my Profile? These are the ones I found in GSAK, not necessarily in the order I found them . . .

 

GCG5KF

GCG5KE

GC927C

GCHKBV

GCHNF1

GCHNEZ

GC734F

GCGNZ0

GCC0E5

[+budd-rdc]

I guess I'm still a newbie compared to the people who have posted here...

 

First 10 finds - all active.

Next 9/10 - still active

Next 7/10 - still active

Next 9/10 - still active (archived one is a Locationless)

Next 8/10 - still active

 

7/50 = 14% archived

 

Of the first 8 I found before I signed up at Geocaching.com, 4 are still active. Of the 4 archived ones, I logged my find on only 1 of them.

[+AuntieWeasel]

Of the 4 archived ones, I logged my find on only 1 of them.

You can go back and log, even if it's archived. I mean, if you care.

 

I'd care

[+wimseyguy]

I don't know how to get the breakdown you guys are getting . . .

 

I found my first cache on January 17 of this year. Nine of my first 99 caches have been archived already.

Go to 'my account' page, click on logs for 'all caches'. Go to the last page; count up and divide away.

Only one of those 9 was a traditional cache BTW.

By my count and recollection, all nine are Traditional caches.

 

Are you looking at my Profile? These are the ones I found in GSAK, not necessarily in the order I found them . . .

 

GCG5KF

GCG5KE

GC927C

GCHKBV

GCHNF1

GCHNEZ

GC734F

GCGNZ0

GCC0E5

Other players cannot see your account page, only your profile and stats pages. I just looked at your traditional finds and went to the last page.

Of course, the log dates and find dates may not be the same.

Almost 1000 finds in less than a year is pretty impressive, but you need to work on that find-post ratio.

[+Miragee]

Has anyone else mentioned this is a serious addiction.

[+Super_Nate]

9 of of my 1st 10 caches are still active

17 out of my 1st 20 caches are still active

25 out of my 1st 30 caches are still active

35 out of my first 40 caches are still active

41 out of my first 50 caches are still active

[+brodiebunch]

Of our first 100 finds, about 50 are now archived. Times are a changin'.............

[vagabond]

Checked the first 3 pages

page 1. 2 out of 5 caches archived 40%

page 2. 8 out of 20 caches archived 40%

page 3. 11 out of 20 caches archived 55%

 

These were all found within the first few monthes of 2001

[4wheelin_fool]

The first 12 finds of mine from 2001-2002 are all still active, which I'm happy to report.

Edited November 11, 2005 by 4wheelin_fool

[Varmint]

What are you all doing to the caches to make them get archived??

Edited November 11, 2005 by Varmint

[GeoVet]

You're right. What can it all mean? (happy Veteran's Day everyone)

[+popop]

Feeling like the odd one out - only 1 of my first 50 has been archived (found 7/04 thru 3/05).

 

Weird that this thread would pop up right now 'cause I recently had been researching all the archived caches in my locale with the goal of bring ones I thought warranted back to life. For example, Arago Cliffs has been archived for quite awhile and seemed to have great comments about the beauty of the rugged sandstone cliffs at the ocean's edge. In addition, I discovered it was the very first geocache placed along the Oregon coast. So I'm getting a cache together to place in that location again.

[+Miragee]

What are you all doing to the caches to make them get archived??

Several of the first caches I found were placed by a person who had stopped caching months earlier. The containers were not adequate (Gladware) and some of the placements were questionable (on Private Property).

 

A couple of others were in a large open space area with scattered rocks and boulders. The ammo cans were under such obvious piles of rocks, the muggles that frequented the area would have found them easily. They probably decided to take them home and use them.

[+jadeskyline]

1 out of 77. Still fresh to the game.

[+Ed & Julie]

Archived caches (first found 03-2003):

4 out of 10

10 out of 20

12 out of 30

[+VegasCacheHounds]

I was looking at mine, and nothing too out of the ordinary, maybe a 33% achived rate for my early finds, but then I noticed a odd pattern.

 

A while back I went on a business trip to New Jersey, and over two days found 15 caches while introducing two of my coworkers to caching. Out of those 15 finds, only 4 are still active! So, the achived rate rate for those two cachers (okay, only one crated an account and continued caching) is down right ugly!

 

[+welch]

I finally got around to looking at my first 30 finds (which since I'm super slow took me almost 10 months).

4 / first 10 archived

6 / next 10 archived (10/20)

6 / next 10 archived (16/30) also one of these is currently disabled after being trashed.