The Most Caches In One Day

[+kevin308]

Does ant one know the record for the most amount of finds in one day/24 hours

And whats the most you have found in a day. Im aiming at 20/30 tomorrow in London is that a reasonable targit?

[+Simply Paul]

I think the 24-hour record is up in the mid/high 50's at the moment. My personal record is in the low 20's (23?) and 20-30 in London in a day is quite achievable. Good luck!

 

Edit - but I can't find a day for me better than 16 now that I look. Are these stats at G:UK anywhere?

Edited January 14, 2006 by Simply Paul

[+Mr'D]

Think mine was 24?

 

But then I am not a NUMBERS MAN!

 

(Liane note....)

 

[+adambro]

My most in a day is 9 but I'm quite pleased with that. It was about an 8 mile walk, taking 6 hours, including two multis. I don't have my own transport so only cache by foot and public transport.

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

HERE'S the records stats page for the UK

[+kevin308]

HERE'S the records stats page for the UK

Thanks for the Link.

 

I dont think I'm good enough yet to get 30 so Im going for 20 tomorrow in London on my push bike.

[+pieces_of_8]

37 was my best...also around London. You need a good plan...and stick with it, also if the weathers rubbish it helps...less muggles

 

Good luck

 

Mart

[+*bingoboy*]

i did 44 with Ricky007 in Oxford

but could not walk the next day

I did all of the parks caches in london in about 4 hours starting at sun up in the summer (again with Ricky007) I think 24 by lunch when beer got in the way

Edited January 14, 2006 by *bingoboy*

[Cache in my chips]

WOW 44 cahces in one day-thst is amazing!!!!!

 

i don't think Stellars legs would be able todo so many!!lol

 

she would need to sleep ni the car lol

Edited January 14, 2006 by The Cache Hound

[+Chaotica_UK]

I think my record is 8. But then I dont rush, plenty of other stuff to see as you walk along.

[+Stuey]

Just 41 in a day, but we only got up at 6am, we went back to the hotel for breakfast at 8am after the first seven were found and we also went to the pub for a few hours in the evening too. If only we'd been trying, hehe

[+*bingoboy*]

HERE'S the records stats page for the UK

I think this summer the record will be beaten a few times there are lots of new caches around

Simon from siloans and I have talked about getting it to about 60

 

on a bike and in 12/13 hours you can get about 50

then a drive to oxford you can easly get 15

 

BTW do ppl know if a UK cacher breaks the record outside of teh UK does it count??

[+Simply Paul]

BTW do ppl know if a UK cacher breaks the record outside of teh UK does it count??

With 'a cache every 0.1miles for miles and miles' power-trails in the US, for example, I suspect probably not. Morally, at least. I dare say the GC.com system makes no differentiation between US finds, UK finds or finds anywhere else.

[+Pengy&Tigger]

BTW do ppl know if a UK cacher breaks the record outside of teh UK does it count??

Well it can't if it's a UK record.

 

However, the COTM records are always available for caches found outside the UK, as COTM includes caches found outside the Uk by Uk cachers.

 

T

Edited January 15, 2006 by Pengy&Tigger

[+2202]

34 in 9 hours, and I am not what is described as young anymore.

[+mafarrimond]

The highest number I have cached on one day was 17 but that did involve some long walks and a nice lunch inbetween.

[+davy boy]

The Hancock clan and i managed to do 45 caches in a day in and around Oxford and it was a very long day and hard on the feet!!

[+The Cheese Eaters]

Yep, i've seen that.

[+The Cheese Eaters]

By the way mine is 3 in one day ):

[SlytherinAlex]

BTW do ppl know if a UK cacher breaks the record outside of teh UK does it count??

Don't think so. Otherwise I'm claiming 64 in four hours in Jacksonville, Florida in 2004.

[markandlynn]

14 in london and 12 outside london not bad with 3 kids. Of course the record will get easier as cache density goes up and up and up.

[+The Hancock Clan]

The Hancock clan and i managed to do 45 caches in a day in and around Oxford and it was a very long day and hard on the feet!!

If they hadn't got rid of Locationless ones like this then wouldn't you have got 46 that day?!

[+davy boy]

Hehe,i was lucky the camera was empty!!!!!

[Nediam]

Highest for me was 29 on 25/07/05 around Oxford (First time I've been there and caching was a great way to explore )

 

Also had 4 DNF's on the same day

[+KiwiGary]

My record is 16 in one day, but I must say after 10 there all seem to merge into one.

 

Much rather do five or six and enjoy all of them myself.

 

See ya...Gary

[+kevin308]

In the end I got 10 I had 23 listed on my PDA I tried 17 but only found 10 I am very disopointed about that. Most were micros which are harder to find but some were just not there. some clues were pointless. I would need a sniffer dog or a police search tream to find some of them.

[Nediam]

Most were micros which are harder to find but some were just not there. some clues were pointless. I would need a sniffer dog or a police search tream to find some of them.

Keep at it, you'll soon get your "eye in" and caches will be jumping out at you

[+Moote]

In the end I got 10 I had 23 listed on my PDA I tried 17 but only found 10 I am very disopointeddisopointed about that. Most were micros which are harder to find but some were just not there. some clues were pointless. I would need a sniffer dog or a poltreamearch tream to find some of them.

Sometimes takes a trained eye to see a cache, I know of one that is the size of a penny, and is really hard to spot. Maybe the caches you missed were there.

 

Other things to look at before and during caching:

 

Recent DNF logs, is/are the most recent logs DNF's, if so it might have gone, but a series of DNF's with a find in the middle usually means that the cache could be hard to spot.

 

How many finds has the person who has logged a DNF had, low numbers usually suggest that they are an inexperienced cacher.

 

Recent activity around a cache site such as it turning into a drinking den for local youths, if the site looks compromised then the cache might have gone, look for likely cache items left scattered around. If a site has become compromised then inform the owner in your log or via the email facility. If the caches looks like it has been destroyed try and save the bits you can see.

 

It is always a good idea to check online the morning of a cache trip, to make sure they still look to be available.

 

Moote

[+kevin308]

an inexperienced cacher.

 

Like me

[+Kitty Hawk]

Kevin

 

I can't find one of my own caches, yet other cachers find it with apparent ease.

 

Don't feel bad, micro's are like that sometimes. (mostly!)

 

Adrian

[+Moote]

an inexperienced cacher.

 

Like me

Kevin

 

You will in time pickup the skills required, but even then you'll have bad days and good days. 10 caches was a good number for a days work, especially as you were not in a car. Well done mate.

 

Milton

[+Berrow Wayfarer]

I did 25 Central London caches back in October with EskimoZooKeepers, we were lucky to only have 1 no find. It was a long day! and the micro's can be really tricky. Many of the ones you may have missed around the parks are small breath strip containers painted black and normally attached to railings or under benches. They can be quite easy to miss, but once you've grabbed a few, you start to get a feel for the pattern. I'm now up to 40 something central london caches and there are plenty more for me to find.

[+M0GEJ]

My most in one day is only 3. You will recognise me in the log book even without knowing my geocaching name- I will be the one moaning 'why oh why did I decide to cycle here- I am so unfit'. I do enjoy cycling to the caches though. Last time I went out I ended up doing about 50-60 miles, and even though I only managed the one find it was worth it!