Are You Supposed To...

[teeters]

When logging a find, I see that some people specifically post what object(s) they took and what they left from the cache (even if not TB's or coins).

 

Is this a courtesy? Is this what you are supposed to do?

 

I'm new at this, had my first couple of finds today and want to log them.

 

Thanks!!

[+Faith the Aquariaqueen]

I used to do that, however, when I would realize that I left a 3-4 dollar item and someone replaced it with ONE bobber, I don't do it anymore. Hurt my feelings too badly.

 

It's up to you.

[+StarBrand]

I try to do it just in case somebody was watching to see when their stuff left and with who.

[teeters]

Thanks for the answers, sounds like it's a personal thing.

 

- t

[+Ed & Julie]

When logging a find, I see that some people specifically post what object(s) they took and what they left from the cache (even if not TB's or coins).

 

Is this a courtesy? Is this what you are supposed to do?

 

I'm new at this, had my first couple of finds today and want to log them.

 

Thanks!!

I don't think listing what you traded is required, but the cache owner may enjoy reading what has traveled thru the cache via the logs.

 

Ed

TB&TB

[+Zzyzx Road]

I like to, only because there are some kinds of items that my daughter collects (rocks and tiny figurines) and it is a real bummer to get there to a chace that has a special item listed that someone dropped (not even the original) and it isn't there anymore. I know that is trivial to probably most people, but since she is collecting these items...

[bogleman]

Only if it was something important or of value that I took or left

[+Former Hawkeye]

Please list trackables and log them, so the owners can followed their journey.

 

I also list my signature item-a labeled mini-pen. It useful and small and I see they do get pick by others.

[teeters]

Thank you so much for all your insight!

 

- t

[+Renegade Knight]

I write it in the log in the cache. Online I rarely if ever mention it.

 

It's all going to be in your style. Some people would have nothing to say if they didn't mention it.

Edited January 25, 2006 by Renegade Knight

[+ThatXrayGuy]

I've only found five caches so far and I've always TNLN SL. If I do decide to start trading items though I'll definitely make a note of the trade in the logbook and online. If I were a cache owner I'd like to know what has been traded in/out of my cache just out of curiosity if nothing else.

 

Steve

[+AuntieWeasel]

I always do, and I appreciate it when others do, too. On the other hand, it ain't something I get rattled by if you don't.

 

I enjoy picking up odd things, like subway tokens. And there's always a "who the heck left this thing?" aspect to some of the oddest objects.

[+R.O.B]

I try to always log what I took/left. I like to see what is kind of stuff is taken first by the next cachers. It helps me to know what stuff to keep buying and putting in caches. By the way, fingernail clippers and emery boards (new, of course) seem to be the first things that go.

[nwmud]

I am new to this - but I have been logging what I take and leave. At least in the log and on-line too. I feel its a nice thing to know what kind of things might be found in a cache.

 

Ritch

[+JDandDD]

We always try to log but sometimes can't remember what we did at some caches. The logs act as a record of what has travelled through the cache and many cache owners appreciate that.

 

JDandDD

[teeters]

If I never wrote a description in the log of what I left, wouldn't that lead to more exploration of more caches? Did the people who started geocaching leave lists of what was in their caches?

[+Ed & Julie]

If I never wrote a description in the log of what I left, wouldn't that lead to more exploration of more caches? Did the people who started geocaching leave lists of what was in their caches?

The first cache (stash) listed what was in the (gulp, buried) bucket

 

From a website I found:

 

Dave Ulmer in Oregon, USA went out and placed the first GPS stash - as they were called initially. Dave then went on to post a message to the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup: -

 

Well, I did it, created the first stash hunt stash and here are the coordinates:

 

N 45 17.460

W122 24.800

 

Lots of goodies for the finders. Look for a black plastic bucket buried most of the way in the ground. Take some stuff, leave some stuff! Record it all in the log book. Have Fun!

 

Stash contians: Delorme Topo USA software, videos, books, food, money, and a slingshot!

[teeters]

Thank you!

[+Elde]

We always try to log but sometimes can't remember what we did at some caches.

That's why I make a personal log on paper as I go along. Even if you are paperless, you can do the same with your PDA or whatever portable computing device you are using.

[+Beffums]

it might vary area to area, but near us, most cachers seem to log what they take and what they leave (unless they are TNLNSL types - which is also fine). sometimes we'll forget paper, or think we marked it in the PDA and didn't, and just forget what we traded, so, um, uh, ... but overall yeah, we log it in the logbook and in the online log. the exception seems to be sig items. they're often not mentioned in either log for some reason.

 

one piece of advice that I learned the hard way: if you pick up travel bugs and are going to more than one cache along the way, make sure to WRITE DOWN the TB # somewhere. You always want to log the TB in and out of caches, both in the logs and in the TB pages. One day we picked up a TB in one cache and dropped it off in another before going back home. had to drive back 27 miles the next day to re-find the TB # for the bug, since I'd forgotten to write down it's #!

 

(I know, coulda just written to the owner or something, but I felt responsible)

[+Magoonies]

I second what Beefums says about the TB. If I may add, double check you number before leaving. I took one 450 miles and left it. When I got back home, I found I had the wrong # written down. To correct this, I placed a note on the page for the cache the TB came from and the cache I placed it in. Luckily, someone read the note and logged the TB for me.