Most Dnfs?

[+What rock?]

We are fairly new cachers and have a couple of caches where we have logged more than one DNF. We know they are still there because there have been subsequent logs. This got me wondering, what is the most DNFs someone has logged before they finally found the cache?

[+Miragee]

I returned to one particularly-devious Multi four times before finally finding all the waypoints and then the final cache.

 

That is unusual for me however. I live in a rural area and if I don't find a cache the first time after driving a long distance, I might never go back to find it.

 

I would rather go someplace new the next time I head out.

[+Lone Duck]

There's a couple that I still have not found.

[+briansnat]

My record is 6 for one cache over about a year. Never did find it.

[bogleman]

6 logged DNF's on a single multi cache, and proud of every one

[+andGuest]

I currently have a cache that I have 3 logged DNF (and forgot to log a 4th). The last DNF was from today and thought I would be able to find as I had found 3 other previous DNFs before seeking that cache.

[+FlygURL]

Just found (this weekend) a troll of a cache our fourth time out.

 

DNF caches haunt me. I must find them.

[+woody_k]

I went out to a particular cache 5 times before I found it. I logged 2 DNF's on the cache page. This cache would have been a mile in and out in a 1.5 to 2 terrain rating. Easy enough to do but very time consuming. I had a dual sport motorcycle that helped.

 

I will say this.....I DO NOT go back out second time anymore if I have given the cache the old geocaching search try. I don't need a number that bad.

[+The Leprechauns]

Someone took 9 tries to find one of my more evil caches. On the finder's side, my record is four logged DNF's, which I think I've done twice.

[+Jhwk]

When I first started there was a 4-part multi within 2 miles of my home. Starting out, I looked for the final container almost every week for two months. I logged a DNF five times before I put everything together and decided I would stay at the site for hours until I found the thing. The cache owner had placed the cache two years before and had moved away. He was kind of fuzzy as to the final location. Side of a cliff, small cave. yada yada. When I got there, I walked up to the obvious spot, reached in and pulled out the cache. Nothing like experience to help you find the cache. Although the cache was not rated particularly difficult, it still rates as one of my favorite finds. Keep trying