+uxorious Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 (edited) There is a cache I found a year ago. (March 31, 06 ) No one has logged a find since then. (cache GCH4PF ) Reading the old logs, it seems the terrain has changed in the time the cache has been there. Still, it seems someone would have looked for it in the last year. It had lots of finds when new, but they just tapered off until mine. There was another cache I looked for that same day, but had a DNF on. It had gone unlogged since Sept. of 05. It still has no new logs, either found or DNF. That one was a great little walk along and old rail bed, overgrown with no tracks, that runs along a lake for a ways. Great place for a cache, but nothing in over a year and a half??? (GCPH2P) Is it just me, or does anyone else feel somethings a little off kilter when you are the last to log a cache? Edited March 31, 2007 by uxorious Quote Link to comment
+chuckwagon101 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Dayyyyyyyy-Yummmmmmm, Uxorious.......that's depressing! It sounds like the caching equivalent to being a "thread killer". Maybe its your caching handle.....Uxorious....."uxorious"......Ux-Orious.......nope, nothing dangerous sounding! Well, good luck in the future! Maybe you could stump for a LTF prize of some sort.......where nobody picks up the LTF prize unless they have the handle.......Uxorious! One last question.......do little kids cry and run away when they see you? LOL! Just kidding with ya!!! Now go grab some caches!!! Quote Link to comment
+Kabuthunk Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I've always felt a little uneasy whenever I'm the last to find a cache in a long time. I keep thinking that maybe I didn't hide it well enough, or someone saw me, etc, etc. I DID have a LTF one one geocache before it was archived though... but it wasn't my fault at least. I found the cache container at the location, opened, with nothing inside but a very drenched logbook. I managed to sign the logbook and put it back, hidden as best I could. The owner said that's happened multiple times, and archived it after that... so hey, I got LTF, anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 More than a few times. Once the LFT was entirly my doing, but that's another story. Quote Link to comment
+Road Rabbit Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 There are a few that no one has found since I was there, but they should be in good shape awaiting the next cacher. Nonetheless, I find myself checking on them frequently. Only once has a cache (this one) been archived after I was the last finder, but the owner retrieved that one to rework it and hasn't yet returned it. Quote Link to comment
+uxorious Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Maybe its your caching handle.....Uxorious....."uxorious"......Ux-Orious.......nope, nothing dangerous sounding! uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. Now that could be dangerous to me, but I don't think it would be dangerous to the cache. Quote Link to comment
+teribear68 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I was LTF on one back in January. Never take a bunch of teenagers on a mission that says "stealth required". I was planning on using them as a diversion but we got the cache muggled instead. According to the cache owner it had happened before so she archeived it instead of replacing it again but it still makes me feel bad for getting the poor cache killed. Quote Link to comment
+jAY miLLS Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Every find is the last to find, even a FTF is a last to find, at least until the next cacher comes along withthe next last to find. Quote Link to comment
+Arndtwe Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 i was just the other day... Quote Link to comment
+Kabuthunk Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 And I was apparently the LTF of another cache. Evidently, a wood-shredding machine (or some kind of tree/brush clearing device that turns everything it goes over into sawdust) mowed over a geocache probably the day after I found it. They're apparently putting a road there. The hider indicated they're going to just move it... so it won't be a true LTF... but it'll be a LTF for that exact location, anyway. Quote Link to comment
nonaeroterraqueous Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I hate being LTF. It happens every now and then, and it just irks me every time. Quote Link to comment
dutchmaster Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Don't feel bad about being the LTF, maybe your the first cacher with enough cajones to speak up as to the condition of the container/hide and for whatever reasons the hider bailed. DAWGPILE Then again your log could be the perverbial "last straw" that finally pushes the hider to archive the cache, give up on caching, life and head to a tower with a rifle. Spooky dutchmaster Quote Link to comment
+vix92008 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 We have been out to a cache and then seen the next 'finder' report it missing and always desperately think back to if there was anyone around, did we hide it well enough, were we not stealthy enough etc [] I think it's only natural for those with any caching consideration, but rest assured if I have a muggled cache I dont immediately look at the LTF and blame them! Quote Link to comment
+The Herd Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 We have a cacher in our area that is going around stealing caches from ONE hider in particular. I was LTF on two of that hiders caches. One of them was an adopted cache from someone who had passed. When we got there, we noticed the can was empty, save the log book. So, we unloaded our swag bags into it, posted that we "restocked" the cache, and sent emails to the owner letting him know that the cache was in good shape, and he wouldn't need to check on it for awhile...unless he got a report log. Next cacher that found it, found something VERY unpleasent in the cache, and posted that the cache needed "sanitized". I SWEAR, that's NOT what I meant by "restocking" the cache! Luckily, the owner is aware of this person stealing/damaging his caches, so he knows it wasn't us! Still freaks you out though! Quote Link to comment
+jcar Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) If you cache long enough and often enough you are bound to end up with one occasionally. I have one LTF where I was also STF and I was with the FTF. I was curious some months back and created a bookmark list of my last to finds. I'm sure I was directly responsible for at least a couple. Edited April 1, 2007 by jcar Quote Link to comment
+clatmandu Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 My first was an OTF only to find It was on an island 2mi from shore at the base of an abandond lighthouse. Following year, there was house construction on the island and posted private prop. Someone did ask permission to look, but couldn't find anything. Quote Link to comment
+michigansnorkelers Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 There was one multi cache I kept putting off, until I saw the notice that it was about to be archived. On that last day, I headed out after it. I was on the second stage when someone walked up to me with an ammo can in hand. It was the cache owner, removing the caches! He let me sign the log and get "credit" for the find. Quote Link to comment
+SGT red jeep Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 More times than I would like to admit. I try to be sneaky and try to hide the cache back like I found it. I find myself wondering if I didn't hide it good enough or maybe a muggle saw me hide it. You know how them muggles are, can't trust them for nuthin. Sometimes I come upon a cache that I can't believe has existed as long as it has. Recently I found a number of caches hidden by one person and I use the word 'hidden' loosely. The caches were right out in the open. And since they were large caches 12"x18"x6" there wasn't anything around that could be used as camo. I'm glad I went while they were still fresh and it was still winter because I expect they will disappear shortly. Without being openly critical to the owner, I wrote in the online log that the caches were very easy to find. Cachers need to be aware of the muggle population when finding and rehiding a cache but the owner needs to think 24-7, 365 days a year. Will the cache stay hidden throughout the seasons? Ever come up to a bush in the fall and see the cache from 50 feet away, the only thing saving it is its resemblance to a piece of garbage. I usually mention it in my log to make the owner aware of the now very visible 'hide'. Quote Link to comment
+bobbarley Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I have two FTF/LTF. I was the first and last to find as one was muggled when a fence was built and one was removed b/c of grumpy landowner adjacent to the public area the cache was on. Quote Link to comment
+halffast Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I was FTF and LTF the same cache.It was in the mountains and quite away from the nearest road.I walked about 3 blocks through the forest and found and logged the cache.The next cacher found the container which was a real cool birdhouse with the container in the bottom but no logbook or swag.The birdhouse was still hanging in the tree and the container still attached to it.The owner just archived it.I know there was no way anyone could have seen me log it but it still makes you feel bad you were the only one to log it. Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Yep...it happens! We went out one night to do some Ohio caches...the last one we did was in a closed roadside park off of the turnpike near a storm drain ditch (really IN the ditch but above the water level). We found the container (the kids did and then brought it over to us as they had RUN for it) and signed the log, even traded a couple items! I then helped the youngsters (teens really) replace the container and off for home we went! A few days or weeks later, I got a message that the container was MIA and the owner was wondering if we had actually "found" the cache! YES, of course...why would we lie about that? I then described the container and the cache location for the owners who seemed unimpressed and suspicious of us (those were my feelings, they may not have even thought any of these thoughts). The water was pretty high, it had been raining and the water could have risen and taken the container away, I don't know! I offered to replace the container for them, but they said they'd archive it anyway. I KNOW no one saw us get this cache, it was dark, raining and the rest area was closed! I also know we replaced the container in the proper location and even went back and looked for it another time! Quote Link to comment
+AStargirl Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 We have a cacher in our area that is going around stealing caches from ONE hider in particular. I was LTF on two of that hiders caches. One of them was an adopted cache from someone who had passed. When we got there, we noticed the can was empty, save the log book. So, we unloaded our swag bags into it, posted that we "restocked" the cache, and sent emails to the owner letting him know that the cache was in good shape, and he wouldn't need to check on it for awhile...unless he got a report log. Next cacher that found it, found something VERY unpleasent in the cache, and posted that the cache needed "sanitized". I SWEAR, that's NOT what I meant by "restocking" the cache! Luckily, the owner is aware of this person stealing/damaging his caches, so he knows it wasn't us! Still freaks you out though! Sorry you got caught in the middle there! It'd be staking out my caches...it'd be fun to see the person's face when they got caught. Would make a nice picture for the log Quote Link to comment
+Semper Questio Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) I've been LTF on a few (see my LTF's for a list). Most were just random circumstance. I don't feel bad about it. Stuff happens. On 1 of them the landowner told me to take it with me. He had a shotgun was none too pleased the cache was there. Guess it never shoulda been there anyway. Edited April 2, 2007 by Semper Questio Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I know of at least 4. Two got muggled the days after I was there. Another was just closed by the owner a few minutes after my visit (ran into them on the trail on way back to Jeep). Another just stopped getting finds - I went out to check and it is still there - just no finds in about 8 months. Quote Link to comment
+spongebob218 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 ...see the cache from 50 feet away, the only thing saving it is its resemblance to a piece of garbage. I usually mention it in my log to make the owner aware of the now very visible 'hide'. I don't have many finds(25)but have seen a few like that. I try to hide them a little better, wondering the whole time if the owner intended them to be that visible. I note it in the logs also. Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 My very first FTF the cache was posted 11:30pm I found it 12:04am there was no one around. I didn't like the way it was hidden (in the end of a pipe the lid too big to fit inside the pipe) I thought to myself it wouldn't last long. by 7-8am it was gone. I kept thinking to myself did some see me? but I didn't see anyone. Quote Link to comment
Pokagon Nature Center Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) wrong account...AGAIN! Edited April 3, 2007 by Pokagon Nature Center Quote Link to comment
+The Herd Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 We have a cacher in our area that is going around stealing caches from ONE hider in particular. I was LTF on two of that hiders caches. One of them was an adopted cache from someone who had passed. When we got there, we noticed the can was empty, save the log book. So, we unloaded our swag bags into it, posted that we "restocked" the cache, and sent emails to the owner letting him know that the cache was in good shape, and he wouldn't need to check on it for awhile...unless he got a report log. Next cacher that found it, found something VERY unpleasent in the cache, and posted that the cache needed "sanitized". I SWEAR, that's NOT what I meant by "restocking" the cache! Luckily, the owner is aware of this person stealing/damaging his caches, so he knows it wasn't us! Still freaks you out though! Sorry you got caught in the middle there! It'd be staking out my caches...it'd be fun to see the person's face when they got caught. Would make a nice picture for the log Well, for now, the hider has just archived his ALL of his caches. It sucks because he had some of the best caches out there, though we all understand why he did it. I have to say though, that guy starts taking MY caches, and I think the motion activated camera is gonna be brought out! What a great idea! Quote Link to comment
+krisandmel Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I suppose it makes a difference whether you were the last one to make any log at all, versus a situation in which your "found it" log is followed by several DNF's. I'd feel worse about the latter. I have gone back to check on a cache that I found that subsequently was logged DNF a couple times, just to make sure it was still there. It was. The other thing I see from this thread is that I'm not the only one that likes to keep up-to-date on the logs of caches I've found in the past. Kinda interesting to read about others' experiences. ~k Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 We were LTF on a cache, but that was because the cache owner asked us to retrieve the cache container for them sfter we found it...they had planned on archiving the cache, and our visit to the park coincided with their plans. Quote Link to comment
+2Wheel'in Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Only once...at GCMD5Q, and it was more than 2 years ago...I still have nightmares over it Apparently it was replaced, but then taken again before anyone found the replacement - so the owners eventually archived it...........sigh. Bill Quote Link to comment
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