+Geo-Kate Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 Hi gang. Went out the other day to grab oursleves a nice magic 8 ball style geocoin from a nearby cache we found about a year ago. The coin was dropped in the previous day. We spent quite a while searching for the cache, despite us knowing where it was. It was very well hidden, to the point of being consumed by it's surroundings. The last cache entry was for October of last year, and there was no coin. We were very confused. Anyway, off we went back home to do some detective work, and it transpires that the cache was lost/moved some time last year, and it appears a replacement cache was donated by a fellow cacher. Note that the owner of the listing appears to be very much dormant. The penny dropped. There are two caches there, no more than 20 or 30 feet apart. The fact that the cache we found was no biggert than 4X4X2", and a recent log was raving about how nice it was to find a big ammo can for big swaps supports our theory. So there are two caches there, with somie people finding one cache, and some people finding the other. I have posted a note on the listing. Now what to do? As the owner is inactive, I guess that route is not worth going down. I am tempted to go there, and merge the cache contents/logs into the larger ammo box. Now, this is not my cache, so should I have no resposibilty, or right to do this. But who else will? Opinions please..... Quote
+The Mighty Shark Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 I think you should still email the owner of the cache saying what you have stated here and if you get no reply then I would think that you should be allowed to merge the two. If the cache is close to where you live then maybe you could also suggest that you could adopt the cache if that's an option for you? You could also contact the guys at head office to ask for their advice before doing anything Quote
Deceangi Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 As the replacement container was put out by a good Samaritan, and if you can locate both containers. It would stop all the confusion that's currently being caused, if you amalgamated both containers into one. I'm aware of one cache which was reported missing, the owner was unable to find it so replaced it. The original container held a TB, which was moved to the Graveyard. Nearly exactly 2 years later the original container was found and the TB liberated. A second container in existence when the original is still live is not a good thing to have for a active cache, and this is aggravated if the owner is not currently active. Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 As the replacement container was put out by a good Samaritan, and if you can locate both containers. It would stop all the confusion that's currently being caused, if you amalgamated both containers into one. ... Agreed. Two containers happens often enough. It would be nice to see a fix happen every now and then. Quote
+chizu Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 something similar happened around here the other month, as Haggis Hunter (the cache owner) reported in this log. Quote
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