J'nK Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? Quote Link to comment
+ClayC Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? Nope. Quote Link to comment
+Foothills Drifter Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? Howdy...... NO! Vern / Foothills Drifter... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 No. You can't really "find" something if you already knew where it was - now can you?? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? You're pulling our collective legs, right? Good one!! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I don't. Most people I know don't. Some do. I'm not sure why they would want to, but hey, that's their beeswax. Quote Link to comment
+JABs Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 To log a find of something you hide isn't a find as you put it there. My partner has log a couple of our hides as she wasn't with me when they where placed.At least one of us got the frill of the chase. Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? Nope. Those that do either do it by mistake or don't understand the reason behind the log-type. Quote Link to comment
+J-Way Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 You can't really "find" something if you already knew where it was - now can you?? Well, some of the elderly cacher hiders might be able to claim a "find" using this logic... Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 You can't really "find" something if you already knew where it was - now can you?? Well, some of the elderly cacher hiders might be able to claim a "find" using this logic... Or non-elderly. I've hidden caches I couldn't find afterwards! Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 No, you should log it twice Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoBlast Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? I know of one instance where this was acceptable, at least to me. A friend in Sacramento hid a cache, it was in place for a while and then the DNFs started rolling in. He went to check the original hiding place and found nothing. He contacted the last finder who said something about "improving" the hide. He went back and in two more tries and more clarification found it in a completely different hiding place, a good distance from the original cords. I started to give him grief for logging the find but after hearing the story, it seemed okay. But that's just me. Edited October 17, 2007 by Team GeoBlast Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) Nope, but I did post a DNF on one of mine once. I went by to replace the log sheet and couldn't find it, so I went home and prepared a duplicate container with the same evil camo. It was found the next day, so I asked the finder for a hint, and left the 'replacement' on the shelf for another hide another day. I think cybret and his sig line need to post in this thread. Edited October 17, 2007 by wimseyguy Quote Link to comment
+J-Way Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? If you hide the cache under your own account, then you get credit for the cache already as the owner. You should not also get credit for finding it. But I can think of TWO possibilities for claiming a "find" for a cache that you personally placed. First, I personally found a cache near my house very soon after starting this hobby, then it went missing about a month later. The owner had been AWOL for a long time. I liked the cache, so I adopted it. I have credit for both finding it and for currently owning it. Second, This Thread is discussing the pros/cons of claiming a find on a "Challenge" type cache, where you have to complete some significant challenge before being given the final cache coordinates. Examples include Delorme Challenge (find at least one cache in every Delorme map grid in a USA state) and County Challenge (same, but you must find at least one cache in every county in a USA state). If the Challenge cache is placed using a team account, and you keep track of finds using a personnal account, then I see no problem with logging a cache you personnally hid (or helped to hide). Usually, the actual cache find and log signing is a teeny fraction of the total effort required in these cases. Assuming that you meet all the requirement, including going to the cache site to sign the log, then I see nothing wrong with logging this find. Quote Link to comment
+Stargazer22 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I don't. I have seen a few others that do. Either way is no problem for me. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 You can't really "find" something if you already knew where it was - now can you?? Well, some of the elderly cacher hiders might be able to claim a "find" using this logic... But first they have to remember to look. Quote Link to comment
+Zop Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I'm willing to bet that some cachers have "Sock Puppet" accounts they use to hide caches that they eventually 'find' under their caching account. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dragons Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 No can do. Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoBlast Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I'm willing to bet that some cachers have "Sock Puppet" accounts they use to hide caches that they eventually 'find' under their caching account. That is what I would classify under very strange behavior. Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I'm willing to bet that some cachers have "Sock Puppet" accounts they use to hide caches that they eventually 'find' under their caching account. You trying to tell me something? Quote Link to comment
J'nK Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Thanks for the replys. Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Quick question, when you hide a cache do you also log it as a find? Yes, as long as it is a cache that someone else owns and I hid it after finding it. All my cache hides have been standard caches so I haven't logged any finds on them. I guess I could log finds on my own web cam caches and the logs would be considered acceptable by most but I haven't. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I'm willing to bet that some cachers have "Sock Puppet" accounts they use to hide caches that they eventually 'find' under their caching account. That is what I would classify under very strange behavior. But not unheard of. Some very prominent high numbers cachers use this scam. Quote Link to comment
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