drifters30 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 We are fairly new to geocaching having found 20. On October 12 we found a cache with a travel bug. I logged it in that day. Today I took it with me from Pennsylvania to Denver, Colorado and placed it here. I can not get it to log into the cache here. It says it was recently found in another cache in PA. I want this bug to get the 1400+ miles added to it, but am stumped as to how to procede. Any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment
+FamilyDNA Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 How to use a Travel Bug Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 We are fairly new to geocaching having found 20. On October 12 we found a cache with a travel bug. I logged it in that day. Today I took it with me from Pennsylvania to Denver, Colorado and placed it here. I can not get it to log into the cache here. It says it was recently found in another cache in PA. I want this bug to get the 1400+ miles added to it, but am stumped as to how to procede. Any help is appreciated. Is it FLIPPIN SWEET!? If so, it looks like you've figured out how to fix it. The problem was that you originally used the "Discovered it" option, which doesn't do what you wanted it to do. "Discovered it" is for use only when you see a bug but don't take it. It doesn't get put in your inventory, so you can't drop it later. To record a pickup of a bug, you need to use either the "grab" or "retrieve" option. Don't feel bad about it, though -- this is a problem caused by the poorly-named "Discovered it" option, which has confused lots of cachers since it was implemented, resulting in the mis-logging of many travel bugs. Probably in a lot of cases the cachers just shrug and say "Well, I did what I could to log it, there's nothing I can do about it now", resulting in the bugs staying lost... thank you for trying to track down the problem and solving it on your own! It's not your fault. The correct use of the "Discovered it" option is not mentioned anywhere at all on the TB page, or on the "How to use a Travel Bug" linked by the previous poster. Quote Link to comment
+Flatouts Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) O O Oh I know this one... LOL I posted the same thing about a week ago - the answer is when you log your visit to the cache you dropped the TB in, look down below your comments; there is an area showing your inventory and it asks if you dropped anything from your inventory into the cache. There is also little notation about dropping multiple items too. The link posted will explain it much better and is a good idea to read it. I know while traveling it's more difficult to get things done, just did it myself. At this point you can do several things delete your log and reenter it or the easiest is to just post a log comment and it will let you drop the bug. I put "Oops, darn Newbie forgot to enter the TB in the log..." worked for me. Bottom line is this is how they are linked (the Cache & The TB) - you can discover it and pick it up and even log on the TB page but you can't place it from there. BTW, Way to move a TB I just dropped one in Maryland from Fla headed to Maine... I really like this game. Anyway happy caching! Edited October 25, 2007 by Flatouts Quote Link to comment
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