+Roving_Rivas_Rebels Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Just when things were looking up, we had 10 finds and were feeling like we had this sport mastered! Then after a perfect afternoon of geocaching I gave a cache a little too much push to get it back to it's snug hiding place and it disappeared from sight. What am I supposed to do?? I emailed the owner and I logged in my mistake. Am I supposed to replace it? What is the puishment for losing a cache? Help! Quote
+emmett Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I think the proper thing to do is replace it unless the cache owner requests otherwise. Same thing happened to me and that's what I did. Quote
+Confucius' Cat Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I wouldn't sweat it. Things happen. Sounds like poor design on the hide to me. Quote
+Roving_Rivas_Rebels Posted March 25, 2008 Author Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the advice. Edited March 25, 2008 by Roving_Rivas_Rebels Quote
+Team_CSG Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 What is the puishment for losing a cache? Fourty lashes with a wet noodle Quote
+DanOCan Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I have done this twice -- one was a cache which fell from its hiding spot into an inaccessible location and the second time it was a nano container which I lost somewhere in my car. (Same owner on both caches too!) Both times I posted a Find followed by a Needs Maintenance explaining what happened. (On the cache which became inaccessible I suggested that the owner could just bump the Difficulty to a 5 since the cache was still at the posted coordinates. ) Both times the owner replaced the container without issue. He did ask me at an event once if I ever found the nano in my car. Quote
+gof1 Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 There is a fifty dollar fine for damaging a cache. Send a money order to GOF, self appointed collector of geo-fines. Quote
+TrailGators Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I think the proper thing to do is replace it unless the cache owner requests otherwise. Same thing happened to me and that's what I did. I agree. I would replace it. Quote
Kyul_and_Carbon Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I think the best case scenario is what you did. You messaged the owner what happened. Offer to replace the container or find out if they want to replace it on their own. It Happens Quote
+Nachtraaf Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Like said above: you did the right thing (if not: crucifixion upside down is at its place :-)) Quote
4wheelin_fool Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Just when things were looking up, we had 10 finds and were feeling like we had this sport mastered! Then after a perfect afternoon of geocaching I gave a cache a little too much push to get it back to it's snug hiding place and it disappeared from sight. What am I supposed to do?? I emailed the owner and I logged in my mistake. Am I supposed to replace it? What is the puishment for losing a cache? Help! Seven years of mostly DNFs will await you. Every time you do make a find, it will be only because you were about to quit, and the find will just be there to give you just enough hope to make you think that the caching karma has ended. However in some areas if the cache happens to be a micro, it is worth a few free beers at a local tavern, or a 16oz soda from Chick-fil-a (you must bring in a printed copy of the cache page and log). Quote
+otis89 Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Both times the owner replaced the container without issue. He did ask me at an event once if I ever found the nano in my car. Well, did you find it? Quote
+briansnat Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I'd email the owner and offer to replace it. I wouldn't replace it without his consent. Quote
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Sometimes you just have to give it back! March 24 by oldboyhiker (2309 found)LOL!!!!!!!! FTF BAY BAY !!!!! It was in my truck!!! How did you get that in my truck!!!! Da#n you're sneaky! I will return ASAP. Course I have no idea where I found it. I just thought it was an interesting object & picked it up. I thought "Gee I might take that. I could make a cache out of it". BUT NOOOOOOOOO!!! It already WAS the cache. Thanks for the note or I would have had no idea I HAD IT!!! I guess I should say sorry, but I am not. How was I supposed to know it was the cache? Must be my inner instinct. OH I AM SOOOOO GOOD THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW GOOD I AM!!!! Owner if you will e-mail me where it goes I will be happy to return it to the right place. obh. Thanks for the hunt. Ok, Ok, sorry for the "problem". I am a DA Now that's funny! Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 ...I emailed the owner and I logged in my mistake. You did what you were supposed to do. Now wait and see what the owner wants to do. Quote
+MarshMonsters Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I did one on a narrow strip of land that juts out into a ravine. There was less than three feet on each side of me. I was chipping ice away from under a lock-n-lock. The next thing I know cache suddenly flew up into the air from the hiding spot and and landed on the edge of the icy ravine. There would have been no safe way to retrieve it. Luckily it didn't fly in the other direction or it would have hit my cousin. I would have made a note and offered to replace the cache had the cache fallen in the ravine. Had it hit my cousin I think we would have agreed no more retrieving caches for me! Or leave me a 10 foot radius for proper retrieval. Quote
+DanOCan Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Both times the owner replaced the container without issue. He did ask me at an event once if I ever found the nano in my car. Well, did you find it? Yep, about four week later I finally found it wedged between the center console and the front seat. Quote
SEWdaugh Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Lost one just a few weeks ago and it was a special container that could not be easily replaced. Logged it on the cache page and emailed owner. The next cache on our list that day belonged to the same owner so we left one of our new unactivated geopins for him as an apology. Quote
miles_vagar Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Just when things were looking up, we had 10 finds and were feeling like we had this sport mastered! Then after a perfect afternoon of geocaching I gave a cache a little too much push to get it back to it's snug hiding place and it disappeared from sight. What am I supposed to do?? I emailed the owner and I logged in my mistake. Am I supposed to replace it? What is the puishment for losing a cache? Help! You must mail the cache owner both of your thumbs. Make sure you've already put a stamp on the envelope and addressed it before you remove them, though. Really, though, you're fine. I agree with Confucius's Cat: Accidents happen, and as far as the vast majority of caches I've done goes, cache owners usually keep Murphy's Law in mind when they hide a cache. This one didn't--but I bet they will now. Quote
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