Posting "Solved!" notes to out-of-area puzzle caches.

[+TeamGumbo]

There is a current thread here that was talking about a puzzle cache, and in the course of things I solved it. I went to post a note saying so and saw that another geocacher had done the same thing.

 

I have placed 3 caches, all of them puzzles. I like dreaming them up, and I like solving them. I have had a couple of local cachers post notes saying they had solved puzzle caches of mine, which to me is almost as good as finding the thing (but not quite *wink*). I reckon they will get around to finding them at some point.

 

Is it considered good form to post a "solved-it" note to a puzzle cache that in all likelihood you will never "find" ?

 

I think I would be pretty flattered if a long-distance cacher solved one of my puzzle caches, but I'd like to know the accepted protocol.

 

To clarify: not posting a "Found It!" just a note.

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

Seems like a good idea to me, if you solve mine I'd love to know about it. I've posted notes to caches and Bugs before even when I never saw them or would have a chance to find them. I think most players would like to hear about it. That's the spirit of the game, to share ones experience with a Cache or Bug. If you solved a puzzle, of even just enjoyed reading a Cache or Bug page, that's your experience with the item. I just wouldn't get bent out of shape if an owner feels differently and deletes the log or asks you to. No one has ever asked me to delete one of those logs.

Edited April 5, 2008 by WRITE SHOP ROBERT

[+simpjkee]

I'm totally cool with posting a note on a puzzle cache you solved just as long as there is no icon or count associated with the note.

[+Kiwi Nomad]

Seems like a good idea to me, if you solve mine I'd love to know about it. I've posted notes to caches and Bugs before even when I never saw them or would have a chance to find them. I think most players would like to hear about it. That's the spirit of the game, to share ones experience with a Cache or Bug. If you solved a puzzle, of even just enjoyed reading a Cache or Bug page, that's your experience with the item. I just wouldn't get bent out of shape if an owner feels differently and deletes the log or asks you to. No one has ever asked me to delete one of those logs.

 

Agreed, though I don't post a note on everyone I solve just sometimes, depends on how I feel.

[+SeventhSon]

Most of my caches are puzzles. I would be happy to hear someone took the time to solve my puzzle. But, don't be surprised if you get emails from locals asking for hints

[CoyoteRed]

I cool with it, but...

 

But, don't be surprised if you get emails from locals asking for hints.

Yep, just as if you found it.

[Mag Magician]

 

I think I would be pretty flattered if a long-distance cacher solved one of my puzzle caches, but I'd like to know the accepted protocol.

 

To clarify: not posting a "Found It!" just a note.

 

I am quite happy when I find out that people have figured out a puzzle of mine. The more notes the merrier, I think. It makes the locals think even harder when they know that it can be done.

 

Try this one, double encrypted. Fishy View

[+Miragee]

Check this post and that thread in the Forums. There are a number of people solving the Puzzles from afar . . .

[+steel city babes]

If I read this cache page correctly it actually welcomes it:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...33-ed33ad9cbae0

 

Cerebral Codex - GCVJXQ

 

You should try it.

 

steel City Babes

[+steel city babes]

If I read this cache page correctly it actually welcomes it:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...33-ed33ad9cbae0

 

Cerebral Codex - GCVJXQ

 

You should try it.

 

steel City Babes

 

Wow I just looked at the other forum and it is indeed one of the puzzles in the above cache. Maybe the key is different though.

 

I bought the book Cerebral Codex isbn 978-1-4116-8284-9 and it is on page 41.

 

Steel City Babes

[+Kit Fox]

I posted a "First to solve it" note for A Mystery Cache four months before the first find. A received no less than 20 emails from cachers begging for hints so they could be first to find.

[+steel city babes]

I posted a "First to solve it" note for A Mystery Cache four months before the first find. A received no less than 20 emails from cachers begging for hints so they could be first to find.

 

Very kewl.

[+cataclysmcow]

There's a member in Fort Worth TX, Lotus , who has dozens of archived puzzle caches. He allows and apparently encourages finds on these and his non-archived caches. The finds after archiving are from people who haven't found the cache ( 'substitute cache') and many haven't even been caching in Texas.

 

There's a few people in our area who have logged hundreds of finds like this.

Edited April 8, 2008 by cataclysmcow