Question regarding logging a find or not find

[+Hellolost]

Let's say we go out and look for a cache and don't find it. We log it as a not found. What if we go back later and find it. Do we revise the original or post a new one

[4wheelin_fool]

It's OK to post a second log as a "find" and to leave the "did not find" log on the page.

[+WRASTRO]

Most cachers even prefer this method. Post a new log and leave the DNF.

[+Kiwi Nomad]

Most cachers even prefer this method. Post a new log and leave the DNF.

I agree.

I have logged many dnfs and even more than one on a number of caches .

When I finaly get to log that found it log it is so much better, but that doesn't mean I delete the previous dnfs, its all about my history as a cacher .

[+KG1960]

As the others have said, leave the DNF and post a new "found it " log. I usually say something like "Yeah! I finally found it." or "It's so obvious, how could I have missed it the first time?"

[+MarshMonsters]

I make a new log for the find. There is one cache in my area that you cannot log unless you have at least 100 DNFs. It makes it an incentive to log your DNF's. I also like seeing other's DNFs so that way I have an idea of what to expect.

[+Hellolost]

OK good. We have Three DNF so far. One was archived the day after we went. We were talking about how much fun the DNF were just like the finds

[+briansnat]

As a cache owner I prefer that logs remain as entered. If you just change your DNF log to a found it, I won't get notification. So if your DNF made me decide to check on my cache and you went back and found it the next day, I wouldn't know that unless I checked the cache page. Therefore I might waste time checking on a cache that is fine.

 

DNFs are as much a part of the history of the cache as finds and should stay there.

[+DaFunkyFrogs]

DNF logs can let a cache owner know if they need to change the difficulty rating of a cache. We hid one that we thought would be a pretty easy 1-1/2, (this one)but most people can't find it without a lot of searching and even have gone back to it more than once. So we added another star to let people know it was just a tad more hidden than an LPC.

So, no, don't change a previous DNF log after you do find it.