Your least favorite easy logs.

[+va griz]

Sorry if the title is confusing. What I'm asking is about the logs on the easy caches that you DNFed. The ones that unintentionally taunt your inability to find a P&G.

 

I can't decide which is worse: "Only one place it could be" or "Saw it as I drove up".

[GPS-Hermit]

I totally pass on these caches and consider them a total nuisance. So the log doesn't happen.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Sorry if the title is confusing. What I'm asking is about the logs on the easy caches that you DNFed. The ones that unintentionally taunt your inability to find a P&G.

 

I can't decide which is worse: "Only one place it could be" or "Saw it as I drove up".

 

"Saw it as I drove up" wins it for me. It was on a nano cache on a metal bridge (in a spot with poor satellite reception). I DNFd three times on it before I finally found it.

 

"Found it in the first place I looked" has found a place of annoyance for me as well.

 

I don't think I've DNFd on a cache with this one but I would imagine that "my dog found it before I did" (yes, I've seen that in a log) would win the prize if I did.

[+ventura_kids]

My least favorite logs on an easy cache that I DNF'd......

...is the one right after mine that says " Found it easily, only took a minute"

 

.... and then they usually have like 10 or 20 finds total

[+Juicepig]

y

 

- i put as much effort logging it as they did finding a good spot

[+FastChapter]

So far, it's got to be "saw it as I was approaching." I'm currently shooting 0/2 on a cache that's apparently very easy to find, and I'm sure it is easy to find if you have x-ray vision, @.@

 

Though I can see a "saw it as I drove up" entry especially annoying for a 5/5 difficulty cache, XD

[Clan Riffster]

I think the one that stung the most was a cache I had DNFed several times. One log following one of my DNFs said, "My 8 year old found it right away".

[+Colonial Cats]

"Our 11 year old saw it from the van."

[+StarBrand]

Got to be a log from a newbie cacher with just 10 finds. "As soon as I got out of the car, I knew exactly where to look - easy quick find"

 

Based on what!!!!! I read the description and hints and ALL the logs. Yet this person seems to have read something I missed!!

[+9Key]

"Called a friend and they told me where it was"

[+Renegade Knight]

On a cache that took me something like 9 attempts to find some of the logs I swear read like this. "Found it in 3 seconds flat. I would have found it faster but I did have to open the container and sign the log to make it official".

[+J-Way]

"Called a friend and they told me where it was"

Ditto.

[+Harry Dolphin]

"Easy find. Walked right up to it." Only took me three tries. Oh, well.

[+Hrethgir]

"Called a friend and they told me where it was"

 

Haven't seen that one in real life yet, but that is just plain lame and weak, what's the point?

[+Mredria]

"Very quick find. Almost a P&G. SL." Still looking for the same 1/1. grrrrrrrrrrrr

[+The Leprechauns]

My DNF log on a 1/1.5 urban micro stands all by itself among 240 logs that all say something along the lines of "quick, easy find." As an experienced cacher using a Garmin 60CSX, I blamed my failure on hunting at night by flashlight.

 

So along comes a log that reads something like this:

 

"Our first hunt! We used our iPhone. We forgot to bring our flashlight but had no trouble locating the cache in the dark."

[+TrailGators]

Log says "Nice and easy," but then that person thought it was too easy so they re-hid extremely well.

 

This has happened to me a few times....

[+Proud Soccer Mom]

My DNF log on a 1/1.5 urban micro stands all by itself among 240 logs that all say something along the lines of "quick, easy find." As an experienced cacher using a Garmin 60CSX, I blamed my failure on hunting at night by flashlight.

 

So along comes a log that reads something like this:

 

"Our first hunt! We used our iPhone. We forgot to bring our flashlight but had no trouble locating the cache in the dark."

 

Well, some could say the iPhone screen is unnaturally bright... *cough*

 

There's a caching couple in my area who hides very clever caches and my husband and I have DNF'd on most of them. I haven't gone anywhere near their puzzle caches. One of their caches was so clever that another cacher hid a second one so they could log the find. When someone says, "Saw it while we were walking up." I want to call shenanigans! Don't act like these are easy. These are not easy for anybody. If you see it walking up, it's out of place!

[+Proud Soccer Mom]

How about this: No GPS, No Motor, No Map, No Notes.

 

All of my finds under this profile have been found without a GPS, without a motor(bicycle, pedestrian), I've never printed a cache page but sometimes I'll write down the street coordinates and the whether it's in the NW, NE, SE or SW section of the property.

 

How's about blindfolded?

[+NYPaddleCacher]

How about this: No GPS, No Motor, No Map, No Notes.

 

All of my finds under this profile have been found without a GPS, without a motor(bicycle, pedestrian), I've never printed a cache page but sometimes I'll write down the street coordinates and the whether it's in the NW, NE, SE or SW section of the property.

 

How's about blindfolded?

 

Well he does live in the same area as the worlds most prolific cache hider so caching while blindfolded might be an option.

[+ar_kayaker]

The worst thing I've read in a log after I DNF'd a cache was "I have pulled this cache x days ago and am archiving it." or something simular.

[+CYBret]

Yeah, it seems like anytime I read, "Found this one right away" or "Quick find!" it's the kiss of death for me. I'll be there for hours.

[+Isonzo Karst]

"walked right up to this one"

 

A 5 difficulty hide with waaaay more DNFs than finds.

The FTF log on it was similar. Cache published, guy hunts it that day on his lunch hour, finds, logs short pleasant thanks. Everyone but those two hunted multiple times.

[+sbell111]

y

 

- i put as much effort logging it as they did finding a good spot

I think you missed the point of the thread. It is for find logs that other people leave on caches that you found to be difficult (or that you DNFd). (It's a fun thread, not an angsty one.)

The worst thing I've read in a log after I DNF'd a cache was "I have pulled this cache x days ago and am archiving it." or something simular.

Those knids of logs actually make me feel a little better. I much prefer them to the "easy find" logs or "it's still in plain site" maintenance logs.

Yeah, it seems like anytime I read, "Found this one right away" or "Quick find!" it's the kiss of death for me. I'll be there for hours.

Me, too. I'm somewhat embarrassed of the number of 'easy caches' that I fail to find. Heck, I once DNFd a LPC twice before finding it even though I had logged loads of previous LPCs and had checked the skirt on both visits.

[+scuba dude]

Here in Iraq, I've had a few 1/1 that eluded me like trigonometry. I went for as many caches as I could when I first got in country (before getting shipped out to a FOB). There were several "easy" ones that I just couldn't find. Every time I get back to the base I go searching for them again. Every time the logs in between were filled with new cachers saying things like: "My very first geocache".

 

But through persistance I have finally nailed 2 of them down.

 

The one lesson I have learned; Just becuase I looked there once, doesn't mean the cache isn't in there.

Edited February 5, 2009 by scuba dude

[+station41]

[Geocache Handle redacted] was in the area today for some hunting and decided to try for this find. After deducting the cache was gone, replaced the container and log with a fresh one.

 

I'm not even kidding... They claimed a find as well.

 

All the other logs indicate how easy the find is, but we had to DNF.

Edited February 5, 2009 by station41

[Skippermark]

"Quick and easy find in the first place we looked."

[+BlueDeuce]

"Found it"

 

The majority of logs say they enjoyed the cache and the only real complaints I get are from a few who griped they had to walk to get to it. (.60 miles one way on a nice flat bike trail)

 

I'll just assume the finder wanted to complain about something and just kept it to themselves.

[+tsasquier]

I like to call these email finds,because they find the caches by asking they're buddies where the tough caches are this is not a find!!! :

 

"Ok we had to call for help because we had looked everywhere. We went right over the top of this I don't know how many times. Thanks (name taken out) for the extra hint. "

 

"Got this one with a little help from another cacher. Boy, it sure made us feel dumb. We had been here before. Just didn't check the right spot."

 

"With the help of (name taken out) I finally found it. TFTC"

 

if you need your friends to help you find caches then bring them with you!!

Edited February 7, 2009 by tsasquier

[+JamGuys]

Well, after nearly three years, this one still stings!

 

"My goodness. What a bunch of wussies. When I started down the trail (the long one through the briars- of course) I saw an albino cardinal sitting on the ground with a wing feather from a Hawk. With a powerfull omen like this what do I have to fear from the evil squirrel minions bent on world domination. Found Kache with no problem. Thanks for the FTF Gift (I gave it to the guys living in the tubes) they are not very scary."

 

But you'll have to read the first few logs of this now archived cache for yourself if you want to understand the context! Trash to Kache #1

[+scuba dude]

Well, after nearly three years, this one still stings!

 

"My goodness. What a bunch of wussies. When I started down the trail (the long one through the briars- of course) I saw an albino cardinal sitting on the ground with a wing feather from a Hawk. With a powerfull omen like this what do I have to fear from the evil squirrel minions bent on world domination. Found Kache with no problem. Thanks for the FTF Gift (I gave it to the guys living in the tubes) they are not very scary."

 

But you'll have to read the first few logs of this now archived cache for yourself if you want to understand the context! Trash to Kache #1

 

Without even looking up the cache page, was that a Darkmoon cache?

[+JamGuys]

Well, after nearly three years, this one still stings!

 

"My goodness. What a bunch of wussies. When I started down the trail (the long one through the briars- of course) I saw an albino cardinal sitting on the ground with a wing feather from a Hawk. With a powerfull omen like this what do I have to fear from the evil squirrel minions bent on world domination. Found Kache with no problem. Thanks for the FTF Gift (I gave it to the guys living in the tubes) they are not very scary."

 

But you'll have to read the first few logs of this now archived cache for yourself if you want to understand the context! Trash to Kache #1

 

Without even looking up the cache page, was that a Darkmoon cache?

No, it was a Kand Kache. But Darkmoon's log is a riot!

[+briansnat]

I hate "It's so easy a cave man can do it". I find that degrading.

[+Isonzo Karst]

Brian, here's a Wherigo for you......and for all the other cavemen

[+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat]

No need for a big thank you, just one " Nice easy cache TFTH "

[+scuba dude]

What the heck are we discussing again?

[+SerenityFound]

There was a 1/1 small very close by that we just could not find on two separate outings. My neighbor sees me coming home after a day of caching and we start chatting about what it is and how it works. The next day when I sit down to log my DNF, I see that my neighbor has logged my nemesis cache. He didn't even own a GPS at the time.

 

It wasn't so much what was written in the log, just that it was logged. very depressing...

[+va griz]

There was a 1/1 small very close by that we just could not find on two separate outings. My neighbor sees me coming home after a day of caching and we start chatting about what it is and how it works. The next day when I sit down to log my DNF, I see that my neighbor has logged my nemesis cache. He didn't even own a GPS at the time.

 

It wasn't so much what was written in the log, just that it was logged. very depressing...

 

That might be a winner right there. Gotta hurt when he can find based only on your info.