steve 69 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 is there someone that i can contact to fined out were this bug belongs. i went to log it and this is what is say's The Travel Bug you requested does not exist in the system yes i entered the number correctly. Ive already contacted the people that found the cash before me and it was not in there when thy looked in or they would have grabbed it. that was a month prier to me. it seem to appear in that cache all buy itself. this is a nice bug and im sure they would like to know were it is. Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 is there someone that i can contact to fined out were this bug belongs. i went to log it and this is what is say's The Travel Bug you requested does not exist in the system yes i entered the number correctly. Ive already contacted the people that found the cash before me and it was not in there when thy looked in or they would have grabbed it. that was a month prier to me. it seem to appear in that cache all buy itself. this is a nice bug and im sure they would like to know were it is. Assuming you got the numbers correct... There is the possiblity it hasn't had a drop log yet... some take their time and others are very fast... I tried to devine what cache it was from your history... and flopped, care to enlighten us... Also assume that there might be info other than the tracking number... don't give that here...of course. Is there a name tag, could you describe it, photo, whatever... It may be that you have to contact eartha or some other to use the tag tracking number eventually, but what fun is that... I love mysteries... By the way I found one by way of searching your history... I've got the Travel bug seems to have had a failed drop back in january, which is why you had to grab that one... someone didn't have the method right about dropping... logged in the cache log but no drop... Thanks for that, I sent them a note on possibly fixing their log... Doug Quote Link to comment
steve 69 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 here's a pic of it. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I can only find one bear fishing bug. (Besides this one) Can you tell us what cache you found it in? Quote Link to comment
steve 69 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 GC1EQGM Traditional Cache Bugs & Slugs Quote Link to comment
+HodorTheHero Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Its always a possibility it was left by a newbie who did not know you had to activate it. Quote Link to comment
steve 69 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 that's true. but then what do you do with it? Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 well, if we exhaust all possibilities the person holding the bug can submit a request for the activation number. Should the original owner surface it can be adopted over to them. Hang on though, still checking on something as per my last email. Quote Link to comment
+HodorTheHero Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 that's true. but then what do you do with it? If all fails, You keep it! uhhhh i mean hope the owner comes. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Okay. I have to check with Eartha on something here. Back later. Quote Link to comment
+Harwell5 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 My advice is to put yourself on the "Watch List" for the cache you found it in and keep watching it for a while. Then contact the next few people to post letting them know you found an unactivated TB in the cache and if they can describe it to you, then it must be theirs. Wait at least a month and if you still can't find the owner, then I say it's yours and just send in a request for an activation code. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Can the OP please send me the tracking number from the tag? PM or email works. Please don't post it here. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
SamRod3030 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Have the same problem, found a travel bug and it's not activate. I locate it a week ago at the only cache near the Romeo & Julieta Castle, Montechio M, Italy. It's a nice Malachite Butterfly. I held it for a week, and finally drop it off at the Marostica Chess cache, where every two years, the largest live human Chess game is played. I look thru the Log and couldn't find anyone logging it. Thnks Quote Link to comment
Gothicstorm Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Same thing, although I can't for the life of me remember which cache it came from since we have had it for 2-3 months. It is just an unactivate TB on a lanyard. Do I throw it away, or is there a way to get an activation code? Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Same thing, although I can't for the life of me remember which cache it came from since we have had it for 2-3 months. It is just an unactivate TB on a lanyard. Do I throw it away, or is there a way to get an activation code? Don't throw it away! We can get it activated but I'd like to investigate a few things first. Edited March 16, 2009 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Okay, discussed this offline with Gothicstorm and referred them to gc.com for activation. If the owner ever shows up they can always adopt it back over to them. Quote Link to comment
+Trucker Lee Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Just a reminder, when entering TB or coin codes, be sure you have the correct number or letter, such as 0 or O. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 bump Did you respond to Eartha? Can the OP please send me the tracking number from the tag? PM or email works. Please don't post it here. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Aurgh, I tried replying via a mobile device and it did not go through. I cannot find any TBs that match the number, the description, or any possible names. I searched cache logs that recent finders had visited, and didn't see any fishing bears anywhere. It could be someone released this without knowing they had to activate it. Unactivated, it is useless. You can send an email with the tracking number on the tag to contact @ geocaching .com, explain the situation, ask for an activation code, and release it yourself. If anyone claims it you can adopt it back to them using the www.geocaching.com/adopt link. This also applies to any other trackables in this situation. I don't think Groundspeak keeps track of which tag numbers are sent to which buyers. I could be wrong about that, but I don't think so because the buyer isn't always the owner in the long run. Quote Link to comment
steve 69 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 I'd like to thank everybody for there help. but the outcome did not come out to well. i contacted geocaching .com this is what they said. Hello, Thank you for sending the pictures. Unfortunately, nothing came up in our system. It appears that the incorrect code is due to a manufacturing error, which would explain why you found it unactivated. My suggestion would be to dispose of the bug so that others don't come across it and try to log it. so now i will hang the lost bug on my wall. maybe one day someone will write about there lost bug in the The Official Travel Bug Obituary.... Quote Link to comment
+abbill Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I'd like to thank everybody for there help. but the outcome did not come out to well. i contacted geocaching .com this is what they said. Hello, Thank you for sending the pictures. Unfortunately, nothing came up in our system. It appears that the incorrect code is due to a manufacturing error, which would explain why you found it unactivated. My suggestion would be to dispose of the bug so that others don't come across it and try to log it. so now i will hang the lost bug on my wall. maybe one day someone will write about there lost bug in the The Official Travel Bug Obituary.... Add a note to the cache where you found it. The owner might be on a watch list or check the cache later to see what happened it it. Bill Quote Link to comment
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