+offonanadventure Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Okay, so we have tried to find this cache 4 times now...and by we I mean my wife, myself and our 3 kids...yet we still can not get it. I have sent emails to the cache hider but their responses have gotten me no closer. What do you do when a cache is completely baffling you? I can not possibly spend more time searching for it but I hate to leave it as unfound. Someone please help us. Quote Link to comment
+beejay&esskay Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Put a watch on it so you can see any new logs. See if those give you any hints. Try again after "sufficient" time has passed. (And, of course, log all your DNFs.) Edited May 6, 2009 by beejay&esskay Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Someone please help us. Don't try so hard. Allow yourself to step back and let it come to you. Put it away for a while before coming back to it. The "a-ha!" moments are that much sweeter when you've done it yourself. Quote Link to comment
+Winstonsdad Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 See if someone you know has found it before you and ask for a hint from that person. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Okay, so we have tried to find this cache 4 times now...and by we I mean my wife, myself and our 3 kids...yet we still can not get it... I can not possibly spend more time searching for it but I hate to leave it as unfound. Someone please help us. Oh dear. Sounds like the symptoms of addiction starting here. Back away from your PC. Take two of these with a cool drink. Go and lie in a darkened room for an hour, repeating to yourself "I do not need to find every cache, I do not need to find every cache..." Do not go near that cache site for at least 3 weeks. Then go and try again! MrsB Quote Link to comment
+wkmccall Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Okay, so we have tried to find this cache 4 times now...and by we I mean my wife, myself and our 3 kids...yet we still can not get it. I have sent emails to the cache hider but their responses have gotten me no closer. What do you do when a cache is completely baffling you? I can not possibly spend more time searching for it but I hate to leave it as unfound. Someone please help us. From what I could tell from your finds, I didn't see any DNFs. Have you posted a DNF for the cache you can't find? A lot of cache owners don't really like helping someone that's not post a DNF on the cache they are asking help on. Personally, I'll help with or without a DNF and will usually ask the cacher, "Do you want a hint or a Solution?". Just asking.. I would suggest stop looking for it for a little while, then go back after more finds. There's not substitute for experience - it does get easier.. Just remember, "DNF" isn't a bad word.... Quote Link to comment
+Walkworthy & Wife Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Welcome to the Wild and Crazy World Of Geocaching. I see that you are relatively new to the sport. Like any sport you get better at it with experience. Read the logs of other cachers. Sometimes you can pick up additional hints. Expand your search area. You aren't going to find every cache at the exact coordinates that are listed for different reasons. My wife and I looked for one cache that was so well made to look like a part of the surroundings it took more then 1 try for us to find it. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 ... I can not possibly spend more time searching for it but I hate to leave it as unfound. Someone please help us. I used to feel that way. I got over it. Just remember that geocaching is an activity that we do for enjoyment to unwind from all the other things that life does to wind us up. If you enjoy the challenge of finding that one cache that you can't find, great. Keep at it. If you don't, recognize this and go find other caches. If all of the sudden you have an epiphany on that hard to find cache by all means marshal the troops and go give it a shot. Just remember what you are in it for. If it's fun, don't lose sight of that. Quote Link to comment
+GeoLobo Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 oh, you mean something like this... frustrating nano cache http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...=y&decrypt= I think I actually visited this GZ at least 5 times....at least! I know I logged 3 DNFs and then I logged the find. However, i think i was there a couple of times without logging a DNF (Shish....don't tell anyone <smile>) Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 If it is fun - return and continue the hunt. If it is not - ignore it and move on with life. Either way - log your DNF logs. Micros can be mighty tricky!! Here are some general hints: Look for caches with a difficulty of 2 or less for your fist few caches. Stick with regular sized caches for your first few. Micros can be quite hard to find sometimes. Stick to areas you are familiar with. Look for anything out of place or unusual. Look for unusual piles of sticks, grass, leaves, rocks, sand, etc. Feel where you cannot look. Think vertical, not all caches are on the ground. Look up or at eye level. Look for traces of previous searches to zero in on the spot. Think like the hider - where would you put a container in this location? Look for things too new, too old, too perfect, not like the others, too many, too few. Change your perspective - a shift in lighting can sometimes reveal a cache. Keep in mind that many micros are magnetic or attached to something (via string, wire etc). Slowly expand your search area to about 40 feet from where your GPS says ground zero is. Bring garden gloves and a flashlight - they help! Be prepared to not find the cache more often then you think. Quote Link to comment
+Tobias & Petronella Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 All I can say is.. Welcome to Geocaching There was a 1/1 that took my wife and I 3 tries to find. There's another cache just over a mile from me that after 4 visits we still have not found it. It happens. There have been a couple dozen caches that the coords were not helping us so all we did (as StarBrand pointed out) is walk around the area thinking "If I was going to hide a cache it this area where would I hide it?". We looked in those spots and find it most of the time. Sometimes the cache simply is not there. It would be nice to find them all the first time you looked, but that is not going happen. That's why we are happy with every cache we find, because we know there are those that we will never find. Like all games, you win some, you lose some, but the point of a game is to have fun. Quote Link to comment
+pigpen4x4 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 When one drives me bonkers like this, I too put it on my watch list and if someone else finds it, then I know it's there. I have several one there now, and some appear to be MIA. PP4x4 Quote Link to comment
+offonanadventure Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 We have 12 DNF's logged in, I was not aware however that I should log a DNF for the same cache more than once so I will make sure we do that in the future. THanks for th tip! We certainly appreciate the help as we are fairly new to this but are loving the time spent doing caching. Okay, so we have tried to find this cache 4 times now...and by we I mean my wife, myself and our 3 kids...yet we still can not get it. I have sent emails to the cache hider but their responses have gotten me no closer. What do you do when a cache is completely baffling you? I can not possibly spend more time searching for it but I hate to leave it as unfound. Someone please help us. From what I could tell from your finds, I didn't see any DNFs. Have you posted a DNF for the cache you can't find? A lot of cache owners don't really like helping someone that's not post a DNF on the cache they are asking help on. Personally, I'll help with or without a DNF and will usually ask the cacher, "Do you want a hint or a Solution?". Just asking.. I would suggest stop looking for it for a little while, then go back after more finds. There's not substitute for experience - it does get easier.. Just remember, "DNF" isn't a bad word.... Quote Link to comment
+Headhardhat Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Someone please help us. Don't try so hard. Allow yourself to step back and let it come to you. Put it away for a while before coming back to it. The "a-ha!" moments are that much sweeter when you've done it yourself. Couldn't agree more with CoyoteRed (did I really just say that? ). Seriously, there have been geocaches that I have come back five or more times and you really can't beat the a-ha moment. Even if it is more of a Doh! moment. Let it be and allow time for your brain to contemplate. You will be amazed how sometimes it will just pop out to you. Above All Have fun! -HHH Quote Link to comment
+jbar Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I was having problems with a micro, went back 4 times could n't find it. Brought my kids and they walked right up and grabbed it. I swear I looked there. They were busting me for days. Quote Link to comment
+Frank Broughton Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I was having problems with a micro, went back 4 times could n't find it. Brought my kids and they walked right up and grabbed it. I swear I looked there. They were busting me for days. Oh boy do I know that feeling! Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I must have been to GCRE9W at least 20 times[its one of those so easy the kids, their dogs and cats can find it but you think i can find it? no!] Quote Link to comment
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