mja196 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 It always seems that my caches aren't found for weeks after they are hidden. So, the question that I want to ask, is how long it takes your caches to be found? Quote Link to comment
+Crafty Turtle Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The one that I've placed so far took less than 24 hours. Since I don't know exactly what time it was published, I can't say closer than that. The second person found it the following day. Quote Link to comment
+ZeroHecksGiven Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Are they not being found because no one is going or not being found because they're too hard to find and people are logging DNF's? Both of the caches I've listed were found within a day of their listing, but washington is pretty saturated with cachers, so pretty much anywhere I could put one, it would be found within a day or two. Though, I will say both of my caches were very easy and I make it painfully obvious where it is. If you log a DNF on either of my caches, well, I dunno. I just believe the cache is less about annoying people and more about the adventure associated with getting there and seeing what it is I brought you there for and everything else that has anything to do with the cache. My first cache was boring, but I needed to warm up on something kind easy to get my feet wet. One I just placed today should be a fun one for people and I'm excited to see all the pictures people upload and the stories people have for me. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 It always seems that my caches aren't found for weeks after they are hidden. So, the question that I want to ask, is how long it takes your caches to be found? For me, if the first finder is within a week, the cache is not good enough. But then, I prefer challenging caches. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 February 20 published March 17 Ft DNF March 22 FTF I tend to hide multi-caches some distance from where people live. Not a big market for these, but they're what I enjoy finding, so that's what I hide. I was surprised by the DNF, there's nothing tricky about finding the stages; it was a navigation error that just made the trek too long for that potential finder. Quote Link to comment
+Spraginator Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I live in a suburb of Detroit. It seems caches are almost always found within an hour of being published. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 A few hours to a few days[most of mine are easy however i've never hid a LPC or guardrail cache.] Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Depends. I have some that are found within hours after publishing. Others wait as long as 4 or 5 days for the FTF. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I just hid one on Saturday. It took 1h58m (based on e-mail from reviewer, and FTF time on finders log). But I have one with no finds (or DNFs) at 3.5months and counting. I posted a fairly challanging puzzle cache in the city, it took about 1.5 days. The FTF time mostly depends on the difficulty and the volume of local cachers. Quote Link to comment
+rob3k Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I haven't had one go a full day. I don't think any of them have gone 12 hours. My first hide was placed in a park only open from dawn to dusk. Publication notification went out after dark and the next morning 3 or 4 cachers were waiting at dawn to go for the FTF. Quote Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) Urban - minutes or hours, depending on time of day they are published. Remote - day or weeks, I have one on a long and bumpy road that has not yet been found. Placed May 2009. There is a cache in Mexico that has yet to be found after 3+ years (not sure if it is still there or not) Edited October 19, 2009 by Moose Mob Quote Link to comment
+jhauser42 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I've only placed 2 and both were found incredibly quickly. But then again we have a lot of cachers here and some really fast FTF hounds. Both hides were also in an urban park so I expected them to be found quickly. (I was actually surprised to also get 2 DNF's on day one on one of them.) I have another I am planning and I expect that will be found within hours also. Quote Link to comment
+atmospherium Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I have 4 caches, and all were found within 24 hours. There are a few FTF hounds within 20 miles, so rarely does a new cache last more than a day or two without a find. Mine are in rural areas, so they won't get very much traffic after that first find. The city cachers usually wait until there are several new hides around here before they drive out to grab them all. Quote Link to comment
+mfamilee Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Mine are in rural areas, so they won't get very much traffic after that first find. The city cachers usually wait until there are several new hides around here before they drive out to grab them all. Yep... same here. We live out rural in the country so obviously that is where we choose to place our caches. Most often it will be a few days or more before the 1st cacher comes along. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 All depends on where you live and how hungry cachers are for FTF. Some who are leary of a cache due to diff/terr ratings will hold back til someone finds it. We had a new cacher who first put one out 160 ft off in private land. We found it by the description and had the reviewer fix the coords. Then they put 3 out in the hills with 5 terrain rating. So no one rushed out to get it except 3 of us and it turned out all were 2 to 3 terrain. Quote Link to comment
+DarkZen Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Depends. I hide both urban and wilderness caches. The urban caches usually go within a day or so... this wilderness cache has been out just over a month with no find yet. Quote Link to comment
Skippermark Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Around here, when caches get released, people will skip over the multis and harder caches so they can get all the quick, urban ones. The longer, harder ones sometimes wait until the weekend before getting found. Except for one hider. When one of his caches comes out, people will call out sick, leave work early or do whatever's needed to find them. They're almost all long, hard and difficult, and people will do whatever they can to get an FTF on them. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 It varies, of course. I have a wide gamut of caches. Urban micros, evil mystery caches, hikes of up to five miles round trip. Also makes a difference what day they're published. Had one published Friday that was found twice on Saturday and twice on Sunday, and not since. But I have one out for six weeks without a find. I didn't think the puzzle was that difficult! Another puzzle cache out four weeks without a find. (Though the puzzle has been solved.) Of course, it's still a two-and-a-half mile round-trip hike to get to the cache, and it's not an easy find once the seeker gets there. Hee hee hee. A lot of my caches do not get a lot of finds. (I've got two that haven't been found in a year...) Most are nice caches in pretty places, but can have a bit of a hike to get to. The people who find them do love them. And that's what counts to me. Quote Link to comment
+paleolith Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I have one that I placed seven months ago and it hasn't been found yet. And it's an easy find -- but it is listed as a letterbox hybrid. Maybe I'll get around to making a stamp and actually list it as a letterbox too, and see whether the first finder is a cacher or a letterboxer. Edward Quote Link to comment
+KeeperOfTheMist Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 only have one out so far but it was looked for the same night it was published and found early the next morning. seen a cachers truck sitting in the spot most gps's tell you to turn the night it was published but he/she/they didn't find it, but another family team found it obviously early the next morning right before the one(s) from the night before came back.. i guess it all depends on where its hidden and the number of cachers in your area Quote Link to comment
+Stargazer22 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I placed this one Salty Proliferation (GC1BRE5) on 4/26/08. It went until 11/15/08 before it was found, 203 days. The two finders went together the same day and it hasn't been found again since. It's had 2 finders now in 543 days. Quote Link to comment
+komatsu200 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I placed (GC1WTY5) Sodie-dope motel about two months ago and as soon as I submitted it I recieved notification that it had been published. Within 20 minutes I had two cachers sitting at the parking coords. However I have had some go the better part of a week before the ftf. Quote Link to comment
+roiegat Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Most caches I've placed have been found within 12 hours of being published. Maybe I make them too easy. Quote Link to comment
farmermike Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Around here it's usually only hours. My latest cache GC1XA0C has been out for two months and not found. Two cachers told me they were headed out in the car at night time when they realized it is on an island in the Columbia River. I know it's really bugging a couple of locals not getting it yet. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Runs hot and cold. My first cache, in 2003, too months to be found. Now they're usually same day as published, though I snagged one late this afternoon which was published yesterday. I'm no FTF Hound, I'm just looking for fresh cache. Quote Link to comment
+eagsc7 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I've been on over 100 FTF runs(not all successful), and anywhere from 3 Minutes(I was already close) to Almost 3 Months(Middle of NOWHERE,KS) is about the standard. Usually less than 72 hours though is standard for most low cache density areas, with less than 6 hours being standard for more densely occupied cache areas. The Steaks Quote Link to comment
aniyn Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 It seems to take a couple of days for mine. But it varies, I've had one go a week and a half, and one found same day. Quote Link to comment
+rogerw3 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 All of my caches (18 at present) are being found in a matter of hours after being published and all by the same team TEAM STILLLOOKING, not surprising really as they live in the same area. Still it is nice to know that I did get the coordinates right it gives me a good check on my caches. Quote Link to comment
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