+The Hobbyts Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Hi we have now had a couple of first to finds, There was nothing special in either cache, I have never seen anything to fill in on Geocaching.com Is it just simply we have found it first ?? Or is there more to it, ?? Ie something in your profile with details / totals / record, Thanks The Hobbyts Quote Link to comment
+Stokesy Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 You just get that warm fuzzy feeling of being first. Occasionally you might find a FTF prize (a badge, or even an unactivated geocoin), but these are at the discretion of the cache owner and aren't the norm. Alot of people list their FTF's on their profile, either by typing them in manually or using a stats generator like FindStatsGen in GSAK. Quote Link to comment
WPMD Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I drove a 40 mile round trip the other night hoping to get a FTF badge. Nothing there but a logbook. Seems a bit daft now. Quote Link to comment
norsch Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 You must be Barking Mad Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 You must be Barking Mad But no madder than anyone else looking for a film pot in a tree, right? I made a 10-mile round trip on the bike to find a micro when I got the email saying it had just been published and I had nothing else planned for a while. Quote Link to comment
+Gralorn Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Its just the thought of being the First to find it, no one else has left a trail to it, put a lot of sticks over it or a pile of stones to make it that bit easier to locate. We have in the past picked up a Rosette with 1st on it, a FTF Badge, a FTF coin, and a £1. Our best was an unactivated Blackpool Coin which is still going around the World being enjoyed. Some had nothing. Its just the fact that you were the FTF as simple as that. Your also the first usually to find out that their co-ords are wrong as well............another story! Quote Link to comment
Beefy4605 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Apart from all the reasons listed above you also have the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing that you got it with out anyone else telling you how to find it. You worked it out all by yourself Quote Link to comment
+PSHAX Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Apart from all the reasons listed above you also have the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing that you got it with out anyone else telling you how to find it. You worked it out all by yourself If there is a FTF really close, I'll make the effort to grab it.. I like trying to beat others to it! But I must admit, I haven't done it many times. There were a couple of new caches quite close to home, and me and Amberel shared the honours that evening.. One each! I have left a few unactivated TB's in caches I have set. Not to encourage the FTF hounds, but merely as a "thank you for making the effort to find MY cache"!!! Quote Link to comment
+The Hobbyts Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 Thanks ever so much folks Just thought i was missing something when reading different comments but Just as i guessed, Thanks agin The Hobbyts Quote Link to comment
WPMD Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 You must be Barking Mad I have to agree! Quote Link to comment
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