Number of caches found

[+infj23]

I'm fairly new to this--just went over 100 finds. I have been to one cache twice. I found the cache, then decided a month later it would be a good place to put my first travel bug so I went back for another visit. I did not know that geocaching would count that second trip as a find, so my count is 1 higher than I would like. Is there anyway to undo that visit, or make geocaching.com only show unique finds, no including repeat visits?

 

Thanks!

[+Cardinal Red]

I'm fairly new to this--just went over 100 finds. I have been to one cache twice. I found the cache, then decided a month later it would be a good place to put my first travel bug so I went back for another visit. I did not know that geocaching would count that second trip as a find, so my count is 1 higher than I would like. Is there anyway to undo that visit, or make geocaching.com only show unique finds, no including repeat visits?

 

Thanks!

Edit your second find log to a "Write Note" log instead. That will preserve your revisit text and remove the extra find from your count total.

[+infj23]

I'm fairly new to this--just went over 100 finds. I have been to one cache twice. I found the cache, then decided a month later it would be a good place to put my first travel bug so I went back for another visit. I did not know that geocaching would count that second trip as a find, so my count is 1 higher than I would like. Is there anyway to undo that visit, or make geocaching.com only show unique finds, no including repeat visits?

 

Thanks!

Edit your second find log to a "Write Note" log instead. That will preserve your revisit text and remove the extra find from your count total.

 

 

Thank you so much! That was a quick fix and now I know how to keep this from happening in the future. This was such an irritation--a minor one, yes--but an irritation. Thanks so much for an easy fix.

[+StarBrand]

I'm fairly new to this--just went over 100 finds. I have been to one cache twice. I found the cache, then decided a month later it would be a good place to put my first travel bug so I went back for another visit. I did not know that geocaching would count that second trip as a find, so my count is 1 higher than I would like. Is there anyway to undo that visit, or make geocaching.com only show unique finds, no including repeat visits?

 

Thanks!

Edit your second find log to a "Write Note" log instead. That will preserve your revisit text and remove the extra find from your count total.

 

 

Thank you so much! That was a quick fix and now I know how to keep this from happening in the future. This was such an irritation--a minor one, yes--but an irritation. Thanks so much for an easy fix.

Visit as often as you wuld like - just write a "note" each time. There are precious few reasons to allow 2 finds on the same cache but there are a few. Many won't ever do it but some do. The system does allow it.

[knowschad]

In addition, after you write that note to attach the TB to, you can delete your note so as to not clutter up the logs, but the TB will remain in the cache's inventory. (The same thing holds true for pictures uploaded to a cache's gallery.)

[+StarBrand]

In addition, after you write that note to attach the TB to, you can delete your note so as to not clutter up the logs, but the TB will remain in the cache's inventory. (The same thing holds true for pictures uploaded to a cache's gallery.)

I've never understood the desire to make an uncluttered page by deleting a legit drop off note - weird.....

[knowschad]

In addition, after you write that note to attach the TB to, you can delete your note so as to not clutter up the logs, but the TB will remain in the cache's inventory. (The same thing holds true for pictures uploaded to a cache's gallery.)

I've never understood the desire to make an uncluttered page by deleting a legit drop off note - weird.....

Paperless caching. You don't want the last five logs to all be "Dropped TB".

[+StarBrand]

In addition, after you write that note to attach the TB to, you can delete your note so as to not clutter up the logs, but the TB will remain in the cache's inventory. (The same thing holds true for pictures uploaded to a cache's gallery.)

I've never understood the desire to make an uncluttered page by deleting a legit drop off note - weird.....

Paperless caching. You don't want the last five logs to all be "Dropped TB".

...and if that happens - it really does not bug me either......... I still think it odd to even consider deleting a bug drop log. Just not on my radar.

[+pppingme]

I've never understood the desire to make an uncluttered page by deleting a legit drop off note - weird.....

In most cases its simply because the logger forgot to click the tb/coin in their original find log (and probably even included text about it in their log).

 

Since you can't go back and edit a log to add a tb/coin drop, you are forced to start a new log.

 

Since you already described dropping the tb/coin in the original log, to do it again in a note is just redundant and that does clutter the page. Since only 5 logs are in pq's, I'd rather not have redundant stuff in there that was most likely a logging mistake (forgot to click the tb/bug before saving) anyway.

[knowschad]

In addition, after you write that note to attach the TB to, you can delete your note so as to not clutter up the logs, but the TB will remain in the cache's inventory. (The same thing holds true for pictures uploaded to a cache's gallery.)

I've never understood the desire to make an uncluttered page by deleting a legit drop off note - weird.....

Paperless caching. You don't want the last five logs to all be "Dropped TB".

...and if that happens - it really does not bug me either......... I still think it odd to even consider deleting a bug drop log. Just not on my radar.

I don't know why... its easy enough to do. In fact, there is a Delete button right there on the page after you submit the log. Two clicks and you're done.