Cache Gone Missing Reappears somewhere else.

[+Steve 'n' Nancy]

Here on the Southern Coast of Oregon we love the water and often place our caches close to the water so other Cachers can enjoys some of the views we see all the time. But once in a while we place our caches too close to the water. When a cache is placed on warm summer days here on the Coast we often forget how high the Tides will get during the winter, then around January or February we start getting those DNFs and go to Check and the container is nowhere to be found. This occured again this year to our Cache...Bedrock's by the Bay, placed in Winchester Bay, Oregon. This Cache was placed in July of last year especially for an Event we hosted, the cache proved to be very popular and had many finds until February of this Year after several January Storms with extreme high tides we received several DNF's. We checked and indeed the Cache had gone missing, realizing that the tide must have taken our container we decided to archive the Cache as it would most likely "Float Away" again with the next High Winter Tide. Surprizingly this week ( March 15th) we received an email from a.k.a. Radar, a Cacher in Waldport, Oregon....some 60 miles North of Winchester Bay, telling us he found our Cacher on the beach 2 miles North of Waldport. He reported the Cache was in very good condition and all contents, including the logsheet were dry. Amazing for a 60 mile trip in the Pacific Ocean during winter when the waves are at their largest. Mark one big atta boy for Lock&Lock. Our one Big Question is: Does a.k.a. Radar get to Log this as a Find?....As long as he signs the logsheet, we say YES!!!

[+Happy Bubbles]

Awesome!

[+Sioneva]

Pssst... traveling caches are illegal!

[+bittsen]

Does a.k.a. Radar get to Log this as a Find?....As long as he signs the logsheet, we say YES!!!

 

Yes, but you know you aren't allowed to move a cache 60 miles without contacting a reviewer first.

 

 

So I guess that's probably the official record for soft coordinates.

[+narcissa]

Love it!

[+Too Tall John]

Does a.k.a. Radar get to Log this as a Find?....As long as he signs the logsheet, we say YES!!!

Yes, but you know you aren't allowed to move a cache 60 miles without contacting a reviewer first.

 

 

So I guess that's probably the official record for soft coordinates.

They didn't move the cache 60 miles.

 

They made it a multi.

[+Max and 99]

That is too funny. He sure does deserve a smiley for finding that one!

[+Trucker Lee]

Too funny!

 

He found the cache, he gets to log it if the logbook is properly marked. But I have another question..... Should he rehide as he found it, or recover it to it's proper position?

[+modnar24]

Too funny!

 

He found the cache, he gets to log it if the logbook is properly marked. But I have another question..... Should he rehide as he found it, or recover it to it's proper position?

 

It would be kinda cool if it got rehidden near where it was found. Maybe not quite laying on the beach, but nearby...

[+BlueDeuce]

Here's one that traveled some 500 miles.

 

Floodwaters Bring KC Cache to St. Louis

[oakenwood]

I've never heard of a "message in a bottle" cache before...

 

I guess the finder would log its current coordinates and toss it back in the water. It might help oceanographers understand currents better. (An "aquacache"?)

[+Vater_Araignee]

I say let him log it, then relist the container nearby as a team hide with you and have the story in the cache description.

Maybe even close enough to the water so that the potential for it to happen again exists.

Make sure contact info is in it, so if a none cacher finds it next time you might be able to convert them and get it rehidden.

 

~~~edit to add~~~

see post above for potential cache name.

Edited March 18, 2010 by Vater_Araignee

[+StarBrand]

Cool story!! I had one take a 3 mile journey when I nearby creek flooded during a storm - was found 3 years later - 7 foot up in a tree!!

[+StarBrand]

Cool story!! I had one take a 3 mile journey when I nearby creek flooded during a storm - was found 3 years later - 7 foot up in a tree!!

[+Too Tall John]

There were a couple cachers out hiking in some of the nearby mountains, and they came across an ammo can unexpectedly!

 

Turns out, it was a cache that someone who didn't really understand the game had found, I think in Florida. They took the cache, brought it to New Hampshire, and rehid it. The fact that it was found again was sheer luck. They were able to figure out what cache it was because there were TBs in it that had been dropped before the cache made it's move.

 

There used to be a thread on the local forums, but it was lost in a crash w/out backup.

[+niraD]

There's one around here that was recovered about half a mile from it's proper location, floating in the slough. But that's nothing compared to the tens or hundreds of miles some of these have traveled. Wow!

[+nericksx]

Wow, what are the chances that Steve 'n' Nancy's floating cache would have been found by another cacher? The Caching Gods must have been feeling charitable.