how long till first find

[+tsnyder88]

what is the longest you have seen a cache go with out getting fund for first time i have one that is at about a week

[+Silfron Mandotheneset]

GC263Z0 was placed 4/3/10 and has not been found yet.

 

Of course the requirements are pretty challenging!

 

That's the longest I've seen one go....

[+BulldogBlitz]

there is one 43 miles from my house that has not been found as of yet. It was released on 4/30.

 

some reason, it isn't tempting enough for the FTF hounds in this area to drive out that direction...

[+mwellman]

How about almost EIGHT YEARS? GC697D Legend III 5/5 hidden June 10, 2002 on the Churchill River system in northern Saskatchewan - just trees, rocks and lakes - no prairie here.

 

Close behind is GC989E SK Extreme 01 4/5 hidden July 17, 2002 also in Northern Saskatchewan. No-one has EVER looked for these two!

 

But Alberta has Saskatchewan beat - GC1607 Mount Temple 4/5 hidden August 12, 2001 - in the Rocky Mountains near Lake Louise. Read the DNF logs and look at the pictures. The cache owner, "MCPL. Paul Franklin was injured in Kandahar Afghanistan in a Suicide bombing Jan 15th, 2006. During the incident Paul suffered amputation of both right and left legs above the knees. As Paul is an Avid outdoors and athletic type - it is my hope that at some point in the future - he will be able to return to this cache."

 

The more urban caches are found a bit faster.

 

So come on up to the Great White North and get that FTF! Mind you it was 30 above Celsius this week and this morning we had a few minutes of snow! So come prepared.

 

So when are you coming?

[+BulldogBlitz]

 

So come on up to the Great White North and get that FTF! Mind you it was 30 above Celsius this week and this morning we had a few minutes of snow! So come prepared.

 

So when are you coming?

 

30 above celsius... AND snow? global warming for sure... i bet your cats and dogs live together too!

[+Chrysalides]

Haven't heard anyone mention Oh So Blue here in a while now. More than 8 years before first find. Still no second finder yet.

[+mwellman]

 

So come on up to the Great White North and get that FTF! Mind you it was 30 above Celsius this week and this morning we had a few minutes of snow! So come prepared.

 

So when are you coming?

 

30 above celsius... AND snow? global warming for sure... i bet your cats and dogs live together too!

 

Heat wave Monday May 17 and Tuesday May 18, 2010 when we broke the record high. Fire Ban. www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/05/.../13985236.html

 

Heavy rain and funnel clouds Thursday May 20, 2010. mynews.ctv.ca/mediadetail/1394842?&offset=3399&siteT=

 

Yesterday Friday May 21 and this morning, May 22, we had a few minutes of snow. It was only plus 2, Celsius. But my tulips and apple trees are blooming! So spring is here, with its usual unpredictable weather.

 

I did say be prepared!

[+The Blorenges]

If you broaden your search world-wide and look for caches in rather more remote/unusual countries you can find lots of FTF opportunites. There's a chance MrB might go to Zimbabwe in a couple of months so I had a look to see what caches are there and found 7 caches which still await their FTFinders, some having been placed in '04 and '05. Of course, whether all those caches are still there is another matter...

 

MrsB

[+moose61]

Here's an other one: Fantasy in Stone (GCT28H), hidden early 2006. You still can make the FTF!

[+Harry Dolphin]

The longest that one of mine has gone without FTF? Three months. And that's with some of the best puzzle cachers working on it! (hee hee hee)

[Mr.Yuck]

How about almost EIGHT YEARS? GC697D Legend III 5/5 hidden June 10, 2002 on the Churchill River system in northern Saskatchewan - just trees, rocks and lakes - no prairie here.

 

Close behind is GC989E SK Extreme 01 4/5 hidden July 17, 2002 also in Northern Saskatchewan. No-one has EVER looked for these two!

 

But Alberta has Saskatchewan beat - GC1607 Mount Temple 4/5 hidden August 12, 2001 - in the Rocky Mountains near Lake Louise. Read the DNF logs and look at the pictures. The cache owner, "MCPL. Paul Franklin was injured in Kandahar Afghanistan in a Suicide bombing Jan 15th, 2006. During the incident Paul suffered amputation of both right and left legs above the knees. As Paul is an Avid outdoors and athletic type - it is my hope that at some point in the future - he will be able to return to this cache."

 

The more urban caches are found a bit faster.

 

So come on up to the Great White North and get that FTF! Mind you it was 30 above Celsius this week and this morning we had a few minutes of snow! So come prepared.

 

So when are you coming?

 

Usually when this topic comes up, I end up saying Northern Canada is the Mother Lode for never found caches. I believe there were over 10 in Northern Ontario alone. I don't know any more though, the bookmark list owner deleted his list for some unknown reason.

 

Here's a 2001 unfound cache in Ontario: 4.5 Lb. Walleye and no, I don't believe Connie that she's ever going to find it.

[+DragonsWest]

There are a few around where I live which have been unfound for several months. Mind, they tend to be 4+ terrain caches.

[+Setan Meyacha]

GC16QX8 ETD: Sentinel to GCR 10-16-07 D2 T3.5

GC176P7 ETD: Coyote Spgs/Pinnacle Pt 11-4-07 D2 T3.5

GC176PE ETD: Coyote Spgs/On the Point 11-4-07 D2 T3.5

GC176PM ETD: Coyote Spgs/Side Canyon 11-4-07 D1.5 T3.5

GC170GW ETD: At the Top 10-27-07 D2.5 T3

GC1BC8Z ETD: High Road 4-18-08 D2.5 T3.5

GC1DBFN Idaho Taters 6-18-08 D1 T3.5

 

Nearly all of those are in areas that require some hiking in rugged terrain, but I was 64 at the time I placed the earliest of those and not in the best of health; so, they are definitely attainable by most people who don't mind expending the energy to get to them. Great scenery too!!!

[+t4e]

hopefully all those not found yet caches will not be archived in the planned clean up, will be a real shame