bonus caches

[+d+n.s]

What are they?

Are they considered "bad form"?

Are some better than others?

Whats up with bonus caches?

Do you post them a certain way or is it more of a personal cache?

Do you get a smilie?

[jholly]

What are they?

Are they considered "bad form"?

Are some better than others?

Whats up with bonus caches?

Do you post them a certain way or is it more of a personal cache?

Do you get a smilie?

 

many times they are a mystery cache that you need to find traditionals in order to get the co-ordinates. I don't think they are bad form, I own a couple. Like all caches, some are better than others.

[+Bear and Ragged]

If the caches leading up to the bonus are good, the bonus is usually good.

Sometimes, if the caches are a mix of micro/small caches the bonus is big!

[+kunarion]

Whats up with bonus caches?

If this were set up as a Multi Cache, you must do all the stages, but only get a find after signing the log at the final. So the advantage of the Bonus Cache setup is you get a smiley for each cache in the series.

 

I've done part of a series where the Bonus Cache coordinates seem to have changed, and there are two conflicting sets of coordinates in a couple of its child caches (one's on the lid, the other's on the cache note, both have been crossed out), and one cache has no coords. Since you don't need to do all the caches, and the Bonus isn't found very often, the Cache Owner might not even know if there's an issue that makes it impossible to find the Bonus. The advantage of a Multi is people may log problems they encounter at any stage, right there on its cache page. A disadvantage of a Multi is many people filter to remove it from their searches.

 

With less feedback, Cache Owner may have to be more diligent on maintaining a Bonus Cache than they would for a Multi. So, yes, some would be better than others.

 

I do have a couple of personal caches to test things and to deliver items to people, but only provide coords to friends directly via email.

Edited June 7, 2010 by kunarion

[+AuntieWeasel]

There were very few of these in New England. I'm seeing many more in Olde England.

 

I don't think I've ever done one. I do the stages in the wrong order and not on the same day and lose my notes and generally don't have the attention span for it.

[+briansnat]

The usual way of setting up a bonus cache is to post a mystery cache (the bonus), then several (or more) traditional caches. You need to find all of the traditional caches to obtain the coordinates of the bonus. Of course you'd get a smiley. It is perfectly find to do these.

 

There is another one that I've seen a few times, where the bonus cache was unpublished and the coordinates for it were in another cache that is published here. The cache owner allowed a double found it log for his published cache to account for the find of the bonus. Many people think this is bad form, first because it circumvents the guidelines and also because they don't think logs should be abused to count caches that aren't listed here.

Edited June 7, 2010 by briansnat

[+uxorious]

There is another one that I've seen a few times, where the bonus cache was unpublished and the coordinates for it were in another cache that is published here. The cache owner allowed a double found it log for his published cache to account for the find of the bonus. Many people think this is bad form, first because it circumvents the guidelines and also because they don't think logs should be abused to count caches that aren't listed here.

 

I have seen a couple of these. I think briansnat is right on, on this one. In most cases it does seem the CO wants to hide a cache that otherwise wouldn't be published.

I haven't gotten an extra smilie, though I have gotten an extra smile. However, when I find one of these I do not try to log the legal one twice to get the extra smilie, so I really would never know if the CO would allow it or not.

[+d+n.s]

Thanks for the info folks!

The usual way of setting up a bonus cache is to post a mystery cache (the bonus), then several (or more) traditional caches. You need to find all of the traditional caches to obtain the coordinates of the bonus. Of course you'd get a smiley. It is perfectly find to do these.

 

There is another one that I've seen a few times, where the bonus cache was unpublished and the coordinates for it were in another cache that is published here. The cache owner allowed a double found it log for his published cache to account for the find of the bonus. Many people think this is bad form, first because it circumvents the guidelines and also because they don't think logs should be abused to count caches that aren't listed here.

Ah, this may be why I had the impression some were considered "bad"

Couldn't remember what thread I saw someone complain about them in.

[+Harry Dolphin]

There is another one that I've seen a few times, where the bonus cache was unpublished and the coordinates for it were in another cache that is published here. The cache owner allowed a double found it log for his published cache to account for the find of the bonus. Many people think this is bad form, first because it circumvents the guidelines and also because they don't think logs should be abused to count caches that aren't listed here.

 

I have seen a couple of these. I think briansnat is right on, on this one. In most cases it does seem the CO wants to hide a cache that otherwise wouldn't be published.

I haven't gotten an extra smilie, though I have gotten an extra smile. However, when I find one of these I do not try to log the legal one twice to get the extra smilie, so I really would never know if the CO would allow it or not.

 

I found one that offered a'bonus' smiley to visit a nearby spot, and report what was found there. It was archived for being in violation of guidelines. There was no 'cache' there.