Is Your First Find Still Active?

[DarthJustice]

This is a somewhat random thing I got to thinking about recently.

 

I found my first geocache on June 29, 2008 although I have far less finds today than you probably would imagine. My very first find was called Bear Pen Tennis Court. This cache is no longer active and was actually archived three months to the day from the day I found it that year.

 

I recently got to wondering how many other cachers here have their first finds still active or archived. So is your first find still active? Or is it archived?

Edited October 27, 2010 by DarthJustice

[+Tequila]

I found my first cache on June 17, 2001 and it is still one of my favourites.

 

It is called Short Cut to the Old Cabin and is still active after over 9 years.

[+captnemo]

Yes my first find is still there, need to visit it again one of these days

[+wimseyguy]

Nope it has been archived. But I own a cache less than 100' from its location.

[+BoMS]

We found our first cache on September 28th, 2008. It's a multi on a highway rest stop. It's still active.

[Dinoprophet]

Nope (April, 2002). It had a shoddy stage one, and stage two was in an area of the park where geocaching became disallowed when they established rules (it's a rattlesnake breeding area).

Edited October 27, 2010 by Dinoprophet

[+The Blorenges]

Yes, it's still there. It's an historically significant one...

 

"The First in Wales."

 

MrsB

[Dj Storm]

I found my first cache on September 24, 2006; it is still active, and most likely it will remain active in the future, too.

 

Out of my 269 finds, 12 were events, 5 earthcaches and 1 virtual, the rest (251 caches) had a physical container to be found. Out of these 251 caches, only 9 are archived (two of these were archived less than 10 days ago).

[+BlueDeuce]

Why yes it is!

 

Cindy's Little Secret Hidden : 12/20/2001

 

Found it the day I signed up. I even specifically picked as my first as it was the one closest to my childhood home, located in a woods that holds a LOT of memories.

[+sbell111]

Battle of Franklin hidden 4/8/2001. I was the 4th finder on 6/4/2001. It is still active. Those other early finders, not so much.

[+briansnat]

My first find was on 9/22/01 and the cache is still active. Still haven't found out what a Feargus is.

[Mr.Yuck]

Naw, my first find, on 8/19/03, only lasted about a month (I found it 9 days after placement). Simple rails-to-trails cache, and too many kids hung out nearby.

 

However, I did find a locationless cache on an alternative Geocaching website that requires you to re-visit your first find, whether it's still there or not. I thought that was a great idea, and I did it about 4 or 5 years later.

[+DarkZen]

Yep, I found Cañada de la Salud on Sunday, 03 June 2007. It was placed on 05/12/2001 and is still going strong. It's an ammo box with a nice fat logbook. As I sat on the bench overlook I read about a beautiful day someone was having on 9-11 oblivious to the carnage happening on the east coast. It's still one of my faves.

[+Semper Questio]

My first was a virtual - The Round Rock - that takes you to a rock in a creek. The creek, the rock, and the cache are still there.

 

FWIW the rock is a large table rock in the middle of a fairly large creek. My town was named after the rock and it had served as a crossing marker for those traveling along the Chisolm Trail. Wagon wheel ruts are still clearly visible in the limestone creekbed.

 

Edit to add: The cache was listed in Oct, 2002. I logged it in Jan, 2004.

Edited October 27, 2010 by Semper Questio

[mtbikernate]

Yup, and it's even a Virtual. The Leader of The Brave

[+GeoGeeBee]

Strangely enough, the first cache I ever found has not only been archived... the listing has completely vanished.

 

If you look at the profile for my previous username:

gbelton

it clearly shows 6 caches found. But if you click the link to list them, it only shows five. The first one is gone. I distinctly remember it, a small Gladware container in a little park in Chapel Hill.

[+Chokecherry]

I caught on to the logging online thing around find 2 or 3. So my first find is actually my second logged online.

 

Anyhow it's not active anymore. http://coord.info/GCK274

 

The funnier part was we got excited because a new cache was published by the same owner and my friend and I found it realizing they had just used the same hiding spot for the end of the multi. It was kind of fun reliving that first cache all over again.

[+Panther&Pine]

It is still there. I use it to dip TBs and GCs when I need to bring them local. It is a great first cache. Just a little tricky, but easy enough to find. I go back rather often, it is close to my house (but no longer the closest).

 

GC12HJP Gold Medal Waters

[+Castle Mischief]

Nope, MAGNETO # 2 was archived after I notified the CO that vandals had broken into the nearby car vacuum machines and during the replacement of those machines, the container had been removed.

 

It was placed 01/02/06

I found it on 07/07/07 (huh, I've never noticed that before...)

Archived on 06/27/08 (my birthday)

[vagabond]

The first one is gone but the second one which was found about a 1/2 hour later is still there

 

my 2nd cache

[+Highland Horde]

min was archived back in may

(GC1GY0V)

I was kinda sad to see it go. It was where I got intro introduced to geocoins.

I was where I released my first geocoin too. (Oak Island Geocoin)

[+sduck]

Yes - Shy's Hill is still active. It was hidden in January of 2002, I found it in July of that same year, soon after moving into a house just downhill from it. A few years later I started maintaining it - I'd like to adopt it, but the original owner still wants it, so that's fine with me.

 

Oddly enough, quite a few of the people that found it before me are still active geocachers.

[+Mudfrog]

Yep,, Turkey Creek South was my first to go after back in March of 2002 and i remember the great feeling of accomplishment i had when i finally found it. The terrain has changed alot because of a couple of huricanes but it's still in place. Those ammocans are tough fer sure!

[+KJcachers]

I just looked back at our first find (November of 2007)and was surprised to see it is still active. It was archived a while back due to construction but then after about 6 months it was reactivated!

[+tomfuller & Quill]

My first find was an FTF on "Four Faces" on August 31, 2005. That cache was archived in December 2005 when the nearby store burned to the ground. On May 3, 2007 I was FTF on a replacement cache about 20 feet from the original. The replacement cache is named "Up from the Ashes". It has 139 finds and 4 DNF's.

I actually met the CO (JoeyGeo) a few minutes after my first cache find.

[+Nicodemus3]

Found 3 my first day of geocaching and only the 2nd of the 3 is still left.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Yes, my first find is still active and continues to be found frequently. I know that because I adopted it about a year after I found it.

[GOF and Bacall]

Yup. Still there and being found.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Of course it's still active! It's a great Briansnat cache, hidden 1/5/2002. Terrace Pond. I found it 7/3/2004. (It's all his fault!) Taught me what geocaching is all about!

[+CanDMan47]

My first, CIDO #7 Tex-Mex is gone. I found it on 7/11/09 and it was archived 4/9/10. Looking back at it, it wasn't all that great of a cache, so I don't think anyone is too broke up about it being gone.

[+kh54s10]

My first is still there but my find was not even a year ago, 11/18/09. Fort Barton Trail Confluence hidden 10/09/04. I found only one of 3 that afternoon. Now with more experience I would say they were all easy hides.

[+Team Dennis]

Sadly, our first find has been archived since early this year. I've been thinking about revisiting the area to try to find a better spot to place a cache. It kind of holds some personal meaning to me as I used to play in the area as when I was a boy.

[Mr.Yuck]

Strangely enough, the first cache I ever found has not only been archived... the listing has completely vanished.

 

If you look at the profile for my previous username:

gbelton

it clearly shows 6 caches found. But if you click the link to list them, it only shows five. The first one is gone. I distinctly remember it, a small Gladware container in a little park in Chapel Hill.

 

Must have been retracted. I don't know much about retractions, but I imagine you keep the find count, but no one can see it.

 

So what are you telling me here? You had a big-time old school account and were finding caches in 2001 and 2002, but you didn't "re-join" and become highly active until 2009?

[+fegan]

I signed up January 12th, 2008 and found my first cache that very same day...it was archived Feb 11, 2010 due to placement of "No Parking" and "No Trespassing" signs.

[+Scubasonic]

My first find was 6/16/2008 and it is still an active cache after 7040+ finds now.............

 

Scubasonic

[+BCandMsKitty]

Yep .. our first find was Sep 28, 2007 and the cache is still there. and has been since 2005

Niagara Esarpment - Mount Nemo Earthcache.

[+succotash]

Our first find was Not Your Garden Variety Cache. It was placed in 2004 and is still active.

[+Coyote's Girl]

Field of Dreams is still active, but the cacher who placed it is not. Which reminds me, I need to pop over there and replace the container.

[+StarBrand]

My first find is long since archived but my first hide is nearing 9 years old and still going strong!!

[+The Blue Quasar]

I found my first cache on June 17, 2001 and it is still one of my favourites.

 

It is called Short Cut to the Old Cabin and is still active after over 9 years.

 

I still need to do that one!

 

My first find is still active too. GC2B4 - Deer Bait which also happens to be Onario's first cache. I found it with my wife and son back on Saturday, 18 May 2002. I remember it very well.

 

BQ

[Andronicus]

Yes. http://coord.info/GCGYNC That first find took a some looking. I didn't really believe it was actually there. The kids had gotten restless, and I almost gave up.

[+hallycat]

Mine is, found in May 07, active since October 04. Pandemic Park

Unfortunately the TB I found in it was not so lucky. Key To Good Health

[+The Chaos Crew]

My first: http://coord.info/GCJ22C Coate Water, found 23rd Feb 2008, sadly now archived

[+redsox_mark]

I've only been active since 14 March, 2009; my first find is still active. In fact, only 2.9% of the caches I have found are now archived.

However, one of the caches I found during that first weekend is now archived.

[+Doubledareya]

I certainly hope so! I made my first find yesterday (27 Oct 10) and I put everything back just the way found it. tftc.

[+Snoogans]

So is your first find still active? Or is it archived?

 

Nope. Archived.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

Active. GC7D75 The Mountie Cache Found 8/17/03

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

Of course it's still active! It's a great Briansnat cache, hidden 1/5/2002. Terrace Pond. I found it 7/3/2004. (It's all his fault!) Taught me what geocaching is all about!

So THAT's your problem! Who can blame you with a start like that!

[+sbell111]

Yes - Shy's Hill is still active. It was hidden in January of 2002, I found it in July of that same year, soon after moving into a house just downhill from it. A few years later I started maintaining it - I'd like to adopt it, but the original owner still wants it, so that's fine with me.

 

Oddly enough, quite a few of the people that found it before me are still active geocachers.

I'm one of those.

 

That cache is a perfect example of what I like about this game. It frequently takes me to cool little places that I otherwise would never know about.

 

Of course, I still feel the need for O2 after quicktiming up and down that hill.

Edited October 28, 2010 by sbell111

[+escomag]

My first one is still active. I have sort of adopted it, as the owner moved to Texas. For some reason, he doesn't respond when I ask about transferring it.

 

I actually found it without my GPS. I was waiting for it to arrive from Amazon, and figured out this cache based on the Satellite map.