wvmtb Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ok, let me start of by saying I'm new to this. On my 2nd cach find I found a travel bug that is not listed as being there. Last it was logged was in a few states away a couple years ago, yea I said a couple years. Someone picked it up but has not logged that they have placed it anywhere. I saw that I can log that I picked it up from the "current holder". Is that want I need to do then say I placed it in the cach that I found it in? Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Log it as Grabbed it from somewhere else. Then write a not for where it was at. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 It's alive! Yay. Logging instruction help. Also, see the link in my signature to the Groundspeak Knowledge Books, trackables chapter. Quote Link to comment
+Nived87 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I love to hear about trackables that turn up after being missing. Quote Link to comment
CW88 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Wish that would happen to some of mine . Whenever I find a trackable that's not listed in the cache I wait a few days to see if it gets logged. Then after a few days if it still hasn't been logged I grab it and dip it in the cache I found it in to log its travels/location. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 If the last log was 2 years ago, run! Don't walk to the nearest logging station! I'll bet that made the TB owner's day. I know it did for me, when one of mine came back after a few years. It's a great feeling. Unfortunately, it's gone again, but I have hope. Quote Link to comment
Mrtva.tasemnice Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Aww, the owner must be so happy! Quote Link to comment
+paintwithbarb Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 okay, my problem is that the "Grabbed it from somewhere else" is not on the page for the bug I picked up today....I am thinking that maybe the one that placed it there just has not logged it????? But why is the Grabbed it from somewhere else not there on that page???? I only have three choices, grabbed from so and so, discovered it and write note. Just trying to do these right..... Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Grabbed from is the one you want. Quote Link to comment
+paintwithbarb Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Grabbed from is the one you want. Even if I am not grabbing it from the person themselves that is listed there? Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just leave a note with the specifics of the grab. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) okay, my problem is that the "Grabbed it from somewhere else" is not on the page for the bug I picked up today....I am thinking that maybe the one that placed it there just has not logged it????? But why is the Grabbed it from somewhere else not there on that page???? I only have three choices, grabbed from so and so, discovered it and write note. Just trying to do these right..... Exactly - If you only found it today maybe the previous cacher has not had a chance to do their logs yet. In these circumstances I always wait and just hold the trackable for 3-4 days or maybe a week before doing anything. I think it's polite to give people a chance to write their log experiences for trackables as well as caches. If they don't log it into the cache where you found it, then you will have to do a "Grabbed from them" log and then allow the trackable a "visit" to the cache where you collected it. That will keep the travel record straight. MrsB Edited April 4, 2011 by The Blorenges Quote Link to comment
+paintwithbarb Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 thanks everyone, the travel bug that we picked up got log into the cache by the other geocacher so we was able to pick it up now correctly. thanks Quote Link to comment
Ruzhye Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I've found a couple bugs like that, it feels good to get them back into the system. Quote Link to comment
+urtica Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I found one in Cabo (Baja) that was last logged in Michigan 2 years previously. I posted a note saying that it lived and I would wait a little in case whomever dropped it off was on vacation and was going to log it after the vacation. No log so I logged it out of the original Michigan cache and into the Cabo cache (so it could get its miles updated) and then out of the Cabo cache into my possession. Then it was treated just like any other TB; ultimately I dropped it off in a cache in Idaho after my trip. Quote Link to comment
+paintwithbarb Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 we found one that had been lost for a year too, so that was nice to get it traveling again....I have been learning a lot of late with all of these, and has started "discovering" TB's too as that is one way for the owners to know they are alive. Quote Link to comment
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