Never found!

[+TeamDadcubed]

I was trying different PQ options and happened on Isaiah 40:8 GC1Y1Y2 and noticed it has never been logged, since it was published. Are there many of these out there?

 

Or, maybe a better question are they even there???

[+t4e]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

Edited April 21, 2011 by t4e

[+Ike 13]

It's only been out 4 months, and it looks like this area may be inaccessible in the winter. Look at the nearest caches (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?lat=37.994867&lng=-120.093450) Only 2 of the caches have been found since this one was published.

Edited April 21, 2011 by IkeHurley13

[+Max and 99]

4 months is nothing compared to some caches that have been published years before a FTF. Thanks to those who posted some examples on this thread. Very interesting!

[Mr.Yuck]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

 

And throw about 15-20 other ones to boot. And that's just remote areas of Northern Canada. Can't speak for the world, probably well into the hundreds.

[+Team Dennis]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

 

This one is indeed the oldest unfound cache. As soon as I hit the lotto I'll be making an attempt to find it.

[Mr.Yuck]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

 

This one is indeed the oldest unfound cache. As soon as I hit the lotto I'll be making an attempt to find it.

 

Might as well. The person who has posted about 5 notes threatening to find it is never going to.

 

Oh, did a quick check, Nunavut and NorthWest Territories alone have 18 never found caches. 4.5 Walleye is in Northern Ontario. I was probably low just on my estimate 15-20 never found caches in Northern Canada.

[+Team Dennis]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

 

This one is indeed the oldest unfound cache. As soon as I hit the lotto I'll be making an attempt to find it.

 

Might as well. The person who has posted about 5 notes threatening to find it is never going to.

 

I think the fact that there is almost 50 miles (as the crow flies) of Canadian wilderness from this cache and the nearest permament settlement is the reason it's been unfound. It would be one heck of an adventure though.

[Mr.Yuck]

possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye

 

EDIT: i guess it is the oldest

 

This one is indeed the oldest unfound cache. As soon as I hit the lotto I'll be making an attempt to find it.

 

Might as well. The person who has posted about 5 notes threatening to find it is never going to.

 

I think the fact that there is almost 50 miles (as the crow flies) of Canadian wilderness from this cache and the nearest permament settlement is the reason it's been unfound. It would be one heck of an adventure though.

 

There is now a cache in that settlement (Fort Albany) about 50 miles away, and it was found within a couple months of being placed. Problem is getting to 4.5 Lb. Walleye from there. I also understand it's about a $1,000 round-trip flight per person from Timmins to Fort Albany, which is not accessable by road. The best chance of anyone finding this thing is a Canadian Government employee up there on business. Or someone who really, really wants to find it, and wants to spend some serious cache.

[AZcachemeister]

Well, I certainly wouldn't go there without a replacement container in-hand.

[+roziecakes]

I think there's someone who has a bookmark list of unfound caches, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is... I could look it up when I have a little more time.

[+popokiiti]

There was one on Vancouver Island that took at least 4 years before the FTF happened. Quite a narrow window of opportunity to grab it weatherwise. My work colleague's husband was part of the team that made it. The cache is called The Golden Hinde Grinde, I believe.

Here's a link - ickster's log and the photos are worth a look http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=430e1347-0731-4e7b-bf0a-f43cf974725d&log=y&decrypt=

[+t4e]

I think there's someone who has a bookmark list of unfound caches, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is... I could look it up when I have a little more time.

 

this is the one i found

 

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=8b3d4747-7c89-4cce-8831-fc7e76c98b62

 

there are few more region specific though

[+TeamDadcubed]

T4e,

 

Looks like someone has been working on that particular bookmark list... good on them tho.

 

I'm going to try to build a list myself of those poor lonely caches and maybe someday I can work on it too.

[sdarken]

Last time I checked, these were the oldest unfound caches:

 

Hidden: 23 Jun 01 4.5lb Walleye by Jamie Matear (GCDFB) Ontario, Canada

Hidden: 10 Jul 01 Conch Shell Horn by Jeffrey Courrier (GC105E) Venezuela

Hidden: 28 Jul 01 Nikolay-Kam by Nikolay-Kam (GC14C3) Russia

Hidden: 12 Aug 01 Mount Temple by MCpl. Paul Franklin, MCpl. J. Pawsey (GC1607) Alberta, Canada

[+TeamDadcubed]

I see... maybe I'll limit my list to the continental US for now since I don't see myself liquid enough in the next few years to jet set cache hunt. But who knows... can someone lend me a dollar for a lotto ticket j/k

[+M 5]

The archived one on that bookmark list is sure strange. It is the only one under 1000 miles from me. Unless the CO backdated a response to the reviewer, that is a very odd archival.

 

GC171MH

[+Viajero Perdido]

Well, I certainly wouldn't go there without a replacement container in-hand.

I tried and failed to find a cache that was unfound for 5½ years.

 

I did NOT bring a replacement cache, as I think logging a smiley for a throwdown is utterly wrong.

[+hurleyanne]

I've got a bookmark list of unfound caches in Saskatchewan Current count is 36, mostly from 2008 to present. There are a couple from 2002 and one from 2005. Just thought I'd put this out here if someone's making a new list.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Well, I certainly wouldn't go there without a replacement container in-hand.

I tried and failed to find a cache that was unfound for 5½ years.

 

I did NOT bring a replacement cache, as I think logging a smiley for a throwdown is utterly wrong.

 

I suppose it's possible to bring a replacement container but log a DNF or a Note but I doubt that happens much.

 

There was a cache about 35 miles from where I live that had gone unfound (and nobody had attempted it) for about 4 years. It was a boat accessible only cache that I was planning on going after for my 900th find. About a week before my planned search date someone went for it, couldn't find it, and threw down a replacement (and logged a find). I canceled my plans to look for it and went and found "The Spot" instead.

 

There's a cache called "Bungle in the Amazon Jungle" that has *only* been unfound for 2.5 years but I've been watching it since there is a non-zero chance that I might have an opportunity to visit the area one of these days. It's located near Iquitos, Peru; the largest city in the world that is not accessible by land. You have to either fly in or take a boat up the Amazon. I've done some work with someone that lives in Iquitos and had a tentative meeting for a visit there a couple of years ago but funding never panned out. I'm still hoping to go there some day, especially since the guy I know there has offered to take me fishing on the Amazon while I'm there.

[+Viajero Perdido]

PS, before anybody commits real money (booking airfare etc.) to find a cache, it's always a good idea to do a little research into the cache owner; check out the profile. Have they actually found any caches before hiding one in the back of beyond?

 

I know of one where the coordinates point deep into featureless jungle. Those coords are something like 20 miles off. People have figured out it's actually in the middle of an archaeological site (probably a rule-breaker right there), and are finding it. The hider has one hide and one find, which is the same cache - he "found" it while dropping a TB.

 

Unfortunately, this seems typical for a lot of deeply remote caches.

[+roziecakes]

I think there's someone who has a bookmark list of unfound caches, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is... I could look it up when I have a little more time.

 

this is the one i found

 

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=8b3d4747-7c89-4cce-8831-fc7e76c98b62

 

there are few more region specific though

 

That's the one I was thinking of! Thanks for doing the legwork.

[+Max and 99]

PS, before anybody commits real money (booking airfare etc.) to find a cache, it's always a good idea to do a little research into the cache owner; check out the profile. Have they actually found any caches before hiding one in the back of beyond?

 

I know of one where the coordinates point deep into featureless jungle. Those coords are something like 20 miles off. People have figured out it's actually in the middle of an archaeological site (probably a rule-breaker right there), and are finding it. The hider has one hide and one find, which is the same cache - he "found" it while dropping a TB.

 

Unfortunately, this seems typical for a lot of deeply remote caches.

 

Good advice.

Good grief about the jungle cache!!

Edited April 23, 2011 by Max and 99