+TeamDadcubed Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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??? Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) possibly oldest unfound cache in existence 4.5lb Walleye EDIT: i guess it is the oldest Edited April 21, 2011 by t4e Quote Link to comment
+Ike 13 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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! Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Well, I certainly wouldn't go there without a replacement container in-hand. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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= Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+TeamDadcubed Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
sdarken Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+TeamDadcubed Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+M 5 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+hurleyanne Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
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