Android app not finding all local caches

[+Paganmen]

I bought the $9.99 Groundspeak app for my Android phone. I have used the app several times for caching. This past week I went on a group hunt and when I did a "Find Local Caches" search, it listed many of the local caches but many were missing, including the one our group was going for. A few days later I discovered again that many caches in my local area were missing from the search. I was standing right at one of the caches and the search never picked it up. I also entered the GC code for that cache and it said "Cache not found" although it is on the website.

 

I don't always have my gps on me and would like to use my phone while traveling but what good is it if I can't see all of the local caches. The other day I used my gps and didn't have any printouts with me, figuring I would use my phone app for cache description or hints or recent logs. I was near several caches with my gps but had no idea what I was looking for because they didn't show up in my phone app.

 

Has anyone else had this problem and how do you fix it?

 

Here is another side question.....How do you keep "found" caches from showing up in your search of local caches?

[+mcrow]

I have not seen that problem yet.

 

My only question is whether or not you had a good data signal or not.

[+eusty]

What sort of cache was it? In the options there is a search filter which either just shows traditional caches or all caches, could it be that?

You can also get it to hide your finds.

[+Paganmen]

I just realized while I am in the app I need to use "menu" on my phone to find the "options" area. I was able to filter out the found caches. Thanks.

It was set for all caches but maybe the weather was affecting the search. I'll keep playing with it.