+ayrbrain Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. Quote Link to comment
+Ma & Pa Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 ] Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. It is even more annoying when their log says EASY FIND TFTC Quote Link to comment
+T.D.M.22 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 ] Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. It is even more annoying when their log says EASY FIND TFTC Don't forget when you look and look 10 times or more, can't find it then in the space of a month 3 new cachers each find it. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) A while back four of us spent a while at the first stage of 2 stage multi, hunting not finding. 28,000 finds between us. We all logged our DNFs, not the first ever logged on that cache, but the first for some time. The next log: Nice scenery. First find for us. Edited November 4, 2012 by Isonzo Karst Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Even better when they're newbies and the log reads "Nice easy find". Most of the time they're lying. At least that's what I tell myself. Edited November 4, 2012 by The_Incredibles_ Quote Link to comment
+Legochugglers Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. You should have teamed up with Ayrshirelass who was todays finder as it would seem they failed on the one you found which I assume is nearby. I also find it amusing when the subsequent finder states...'spotted this one as we approached' or ' found this one out in the open so concealed it a little better'. Quote Link to comment
+ayrbrain Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Lol yes i forgot to say they wrote "nice easy find". Oh well.....hopefully another day. :lol. Yes we got one that they didn't get. But in their defence the hint had to be changed today so they didn't have the new hint just the old one. Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I always enjoy reading logs when someone says they easily found it, but I know its not true because they called me for a PAF. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I always enjoy reading logs when someone says they easily found it, but I know its not true because they called me for a PAF. Priceless!! Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Oh yes, I really hate it when a newbie find a "really" easy cache when I cant! I was a newbie once and had a few experience cachers emailing me for a hint!! Quote Link to comment
+Legochugglers Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Is anybody going to admit finding a cache after a DNF and smugly logging as an easy find when it actually took 4 of you an hour to find it? Quote Link to comment
+Qbar Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Is anybody going to admit finding a cache after a DNF and smugly logging as an easy find when it actually took 4 of you an hour to find it? I'm shocked....would anyone really do that?? Nah, but I've considered it,sigh Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Went looking for five caches today. The only one we found was a 3.5/5. No luck on the 1.5/1, 1.5/2. Of course, there is a lot of storm damage from Hurricane Sandy. That's my excuse! Yeah. We tried a series of 12 caches. Four of us. 10 easy finds. One tough one. One we could not find after a half hour of searching. Everyone else (including those after us) said: Easy find! Quote Link to comment
+Understandblue Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This happened today on a completely evil cache - I had been there three times and brought a friend today and we were reading one log that said they found it in three minutes on their first visit. Grr. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 There have been many 1/1's we fail to come up with....hard to explain....you go back and walk right up to it. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Don't forget when you look and look 10 times or more, can't find it then in the space of a month 3 new cachers each find it. Yep, I've got a nemesis like that. I lost count of how many visits I made, but it was at least 10 over the course of a couple of years. There were lots of DNFs and find logs from cachers who said they needed several visits to find it, but there were also the following logs: "First Cache!" "Finally found my first cache!!!!" "" (yeah, that's a blank log!) "Found this cache after a short search." "My geo-senses showed me the way to a quick find." At least I finally found it and got that darned thing off my map! Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Is anybody going to admit finding a cache after a DNF and smugly logging as an easy find when it actually took 4 of you an hour to find it? YARWCDPDNFs yet another reason why cachers don't post DNFs.. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 There have been many 1/1's we fail to come up with....hard to explain....you go back and walk right up to it. I been to one that I still cant find! Yes, its way under rated. UGH!! http://coord.info/GC1HGVX Quote Link to comment
+Colonial Cats Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 There was one cache that we almost posted a DNF. It was hanging in a tree. We spent a good long time looking for it. I was in amongst the branches when I decided to give up. I spread the branches to speak to Mrs. Cat and said, "I don't think it's here". Mrs. Cat gave me a funny look since the cache was dangling right beside my ear. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) It's even more annoying when someone finds one of my caches and says something to the effect that "I've looked for this once/twice/three times/etc. before", but never once posted a DNF. Edited November 5, 2012 by GrateBear Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 It's even more annoying when someone finds one of my caches and says something to the effect that "I've looked for this once/twice/three times/etc. before", but never once posted a DNF. Funny, that doesn't annoy me at all. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 There have been many 1/1's we fail to come up with....hard to explain....you go back and walk right up to it. I been to one that I still cant find! Yes, its way under rated. UGH!! http://coord.info/GC1HGVX Yeah, that's a great one. It's a 1/1 yet has 24 DNFs and 49 finds with a lot of them having a tough time. At least you're not alone in this one. There was one cache I DNFed that was a 1.5 and everyone before and after me seemed to have no problem. The annoying thing was I found a 4 difficulty cache right after it, then went back later and still couldn't find it. After many newbies raved about its simplicity I didn't log the next DNF. Quote Link to comment
+OZ2CPU Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I hate when a cache is not correctly rated or not correctly replaced.. that is what causes this kind of problems !! if it is a D1-2 and T-1-2 and you are not a noob, you should be able to find it in a few secs to a few mins.. else ALWAYS write a DNF and remember to give up fast, since it can be gone, ask CO to perform check, and re do the D/T if cache is at correct location. Edited November 5, 2012 by OZ2CPU Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 A couple months ago, for the first time, I managed to be the guy with the "Nice easy Find" after several people DNFed a cache. I don't let that bug me. I kind of find it funny. Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 A couple months ago, for the first time, I managed to be the guy with the "Nice easy Find" after several people DNFed a cache. I don't let that bug me. I kind of find it funny. I never say "easy find". But I will say "quick find" (if it was quick). I find it less annoying... Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Possibly motivated by this thread, I just sent the owner of a 1/1 cache GC37BCZ which I have DNF'd 2 times for an additional hint. 87 finds and 4 DNFs. 2 of the DNFs are mine, and the other 2 by another cacher who also failed twice. Apart from that mostly quick and easy finds.. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 A couple months ago, for the first time, I managed to be the guy with the "Nice easy Find" after several people DNFed a cache. I don't let that bug me. I kind of find it funny. I never say "easy find". But I will say "quick find" (if it was quick). I find it less annoying... I was trying to be 'annoying', it was my 'payback' for all the times it happend to me. Here is the log. Took me a while to find as it was longer ago than I thought. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=84cec800-5a08-4744-8334-f82f899aed25 Quick find! .... I always wanted to say that after some DNFs, and finally got my chance Lovely spot. Thanks to bringing me to this spot. Quote Link to comment
+ayrbrain Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Re my post at top. We had met the CO by chance yesterday whilst we were doing his chirp one He gave us a hint to the cache one we couldn't find earlier. So after the chirp one back we go and still couldn't find the cache, it is there because he checked on his way back. We must have had thick heads on yesterday. In saying that........today in Glasgow we had a great caching/challenge time. Edited November 6, 2012 by Keystone Quote Link to comment
GrandPotentate Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. about two weeks ago, I went out with a friend to get a FTF, we spent 30 min looking and came up empty. Another local cacher came by shortly after and scooped up the FTF. GRRRRR Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. about two weeks ago, I went out with a friend to get a FTF, we spent 30 min looking and came up empty. Another local cacher came by shortly after and scooped up the FTF. GRRRRR grrrr I had this happen. I searched with another cacher for a FTF for an hour. I looked in one place many times. I didn't have a mirror. I was convinced that had to be the spot, but as much as I searched there, I couldn't it. The other cacher couldn't either. We finally gave up. Upon searching again later, twice I searched and looked again in "that spot." DNF. Finally I talked to one of the many finders. Yes, it is exactly where I thought it was and couldn't find it there many times. I'm going out and buying a mirror this week Quote Link to comment
+Mick McPhee Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 As a CO of about 50 caches I often get people looking for personal hints. Then when I give them they say things like "Easy Find". I think they are using some program like GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) and logging multiple caches at the same time using the same phrase. Often just TFTC. And often found with a team. I hate it. I am devious. I now go to great lengths to make hard to find caches that even the numbers cachers with thousands found will have trouble finding. I also make easy ammo can type caches for older folks and kids who like caching. I say so in my write ups. Quote Link to comment
+ras_oscar Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 There was one cache that we almost posted a DNF. It was hanging in a tree. We spent a good long time looking for it. I was in amongst the branches when I decided to give up. I spread the branches to speak to Mrs. Cat and said, "I don't think it's here". Mrs. Cat gave me a funny look since the cache was dangling right beside my ear. Had that happen to me once. Was searching for a micro with 2 caching pals. After looking for 20 minutes, I turned to one friend and said" let's move on, I don't think it's here" to which friend replied "yes it is", and literally plucked it from 4 inches in front of my nose. It was hanging from monofiliment in the middle of space. Quote Link to comment
+BCandMsKitty Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 There was a cache that we DNFd twice, with lots of "Easy find", "Picked this one off on my way home from work", etc. in between. After the second DNF we emailed the cache owner (a friend) for a hint. "A fake rock in the rock pile"! DOH .. we looked everywhere but there! So, armed with the hint, we took a couple of folks on their very first caching excursion. Thought we'd wow them with our caching expertise! Yep, you guessed it. WE COULDN"T FIND IT AGAIN! Turns out that this time it was really missing! Quote Link to comment
+Colonial Cats Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 There was a cache that we DNFd twice, with lots of "Easy find", "Picked this one off on my way home from work", etc. in between. After the second DNF we emailed the cache owner (a friend) for a hint. "A fake rock in the rock pile"! DOH .. we looked everywhere but there! So, armed with the hint, we took a couple of folks on their very first caching excursion. Thought we'd wow them with our caching expertise! Yep, you guessed it. WE COULDN"T FIND IT AGAIN! Turns out that this time it was really missing! Yeah, sure. Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Straight after you have spent wayyyyyyyyy too long searching for the very same one, not once but twice!. As happened today grrrrrr. I had one like that... The first person after my initial DNF posted "found it in less than 5 minutes"... Took three more visits before I found it. Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 grrrr I had this happen. I searched with another cacher for a FTF for an hour. I looked in one place many times. I didn't have a mirror. I was convinced that had to be the spot, but as much as I searched there, I couldn't it. The other cacher couldn't either. We finally gave up. Upon searching again later, twice I searched and looked again in "that spot." DNF. Finally I talked to one of the many finders. Yes, it is exactly where I thought it was and couldn't find it there many times. I'm going out and buying a mirror this week Front facing camera on a smartphone also works well for this. I've found a couple of magnetic nanos in the end of guardrails with this method. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Back in 2002 a newspaper reporter and photographer tagged along on a cache hunt for an article on geocachng the reporter was writing. We hiked a mile to the cache site with the photog snapping photos of me as if I was Madonna. We get to the cache site and I search for over a half hour to no avail. The photographer put down his camera and helped but still nothing. I had to DNF it. Two days later a new geocacher found the cache. It was her first find. Quote Link to comment
+Understandblue Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 HAHAHA! Okay that made me laugh. With you, though, I promise Quote Link to comment
+BCandMsKitty Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 There was a cache that we DNFd twice, with lots of "Easy find", "Picked this one off on my way home from work", etc. in between. After the second DNF we emailed the cache owner (a friend) for a hint. "A fake rock in the rock pile"! DOH .. we looked everywhere but there! So, armed with the hint, we took a couple of folks on their very first caching excursion. Thought we'd wow them with our caching expertise! Yep, you guessed it. WE COULDN"T FIND IT AGAIN! Turns out that this time it was really missing! Yeah, sure. It's TRUE Scout's Honour! The cache owner went and checked, and told us he had put a temporary nearby while he got another fake rock. We went out and nabbed it before he could put it in one of those *(#&^@% rocks! Quote Link to comment
+cheques cached Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Ugh. I hate that... I had that happen in Mexico... Pages of "QEF" type logs. My wife and I spent nearly an hour looking for it... We even met up with another group of cachers... No luch. We finally called it a DNF. I felt better once I got back home, and could see that the logs after me are all DNF's. But, at the time, I really wanted that find! Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Happend to me yesterday: Found it Surprised to see the two DNFs preceeding me. There aren't that many spots for a cache here. I found it in the second one I checked. The coordinates seemed to be good as well. Perhaps the menacing gaurd slug put them off. Quote Link to comment
ving Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Don't forget when you look and look 10 times or more, can't find it then in the space of a month 3 new cachers each find it. amen to that... i have one 50 meters from my work place that i have looked for about 6 times now. everyone else seems to get it but i cant find it! lol! just keep looking i guess. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Don't forget when you look and look 10 times or more, can't find it then in the space of a month 3 new cachers each find it. amen to that... i have one 50 meters from my work place that i have looked for about 6 times now. everyone else seems to get it but i cant find it! lol! just keep looking i guess. You could always turn into Creepy Stalker Dude. Take some time off work, buy a battered lawn chair, a tattered blanket, some stinky clothes. Hand draw a sign that says "Will work for smileys". Then sit nearby till the next finder locates it. Rush up and ask them to add your name to the log. Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Don't forget when you look and look 10 times or more, can't find it then in the space of a month 3 new cachers each find it. amen to that... i have one 50 meters from my work place that i have looked for about 6 times now. everyone else seems to get it but i cant find it! lol! just keep looking i guess. 50 meters? How about getting everybody from work out to help you? Offer them donuts or something. Quote Link to comment
ving Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 50 meters? How about getting everybody from work out to help you? Offer them donuts or something. donuts? what do you think i am? a cop? I work in a library, maybe it would be a good kids activity no i prefer to find them myself. Quote Link to comment
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