+DOCSpanky Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Went looking for my first cache today. The sign it was supposedly attatched to had been replaced. Oh well. Quote Link to comment
+maxx borchovski Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Have you posted this info on your DNF log to let the CO know the cache might be AWOL? Good luck on finding your first cache though, keep trying. It took me several attempts on a couple of different caches till I got my first. I had no idea what I was looking for and once I found my first I was hooked. Quote Link to comment
+OZ2CPU Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) YO maxx, you know this person is BRAND new started.. and you use quite alot of shorts :-) DNF = Did not find AWOL = absent without leave, he just mean it might be GONE.. CO = Cache Owner your online log can and will help other seekers and also the owner, so please dont just write : found, thanks.. or even worse : TFTC = Thanks for the cache.. A DNF log is often MORE important, over a find it log.. so please remember to log what ever you see and find, also if you dont find what you seek. Good luck and welcome into this funny hobby or sport what ever it is for you. one example as a good log: Hello there, I am brand new, this is my first cache find, it was not that easy to find, but I made it, spend about 7 minutes too track it down, I did also sign the logbook as required, so now I can log it as found online, I really liked your cache, it is in good shape, nice and dry and plenty of space left in the logbook, and also I found a few funny plastic toys for small kids, however I did not take or trade any of them, I am hooked, will go out and see if I can find more soon. Edited January 11, 2013 by OZ2CPU Quote Link to comment
+maxx borchovski Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Oops, I'm sorry. I'm so used to using the acronyms in the forum, they just slipped in. For a list of the acronyms used in geocaching see this glossary link. Quote Link to comment
+tweetiepy Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 My very first find was a bust too, newbie + new GPS = duh - but we returned after when I learned how to use the GPS and logged a DNF stating that I thought it had fallen out of the trees and got buried under the snow - it was archived soon after. don't be discouraged, that first find, or any find for that matter, is exalting! Don't give up Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) When I first started, one of the first ones that I tried involved a cache that required a five mile hike. It was gone. I went back three times figuring that I must be doing something wrong, even though I was certain from the description about where it had been placed. Eventually it was archived. Those things happen, but I probably had a better time in going out on trail that I had never been than many of my subsequent finds. Sometimes it is not about finding a container. So I hope that you enjoy the game as much as many of us have. Edited January 11, 2013 by geodarts Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 so please dont just write : found, thanks.. or even worse : TFTC = Thanks for the cache.. I have no problem with those...as long as there are other comments that go into more depth. Seriously...not a big deal when the hide is a 1 or 1.5 on the difficulty scale...or if it's a simple light pole under-skirt cache. Quote Link to comment
+WarNinjas Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 You will find one soon and hopefully get hooked like the rest of us! Our first one was at a car wash. We quickly found a nice yellow box on a door right where the coords lead us to. We thought that cant be it. So searched the whole place and found nothing. So we left a note saying WarNinjas found it and some swagg in the box and went on to the next one. We found a few later that day and realized our mistake! We quickly went back and removed the stuff from the box on the door and promised never to tell anyone about it!!! Oh wait I think I am breaking that promise now but no one reads this right! Turns out it was missing and we found the replacement one a few weeks later. Happy caching. -WarNinjas Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I'm curious to find out what exactly is a DOCSpanky. Quote Link to comment
+DOCSpanky Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Actually CO was the only one I didn't get right off. Military background so DNF and AWOL were no brainers. I believe I filed it properly. I was stoked to see the first cache was only 261 feet from my house. I was less impressed when after digging about in the area for 30 minutes in the rain, that I suddenly remembered the whole cluster of signs was taken out by a DRUNK DRIVER on New Years. I am already past hooked. I have broken my back twice, so walking is just about the only recreation I can truly enjoy. I stumbled across the website while trying to update my auto GPS. DOCSpanky is one word. It is a combination of a MARINE CORPS tradition, and a nickname. MARINE's call their Medics "DOC", and once you have EARNED that title, they associate it with a nickname. Long story short, Lots of beer in a barracks in Keflavik, Iceland, and an AFRTS broadcast of Little Rascals, and the rest is history. So without a picture, you can already guess who I look like. I tried to access this from my DUMBPHONE this morning, and said NO to a facebook request for a first GEOCACHE friend. Whoever it was, I am sorry. Resend. I so enjoyed the descriptions of this hobby as being friend, family, and group based. Lord knows we could all use a friend or two. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 DOCSpanky is one word. It is a combination of a MARINE CORPS tradition, and a nickname. MARINE's call their Medics "DOC", and once you have EARNED that title, they associate it with a nickname. Long story short, Lots of beer in a barracks in Keflavik, Iceland, and an AFRTS broadcast of Little Rascals, and the rest is history. So without a picture, you can already guess who I look like. Well done sir. Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I very first cache I looked for was a painted Altiods tin with a bunch of dirt and twigs glued all over it. It was sitting in the dirt in plain sight at the edge of the grass in a park. Talk about being clueless. It eventually became my 20th find. It was a 2.5 difficulty, but having never found a cache, or seeing the rating system, I had nothing to compare 2.5 to, so I had no idea that I was in way over my head for a first cache. Quote Link to comment
+simpjkee Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Definitely log that DNF Spanky! It'll help the owner know if there is an issue and it will let other cachers know that there may be an issue. Welcome to the game! Quote Link to comment
+Psychoticjesters Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 The 3-4 closest ones to my house were overly difficult ones now that I look back at them. No wonder I DNF'd them when I first started. My first real find was one that had to practically spell out the location in the hint! lol Quote Link to comment
+DOCSpanky Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yes, I have another that I will be seeking that is so dern obvious. My quest for 7 got MONSOONED out. Friday is coming. Quote Link to comment
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