+Dogmeat* Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Some of you are going to say this belongs in the TB section, but I'm posting it here because it's not about using the tracking bug or anything, it's about geocaching in general. I travel back and fourth often between two locations that are about 4 hours apart. During this past week, I put out a new geocache in one of the areas and one of the first people to find it said they dropped a tracking bug. I noticed they didn't log it, but I went over to grab it because I was traveling today and wanted to give it some distance. So I grabbed it and went to log that I have it, and it wasn't yet activated. I emailed the person who dropped it with no reply, but they've been caching since 2004 and have well over 3000 finds and over 100 tracking dog tags alone. What does one do in this situation? Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Give them time to reply to your email. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Wait a few days for a reply, then ACTIVATE IT!! or use it as a FTF prize in a future cache. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 This belongs in the TB forum. Quote Link to comment
+terrkan78 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. Edited August 31, 2013 by jellis Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. I would sit on it until I heard back from the cacher who is clearly active. No rush to move it. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. I would sit on it until I heard back from the cacher who is clearly active. No rush to move it. Agreed. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. I would sit on it until I heard back from the cacher who is clearly active. No rush to move it. Agreed. Good to have some interaction with you my friend. Even better when you agree with me! Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Good to have some interaction with you my friend. Even better when you agree with me! Well, there would have been a couple other times but I didn't want to over do it. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Good to have some interaction with you my friend. Even better when you agree with me! Well, there would have been a couple other times but I didn't want to over do it. Hah! We are like brothers from different mothers the vast majority of the time in the geocaching world. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Meanwhile, back to not over doing it. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. I would sit on it until I heard back from the cacher who is clearly active. No rush to move it. Clearly if they left it by accident they would have responded within a few days to a week, especially a active veteran cacher. After a month the message would be buried and the cacher would have forgotten about it. Unless they left it intentionally for someone to keep and doesn't feel the need to respond. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Sometimes people leave them as gifts (particularly geocoins), but usually it says so on an attached note. I'd hesitate to assume that's the case here, but if it were me, I'd give it several months (and several e-mails), then activate it if I heard nothing back from them. Months? I would give it a week after sending the email. If they don't respond then activate it or pass it on. I would sit on it until I heard back from the cacher who is clearly active. No rush to move it. Clearly if they left it by accident they would have responded within a few days to a week, especially a active veteran cacher. After a month the message would be buried and the cacher would have forgotten about it. Unless they left it intentionally for someone to keep and doesn't feel the need to respond. You know nothing of the circumstances. Just keep it is your plan. I'd be real interested if Dogmeat101 could provide cache details. It might help in finding the owner. Edited August 31, 2013 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Didn't say I did but it was mentioned they have been members since 2004. If I got an email saying I forgot to activate a TB or coin I would respond as soon as I could whether I would activate it or give it away. But that is the me. Edited August 31, 2013 by jellis Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Didn't say I did but it was mentioned they have been members since 2004. If I got an email saying I forgot to activate a TB or coin I would respond as soon as I could whether I would activate it or give it away. But that is the me. That's cool. Sometimes there's other ways of contacting a cacher than just using email. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Didn't say I did but it was mentioned they have been members since 2004. If I got an email saying I forgot to activate a TB or coin I would respond as soon as I could whether I would activate it or give it away. But that is the me. That's cool. Sometimes there's other ways of contacting a cacher than just using email. If they cache with others, or ask cachers in their home area. I found a GPS by a cache. I took down the name of the cacher and tracked him down by the local reviewer who lived in the area. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Didn't say I did but it was mentioned they have been members since 2004. If I got an email saying I forgot to activate a TB or coin I would respond as soon as I could whether I would activate it or give it away. But that is the me. That's cool. Sometimes there's other ways of contacting a cacher than just using email. If they cache with others, or ask cachers in their home area. I found a GPS by a cache. I took down the name of the cacher and tracked him down by the local reviewer who lived in the area. Exactly. Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Didn't say I did but it was mentioned they have been members since 2004. If I got an email saying I forgot to activate a TB or coin I would respond as soon as I could whether I would activate it or give it away. But that is the me. That's cool. Sometimes there's other ways of contacting a cacher than just using email. There probably are but if a cacher is logging finds and not checking their email there comes a point when you give up trying to contact them. If they are logging finds they must have some form of internet access. We could construct all sorts of reasons why they might not be checking their email but at some point you have to conclude they aren't interested in the TB. Whether that point comes after a week or six months is a matter of opinion rather than fact. Quote Link to comment
+Dogmeat* Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 He definitely checks his emails, because he was one of the first people to go looking for this cache after it was posted. He found it within an hour of the FTF and the 2TF. I'm gonna wait a week. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) During this past week, I put out a new geocache in one of the areas To me, that sounds like you are the cache owner. Back in post #14, BlueDeuce wrote "I'd be real interested if Dogmeat101 could provide cache details." I'm guessing it's http://coord.info/GC4M1DH B. Edited August 31, 2013 by Pup Patrol Quote Link to comment
+KazumiSun Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Some of you are going to say this belongs in the TB section, but I'm posting it here because it's not about using the tracking bug or anything, it's about geocaching in general. I travel back and fourth often between two locations that are about 4 hours apart. During this past week, I put out a new geocache in one of the areas and one of the first people to find it said they dropped a tracking bug. I noticed they didn't log it, but I went over to grab it because I was traveling today and wanted to give it some distance. So I grabbed it and went to log that I have it, and it wasn't yet activated. I emailed the person who dropped it with no reply, but they've been caching since 2004 and have well over 3000 finds and over 100 tracking dog tags alone. What does one do in this situation? I would email them few more times. Quote Link to comment
+Meandering WA Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 from their post it sounds like they left an unactivated tag as swag Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 from their post it sounds like they left an unactivated tag as swag their log... Found it 08/29/2013 No problem,TN left a geo dog tag. TFTH I agree with Meandering WA. It's swag. Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 from their post it sounds like they left an unactivated tag as swag their log... Found it 08/29/2013 No problem,TN left a geo dog tag. TFTH I agree with Meandering WA. It's swag. That's the way I read it, too. Quote Link to comment
+Dogmeat* Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 He got back to me. He didn't realize it was trackable, but told me to feel free to activate it. Has anyone experience tags as swag before? Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Has anyone experience tags as swag before? We often leave unactivated coins and sometimes tags in caches that (to us) was above average. We mention it in the log. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the Travel Bug forum. Quote Link to comment
+aka Momster Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Has anyone experience tags as swag before? I drop them into caches sometimes, when the mood strikes, but I also carry a few unactivated tags and geocoins just for swag trades. They are lightweight and small, so they are easy to carry on long hikes. I tend to find interesting swag; or maybe I just find swag interesting. Quote Link to comment
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