Is there any way to tell if I have logged a travel bug before?

[+BasicPoke]

I have just returned from an event where I got the #'s from many travel bugs. I don't know if I have seen them before, could have been 7 or 8 years ago when I saw them. Is there any way to tell if I have logged a travel bug before? The logs are not all on the same page, so I cannot search there to find out.

 

It sure would be nice if there were something on the trackable page that told me I had discovered that trackable before, like there is on a geocache page.

 

Does it matter if I just discover it again? Will it be counted twice in my trackable finds? I don't want that.

Thanks

Ron

[+stijnhommes]

Geocaches have a "view logbook" link where you can select your own logs from the lot, but this option is also missing with trackables. I'm afraid I don't know an easy answer.

[+Lieblweb]

It doesn't matter if you discover them or even pick them up multiple times.... Keep it real.

 

I've picked up and discovered the same TB's before years apart. I've dropped off TB's one week and gone back and picked them up again the next week.

[Pup Patrol]

I have just returned from an event where I got the #'s from many travel bugs. I don't know if I have seen them before, could have been 7 or 8 years ago when I saw them. Is there any way to tell if I have logged a travel bug before? The logs are not all on the same page, so I cannot search there to find out.

 

It sure would be nice if there were something on the trackable page that told me I had discovered that trackable before, like there is on a geocache page.

 

Does it matter if I just discover it again? Will it be counted twice in my trackable finds? I don't want that.

Thanks

Ron

 

In your profile, there's a list of all trackables that you have interacted with:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/my/travelbugs.aspx

 

Once you're on that page, there is a link "Visit Log" that will display your log for that trackable on a separate page.

 

B.

Edited October 28, 2013 by Pup Patrol

[+The Blorenges]

A while ago I think somebody put a suggestion into the Geocaching.com Website forum that trackable pages could have a link on them, the same as on cache pages - "You logged this on whateverdate" which would be a helpful feature to those who like to know such things. But logging trackables is rather different from logging caches and it's quite common to come across the same trackables several times in your geocaching lifetime and it's fine to log it/help it on its journey each time you see it.

 

MrsB

[+BasicPoke]

It just doesn't seem right to me that logging a trackable again should add to my # of trackables logged. For example, discovering the same trackable at two different events should not count as two trackables found, IMHO.

Ron

 

A while ago I think somebody put a suggestion into the Geocaching.com Website forum that trackable pages could have a link on them, the same as on cache pages - "You logged this on whateverdate" which would be a helpful feature to those who like to know such things. But logging trackables is rather different from logging caches and it's quite common to come across the same trackables several times in your geocaching lifetime and it's fine to log it/help it on its journey each time you see it.

MrsB

[+Beach_hut]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't double-count in your stats but I might be wrong?

 

EDIT: I'd throw my weight behind that idea too. Many's the time I've been in the same situation when logging after events.

Edited October 28, 2013 by Beach_hut

[+Lieblweb]

It just doesn't seem right to me that logging a trackable again should add to my # of trackables logged. For example, discovering the same trackable at two different events should not count as two trackables found, IMHO.

Ron

 

Why not? If it's a legit discover.... ?? Or if you pick it a second time and take it somewhere else?

 

We should be 'promoting movement' of TB's.

 

The system could (and maybe it does already) filter out multiple discoveries within a certain amount of time. But if you discover the same TB a month later in another cache....you're actually doing the owner a favor by communicating it's where-abouts.

[+BasicPoke]

Based on a test I did today, I discovered a trackable twice and it did not add to my "Trackables Logged" number. I did this for two days that were close together, and two that were months apart. And I gave it plenty of time to take place. So maybe this question was all a waste of time. Sorry folks. If you can find a case where it counts your trackable find twice, let me know.

Thanks

Ron

[+fuzziebear3]

It doesn't count it twice if you discover or retrieve it again. And the trackable is happy for the note or the movement.

[+the hermit crabs]

The logs are not all on the same page, so I cannot search there to find out.

 

If you go to the trackable's page and click "view map", all of the logs will be on one page. You can search for your username on that page.

[+BasicPoke]

If you go to the trackable's page and click "view map", all of the logs will be on one page. You can search for your username on that page.

Excellent crabs, thanks.