+BAMBOOZLE Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDE84&title=river-view Quote Link to comment
+Path Pacer Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I would say he made a mistake and posted to the wrong cache, but he shouldn't even have been able to find the cache page to log it. You could email him and ask exactly what happened. Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDE84&title=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4DE84_in-der-fischbach-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Edited August 7, 2015 by cezanne Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Assuming that you checked the GZ before archival and that this geocacher was not active until 2013... and have logged in the same day some caches in Germany, looks like a bogus Found. Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Assuming that you checked the GZ before archival and that this geocacher was not active until 2013... and have logged in the same day some caches in Germany, looks like a bogus Found. No, not at all. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Could be wrong but it looks to me like the person somehow made a mistake. Maybe he uses GC numbers for logging and mistakenly input this one instead of the one he wanted to log. Because of the language barrier (i didn't find a translator that worked well either), i'd go ahead and delete the find since you know for a fact that the container is gone. He'd get the notification, look into why the find was deleted, and then see where he went wrong. I want my stats to be accurate so i know that i'd be happy if an owner alerted me to a mistake like this that i made. Edited,, i just spotted Cezzane's post above. There ya go... Edited August 7, 2015 by Mudfrog Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Could be wrong but it looks to me like the person somehow made a mistake. Maybe he uses GC numbers for logging and mistakenly input this one instead of the one he wanted to log. Because of the language barrier (i didn't find a translator that worked well either), i'd go ahead and delete the find since you know for a fact that the container is gone. I want my stats to be accurate so i know that i'd be happy if an owner alerted me to a mistake like this that i made. As the log is written in easy Dutch, I was able to understand it without needing a translator and I also have provided above the link to the cache the cacher almost certainly wanted to log and that fits perfectly into the caching day of that family on May 14. As the correct GC code differs only by a single digit (4 after GC got omitted) it is apparent that your conjecture is true. Many non high-tech cachers log the way that they input the GC code or the name of the cache they want to log. Edited August 7, 2015 by cezanne Quote Link to comment
+CV Kurt Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I wouldn't worry too much about language barriers... many who speak Dutch also speak English... or know somebody who does. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocachin...itle=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocachin...ch-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Nice detective work. Now that finder has a lovely souvenir for Lousiana. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCDE84&title=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4DE84_in-der-fischbach-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Man, you guys are good.....I think you hit it, you should be a detective. I couldn't figure it because I know the cache is not on the map and you need the GC # to even view it. Regarding the original cache the tree and surrounding area were plowed under years ago. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocachin...itle=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocachin...ch-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Nice detective work. Now that finder has a lovely souvenir for Lousiana. I don't care anything about these souvenirs. But again, if i made a mistake like this, i would try to correct everything that transpired with my mistake. Does a souvenir go away if the geocache find goes away? If not, surely we have the ability to manually delete a souvenir if we want. Chances are, the finder will do just that if he realizes it. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I would say he made a mistake and posted to the wrong cache, but he shouldn't even have been able to find the cache page to log it. You could email him and ask exactly what happened. As has been explained, the log was posted to the wrong GC code. Even if a cache is archived, if you know the GC code, you can get to the cache page. You can still post logs on an archived cache, unless the cache page is locked. B. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocachin...itle=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocachin...ch-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Nice detective work. Now that finder has a lovely souvenir for Lousiana. I don't care anything about these souvenirs. But again, if i made a mistake like this, i would try to correct everything that transpired with my mistake. Does a souvenir go away if the geocache find goes away? If not, surely we have the ability to manually delete a souvenir if we want. No and No. A souvenir doesn't go away if the find is deleted and we can't delete a souvenir once it's awarded. He can only hide it from our public profile. Quote Link to comment
+irisisleuk Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 It seems they wanted to log cache GC4DE84, so they made a typing error with the GC code and logged your cache (GCDE84) instead. I'll send them a message in Dutch to tell them. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Just got a Found It log on a cache I archived over 11 years ago....translating ( Dutch ) didn't help. I just can't quite figure it out. http://www.geocachin...itle=river-view I'm quite sure that they logged a wrong cache. They talk about caching in a valley in Germany (over an extended weekend) and they have visited caches in that valley on the same day. So my conjecture makes sense. Edit: I'm almost sure that they wanted to log this cache http://www.geocachin...ch-1?Submit6=Go It belongs to the same series than the one they logged thereafter and its GC code differs from the GC code of yours only by an additional 4 after GC. Omit that 4 and you get to your cache. Nice detective work. Now that finder has a lovely souvenir for Lousiana. I don't care anything about these souvenirs. But again, if i made a mistake like this, i would try to correct everything that transpired with my mistake. Does a souvenir go away if the geocache find goes away? If not, surely we have the ability to manually delete a souvenir if we want. No and No. A souvenir doesn't go away if the find is deleted and we can't delete a souvenir once it's awarded. He can only hide it from our public profile. One needs to ask Groundspeak to remove a souvenir. http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=request Choose category 6 - Souvenirs B. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 It seems they wanted to log cache GC4DE84, so they made a typing error with the GC code and logged your cache (GCDE84) instead. I'll send them a message in Dutch to tell them. Thanks....tell them no problem on my end......I kind of got a kick out of it, sort of a blast from the past. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It seems they wanted to log cache GC4DE84, so they made a typing error with the GC code and logged your cache (GCDE84) instead. I'll send them a message in Dutch to tell them. I would have guessed gc2de84, a Dutch cache. But I see the log refers to the Hambachtal, so I agree with you. Quote Link to comment
+GeekinTX Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Consiering that most of his caches have been in Belgium, and this is the only cache ever logged in the US, it's most likely they typoed the GC number... Use a link to the log http://coord.info/GLJEFM1Q and contact them and ask in simple English if they didn't maybe get the wrong cache... Ron Quote Link to comment
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