Cache Missing for 10 Years Located 140 Miles Away

[+Ramness]

Took a trip out to Arlington TX last week to help a friend move his stuff back to Georgia. While there we were at another friend’s home and I spotted a tube with magnets attached stuck on the refrigerator. When I spotted it I thought, that looks like a Geocache, so I pulled it off the fridge and opened the cap. Sure enough there was a rolled up log sheet inside. I took the cache out and the dining room where everyone else was and asked “why is this on your refrigerator?”. My friend’s mother in-law (she lives with them) informed me it was a Geocache, I replied I knew what it was and inquired why it was her fridge.

 

According to her she used to Geocache hunt, by that I mean she went and found 4 of them one weekend in a park down the street from her home many years ago. Someone she knows that does highway maintenance found the cache on a guardrail somewhere in Texas and knowing she was a “Geocacher” gave the cache to her thinking she would know what to do with it. It has been on their refrigerator since. She could not recall how long ago that was but the last log was in March 2007.

 

The name on the first page of the logsheet was Sono/Rad. I was hoping he was local so I could give him the cache before I left town but according to his profile he lives in SC. I then set about trying to figure out which cache of his it was, no easy task as Sono/Rad has placed over 300 traditional caches. After a little research it appears to be GCTFRN Bridge Quick Cache, the dates on the last logs match the log sheet. I was surprised to learn the original location was 140 miles away from the home where I found the cache on the refrigerator!

 

I am now back home in Atlanta and have the cache with me. I sent a message to Sono/Rad but so far I have not heard back from him.

 

 

 

[+narcissa]

I love this story! Thanks for sharing.

[+geocat_]

That's amazing!

[+cache_test_dummies]

Great story! Do you plan on logging a find on the cache?

 

I would.

[+hzoi]

Great story! Do you plan on logging a find on the cache?

 

I would.

Me, too. To quote the stash note, "Congratulations! You found it! Intentionally or not!"

[+The Rat]

You might want to try sending an email, too. I never check my geocaching messages but I always see my email multiple times a day. His profile shows he last visited yesterday, so he's still active.

[+narcissa]

You might want to try sending an email, too. I never check my geocaching messages but I always see my email multiple times a day. His profile shows he last visited yesterday, so he's still active.

 

+1

[+captnemo]

You could go to several of the finders profiles and check their finds for the date they signed the log you have and just might find the answers you seek.

[+hzoi]

You could go to several of the finders profiles and check their finds for the date they signed the log you have and just might find the answers you seek.

 

I don't think that's the issue -- the cache has been ID'd, but Ramness hasn't been able to contact the CO.

 

After a little research it appears to be GCTFRN Bridge Quick Cache, the dates on the last logs match the log sheet.

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I sent a message to Sono/Rad but so far I have not heard back from him.

[+SeattleWayne]

Pretty cool story!

[+ronkeykong]

I have found many of his caches in the Central Texas area, mainly Belton and Temple. Interesting story.

[+southernx]

Hello. From Southernx! Hope you found the owner of the cache. "Ramness" I knew there could only be one.

[+Path Pacer]

Well, if you know where it was supposed to be, you could put it back.

[+hzoi]

Well, if you know where it was supposed to be, you could put it back.

Wouldn't do much good if the cache onwer doesn't respond -- cache in question has been archived for going on 10 years. Putting it back in the same spot and hoping the CO gets it unarchived is not quite littering, but it's not far removed.

[+GeoVet91]

This is a great story!

I hope some like this will happen in the DFW area since many lake geocaches were washed away in flooding the last 2 summers. Who knows where they may end up? Hopefully not the landfill!

[+dprovan]

Well, if you know where it was supposed to be, you could put it back.

Wouldn't do much good if the cache onwer doesn't respond -- cache in question has been archived for going on 10 years. Putting it back in the same spot and hoping the CO gets it unarchived is not quite littering, but it's not far removed.

You could put it back and publish it again as a new cache.

[+Path Pacer]

Well, if you know where it was supposed to be, you could put it back.

Wouldn't do much good if the cache onwer doesn't respond -- cache in question has been archived for going on 10 years. Putting it back in the same spot and hoping the CO gets it unarchived is not quite littering, but it's not far removed.

Oh. I didn't realized it was archived.

[jetlagmech]

I just found a muggled cache container this week. Found inside the cab of a F-250 pickup I bought from the Seattle Fire Dept. at a surplus auction. No cache name or GC# on the log. I messaged the last 5 finder I could read from the log page. So hopping I will find its owner soon. But this one has only been missing a few months. last log was 5-7-16.

 

Gave me a good chuckle when I found it. I was removing all the equipment brackets and cleaning when I found it stuck to the seat frame (magnetic). What are the odds of a Cacher buying the truck. someone else would have thought is was a bracket welded to the seat frame.