Editing a Log From DNF to Found?

[+geo climber]

Sometimes I'll log a cache as DNF and then return later to find it.

Is the proper procedure to leave the DNF log entry or to edit it to Found and remove the DNF? For example look at GC5613Y that I logged today after DNF yesterday.

It seemed redundant to leave two entries only a day apart. But if they had been weeks apart with other entries made between then I would have left both.

 

Any advice?

Edited July 24, 2018 by geo climber

[+Team Christiansen]

I really regret deleting my DNF logs after a subsequent find during my first few years. Doing so deletes history and seemingly skews the apparent find-ability of a cache. Now I proudly post all my DNFs making it all the more fun to post a subsequent find.

 

Don't delete.

[+Max and 99]

39 minutes ago, geo climber said:

Sometimes I'll log a cache as DNF and then return later to find it.

Is the proper procedure to leave the DNF log entry or to edit it to Found and remove the DNF? For example look at GC5613Y that I logged today after DNF yesterday.

It seemed redundant to leave two entries only a day apart. But if they had been weeks apart with other entries made between then I would have left both.

 

Any advice?

Create a new log in this case. 

Pkus, if you just edit the log the CO won't get a notification that you returned and found it.

[+cerberus1]

1 hour ago, geo climber said:

Sometimes I'll log a cache as DNF and then return later to find it.

Is the proper procedure to leave the DNF log entry or to edit it to Found and remove the DNF? For example look at GC5613Y that I logged today after DNF yesterday.

It seemed redundant to leave two entries only a day apart. But if they had been weeks apart with other entries made between then I would have left both.

 

Any advice?

 

Why bother to ask?  You already changed it...

[+geo climber]

Thanks guys, I agree. Those seem like good reasons to always log and leave the DNF.

[+cerberus1]

IIRC, our most DNFs was three on one cache before finding it the fourth time.  You "beta test" a lot when you FTF caches. 

The CO was thankful for each, upped the D/T a bit for future users.  We kept our logging and the cache history accurate.

[+IceColdUK]

Leave. :-)  Useful info for you, the CO and subsequent cachers.

 

The only times I’ve (sort of) broken my own rule is by not posting my draft DNF log, on the few occasions I’ve gone back and found the cache later on the same trip.  My Found log will detail both visits, but even then, with hindsight, I think posting both of the logs would have been better.