+horseshoechamp Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 With all the changes I can no longer pull up old archived caches. Is there another way to pull them up? Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 On the official app, no. On the website, yes. On the website, you can enter the GC Code of the cache in the Search bar, then select to view that GC Code: Or just go directly to the cache's page by using the coord.info URL: https://coord.info/GCxxxx If you don't know the GC Code, then you'd need to find a link to the archived cache from a list of someone's finds/hides in their profiles and click on the cache from there. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, noncentric said: If you don't know the GC Code, then you'd need to find a link to the archived cache from a list of someone's finds/hides in their profiles and click on the cache from there. Or use project-GC, which can pull up archived caches for an area. (This may be a paying members feature - I can't remember off the top of my head.) Edited August 22, 2018 by hzoi 1 Quote Link to comment
+Fugads Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, hzoi said: Or use project-GC, which can pull up archived caches for an area. (This may be a paying members feature - I can't remember off the top of my head.) I used to be able to do this as a non-paying member using the map-compare tool, which was cool. I found the info helpful especially if I was thinking about hiding a geocache in a location, but was wondering why smoeone hadn't already used the amazing spot I had found. Often, finding an old archived cache in the lcoation and then reading through its history would let me know of potential issues for a location. For the last year or so, I haven't been able to do this, so maybe the feature got moved behind the pay-wall. If someone could confirm this, I'd like to know. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I just found a way to locate archived caches in the 'Map counties tool', which is available to paid users only. Quote Link to comment
Blue Square Thing Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Fugads said: I used to be able to do this as a non-paying member using the map-compare tool, which was cool. I found the info helpful especially if I was thinking about hiding a geocache in a location, but was wondering why smoeone hadn't already used the amazing spot I had found. Often, finding an old archived cache in the lcoation and then reading through its history would let me know of potential issues for a location. For the last year or so, I haven't been able to do this, so maybe the feature got moved behind the pay-wall. If someone could confirm this, I'd like to know. It works just fine on map compare for me - although you can't filter out active caches. You can add a filter to add in archived and/or disabled caches - it's just one of the standard map compare features. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Fugads Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Blue Square Thing said: It works just fine on map compare for me - although you can't filter out active caches. You can add a filter to add in archived and/or disabled caches - it's just one of the standard map compare features. Well what do you know... there's the filter! I missed the pull-down menu with that option a while back. Maybe the site changed its layout once upon a time and I lost the tool. Glad to have it brought back to my attention, I really like using it. Quote Link to comment
Blue Square Thing Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Fugads said: Well what do you know... there's the filter! I missed the pull-down menu with that option a while back. Maybe the site changed its layout once upon a time and I lost the tool. Glad to have it brought back to my attention, I really like using it. No worries. It's an incredibly helpful thing to be able to do - I'll do it any time I'm thinking about a cache in an area. 1 Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) I just got an email that one of my trackables is in a cache that was just archived. It doesn't give the GC code, just a link to the name, but the link only goes to Error 404. The cache doesn't show up in the Found caches for the person who dropped it there, or in the trackable's map. The log states that the cache is in Nevada, 150 miles from the trackable's previous location. The cache name is 1011. What gives? Edited September 21, 2019 by NanCycle Clarification Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, NanCycle said: I just got an email that one of my trackables is in a cache that was just archived. It doesn't give the GC code, just a link to the name, but the link only goes to Error 404. The cache doesn't show up in the Found caches for the person who dropped it there, or in the trackable's map. The log states that it is in Nevada, 150 miles from its previous location. The cache name is 1011. What gives? That sounds like the cache was unpublished, so it no longer 'exists' on the site. Bummer. I hope the trackable returns. 1 Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 NanCycle, your trackable was placed in a cache that wasn't published because it was less than 400 feet from another cache. When the owner did not respond to the reviewer for a month, the reviewer archived the inactive cache page. I suggest writing politely to the geocacher who dropped off your trackable in the ill-fated cache. The owner lives very close to the cache (less than five miles), so you may be able to persuade them to return to the site, retrieve the cache, and move your trackable into a different cache. 5 Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 13 hours ago, Keystone said: NanCycle, your trackable was placed in a cache that wasn't published because it was less than 400 feet from another cache. When the owner did not respond to the reviewer for a month, the reviewer archived the inactive cache page. I suggest writing politely to the geocacher who dropped off your trackable in the ill-fated cache. The owner lives very close to the cache (less than five miles), so you may be able to persuade them to return to the site, retrieve the cache, and move your trackable into a different cache. Thank you. I'll try that. Quote Link to comment
+frostengel Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/21/2019 at 2:56 AM, Keystone said: The owner lives very close to the cache (less than five miles), so you may be able to persuade them to return to the site, retrieve the cache, and move your trackable into a different cache. ??? The owner HAS to go back to the side and collect the cache if it is not listed anywhere. It's trash at the moment, trash that this person put in the woods (or whereever). Hopefully the archiving log told him to do so. 2 Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 2 hours ago, frostengel said: The owner HAS to go back to the side and collect the cache if it is not listed anywhere. It's trash at the moment, trash that this person put in the woods (or whereever). Hopefully the archiving log told him to do so. Is someone holding a gun to their head, making them go back to pick up the archived container? No. So they don't HAVE TO go back and get it. They should, of course. But there is no mind control or compulsion that is making them do it. Hence the need sometimes for persuasion. 1 Quote Link to comment
+frostengel Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 48 minutes ago, TriciaG said: Is someone holding a gun to their head, making them go back to pick up the archived container? No. So they don't HAVE TO go back and get it. They should, of course. But there is no mind control or compulsion that is making them do it. Hence the need sometimes for persuasion. Even with a gun on thir head they don't have to... :-) https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56 If you archive a physical cache, remove the container from its hiding spot as soon as possible. And I think, local laws have to say something about littering either. I don't know if "have to" is the right word (probably not, you are right) but I'll stick to it: it is an abolute no-go to leave a box behind after archival (as to leave any trash behind outside). 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 30 minutes ago, frostengel said: I don't know if "have to" is the right word (probably not, you are right) but I'll stick to it: it is an abolute no-go to leave a box behind after archival (as to leave any trash behind outside). Sometimes it's just not possible to retrieve the archived cache. This one of mine, where the cache is tucked in under the right-hand block where the arrow's pointing, was buried under a rockfall. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 2:34 PM, barefootjeff said: Sometimes it's just not possible to retrieve the archived cache. This one of mine, where the cache is tucked in under the right-hand block where the arrow's pointing, was buried under a rockfall. Of course, I can't see the surrounding area and don't know the scale of the picture, but it seems pretty basic to move the rock away to get to the cache. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, Corfman Clan said: Of course, I can't see the surrounding area and don't know the scale of the picture, but it seems pretty basic to move the rock away to get to the cache. I've Photoshopped myself into the before photo to give you a rough sense of the scale. The pile of rubble now burying the cache would be about a metre deep and many of the larger pieces are too heavy to lift. I did try to start digging down but quickly realised it would be a forlorn effort. 2 Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 hour ago, barefootjeff said: I've Photoshopped myself into the before photo to give you a rough sense of the scale. The pile of rubble now burying the cache would be about a metre deep and many of the larger pieces are too heavy to lift. I did try to start digging down but quickly realised it would be a forlorn effort. Can't you get a digger in there? Helicopter? You give up too easily BFJ... 2 Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 46 minutes ago, funkymunkyzone said: Can't you get a digger in there? Helicopter? You give up too easily BFJ... Or a stick of jelly? Quote Link to comment
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