Sick and Tired

[+Seadog6608]

I am sick and tired of two different tracking numbers on trackables.  The code on the bloody item should be the ONLY code needed to log a trackable.  This system in place is ridiculous.  I just tried to log another trackable just now and It will not recognize the TB number.  Make it simpler Geocaching.com.  I have better things to do with my time than try to log something 5 different times.

[+Max and 99]

19 minutes ago, Seadog6608 said:

I am sick and tired of two different tracking numbers on trackables.  The code on the bloody item should be the ONLY code needed to log a trackable.  This system in place is ridiculous.  I just tried to log another trackable just now and It will not recognize the TB number.  Make it simpler Geocaching.com.  I have better things to do with my time than try to log something 5 different times.

I'm sorry you're so frustrated. I have not experienced that issue yet.

[+noncentric]

It seems to me that the reason for two numbers per trackable is reasonable.

• One is to post links to a trackable's page (TBxxxxx), but without allowing someone to log actions on the tb.
• The other number, which is on the actual trackable, is for logging actions (drop, retrieve, discover).

 

Are you seeing multiple numbers on a single trackable item?  If so, then maybe that is something the trackable owner has attached and they are the ones to "blame" for your frustration.

[+Lynx Humble]

44 minutes ago, Seadog6608 said:

I am sick and tired of two different tracking numbers on trackables.  The code on the bloody item should be the ONLY code needed to log a trackable.  This system in place is ridiculous.  I just tried to log another trackable just now and It will not recognize the TB number.  Make it simpler Geocaching.com.  I have better things to do with my time than try to log something 5 different times.

 

Hum there are some characters that are similar like 0 (zero) and o (letter) maybe it's why it don't recognize what you wrote in the system?

[+kunarion]

46 minutes ago, Seadog6608 said:

I am sick and tired of two different tracking numbers on trackables.  The code on the bloody item should be the ONLY code needed to log a trackable.  This system in place is ridiculous.  I just tried to log another trackable just now and It will not recognize the TB number.  Make it simpler Geocaching.com.  I have better things to do with my time than try to log something 5 different times.

 

There is a public number called the reference number, which may be published and helps people find a particular TB.  That number typically starts with "TB".

 

The secret "Tracking Number" is what you use to make logs.  It's the number engraved on the item, although for Geocoins, there may be additional numbers such as event cache numbers.

 

Beware that once you type a tracking number and if it's rejected, you must return to the search page before trying again.

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by kunarion

[+cerberus1]

If folks would realize that there's a difference between Reference Number and the Tracking Code, maybe they'd realize there aren't "two different tracking numbers". 

The difference between the two is stated that way under  Trackables in the Help Center.

 

 - Though it sounds (to me) to be simply a number/letter mistaken for another. 

[+Corp Of Discovery]

Surprised that no one has yet mentioned that trackables actually have 3 numbers associated with them...

[+Max and 99]

39 minutes ago, Corp Of Discovery said:

Surprised that no one has yet mentioned that trackables actually have 3 numbers associated with them...

I did not know that.

[+arisoft]

1 hour ago, Corp Of Discovery said:

Surprised that no one has yet mentioned that trackables actually have 3 numbers associated with them...

 

Very surprising because I know 4 numbers or codes associated with them.

[+Max and 99]

2 hours ago, arisoft said:

 

Very surprising because I know 4 numbers or codes associated with them.

I was going by the numbers statement, and only know 2.  If I count non-unique alpha codes, that would make it 3. But I'm still missing some! 

[+arisoft]

15 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:

But I'm still missing some! 

 

You can find all of them somewhere from the trackable's page.

 

- Tracking number

- Reference number

- ID number

- WID hash for posting logs

 

 

[+alpha772]

@arisoft : Can you explain how WID hash is working, please ? I have a WID hash and i would like to know how to retrieve the TB. Thanks. 

[+MartyBartfast]

4 minutes ago, alpha772 said:

@arisoft : Can you explain how WID hash is working, please ? I have a WID hash and i would like to know how to retrieve the TB. Thanks. 

 

I reckon if you go to https://www.geocaching.com/track/log.aspx?wid=????????

 

and substitute your hash for ????????  then it will take you to the "log this trackable" page for the TB.

 

 

[+irisisleuk]

On 12/1/2018 at 4:13 AM, Seadog6608 said:

I am sick and tired of two different tracking numbers on trackables.  The code on the bloody item should be the ONLY code needed to log a trackable.  This system in place is ridiculous.  I just tried to log another trackable just now and It will not recognize the TB number.  Make it simpler Geocaching.com.  I have better things to do with my time than try to log something 5 different times.

I don't understand, only the code on the item IS needed to log a trackable.

Maybe you found a trackable that isn't from geocaching.com but from another site like geokrety which you can't log on this site?

Or maybe you got a message from one of the trackable owners from the trackables you retrieved in October last year but still haven't moved? They might also use the reference number instead of the tracking number when they contact you.

[Keystone]

I moved this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum.