+Harry Dolphin Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Well, I'd never done that before. FTF on a new cache. Not a waterproof container. Log is soaking wet. FTF NM. 3 7 Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Never had that happen but would have had a FTF on a cache that was muggled before it was found, so I claimed the FTS (first to search) Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 40 minutes ago, captnemo said: Never had that happen but would have had a FTF on a cache that was muggled before it was found, so I claimed the FTS (first to search) Many times on that one... Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 The other 2/3rds found dozens of POS soaking wet caches FTF. Another fun part of beta-testing hides... I've found a couple, one "container" was the plastic folding case that Zippos come in. Quote Link to comment
+DerDiedler Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I even had a FTS on a unhidden cache, and later that night the FTF on the same cache The CO wasn't expecting the cache to be published that quick. So he sent the listing before he placed the cache. After my DNF log he wrote me an apologizing message, stating the is in place now. I went there again to get the FTF. A few weeks later he bought me a beer on a event Quote Link to comment
+frostengel Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 12 hours ago, captnemo said: a cache that was muggled before it was found And sometimes the owner only puts the cache in place after the publish. That's what I hate most: a muggled cache is misfortune but owners that do not respect the simple rule of sending the listing to the reviewer only if the cache is out is ..... grrrr! That's why I have lost interest in making FTFs... Ah, while I posted this, DerDiedler posted a similar story - so it is not only me but I have never got a drink for that. ;-) Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, frostengel said: And sometimes the owner only puts the cache in place after the publish. That's what I hate most: a muggled cache is misfortune but owners that do not respect the simple rule of sending the listing to the reviewer only if the cache is out is ..... grrrr! That's why I have lost interest in making FTFs... Ah, while I posted this, DerDiedler posted so it is not only me but I have never got a drink for that. ;-) Not in this case as it wasn't the same day that it was listed that I searched for it. Also the CO admitted that the cache was gone after I posted my DNF and archived it. It was in a nice park that I have considered placing a cache but couldn't find a secure place to hide one. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I know a cacher who recently had to post an NM nine minutes after the cache was published. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Crazedllama Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 A few months ago I logged an ftf NA. The reviewers missed that the cache had been placed in a restricted military area and a day later the cache was archived. 1 Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 20 hours ago, frostengel said: And sometimes the owner only puts the cache in place after the publish. That's what I hate most: a muggled cache is misfortune but owners that do not respect the simple rule of sending the listing to the reviewer only if the cache is out is ..... grrrr! That's why I have lost interest in making FTFs... Mostly that's ignorance about the publishing process, but any disrespect. Although I wouldn't be surprised if some people have done so intentionally to troll the FTF hounds. Quote Link to comment
+Oxford Stone Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I've had 2 FTFs that didn't count, both on submitted caches that turned out to break the proximity rule to a non-trad. The first one, the older multi (that I was searching for) had gone missing and was archived - my "FTF" was never published; the 2nd one was too close to a cache in the same series where the path twists back on itself, I'd seen a gap between two neighbours and looked in a likely spot on the off chance! The CO had received the reviewer rejection but not got round to picking up the container or re-submitting the cache. Good job I'm not huge on FTFs - Project GC tells me "Oxford Stone has 70 FTF (1.10%)" (one every 35.7 days)... [one of the local FTF fiends has 297 FTF (10.24%)...] Quote Link to comment
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