Who was FTF on Dave Ulmer's first stash?

[+jpd43]

I'm a little confused. I have been going back through the history of Geocaching and one thing kinds of bothers me. I have found that Dave Ulmer's (and the worlds) very first cache/stash was hidden on May 3, 2000. Then there is some confusing info. In several spots it refers to Mike Teague as the first finder, but if you view the video of Dave when he was at the placement of the Original location plaque, he refers to a man seen in the video as "Don guinea Pig Finder". Who is Don?

[+JL_HSTRE]

Beta tester?

[+GeoElmo6000]

Mike Teague, May 6th, 2000.  I did a puzzle about the FTF of the FTH.

https://coord.info/GC5MDXC

[+Michaelcycle]

2 hours ago, GeoElmo6000 said:

Mike Teague, May 6th, 2000.  I did a puzzle about the FTF of the FTH.

https://coord.info/GC5MDXC

Did you read the question? The video clearly shows Dave introducing a gentleman named Don who he calls "the first finder, or guinea pig finder." Don then adds "I was the guinea pig finder."

I did not know about the existence of this video (I knew the story of Dave Ulmer, of course) so I, too, want to know "Who is Don?" Presumably the first beta tester, as JL_HSTRE suggests, should have his own place in the history of this game.

[+GeoElmo6000]

49 minutes ago, Michaelcycle said:

Did you read the question?

 

I did.  In actuality there were two questions asked.  The first is from the thread title: "Who was FTF on Dave Ulmer's first stash?".  I answered that question:  Mike Teague.  Later there's a second question: "Who is Don?".  "Don was the first finder, or guinea pig finder".   We still have guinea pig finders, and they aren't considered FTF, as they generally have more knowledge or advanced information than the general geocaching community.  Maybe the thread title should be "Who is Don from Dave Ulmer's video?" 

[fendmar]

Link to video?

[+Michaelcycle]

1 hour ago, fendmar said:

Link to video?

 

 

[+m0bean]

Kinda interesting that the ambiguity of determining FTF is as old as caching itself.

[+thebruce0]

FTFAP.  (After Publish)

[BJMcFeet]

The first person to ever find a geocache was my father, Don McFeters. He and Dave were friends. My father admired Dave's genius and fun. They went on many adventures together even when Dave moved from Oregon into the SW desert. For years he and my mom went south in the winter just so Dave and Dad could explore by motocycle.

The way I remember the story, Dave called my dad to come over and when he arrived, Dave thrust a GPS device and a piece of paper with a lat. & long. into his hands and said, "Find this." So Dad took off driving through the countryside until he found it. Back in those days, Dad called computers, "Time Wasters," so there wasn't any record of his find.

Dad and Mom still live in Boring, Oregon and he loves to visit with people. He walks almost every day but his memory is slipping away and doesn’t remember much anymore.

[+Michaelcycle]

BJMcFeet, thank you for coming here and telling us your father's part in the development of geocaching. 

He provided the proof of concept for Dave Ulmer's idea, an idea that thousands of people around the world now enjoy.

Please tell your dad that I appreciate his important place in the history of geocaching.

[+BAMBOOZLE]

Great story here, thanks for sharing......we also found the first one.