compost93 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I have some really old caches that I don't want to maintain anymore, where can I find someone to adopt them? Ideally it would be prolific cacher in my area. I might just cold message people haha, Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, compost93 said: I have some really old caches that I don't want to maintain anymore, where can I find someone to adopt them? Ideally it would be prolific cacher in my area. I might just cold message people haha, I've seen owners post to social groups (Facebook or local forums). I've seen owners send email to past finders who might have a particular attachment to the cache (e.g., the FTF, or someone for whom that was their first find or some other milestone). Those approaches both work. Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 It seems to be done mainly on Facebook here.... Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 It may be that people have your caches on their watchlists or on other lists. Put a note on the cache page, and they will be notified. Might be a long shot, but you never know... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, IceColdUK said: It may be that people have your caches on their watchlists or on other lists. Put a note on the cache page, and they will be notified. Might be a long shot, but you never know... But the people watching your caches are probably the most likely to adopt them too. 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 15 hours ago, compost93 said: I have some really old caches that I don't want to maintain anymore, where can I find someone to adopt them? Ideally it would be prolific cacher in my area. I might just cold message people haha, Here, a simple Write Note log will let watchers know you're looking to get rid of them, and adding your request in bold to the bottom of your description helps too with new finders. The rest seem to go by faceboook, as they pretty-much took away most our our local geocaching forums. While you're at it, you could add an Owner Maintenance to cover your one cache that has an NM from a newb (who apparently didn't read the description ?). Quote Link to comment
+BabyYodaGeocaches Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Man i would like to help but i dont live near you at all. I dont live in the state but i would love to take care of them but i cant. Sorry... 1 Quote Link to comment
+frostengel Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hi, you should deactivate https://coord.info/GCNQG6 first before more persons go there in vain. Writing a note asking if someone wanted to adopt the cache would be the only step I would do to find someone. If no one wants to adopt any of them just archive the caches and make place for something new. (Don't forget to collect the remaining pieces of the cache if there is still something out there.) Going to the archive is the usual way for geocaches to end - and after 15 years I think the cache and the place have earned the rest. :-) Jochen 3 Quote Link to comment
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