+CommunistOnions Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) Hello all, in my local area there are two geocaches which owner is now inactive. I see they are at a threat of being archived and I want to acquire them. How do I contact the original owner respectfully and without getting reported or something else bad happening? The geocaches’ codes are: GC4F7QP and GC4FD46. Edited January 19, 2021 by CommunistOnions A different question about the same topic. Quote Link to comment
+sernikk Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 With acquiring I understand you mean adoption. There is nothing disrespectful with offering help with maintenance of a cache and no reasonable owner would argue with that. If a cache is unmaintained and the owner is no longer interested in keeping it alive, there are several options of what can happen: – owner finds a cacher interested in maintaining it and this cacher can adopt the cache, – someone from the local community feels it's right to keep this cache alive and he contact's the owner by himself so the cache adoption process can be started, – the owner can't find or he's not willing to find anyone for his geocache so he archives it to free room for new ones, – the owner is inactive (no contact with him is possible), after some time the cache may be archived by the reviewer. More information about the adoption process itself can be found here: https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54 2 Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I often see that people who nolonger can or want to maintain their caches will post something in a local facebook group asking if anyone wants to adopt their caches, or else just put the word out among their friends. 2 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 10 hours ago, CommunistOnions said: In my local area I see many geocaches which are unmaintained and I see people acquiring them. How do they do this? And also, how do they convince the original cache owner to transferring them without being disrespectful? We don't see anyone "convince" anybody. The CO wants to get rid of their cache(s), and someone says they'd like to take 'em over. Most owners wishing to dump their caches either head to faceboook, post a write note log on the cache's pages, and/or write in bold their wishes in the cache's description. That doesn't mean that folks shouldn't use the helpful action logs (DNF, NM...) if a cache isn't being maintained in the meantime... 1 Quote Link to comment
+msrubble Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Adopt or transfer a cache Write to the owner and say you'd like to adopt the caches. You can't take over the caches without the owner's permission. If the caches are archived, you could hide new caches in the same locations. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I merged together two threads about the same subject. 1 Quote Link to comment
+oz_bean_counter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 4:40 PM, CommunistOnions said: Hello all, in my local area there are two geocaches which owner is now inactive. I see they are at a threat of being archived and I want to acquire them. How do I contact the original owner respectfully and without getting reported or something else bad happening? The geocaches’ codes are: GC4F7QP and GC4FD46. There is no meaningful threat of them being archived. They don't even have NM's on them. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, oz_bean_counter said: There is no meaningful threat of them being archived. They don't even have NM's on them. That is true but one hasn't had a log in a while. Edited April 15, 2021 by Max and 99 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: That is true but one hasn't had a log in a while. Three of my caches haven't had any finds since 2019 but I don't consider them at risk of archival (other than perhaps by me if I get sick of checking on them). In these parts at least, I've never seen a cache archived by a reviewer simply for not having been found for a while. Quote Link to comment
+oz_bean_counter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: That is true but one hasn't had a log in a while. Less than two months. Given the COVID situation and the local lockdowns we've experienced, I'm not surprised or concerned. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Lynx Humble Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 55 minutes ago, barefootjeff said: Three of my caches haven't had any finds since 2019 but I don't consider them at risk of archival (other than perhaps by me if I get sick of checking on them). In these parts at least, I've never seen a cache archived by a reviewer simply for not having been found for a while. I concur, in my area there are over 1000 caches not having been found for 4.5 years and no risk of archival unless missing Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, oz_bean_counter said: Less than two months. Given the COVID situation and the local lockdowns we've experienced, I'm not surprised or concerned. Three months. 1 Quote Link to comment
+oz_bean_counter Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 20 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Three months. Are we talking about the same caches? GC4FD46 - last found 10th April GC4F7QP - last found 28th February 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Max and 99 said: That is true but one hasn't had a log in a while. 2 hours ago, oz_bean_counter said: Less than two months. Given the COVID situation and the local lockdowns we've experienced, I'm not surprised or concerned 51 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Three months. A physical log. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.