FTF record

[+Jayeffel]

I was looking over my finds in Project -GC and noticed under FTF there were I think 51 FTF listed. I know I had more then realized that lately I logged the caches as FTF, not {FTF}which seems to trigger the count.

 

Is there anyway other than going to search and change filters to "ALL" and under the proper place select MY CACHES, to get a ,list of aches I found? It gives me a list of 1503 found caches, some I had marked {FTF} as I should, some not, and many, many not FTF of course.

 

Of the first of 30 1/2 pages of caches found I had 50 caches listed and 14 of them were FTF; of course there are listed in increasing distance frorm my house so that is fair, I would image it will drop drastically if I continue.

 

Just be nice to mark all FTF as such. If not, I will still go caching.

 

And I do not keep a physical log of  caches with notes, I think some do.

 

 

[+TheLimeCat]

Try this link: https://project-gc.com/Profile/ForgottenFTF?profile_name=Jayeffel&submit=Filter

 

Project-gc has a tool that checks for Forgotten FTFs by filtering caches that you were among the first to log, but didn't mark as FTF.

[+Jayeffel]

Sure can give it a try, thanks

 

Edit: That does the trick ! That show 188 caches I was able to find, that I was FTF or least close. Thank you, narrows it down from 1503 to check !

Edited March 8, 2023 by Jayeffel
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[+Goldenwattle]

On FTFs, is it possible to add a locked FTF cache? GC48V22. Supposedly a list can be made in settings, but I don't know how to add to the list, as nothing will paste into the box.

[+2Abendsegler]

Maybe this helps:

https://project-gc.com/User/Settings

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FTF Bookmark list
Project-GC normally use FTF tagging to detect FTFs, you can read more about that in the FAQ. But we also support the use of a publically available bookmark list that you can maintain at Geocaching.com as an alternative.

 

[+Goldenwattle]

36 minutes ago, 2Abendsegler said:

Maybe this helps:

https://project-gc.com/User/Settings

 

Thank you, but those are the settings I referred to. I have no idea how to add a cache. Nothing will paste into the boxes for example.

[Keystone]

3 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said:

Thank you, but those are the settings I referred to. I have no idea how to add a cache. Nothing will paste into the boxes for example.

You wouldn't add an individual cache that way.

Step 1: Create a bookmark list on Geocaching.com, marked as "Public."

Step 2: On Geocaching.com, add all your FTF caches to that bookmark list (including locked caches, which can be added to a personal List).

Step 3: Go to the Project-GC settings page.  Under Site Settings, locate "FTF bookmark list."

Step 4: In the box on the left side of the screen ("Available Lists") you will see a list of all your public bookmark lists.  Find the name of your FTF bookmark list and click on it.

Step 5: Confirm that the selected List moved over to the box on the right side of the screen, labelled "FTF Lists."

Step 6: Click on the "Update Settings" button further down the Settings screen.

[+thebruce0]

That is what I do, keep FTFs in a bookmark list. It's just more reliable, imo, than remembering to use a tag in logs, and still having to check for false positives/negatives. Thumbs up for the bookmark list.

[+Goldenwattle]

1 hour ago, Keystone said:

You wouldn't add an individual cache that way.

Step 1: Create a bookmark list on Geocaching.com, marked as "Public."

Step 2: On Geocaching.com, add all your FTF caches to that bookmark list (including locked caches, which can be added to a personal List).

Step 3: Go to the Project-GC settings page.  Under Site Settings, locate "FTF bookmark list."

Step 4: In the box on the left side of the screen ("Available Lists") you will see a list of all your public bookmark lists.  Find the name of your FTF bookmark list and click on it.

Step 5: Confirm that the selected List moved over to the box on the right side of the screen, labelled "FTF Lists."

Step 6: Click on the "Update Settings" button further down the Settings screen.

Thank you.

[+barefootjeff]

7 hours ago, TheLimeCat said:

Project-gc has a tool that checks for Forgotten FTFs by filtering caches that you were among the first to log, but didn't mark as FTF.

 

That's a cool tool. I don't keep a record of my FTFs, but it was nice to look back on those it found, including actual FTFs, joint FTFs and those where I'd arrived to find an impromptu mini-event happening at GZ. Sadly the latter is now mostly a distant memory as FTF races around here are measured in days or weeks, not minutes, so the chances of bumping into another cacher at a new cache are slim.

Edited March 9, 2023 by barefootjeff

[+arisoft]

8 hours ago, Jayeffel said:

Is there anyway other than going to search and change filters to "ALL" and under the proper place select MY CACHES, to get a ,list of aches I found? It gives me a list of 1503 found caches, some I had marked {FTF} as I should, some not, and many, many not FTF of course.

 

This comes a little late, but MyFinds pocket query contains everything you have logged and finding  "FTF" text is just matter of using text search on notepad.

[+Jayeffel]

5 hours ago, arisoft said:

 

This comes a little late, but MyFinds pocket query contains everything you have logged and finding  "FTF" text is just matter of using text search on notepad.

The above link gives exactly what I was looking for; it even tell you if your log was first, second , third etc., so you can narrow it  down further. I found a few caches so far on that list that  I had not entered any indication of FTF. 

[+hzoi]

On 3/8/2023 at 5:39 PM, TheLimeCat said:

Project-gc has a tool that checks for Forgotten FTFs by filtering caches that you were among the first to log, but didn't mark as FTF.

 

I'd forgotten about this forgotten FTF tool. 

 

It was fun revisiting all those logs. (It's also good to see I stopped taking the FTF game so seriously after my first few failed attempts.)

[+Gill & Tony]

I keep all my FTFs (and everything else) in GSAK, which let's me organise them how I want.

 

See the "Special" tab on my stats via my profile page