Moving a Cache

[+KYcachingguy]

I recently adopted fifteen caches. After visiting each one for maintenance, I determined several needed to be moved. Obviously, the ones I will be moving to a completely new location will be a new cache submission. There are a couple others that I will be moving 80 feet for one and about 120 feet for another. Would those type of moves require a new cache submission (archive the old and create a new cache)? They would essentially be new hides.

 

How soon after archiving can a new cache be submitted in the same vicinity of the old?

[+Max and 99]

What was the point of adopting them? It sounds like many of them are going to be archived and new hides placed. 

 

You can submit a new cache immediately after you archive one. 

[+Jayeffel]

I believe in the case of those caches moved less than 528 feet a coordinate editing would suffice, a note in the description of the adoption and location change could be made. You could check with the Reviewer in your area, send a message and tell what is on your mind.

 

But it may be good to archive them and start over. That would be a clean start. 

[+JL_HSTRE]

2 hours ago, KYcachingguy said:

There are a couple others that I will be moving 80 feet for one and about 120 feet for another. Would those type of moves require a new cache submission (archive the old and create a new cache)? They would essentially be new hides.

 

Any less than 528 feet you can use the Update Coordinates log on the existing cache. 

 

Whether the cache "should" have a coordinates updated or archive & publish new listing would depend on the hide and location. How different is it from the old location?

[+KYcachingguy]

22 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

What was the point of adopting them? It sounds like many of them are going to be archived and new hides placed. 

 

You can submit a new cache immediately after you archive one. 

I was only expecting the one that I had asked about. They gave me fifteen. It was apparent they had not been doing much if any maintenance on the hides. When I went out to do maintenance on them it was the first time I saw where they were. 

[+Max and 99]

4 minutes ago, KYcachingguy said:

I was only expecting the one that I had asked about. They gave me fifteen. It was apparent they had not been doing much if any maintenance on the hides. When I went out to do maintenance on them it was the first time I saw where they were. 

Yikes! Well, you'll have the opportunity to play several new ones now.

[+KYcachingguy]

20 hours ago, JL_HSTRE said:

Whether the cache "should" have a coordinates updated or archive & publish new listing would depend on the hide and location. How different is it from the old location?

The two in question are:

 

- Move the cache from the tree to a guardrail about 80 feet away. Container will change from a micro to a small.

 

- Move the cache across the road to an abandoned church property. Container would change from a micro to a small.

 

I'm leaning toward making them new caches.

Edited August 8 by KYcachingguy

[+Smitherington]

If you make them new caches you could easily improve the quality of the caches.  I like that possibility.

[+captnemo]

If the new hide is a new experience from the old then archive it and  do a new hide.  

[+KYcachingguy]

8 hours ago, Smitherington said:

If you make them new caches you could easily improve the quality of the caches.  I like that possibility.

 

8 hours ago, captnemo said:

If the new hide is a new experience from the old then archive it and  do a new hide.  

 

That is what I'm leaning towards. Make a new experience in the same vicinity of the previous. I already have ideas. My main concern is keeping the that portion of the 127 Power Trail intact. The originals are from 2012 which could help someone with a jasmer challenge so I'm keeping eight of the originals as they are since there are no issues with those caches. Three I have already archived because I didn't like where they were located. Two were on private property (may not have been when first listed) and the third's parking was dangerously close to a busy road. I will be adding three new caches to replace those three I archived. There is a large empty portion of the 127 that could use some caches. 

[+JL_HSTRE]

16 hours ago, KYcachingguy said:

The two in question are:

 

- Move the cache from the tree to a guardrail about 80 feet away. Container will change from a micro to a small.

 

- Move the cache across the road to an abandoned church property. Container would change from a micro to a small.

 

I'm leaning toward making them new caches.

 

Agreed on both.

 

 

7 hours ago, KYcachingguy said:

My main concern is keeping the that portion of the 127 Power Trail intact. The originals are from 2012 which could help someone with a jasmer challenge so I'm keeping eight of the originals as they are since there are no issues with those caches. 

 

I can't imagine there is a scarcity of hides from 2012.

 

That said, if the cache is fine as is then I ageee no need to relist. 

 

Edited August 8 by JL_HSTRE
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[+KYcachingguy]

On 8/8/2024 at 1:31 PM, JL_HSTRE said:

I can't imagine there is a scarcity of hides from 2012.

Actually, in my area, there are only four other caches placed January 2012. Three of those are in Ohio and the one other in Kentucky I recently had to send an owner maintenance request because the cache was no longer in an "undeveloped" portion of the subdivision. I see that one getting archived.

[+Bear and Ragged]

On 8/8/2024 at 2:10 AM, Smitherington said:

If you make them new caches you could easily improve the quality of the caches.  I like that possibility.

 

And. As a new cache, the locals may be tempted to go after finding it/them!