sequence of events for hiding a cache

[+Beach Picnic]

which do I do first when hiding a new cache?

Do i  1st hide the container, then 2nd post the cache data for the reviewer and wait for approval for it to go "live" online

or

Do i  1st post the cache data for the reviewer and IF it is approved, THEN go hide the container?

Thanks, Beach Picnic

[Keystone]

From the Geocache Hiding Guidelines:

 

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A geocache must be in place and ready to be found before you submit the cache page for review.

 

Often, caches are published very quickly.  If the container is not in place, local geocachers seeking an FTF will be disappointed.  They can be very quick as well!

 

I encourage you to read the Guidelines in their entirety, along with the Help Center section on Hiding a Cache.

[+Beach Picnic]

46 minutes ago, Beach Picnic said:

which do I do first when hiding a new cache?

Do i  1st hide the container, then 2nd post the cache data for the reviewer and wait for approval for it to go "live" online

or

Do i  1st post the cache data for the reviewer and IF it is approved, THEN go hide the container?

Thanks, Beach Picnic

 

11 minutes ago, Keystone said:

From the Geocache Hiding Guidelines:

 

 

Often, caches are published very quickly.  If the container is not in place, local geocachers seeking an FTF will be disappointed.  They can be very quick as well!

 

I encourage you to read the Guidelines in their entirety, along with the Help Center section on Hiding a Cache.

I understand, and will do, thank you for your guidance.

[+Max and 99]

1 hour ago, Beach Picnic said:

Do i  1st post the cache data for the reviewer and IF it is approved, THEN go hide the container?

Here's a scenario: a new geocache gets published, and the kids and I run out to go find it. We search and search at night and cannot locate it. It must be higher than we expected! We go back home, get a step stool and return to ground zero to search again. Log our dnf because we just cannot find it! Then receive a note from the cache owner, saying " I didn't place the geocache yet. I hope you will come back to find it when I do."

 

Oh heck no! We're done. 

 

This has happened more than once to my family. Thankfully the reviewers take care of it when they find out. 

 

 

[+The_Jumping_Pig]

5 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

Here's a scenario: a new geocache gets published, and the kids and I run out to go find it. We search and search at night and cannot locate it. It must be higher than we expected! We go back home, get a step stool and return to ground zero to search again. Log our dnf because we just cannot find it! Then receive a note from the cache owner, saying " I didn't place the geocache yet. I hope you will come back to find it when I do."

 

Oh heck no! We're done. 

 

This has happened more than once to my family. Thankfully the reviewers take care of it when they find out. 

Went for an FTF a couple months back and failed to find it. The hint and title made perfect sense with the location we found but nothing. Geofriend of mine followed suite with another DNF. A few days later somebody got FTF... and when I came back a couple months later I can say for sure that the cache was not in place when I went for it

[+kunarion]

6 hours ago, Keystone said:

Often, caches are published very quickly.  If the container is not in place, local geocachers seeking an FTF will be disappointed.  They can be very quick as well!

 

There was a local reviewer who would at times activate my cache within 30 minutes.  The FTF hounds would mobilize, maybe logging it within another 30 minutes.  Most take longer, but that container must first be in place and ready to be found.  

 

Mine are in place weeks or months in advance, and I tweak the hide, check it to see if it gets disturbed by muggles or animals, just generally making sure it's a suitable location.