revisiting caches

[Khlash]

Do you ever revisit caches? Say to get a bug or something. Just wondering if this is frowned upon.

[+Logscaler and Red]

I have been known to stop by again.

 

I will stop and grab a bug out once and a while but usually just to check on a cache that is deemed to have problems or is missing.

 

Just log it as a found cache the first time and add a note for the rest of the visits.

 

logscaler

[+sept1c_tank]

I have revisited some local caches to show non-geocachers how to use a GPS in hopes they will join our game. And yes, I would revisit a cache to grab a bug or to trade again if a recent log revealed a treasure I would like to have. I would trade a treasure of value (not just rob the cache).

 

As long as you're not a cache robber and log your re-visit in the form of a note, I see nothing wrong with multiple visits.

[+DavidMac]

Like logscaler said, if you revisit, post a note instead of a find after the first time. Logging it as "Found" on the website more than once is usually not appreciated and is seen as cheating by many, since it boosts your find count.

 

...Not all who wander are lost... unless the batteries in their GPS die, their maps get ruined by rainwater when their pack leaks, and they find themselves in a laurel thicket. Then, they are probably lost.

 

-DavidMac; (formerly Someonenameddave)

[bug and snake]

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Originally posted by sept1c_tank:

I have revisited some local caches to show non-geocachers how to use a GPS in hopes they will join our game. And yes, I would revisit a cache to grab a bug or to trade again if a recent log revealed a treasure I would like to have. I would trade a treasure of value (not just rob the cache).

 

As long as you're not a cache robber and log your re-visit in the form of a note, I see nothing wrong with multiple visits.

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I have done the same. Nothing worse than taking someone out for the first time and ending up at a 'not found'! I have just let the first time cacher enter the cache in the log then though. I don't make an entry at all.

 

Only nuts eat squirrels,

Snake

[+sept1c_tank]

And I have taken somebody out for the first time for a no-find .

[+DavidMac]

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Originally posted by sept1c_tank:

And I have taken somebody out for the first time for a no-find .

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Yeah, I did that once to somebody. A cache looked nice on the map, but ended up taking us 100 feet fown a 50+ degree slope full of muddy wet leaves. turns out the cache was actually 60 feet farther down the hill than we had gone, and I have yet to get him to go caching with me again I have since learned my lesson and only take first timers to ones I've visited.

 

...Not all who wander are lost... unless the batteries in their GPS die, their maps get ruined by rainwater when their pack leaks, and they find themselves in a laurel thicket. Then, they are probably lost.

 

-DavidMac; (formerly Someonenameddave)

[Team VaxCave]

I just took my wife to two caches that I have been to before. Of course, I let her actually use the GPS and find them, but it counted as a 'revisit' since we log as the same person on the site. I'll be placing a note to say that I was back, but not as a find. TNLN.

 

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Searching through the cave. Team VaxCave.

[+Team GPSaxophone]

I thought about revisiting a cache when we were with a reporter last week just to make sure we could find a cache.

Instead, I picked 3 fairly easy caches that were on the same trail. The reporter found the first one, I found the other two. It ended uop being a good story

 

[weRlostNDwoods]

We have also taken others to caches we've visited, making new geocaching converts! It's fun to watch someone else walk in circles for a bit and see the thrill when they find it. When their eyes light up and you see that smile..you know there's another bitten by the bug! Of course, we don't log the visit. They make their own username and log!

[+flask]

i am currently making a systematic search of every local cache that achstone has visited. those guys have planted a clue to one of their caches out there, but they're not telling where. i intend to find it.

 

either that, or we're making a grid search of the area of the continer. we can narrow it down to a few hundred feet on wither side of one coordinate.

 

it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six.

[+Mudfrog]

Theres been a few where ive gone back. These were fun caches that i found by myself and that my Wife wanted to try for later. Its kinda fun watching her look when i know where it is allready . Of course we dont do any trading and i just log a note since she doesnt have her own account!

 

Revisiting to pick up a bug or check on a cache is something i might do. Sure dont see a thing wrong with that!!!

[+DustyJacket]

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Originally posted by Khlash:

Do you ever revisit caches? Say to get a bug or something. Just wondering if this is frowned upon.

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Yes I have.

Sometime to let my wife/child find it.

Sometimes to introduce people to the sport.

 

Also, to track down who took my TB and didn't log it.

 

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

[+pdxmarathonman]

I've been known to go back for a TB and have known others to go back when a particular sig item of another cacher was finally located.

I have even gone to one of my own to collect a sig item and may do so again next week if the CDN $0.50 piece is still in there.

[+sept1c_tank]

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Originally posted by flask:

i am currently making a systematic search of every local cache that achstone has visited. those guys have planted a clue to one of their caches out there, but they're not telling where. i intend to find it.

 

either that, or we're making a grid search of the area of the continer. we can narrow it down to a few hundred feet on wither side of one coordinate.

 

it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six.

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[Vacman]

Ok - here is a twist on the original posters question.

 

A cache is placed - you find it, log it, done. Later the cache is archived - then resurected. Same name, maybe a slightly different location or whatever. Do you log it as a find again?

 

I haven't encountered this myself yet, but I have seen it in logs...

 

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If you drop your keys into molten lava just let 'em go 'cause, man, they're gone.

[+DustyJacket]

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Originally posted by Vacman:

Later the cache is archived - then resurected. Same name, maybe a slightly different location or whatever. Do you log it as a find again?

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If it moved, I'd log it as a find.

Although in our area, someone did that but created a new waypoint to keep things tidy.

 

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

[atroxatrox]

If I was to revisit this cache, would it be proper to log it as a find?

GCGAZ8 was a regular before it got trashed.

[RandLD]

I just took my wife to two caches that I have been to before. Of course, I let her actually use the GPS and find them, but it counted as a 'revisit' since we log as the same person on the site. I'll be placing a note to say that I was back, but not as a find.

We'll be doing something similar in the near future. There's a nice virtual multi-cache in and around a park I like to visit on my lunch hour. One day, I decided to find it. Now I'd like to take my wife back with me sometime (since she and I do almost all of our caching together, and we're registered together here), so she can have the same fun I did. Of course, we'll log it as a note not as another find.

 

Another thing we're going to do -- when we first started caching, we went along with CarolinaCachers and some others from our Sunday School. The "finds" were logged under their username (since we hadn't registered yet). Now we'd like to go back and find these same caches on our own. We'll more than likely list these as a "find" since we haven't counted them yet, and we were only part of the crowd that participated that day. (Not to mention, it's been over a year ago, so while we might be able to get to the general area from memory, we certainly won't remember exactly where the cache was!)

[+JMBella]

In that case I would say ask the cache owner.

 

Seems to me that they should have just submitted a new cache if it's that much different.

[Jim Bob Ferly]

Im new but I would have to say yes. Please revisit a cache site. Log as a note though. I hope more then one cacher revisits my cache .

[atroxatrox]

In that case I would say ask the cache owner.

 

Seems to me that they should have just submitted a new cache if it's that much different.

If I had to restore a cache that have been trashed I would use old waypoint/original design.

If I was to redesign the cache I would archive the old one and make a new one to keep things tidy.

THat's me, of course. I'll mail the owner.

[TexRN]

Aces High

I have not returned to a cach, only beacause i have allready been there done that and there are about a hundred sites around me cant see me returning to one ive found. Edited June 9, 2005 by TexRN

[atroxatrox]

The cache owner answered that it was up to us to decide what to do with the log/note issue. Guess we'll have to see how it feels when we're there.

 

Been there, done that and about a hundred sites still left.

Well, if this was a micro plugged into a lamp post along a county road I would not bother revisiting it once restored.

This cache is called Kvarntorpshögen, is a fascinating place and has a fascinating story.

The cache is redesigned, all that is left is the waypoint number and the name.

On top of that an art exhibit (or should I say sculpture park) is placed (on top of the heap).

[+QDman]

I thought about revisiting a cache when we were with a reporter last week just to make sure we could find a cache.<BR>Instead, I picked 3 fairly easy caches that were on the same trail. The reporter found the first one, I found the other two. It ended uop being a good <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/friared1/hightech.html" TARGET=_blank>story</A><BR><BR><IMG SRC="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ihazeltine/bandbass.gif">

I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago for a television segment (3 meg video). Instead of revisiting someone elses cache, though, I took her to one of mine.