When do you give it up?

[+Pat in Louisiana]

I have a Cache in a fairly remote area of Mississippi on our hunting lease. It has had few visitors. The last two were April 5 and May 5. At what point do you figure anyone who is going to find it has found it and it's time to archive it?

 

Pat in Louisiana

 

I never get lost. I simply investigate alternate destinations.

[+Wander Lost]

If it is still in good condition I'd leave it out there. There could be dozens of reasons a cacher hasn't found it yet. Time, distance, etc. Plus there are all the future cachers out there who don't know about the game yet.

 

We have one that has pretty low taffic, but I just checked on it this weekend. I made sure it was still hidden and dry and in good shape for the next adventurous soul who decides to look for it. It may be weeks or months before it is found again, but that's okay.

 

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people??

[+Rebel]

I'd go check it and do some maintenance. But I'd leave it in place. A couple of mine have gone at least that long without finds.

 

Someone will find it sometime.

 

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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain

[+Bluespreacher]

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Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana:

I have a Cache in a fairly remote area of Mississippi on our hunting lease. It has had few visitors. The last two were April 5 and May 5. At what point do you figure anyone who is going to find it has found it and it's time to archive it?

 

Pat in Louisiana

 

I never get lost. I simply investigate alternate destinations.

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I have hidden caches that I would like to find. I like to hike in less-visited places. The caches I've hidden are in a 'fairly remote area'. I get very few visitors. Sometimes, six weeks may go by. Just this last weekend, though, three of my caches got visited. None of them are easy. It is a lot of fun to get a 'thanks for the great hike' note from a seeker. Just be patient, the cache isn't going anywhere, is it?

 

Bluespreacher

[+CarmelCachers]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana:

At what point do you figure anyone who is going to find it has found it and it's time to archive it?

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Pat: It appears that your cache is in an area where there are no other nearby caches. This is good - it will eventually draw people who live around there and, hopefully, inspire them to join us. Many of us deliberately place caches in remote areas for just this reason. It may take a while before you see a lot of activity, but judging from how fast we've grown in 3 yrs, not too long.

 

Chris

[+Alan2]

No one's visited my 3 regular and 1 virtual in Queens NYC with over two million people in two months. I guess they've all been there already!

 

Relax. Someone'll show up. Just hope it isn't a plunderer.

 

alan

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

I was tempted to archive some of my older caches. But I got e-mails asking me to keep them alive from cachers outside the area. What the heck, why not leave them alone. After all the hobby is growing and the new guys will really have lots to look for.

 

Never Squat With Yer Spurs On

[+planetrobert]

Well it is a long time since a visit, but that is bue to snow and such. I'm going to leave it active till it goes missing.

 

9/20/2001 Don't fence me in! (Oregon) (Last: 10/9/2001) 231 day(s) ago.

 

Now where did I set my GPS??? planetrobert.net

[+briansnat]

Why archive it? There are always new Geocachers out there, as well as visitors to the area. I have two caches that hadn't been found since March and both were found this past weekend. One was found 3 times. Unless it's causing harm to its surroundings, or you simply no longer feel like maintaining it, just leave it there.

[+ClayJar]

I haven't made another trip through Mississippi yet, but obviously I'm going to sooner or later. If you archive it now due to inactivity, I won't be able to try it on the way through one of these days.

[+Pat in Louisiana]

I guess I'll leave in place.

Thanks for all the positive responces.

 

Pat in Louisiana

 

I never get lost. I simply investigate alternate destinations.

[+roadcow]

I placed three cache sites in Death Valley last April. Two virtural and one actual. It was hitting 103 degrees then. It is definitly hotter now. I really don't expect any visitors to my cache locations until around November!

 

Check 'em out...

 

Death Valley Rocks

So-Cal Mining Company

Ibex Mine

 

Meanwhile. I'm waiting.