Who else is watching my cache?

[HisJoelness]

I put out a cache last weekend. Packrat's Desert View, GCBF7B. There are now five accounts watching this cache, including myself. How can I find out who the other four accouts are? Thank you.

 

HisJoelness

[+nincehelser]

No can do.

 

What you could do is post a note in the cache log, asking those watching to contact you.

 

George

[+Team GPSaxophone]

They are probably people who plan to find it soon. They may be waiting for a day off from work or just someone else to find it first. Is there really a benefit to knowing their identity?

 

Edit: Actually, since you listed it as a 5-star terrain, they may be watching to see if someone can make it without specialized equipment. (This cache does require specialized equipment or training, right? If not, I'd suggest lowering it to a 4-star or 4-1/2 star. You did say a short hike on foot or a high clearance vehicle. 5-stars are usually for boats, scuba-diving, or mountain-climbing)

 

I'll put it on my watch list. No you know one of us.

[HisJoelness]

I was just curious to know who had an interest in our cache.

 

I have downrated it to 4. I used the rating system on the geocaching.com site and it came up with a 5, but a 4 wheel drive is not absoulutely necessary, just nice to have.

 

Thanks for all your replies

[+Zinnware]

I watch caches for the following reasons:

 

1 - Newly posted cache. I want to be notified when someone finds it first to see what problems they have finding it. Sometimes caches are posted and coordinates are way off by mistake. A person my not want to waste time working out the kinks and waits for the cache to be found.

 

2 - I watch a cache I had problems finding. I want to see if anyone else has problems or if is just me. So far all the caches that I could not find were vandalized.

 

3 - I have a cache near the place where I work and I am NOT the owner. I feel very close to that cache and think of it as I would one I had hidden myself. I also have a travel bug whose goal is to return to the cache.

 

Zinnware

[+Renegade Knight]

You can't see who is watching your cache. Though that would be nice.

 

However what I've always wondered about is why 8 accounts will watch one of my caches that I think is pretty much mundane, boring and virging on a dumb idea, while nobody will watch my cool ones.

 

Of course cool to me is probalby an eyebrow raiser to someone else.

 

Wherever you go there you are.

[+Planet]

allow me to Markwell you to this thread on the very same question

 

Cache you later,

Planet

 

"To err is human, to forgive....$5.00"

[+RJFerret]

I just reviewed these threads and all the Markwell versions thereof ("Markwell" as an adjective!)...

 

(Soon "Markwell" will become "markwell", then part of the Glossary...)

 

I do have a new idea however. A new cache I placed that just got approved immediately had a watcher. Sure, could be for another reason, but it occured to me that the admin who approved it might be watching it.

 

Logically, they might like or dislike the concept (this was a puzzle cache) and want to see how popular or unpopular the cache is.

 

I could see if I were approving prospective caches, any interesting ones that crossed my desk I would watch myself!

 

Enjoy watching,

 

Randy {wink}

[+Desert_Warrior]

And that is... I am positively NOT watching any of your caches.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Mike. Desert_Warrior (aka KD9KC).

El Paso, Texas.

 

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[+Brown Dwarf]

....... a few of my favorite finds, just to see if others enjoyed them as much as I did.

[+15Tango]

I'm watching just to see how my family's caches are doing. If you become a charter member, and make it a member's only cache, you can see an audit log that shows you who looks at the cache page, which can kind of be interesting. Happy cachin'!!! 15T

 

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