liquidsnatch Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Once upon a time there was a geocacher. Let's call him "Dave". Dave had been having a fantastic time finding caches near and far. He ran into all sorts of parks he had never been to, and looked at more rotting logs than he would admit to. He loved going out for the hunt, walking in endless circles, and taking newbies along for the fun. Eventually, Dave decided that he should help expand the community by placing his own cache. Being financially strapped, he waited and waited until Christmas came, and at the top of his wish list was a Rubbermaid tub. Thankfully, one of his sibblings humored him and bought him a tub. It was the perfect size for the variety of goodies he had been saving for this moment. He even included a disposable camera (which he had also gotten for Christmas) so he could see all the happy faces that had found his cache. He followed all of the cache-hiding guidelines to a "t". He walked back and forth to the hiding spot to make sure his coordinates were true. And Dave went home that night to fill out the online report form with a huge smile on his face. Then Dave calmly waited for the logs to start showing up. The first was a "Not found" from an experienced cacher. No biggie. Maybe it was just a fluke. Then came another "Not found". Then another. Dave decided he should make sure that his coordinates weren't off. After all, there was a little bit of tree cover, so maybe his trusty eTrex was a bit off. So after enjoying his first day back at school and the most amazing weather, Dave set off to his spot. Dave went to his spot. Dave looked for his cache. Dave found nothing. Dave got pissed. Hi, my name is Dave. [additional content removed by moderator.] Edited January 23, 2004 by Keystone Approver Quote
+The Weasel Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Being financially strapped, After all, there was a little bit of tree cover, so maybe his trusty eTrex was a bit off. Financially strapped and Etrex just seem like a oxymoron to me Quote
+bob393 Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Yah, That's louzy! But I think it has happened to all of us once or twice! Keep the faith and Cache-on Quote
liquidsnatch Posted January 23, 2004 Author Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Being financially strapped, After all, there was a little bit of tree cover, so maybe his trusty eTrex was a bit off. Financially strapped and Etrex just seem like a oxymoron to me Wow. It couldn't have been an ancient gift as well, now could it? Seriously, did you spend at least thirty, maybe FOURTY seconds contemplating this? Good boy. Now go back to hating your job. As for everybody else, thanks for the kind words! Edited January 23, 2004 by liquidsnatch Quote
+Og's outfit Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Cheer up, Christmas is only 11 months away! Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 My first cache was plundered, but at least I had a few finders first. That's awful if it gets stolen before anyone goes out to look for it Quote
+beejay&esskay Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 January 23 by liquidsnatch (22 found)Yo peoples, I'm trying to get this changed to a Virtual Cache. All of the info is correct if you'd like to go and visit the virtual now. dadgum geomuggles made off with my uber-sweet tub of goodies. Sorry about your luck....but my guess is you aren't going to be able to get this changed to a virtual. Quote
+The Weasel Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Trust me, this can and WILL happen to caches. You want to see some upset people, go visit the GRAVEYARD Edited January 23, 2004 by The Weasel Quote
The_Brownies Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) I hate GEOPIRATES.. but that is part of stashing caches. Some jerk / kids are bound to eventually steal it. That's why I switched to more micro's and less regulars. But if I do hide a regular, I'm going to make the GEOPIRATES work for their booty.. Edited January 23, 2004 by The_Brownies Quote
+carleenp Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Caches going missing are common and should be expected, but that doesn't change the fact that it is really annoying when it happens. Especially when no one got to find it! Quote
+briansnat Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Did Dave hide hide his cache well enough and far enough off the beaten path to ensure that it woudn't accidently be discovered by a non geocacher? Edited January 23, 2004 by briansnat Quote
+DustyJacket Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 And, since Dave did this after Christmas, he hpefully didn't leave footprints in the snow. The FTF on my first cache didn't log it online and didn't sign a GC "handle". Not sure if it was a muggle or just one of those cachers who don't log online. It had a very special (expensive) FTF prize as this was my first cache. Darn. the geomuggles win every now and then. Quote
+geoguyver Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Sorry Dave. I haven't placed any caches yet but that does suck. Your next cache will do much better! Quote
+Peztone Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 You've all got me worried, my first cache has been out there for 3 weeks now with no finders (So much for the dash to be ftf) .. I should go check it's still there shouldn't I.... -S. Quote
+Confucius' Cat Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 You've all got me worried, my first cache has been out there for 3 weeks now with no finders (So much for the dash to be ftf) .. I should go check it's still there shouldn't I.... -S. Send me a plane ticket and I'll be happy to go find it for you. Quote
+Confucius' Cat Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 (edited) Sorry for your loss, LS. It happens to everyone. I've lost 3. One was the same cache twice in slightly different locations. Your location appears to be a tower? Perhaps a matchbox secured under a handrail or something like that could redeem the site and be secure enough to not get muggled. In regards to the virtual guidelines, the only places I could conceive of where you couldn't hide some kind of micro would be in places where it was forbidden by law or regulation. If this is a real popular area, I would bet somebody saw you place it. It probably didn't last 10 minutes after you left. Tough break. Learn from it and cache on, Dave (Woohoo 500th post!) (or Whoopee as the case may be) Edited January 25, 2004 by ChurchCampDave Quote
+cacheKidds Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Hang in there and don't let the cache evildoers get you down. Quote
gilbertf Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Same did happen to me. Took me over six monthes just to think again at placing a cache somewhere. Still trying to find a nice place Quote
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