Found It = Didn't Find It

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

1 hour ago, NanCycle said:

Maybe the"last person's" log was deleted.

the co has not been active for 5 years

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

09/12/2020

Door is locked. Saw it, could not access.

 

[+colleda 881]

Premium Member 

18705

 

ais uma caixinha, deu luta e no meio de tanto mato e silvas não surgiu. deixei um conteiner no GZ.

 

Translation by Google

"here was a box, there was a struggle and in the middle of so much bush and brambles it didn’t appear. I left a container at GZ."

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

05/25/2020

We replaced this one because it had been missing for so long ... It is now a pill bottle with a log...

 

[+TriciaG 590]

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

Solved the puzzle and came out to the location with a previous finder. Cache is definitely gone and nearby rocks that would have covered the cache are in disarray. Cache not on ground nearby either. CO does not appear to be active since mid 2013. Went back to car and grabbed a small container to replace. Hid well (not under rocks) and ready for next folks. TFTC.

 

[+NanCycle 514]

Three DNF logs (mine was the first) then this:

 

Premium Member 2333

Found it 11/20/2018

Randomly ended up at this hotel for the night. Imagine our surprise to find it had a cache and a letterbox right outside. Left a replacement notecard, it's all we had.

 

Then six more DNFs, then the CO replaced it.

 

 

[+Max and 99 2229]

(Found It log)

SL
No cache
Nice walk to find it ...

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

https://coord.info/GCK25B

 

This is GCHQ and to claim a find you have to sign the log book in the reception area  - the place has been closed  for ages - but you get a special icon for this found ?

why have they not had the logs deleted 

 

[Keystone 3546]

57 minutes ago, Clongo_Rongo said:

why have they not had the logs deleted

 

Viewed from the other side of the coin, I see more than 25 deleted "Found it" logs from the period after HQ closed down due to COVID-19.  I am guessing that some poor Lackey is tasked with the duty of cleaning up the cache page periodically - but not on a real-time basis.

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

08/22/2020

Was up the mountains for the weekend for an appointment I had over in xxx. Afterwards, with no other obligations I decided to do a little caching. After a day of driver and caching had over 100 miles on the truck and 31 cache finds in the draft que. This was one of the many great finds one the day. Thanks to all the COs. SL TFTC

Replaced missing cache for CO

 

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

Found it

😁😁

 

 

 

33 finds.

 

This is a 16 stage multicache, that involved driving Canberra to Darwin and back. Over 10,000 kms. Also the state borders have been closed. I don't think so!! But I know this CO will be on top of this. I await the 'fun' .

 

And it gets better, they also did the similar multicache on the same day to Perth, and the WA border has been locked for months.

Edited October 2, 2020 by Goldenwattle

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

17 hours ago, Keystone said:

 

Viewed from the other side of the coin, I see more than 25 deleted "Found it" logs from the period after HQ closed down due to COVID-19.  I am guessing that some poor Lackey is tasked with the duty of cleaning up the cache page periodically - but not on a real-time basis.

would it not be better to delete incorrect logs and to lock the page ?

Edited October 2, 2020 by Clongo_Rongo

[+NanCycle 514]

Premium Member  4415  Found it 09/27/2020 Didn't actually find the container but since it was supposed to be easy and there have been a few DNFs we left a new container where we thought it should be......not in the middle of the west bound lane! If this is totally not where it should be , please delete this log View Log

Premium Member  4156  Found it 09/27/2020 GPS put us in the middle of the road. Left replacement cache as close as we could. View Log

Premium Member  10  Didn't find it 09/06/2020 Pretty sure we found an old bottle that used to be a chache, long gone now View Log

NanCycle Premium Member  3594  Didn't find it 06/03/2020 I found what might have been the remains of a cache.

 

[+colleda 881]

4 hours ago, NanCycle said:

Premium Member  4415  Found it 09/27/2020 Didn't actually find the container but since it was supposed to be easy and there have been a few DNFs we left a new container where we thought it should be......not in the middle of the west bound lane! If this is totally not where it should be , please delete this log View Log

Premium Member  4156  Found it 09/27/2020 GPS put us in the middle of the road. Left replacement cache as close as we could. View Log

Premium Member  10  Didn't find it 09/06/2020 Pretty sure we found an old bottle that used to be a chache, long gone now View Log

NanCycle Premium Member  3594  Didn't find it 06/03/2020 I found what might have been the remains of a cache.

 

Looks like a NM is due?

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

Found it

No problems with this one now. Nice new logbook and a nice clean and dry container. Tftc

Didn't find it

Didn't find it

Found it

Didn't find it

(The Found it person among the DNFs appears to log finds, just for visiting GZ; even for those caches they don't manage to find. Or that's what they did for one of my caches. They didn't find it - no signature and couldn't describe the cache or log - but logged a find anyway.)

Edited October 9, 2020 by Goldenwattle

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

Another 'find' for the same geocacher mentioned in the previous entry. It appears they regularly log finds like this.   Reviewer Temporarily Disable Listing

Didn't find it 05/Sep/2020 Only found some tie wire but no cache

Didn't find it 05/Sep/2020 Only found a wire in the tree, no cache 😔

Didn't find it 18/Aug/2020 Again, found the place for it but no cache

Didn't find it 18/Aug/2020 There is a hook on the tree, not cache

Found it 12/Aug/2020 Found 👭

Didn't find it 08/Aug/2020 Cache missing seems to have fallen off tree

Didn't find it 19/Jul/2020 ?

Didn't find it 10/Jul/2020 Can see where it was, looked around but no find

Didn't find it 05/Jul/2020 Found where it was the cache is missing

Didn't find it 05/Jul/2020 Cache missing falling off

Edited October 25, 2020 by Goldenwattle

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

09/21/2020

I think I found it but didn’t find no small container but I left a little gift in there (car accessory) for whoever might need it. Also I found a rotten egg in there too lol i took it out though so no one would have to deal with the stench

 

[+Max and 99 2229]

Found It

Had to spoil it for myself. Came to find it and it was gone. Not sure if someone took it.

[+L0ne.R 1871]

Found it 09/02/2020 It’s still busted needs maintenance

C Premium Member 886 Found it 08/14/2020 It has been a couple of days since I last found a cache or even been on the site, so tonight I headed out with my mom who had some errands to run. It was great to go out for an evening walk and find some caches. I started here and arrived at GZ to find it smashed. I was at the right place based on previous logs, so I'm going to log a find as well. As mentioned before, this one needs some TLC. TFTH.

m Premium Member   42 Found it 08/13/2020 Light cover broken. Cache gone

L Member   639 Found it 07/26/2020 Found the lamp post in question, although the cover is now completely broken and there is no cache in sight. Logging this one as a find if CO permits, as we were on the exact spot. Cache will need to be replaced!

[+colleda 881]

CO changed this missing cache to a virtual. I think someone had a whisper in his ear and it is now disabled.

 

Premium Member

8040

Found it

13/09/2020

A nightmare to get to the location with the one way system, covid19, and a very busy Sunday.
Very disappointed that when I finally got to GZ there was no label to be found. Photo attached to prove I was there.

 

[+colleda 881]

Found It/Didn't Find It - confusion?

 

Premium Member 

18708

Found it

24/11/2020

No luck today. Needs checked on.

 

Arrived at this one just a couple of minutes ahead of xxxxxxxx and yyy so I signed the log for all of us. Impromptu SLAGA meetings are always a treat! TFTC!

Find number 18708

 

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

They photographed the exact same thing I photographed for a DNF; the inside of an empty tap. It's guessing that was the hide. (Can't get rid of the bold)

Found it

24/Nov/2020

This one is no longer, but convinced I found the spot. Contents of "container" in image. Nice pub nearby...

 

Didn't find it

21/Nov/2020

I might have interpreted the hint, ("It's not near the sign. turn it around and you will have it") incorrectly, but I thought I had 'tapped' it when I turned it around. But there was no log. DNF.

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

08/08/2020

Found the rock, but not the cache. Looked in all the crevices to no avail. Didn’t feel so bad since there were a couple of other DNFs. Great trail though.

 

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

09/21/2020

I think I found it but didn’t find no small container but I left a little gift in there (car accessory) for whoever might need it. Also I found a rotten egg in there too lol i took it out though so no one would have to deal with the stench

 

[+K13 1055]

I wonder how many of these are from the glitch that changes your DNF drafts into Found It logs? I caught it just before publishing a couple logs last week.

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

You don't even need a cache or log to log it seems. Some make a log when there is nothing to find. I found the broken shards of a cache recently, removed the remains of plastic, but today it was logged. 7 NM going back to 2012, so the cache has been in bad condition since then. I made a NA on 20/11/20. I only logged it because I found the remains and signed a tiny bit of paper in it. If I had found nothing I would have logged a DNF (as in the example above in my previous entry). I wrote a note after the log.

Write note

28/Nov/2020

There is no cache to find. The broken shards of plastic were removed.

Found it

28/Nov/2020

Ltf.
Needs maintenance

Needs Archived

20/Nov/2020

The cache has broken down; there have been several NMs going back to 2012, but no action from the CO. As no maintenance has been done in that time, and there has been no indication that the CO has any intention to remove this (now) rubbish, I removed them, rather than leave them here to break down further and never be removed. Photograph included in my log to show the unusable remains.

Found it

20/Nov/2020

The container is broken. There was a tiny slip of paper that I signed, but then I realised there have been logs going back a long way about the cache's broken condition and nothing has been done to rectify it. So rather than leave the plastic shards here to break down further, I did the responsible thing and picked up the litter to dispose of. There is now no cache here. I checked and there was a NM way back in 2012, and six more since. This needs NM or NA. Photograph of plastic shards included to show that I didn't remove a viable cache; but only litter.

 

[+barefootjeff 3917]

10 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said:

You don't even need a cache or log to log it seems. Some make a log when there is nothing to find. I found the broken shards of a cache recently, removed the remains of plastic, but today it was logged. 7 NM going back to 2012, so the cache has been in bad condition since then. I made a NA on 20/11/20. I only logged it because I found the remains and signed a tiny bit of paper in it. If I had found nothing I would have logged a DNF (as in the example above in my previous entry). I wrote a note after the log.

 

On more than one occasion I've found just shards of plastic at GZ and was mentally composing my DNF and NM logs when I happened to spy the actual cache safe and sound in its well-concealed hidey-hole. The shards weren't geo-litter, they were just plain litter (which I removed).

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

15 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

 

On more than one occasion I've found just shards of plastic at GZ and was mentally composing my DNF and NM logs when I happened to spy the actual cache safe and sound in its well-concealed hidey-hole. The shards weren't geo-litter, they were just plain litter (which I removed).

No, that was the cache, as there were past their use by date trinkets in it. Plus 7 NMs and many comments on its condition.

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+Wadcutter 12]

Throwdown mom throws down a container at the one below.  Then a few miles away at another cache Throwdown Mom found 2 containers at another cache location and complains because someone threw down a container when they couldn't find the original.  

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Throwdown mom

Premium Member 827 Write note 11/29/2020 Since it has been a dnf for 8 months, we went ahead and replaced cache container, log and baggie. View Log

throwdown junior Member 110 Found it 11/29/2020 TFTF! We left a new container but about froze are toes off. Replaced and ready to go ,thanks! View Log

not there 1 Premium Member 2811 Didn't find it 09/05/2020 Gave it a good go, Nothing in the usual spots. Dug around a bit, no dice. View Log

Not there 2 Member 7 Didn't find it 05/15/2020 Could not find was not there any more Looked for a while

Edited December 13, 2020 by Wadcutter

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

 

[+Lynx Humble 459]

8 minutes ago, Clongo_Rongo said:

 

Hum you didn't have to hide its name. It's a bot creating havoc right now.

 

[+TriciaG 590]

The veterans knew what to do - the newbie didn't.

[+fbingha 107]

 Monday, 07 December 2020 by <GIMME MORE FINDS #1>
Third time in the US. And a new found here near <SOME CITY> with <GIMME MORE FINDS #2>. We think the box isn't here anymore. Tftc.

 

 Monday, 07 December 2020 by <GIMME MORE FINDS #2>
<GIMME MORE FINDS #1> and I stay for some days in <SOME CITY> and of course we wanted to find some Caches. We was on the right spot but couldnt found a box. There is too much dirt and everything is overgrown. Hope the picture will be okay. Tftc

 

Edited December 8, 2020 by fbingha

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+L0ne.R 1871]

The CO did not object:

 

S Premium Member 1 1 Found it 03/17/2020 ****Geocache is gone!! **** Here’s a pic of the remains we found

T Premium Member   2 Found it 03/16/2020 Found only the broken lid. I’ll take it as a find.

a Premium Member 3161 Found it 03/12/2020 Met up with <> for a pleasant walk thru <> Park only a broken lid with geocache printed on it .. will claim as a find a unless CO objects... cache container needs replaced as this was a good place to hide it.

 

K

Premium Member

3327

Found it

03/12/2020

Met up with <> to capture some caches in <> Park; ..all we could find was a lid off the cache container, but nothing else! Needs to be replaced Unless CO objects, we are claiming a find here!

[+colleda 881]

1 hour ago, L0ne.R said:

The CO did not object:

 

S Premium Member 1 1 Found it 03/17/2020 ****Geocache is gone!! **** Here’s a pic of the remains we found

T Premium Member   2 Found it 03/16/2020 Found only the broken lid. I’ll take it as a find.

a Premium Member 3161 Found it 03/12/2020 Met up with <> for a pleasant walk thru <> Park only a broken lid with geocache printed on it .. will claim as a find a unless CO objects... cache container needs replaced as this was a good place to hide it.

 

K

Premium Member

3327

Found it

03/12/2020

Met up with <> to capture some caches in <> Park; ..all we could find was a lid off the cache container, but nothing else! Needs to be replaced Unless CO objects, we are claiming a find here!

Am I correct in guessing that none posted a NM?

[+Gill & Tony 344]

I would claim a find on a damaged container, provided I was sure it was actually the cache (only a broken lid with geocache printed on it).  But I would add a replacement log, put everything in a zip-lock bag and then publish NM.  NM's automatically go on my watch list and I'll check back in a month or so to add NA if needed.

[+L0ne.R 1871]

1 hour ago, colleda said:

Am I correct in guessing that none posted a NM?

 

You are correct. The best were a couple of DNFs. 

 

A DNF in Dec 2019. Followed by 2 finds on March 8th 2020, one that said  "Only cache lid remains, informed CO" (should have added this to the above post).  Followed by the list of 4 finds I posted above. Followed by a DNF. Followed by 4 more finds on the lid. A couple of people posted a photo of the lid - a very cracked peanut butter jar lid with a 1 inch hole. Followed by an OM in April, when the owner visited with a replacement cache. 

[+Goldenwattle 1674]

Needs Maintenance   13/Dec/2020 Needs checking. Possibly not found since October 2019.

Didn't find it   13/Dec/2020   (4218 )

Found it   12/Sep/2020   (Finds: 2308) Found

Didn't find it   10/Sep/2020   (11270 ) I was caching with …………., who has found this cache before. Neither of us could spot the cache from the ground, so ……….. climbed the tree to search, but even though he had found it before, he couldn't find it today, so a DNF for me. Found it   05/Sep/2020 (Finds 10)

It’s cool

Didn't find it   28/Aug/2020  (Finds 6788 )

Didn't find it   17/Jan/2020   (Finds 1740)

Found it   23/Oct/2019   Several DNFs, but 2 finds in between, without much explanation. One is a beginner, so might not have know what to do, but the other person (in purple), a more experienced cacher, has logged several of my caches without signing the log, and then not being able to describe the log, cache, etc when asked. It seems if they can't find a cache, they consider it's enough just to visit the area. (Or I presume they have visited the area .) I deleted their non signed logs of my caches. So, I strongly suspect their log here in the middle of DNFs is similar. Their log, "Found" doesn't say much. All the DNFs said a lot more, one had15 lines. ______________________________________________________________________ Another for 'Found It = Didn't Find It' by the same cacher; a find in the middle of DNFs. Found it 08/Oct/2020 .....The cache was missing, so we replaced it for the owner Didn't find it   30/Sep/2020 Found it  30/Aug/2020 Found Didn't find it 04/Aug/2020 No luck here for me today. There was a spot for a cache at 'BOT', but nothing there. I looked around for it, but no find. DNF.     (I was wondering if they have ever logged a DNF)

Edited December 14, 2020 by Goldenwattle

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+Harry Dolphin 1212]

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Found it

11/01/2020

Found on our Sunday walk
Found the famous pen without log sheet

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Found it

09/12/2020

Found the spot, like the last person did. But yep, no cache.

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Found it

09/08/2020

Found a tree that matched all the descriptions. It had the log pen and some beads beneath it and the picture matched one that I saw in the posts. I placed the pen where the cache should be. The cache is gone.☹️

 

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+igator210 237]

 

Premium Member

15348

Found it

Jan/11/2021

I want to thank myself for placing and my well deserved FTF. Favorite for FTF.

More later

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  Published under a sock puppet account. Found under their main account.

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

 

Edited January 17 by Clongo_Rongo

[+Clongo_Rongo 122]

[+L0ne.R 1871]

I guessed there were lots of  'Found It Didn't Find It'  in Iceland. This was my first hit and it fits the bill:

 

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7AEJZ

 

The CO said it was gone in April 2019 and disabled it. Followed by some DNFs. Followed by a NA in November 2019. Followed by 4 days later a throwdown "found it" by someone who was visiting from Belgium. He wrote "As a searched for a while I left a piece a paper a the feet of the tree (closest to the coord) under few stones."

 

Followed by a reviewer note a few days later in December. Then nothing until a different reviewer posted another reviewer note 8 months later. Still not archived, and doesn't have a red wrench. 

Edited January 18 by L0ne.R