Going Back To A Cache You Already Found Once?

[+Milbank]

Can a person go back to a cache he already found once.

I ask because the one cache I found someone went to it a couple day's later and left a TB in it.

 

Would it be right or wronge of me to go and get the TB and place it in another cache?

[+The Leprechauns]

Who do you think I am, your personal freakin' ANSWER MAN?

 

Yes, it is generally fine to return to a cache you've already visited, in order to drop off or pick up a travel bug, or to take along a visitor to your area, a new geocacher, or a family member who didn't tag along the first time. Just be sure to log your subsequent visit as a NOTE and not a second "found it."

 

Also, if you repeatedly pounce on the travel bugs that get dropped in your area, you may acquire the reputation of being a bug hog. Occasionally is O.K., especially since you are new and you are probably eager to move a travel bug. Some consider it good etiquette to wait for a weekend to pass before going back to pick up a bug in these circumstances, in order to give others a chance to find the cache and move the travel bug. It is really your choice, though -- there are few hard and fast rules.

[CoyoteRed]

Well, you are "The Man with the Plan!"

[+SixDogTeam]

It's a GAME! Go get your bugs! Where does it say you can only pick up a bug when you're logging a Find?

[+The Leprechauns]

Hee hee.... Leprechaun, the man with a plan, who ran to the van, 'cause he's a fan of the ammo can....

[+Milbank]

I see the same person left a TB in a different cache that is not to far from me too.

My son and I will try for that one instead of the one we had already been to.

 

Next ?

 

Can I take the TB I find and put it in the cache I'm going to place or should I buy a new TB for any new cache I place?

 

How far away should I try and place the TB from were I found it?

 

I don't know why, but I sure do want to go get a TB.

[+briansnat]

Can I take the TB I find and put it in the cache I'm going to place or should I buy a new TB for any new cache I place?

 

Sure you can place one you found in your new cache ...as long as you don't hang onto it too long.

 

How far away should I try and place the TB from were I found it?

 

Doesn't matter as long as you move it.

[+JeepCachr]

Can I take the TB I find and put it in the cache I'm going to place or should I buy a new TB for any new cache I place?

 

How far away should I try and place the TB from were I found it?

You can put the TB in a new cache or an existing one, it doesn't matter. You don't have to place a new TB in a new cache.

 

You can place it as close or as far as you want. Some travel bugs have a mission. If it has one the mission will be on the Travel bugs page. Its preferable to move it according to its mission. Some people race bugs, other people try to send them to certain places.

 

The most important thing with a bug is to promptly log that you took it, then move it to the next cache in a reasonable amount of time, then promptly log where you put it.

[+Melrose Plant]

The most important thing with a bug is to promptly log that you took it, then move it to the next cache in a reasonable amount of time, then promptly log where you put it.

 

Yes, yes, yes! Make sure you log the bug. It seems that many people have not figured out that you need to do this separately. When you've found one, there is nothing automatic about logging it. You have to go to the bug page and do a whole different log for the bug itself. Then when you drop it off, make sure to highlight the appropriate bug at the bottom of the cache log page for the cache where you dropped it off.

 

Also, if you're dropping a bug you've found in the same trip, i.e. you find Bug at cache No. 1, drive straight to cache No. 2 and drop it without going home to log on the computer, make certain you write down the tag number, or you won't be able to log the bug.

 

Sorry for the rant, but there are so many bug icons shown without any actual Travel Bugs in the caches they represent.

 

OK, now I've gone back and seen that Milbank has already figured out how to do it correctly, but I guess I'll still post this for general entertainment purposes. Plus, I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

Aaah Mil you are into those bugs aren't you.

 

Get em, move em and don't worry about how far.

[Find Now, Log Later?]

It's fun to go back and visit caches one was FTF on after several others have found the cache. In most cases, it is amazing how little the current 'state of the cache' resembles the original placement. But every now and then, one comes across a pleasant surprise ... a cache that remains hidden as well or better than it was originally.