Repeat Found Logs Of Same Cache?

[jjleonard]

I am not sure if logging a find of the came cache on more than one occassion is proper etiquite or allowed. I also would like to know if I can log my own cache as a find. I didn't do this before but have seen it on other peoples stats. Usually if it was a return visit to a previously found cache I would just post a note instead. Changing my notes to finds would change my stats total. Anyone know the proper way to do this. Of the 50 or so finds that I have, there isn't one that I couldn't find again by memory without using my GPS receiver. John.

[+Stunod]

Notes are perfect for return visits to other's caches or maintenance checks on your own.

[+woof n lulu]

I have yet to figure out why people would log a find on their own caches.

[uperdooper]

I have yet to figure out why people would log a find on their own caches.

i hid a cache near my brother's house 150 miles away. he takes care of it for me. this spring he moved it from the top of a hill to the bottom. when i go back there in a few weeks i will have to find it on my own. i plan on claiming that as a find. if i revisit any of the caches i have found i post a note. i always post a note when i check on my other cache.

[+Gus the Golden]

We have a find claimed on a cache we own. However, we adopted the cache after we found it--in bad need of maintenance and unattended for over a year. At the same time, we adopted another cache by the same owner that several logs over the last year or so had noted was in dire need of repair. Our "adoption paperwork" on both went through so quickly (less than two days), we hadn't even searched for the second before it was ours! We had to find that one to replace it, but since we owned it at that point, we didn't think it would be right claim that one as a find.

 

Nit-picking difference, we know, but we like to keep our nits picked. Seriously, though, the main reason we left the second unclaimed is to avoid the appearance of "impropriety."

[+BadAndy]

I have yet to figure out why people would log a find on their own caches.

I posted a find on one of my caches. A previous cacher had moved it and I couldn't find it, so I logged it as a dnf. After I emailed him for a hint, I was able to find it. Felt like a find to me, so I logged it.

[+carleenp]

Hi! People tend to frown upon logging your own cache as a found. So I would suggest a note. That is what I do. Basically, you already got your credit/smilie for the hide, so a find on it is kind of redundant or cheating even if you use your GPS to find it again. Of course there are gray areas. For example, I once found an abandoned cache in a different state from me and that had personal significance to me and I begged for a local to adopt it. When it was adopted it was also moved but then listed with me as a second owner. So now I might be able to refind it with the GPS. I was told to log a find when I do that, but feel a little weird about it. Yes, I don't know where it is now and would use the GPS to find it, yet I am also listed as a co-owner. I will likely log a note, but wouldn't frown on someone logging a find in that situation. I think that type of thing comes down to personal preference with no clear right or wrong.

[+briansnat]

Visits to my own cache are notes, even if somoene moved it (I did have a DNF on one of my caches thanks to that). Revisits to other caches are always notes, unless its a moving cache, or the owner moved it a significant distance and allows re-logs.

[+yumitori]

I have yet to figure out why people would log a find on their own caches.

Many times it appears to be a mistake. They simply selected the wrong action from the drop-down menu.

[vagabond]

I have 1 cache logged twice, my very first cache. It was diabled after I had found it, then it was moved about a mile away. so I refound it. and was the first to find it so my first was a first. This was back in the early days of caching.

[jdoe]

I was tempted to log my own cache, here is why

 

It was my first cache I hid. People had posted that they couldn't find the cache, so I decided to investigate. When I got to the site was able to see why, the niche in the ground where I hid my cache had disappeared. The rains and foot traffic of those who looked for the cache covered the cache completly. The site had literally changed. I actually had to take a GPS reading to be sure I was digging in the right place. After 15 minutes, I was able to extract my cache after moving quite a bit of dirt and leaves. I relocated the cache and updated the coordinates.

[MustangPhreak&Phate]

We just recently adopted two caches - one we had previously found and one we have yet to find.

 

On the one we had previously found we had to go out and replace the container and moved it slightly.. all this we did by using a note.

 

On the second one that we have yet to find we are still wondering which to do. The cache doesn't seem to need any work to it as there are no negative comments in the logs (besides the co'ords being off a little, but we've adjusted those based on a previous finders log that seemed to help others) but we plan to make a trip out there in the next week or two to "find it" and do some general maintenance.

Since we have never found it before I guess it would be a legit find but still... it feels funny.

 

We visit many caches more than once to drop of TB's, etc. but always post those as notes (except for Austin's moving cache).