The Cuthberts Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 After having archived a cache recently after receiving 'not found' emails and subsequently checking the cache-site, I had an email from another cacher asking me to unarchive as the cache was still there !! After losing a couple of our other caches, I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe there's another convert out there now in Wiltshire who realised that ammo-boxes can contain other, more exciting things. My faith in humanity has been restored somewhat. Andy P.S. And yes..... despite being one of the Cuthberts, I was in the right place ! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 It's not a first. Caches get moved. Cache owners know where they put the cache and I think it handicaps them when they check up on their own cache as they get tunnel vision that other cachers don't have. At this point I now make a habit of asking the last finder to double check next time they are in the area just in case they found it somewhere other than I left it. Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I went to check on one of my micros a few weeks ago and thought it was missing, but it was just hidden about 2 ft away. But as Renegade Knight said I had tunnel vision, anybody else would have found it no problem. But I was looking in the Exact place I hid it. Glad its back anyway Brian Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 (edited) After having archived a cache recently after receiving 'not found' emails and subsequently checking the cache-site, I had an email from another cacher asking me to unarchive as the cache was still there !! Assuming you are talking about the Corsham Court Sheep Reserve, I thought that cache was archived pretty hastily in my opinion. Relatively new cachers post a DNF saying that it's gone, and it was archived that same day... unless there were other messages that were sent privately that I don't know about? My GPX file was nearly a week old as I had been away from home, so I didn't even know it had been archived until I logged the find. I'd not have looked for it had I seen the archived status. I'm glad it was still there of course, it's a nice place to go, and the cache hide is in a great place in my opinion Edited June 9, 2004 by Stuey Quote Link to comment
+Mustard Devil Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Same thing happened to me while living in Memphis. Went to check on Mustard Devil's Stash By The River and couldn't find it Started doing the drunken bumblebee dance and found the cache! The last cacher to locate it had moved the container to a better hiding place. Quote Link to comment
+Subarite Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I have a feeling of de ja vu - (Markwell...) Anyway - YES I had a cache going missing.... I went to look for it and failed to find it.... Later someone (the team who reported it missing) found it and it is still there. Andy. Quote Link to comment
The Cuthberts Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 I thought that cache was archived pretty hastily in my opinion. Relatively new cachers post a DNF saying that it's gone, and it was archived that same day... unless there were other messages that were sent privately that I don't know about? I popped in on the way home and found the cache missing. In retrospect, a 'temporary disablement' would have been more appropriate just in case a cacher had taken the box for a spring-clean, etc. Andy Quote Link to comment
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