Percentage Of Owned Inactive Travel Bugs

[+cachefamily]

I only have 4 travel bugs but all four (100%) haven't moved in 2 months. I have e-mailed reminders to move them along but with no luck. I'm reluctant to put any more out there. My question is, what percentage of owned travel bugs haven't moved in the last two months for any reason?

 

I did a search on this topic and failed to come up with anything so feel free to Markwell.

[+Cache Viking]

I have two of my four tags out. The First Cache Viking went missing after a couple months and resurfaced near 6 months later. It did take a letter sent to the person who had it. I was fortunate enough to have the cache owner of its last resting place send me the name (and address from internet search) of the person who took it logged the find in the log book but not online. It has been busy since.

 

Another Viking Escape is waiting in Florida (unless the huricane moved it) and has only been there a short time.

 

I would like to see 2-3 week turn arounds unless there is signs of the holder having fun with it which shows me it is still around and not lost.

[+Nero]

u currently have 18 dogtags and 2 geocoins out there....

 

all have been active within the last month, so far so good.

 

7 have moved within the last week...

[+Boo & Kitty]

Mine are batting .667. One AWOL TB was picked up by a noob about 6 months ago. He hadn't done much caching before, and has evidently not done any since. Emailing him resulted in no response.

 

I've got others that are doing okay. However, one of them has been in the hands of the same cacher for quite some time now. They've been traveling around and keep logging the TB into some of the caches they visit, and then grabbing it right back out. Oh well, at least it's active.

[+planetrobert]

i dropped a new one in a cache and 2 days later a (new?) cacher that doesn't log online grabbed it and that was about two weeks ago so i don't know where it is or what is happening. They did seem in their paper log know what a TB was though so there may be hope.

[+ZackJones]

Of my 16 so far 1 has officially gone MIA - after traveling a whopping 16 miles!

 

All but 2 have had some sort of activity in the last two months the two that haven't are

 

Andrew's Mustang

 

and

 

Lil Slugger

 

Interestingly both caches have had recent finds

 

Zack

[+wandering4cache]

We have released 4 TBs.

 

One was picked up by a new cacher (just 3 finds), taken to Paris, but brought it back home to MA...and then lost it in the house according to email response finally received. He's never cached again. The TB was about 2 wks old & had moved only 3 times.

 

Another TB we released at a MA geo-picnic. It was picked up & brought to Vero Beach, FL at end of August. Since it appears the cache is on a small island on the Indian River side of the barrier island....I'm assuming that Hurricane Frances has claimed the cache & my TB. Not about to ask anyone in FL to go check on it. They have enough troubles right not.

 

So we are 50/50.

[+Metaphor]

I have seven bugs out, and all have moved in the last two months, if you count the one I put in my own cache on 7/28 as having moved. (It actually started its journey in Wales, UK) Two are in Maryland (home base), one is in Idaho, one is in California, two are in the United Kingdom and one is in Hungary. So far, so good...

[+Shop99er]

Two of my seven are stuck.

 

Now, if only the folks that can move them would......

[+pstar]

3 out of 7 still active.

 

2 of the missing are geocoins, gone after 11 & 8 miles. Sheesh.

 

I'll be using suggestions from 'Snoogans' Tb Longevity Clinic' for the next one I release...

Edited September 12, 2004 by pstar

[+IV_Warrior]

75%

 

1 moved 1 month ago.

Edited September 12, 2004 by IV_Warrior

[Shoobie & the Sand Crabs]

50% of my travel bugs haven't been moved in 2 months. but they are in harder caches. one is in a cache that is a 2/2 but I think it should be a 2/3 the otheris in a 2/3 cache that requires an 4-8 mile bike or walk. I forget exactly how long it is.

[GrandpaCannon]

A few days ago I would have to say that 4 out of 7 of my bugs have not moved for more than 2 months but look at this bug:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=16325

 

After nine months with no activity he has resurfaced and tipped my numbers back under 50% of "inactive' bugs.

[+fly46]

I have 2 bugs. 1 hasn't moved in a few weeks. 1 went missing 4th of july weekend.

[+YodaDoe]

12 of my 24 bugs have not moved in around 2 months.

 

4 of them are geocoins, of which three are confirmed to be missing from the cache they were supposed to be in.

 

1 is an entrant in the Cannonball Run Travel Bug race. As you can imagine, I'm not very close to winning.

 

1 is in Florida.

 

YodaDoe

[+bigredmed]

I have 8. 3 are stagnant for periods varying from 8 weeks to 3 months. 2 are moving about every 4-6 weeks, 3 are moving regularly (moving at least once per month.)

[+NWscout1]

Of our seven TB's, the two that haven't moved in 2 months appear to be MIA or are being held captive. Our Dragonflyer #12 is a couple days shy of two months inactivity. It is a cannonball finisher (2nd place) that has not moved since getting placed into Winner's Circle. The cache/event only has one other log after DF was placed. Our other four TB's have all moved in the last week.

Edited September 14, 2004 by nwscout1

[+Square Bear]

Out of our eleven, four we still have, one is coming up on two months it is in some ones hands that appears to only cache every few months (so I still have hope) it was our first one released. All the others have had activity this month.

Edited September 15, 2004 by Ray&Rose

[+ZackJones]

Here's an idea - how about everyone posting the waypoint ID for their TBs that haven't moved in a while. That way those of us reading the forums can see if any caches are close. I think it would be cool to be able to move a TB that is owned by some of the folks I see posting in these forums.

 

Here's my list:

 

Andrew's Mustang - sitting in Spooky Forest since 7/4/2004 - Myrtle Beach, SC

 

Lil Slugger - sitting in Something Silly in Shannon since 6/29/2004 - just north of Rome, GA.

 

Zack

[+Xeraphas]

I have four TBs, three of which have been held hostage by cachers for at least three months...

[+bob&emily]

Drives me crazy. My bug moved once quickly and then someone found it with friends from out of state. The friends took it from New York to Missouri supposedly with the intention of hiding it in a new geocache, but it has not resurfaced in months. I emailed the woman finder twice with no replies. I suppose some people keep them as souvineers????? It's just not right! I may try the smashed pennies instead which are trackable. Cheaper too!