The Foster Clan Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I'm wondering how everyone logs their visits to caches. We've gone back to two caches now and listed them as found both times. How do you log the cache? Should a cache be marked as "found it" only once and follow up visits are just logged as a "note" or is each visit considered a find? I think owners of caches should not log any find for their own cache but we've taken first time cachers out on hunts to caches we've already done... Just wondering... Thanks. Jon. Quote Link to comment
+LSUFan Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 (edited) My personal opinion would be to just log it as a find one time and post notes for every time after that. Really, you didn't find it the second time because you already knew where it was. You just revisited it. I have logged a cache twice as a find after the owner had replaced it and moved it a half-mile from the original location. I considered this a new hunt since it had been moved and rehid in a different place. As far as the geocaching website goes, I haven't looked to see if counted twice in my number of caches found. I don't think it does. These are just my personal observations and I'm sure you are going to get plenty more opinions. LSUFan Edited October 28, 2004 by LSUFan Quote Link to comment
WH Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 You're only supposed to log a find on your first visit. All subsequent visits should be logged as notes. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 (edited) I log them all until I get tired of logging. However only one of the logs will be a find. My present nemisis cache I can't even get close to. A muggle is always in the way. I've been posting notes lamenting muggles and fate. Edited October 28, 2004 by Renegade Knight Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I make a point of stopping and checking on serveral caches whenever I pass by. They are fairly hard to get to so maintainence can be a problem for the owner. Most of the cachers in this area will correct any problems they find on the spot, no matter who owns the cache. I post a note to let the owner, or other cachers, know the cache is still there and in good shape. Or if there was a problem. Another reason I re-visit caches is to drop TB's off, again a note should be used to document such visits. I'm not into the numbers part of the game but some are. I don't want to upset anybody so I try to be fair about my find count. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 A find the first time I visit and a note any subsequent ones. If I go backagain I can't "find it" because I already know where it is. Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Log as many DNFs and notes as you want, but you should only log a find once. Quote Link to comment
+Dan-oh Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Yup, notes on a visit are nice as they let other cachers and the owner know how the cache is holding up. My kids get a kick outta stopping by some of our local caches for a repeat. More than one found it ? Not on your life. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 (edited) Once I log a 'found it' it is removed from my 'not found' list. I re-visit many caches so I make sure to note it. Edited October 28, 2004 by Elf Danach Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 mostly the same for me. i won't necessarily make a new log for ALLL of my DNF visits to the same cache if the visits were all substantially the same. if i have nothing new to say, i don't believe it's necessary to document every NF visit. several, yes. nine, no. the reader gets the idea pretty well after the first few. if my chronic failure to find the cache is amusing in itself i will document every bit of it. all 27 visits. but this is the critical bit: only one found log per cache, unless the cache has been changed so significantly that it is now a new hunt. "moved 50 yards and hidden by a different method" qualifies; "moved 50 feet and hidden under a few more ferns" does not. Quote Link to comment
+amytincan Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 as many as it takes to find it. LOL.... Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 but this is the critical bit: only one found log per cache, unless the cache has been changed so significantly that it is now a new hunt. In which case, the cache owner really should have archived the orginal, and listed the new location/hide style as a new cache. And to the original question, I agree, a FIND the first time you find it, NOTES when you revisit. Quote Link to comment
The Foster Clan Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 I think I have to agree too. The first time is the "find" and the other visits are should just be a note so everyone knows it's been seen or touched etc... Alrighty, thanks for the input everyone. Go out and hunt down some caches!!! Jon. Quote Link to comment
+BattleBug Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 (edited) edited to delete my stupidity Edited October 29, 2004 by BattleBug Quote Link to comment
thorin Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'm curious how you "find" something more then once? "Find" suggests you didn't know where it was, if you found it once then the next time you goto that spot you know where it is. Unless you're like one of the people in "50 First Dates" Thorin Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 You can DNF a cache an infinite number of times, but you can only find it once Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'm curious how you "find" something more then once? Tell that to the remote control, car keys and eyeglasses! The bummer is, even if you go back to your own cache, which cachers have moved and hidden with greater cover such that it takes you a half hour to find it, claiming a find on your own cache would raise the ire of others... Enjoy, Randy Quote Link to comment
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