summersong Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 How many days can one expect a cache to be hidden? We don't want to be looking for a cache that is no longer there. H Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Some have been around for years...other disappear before the first cacher finds it. If you are worried about it, read the logs for the cache and see when it was found last. If it's been a while, you might want to take a pass and find one that was found within the last week or so. "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson Eamus Catuli AC145895 Quote Link to comment
summersong Posted September 19, 2003 Author Share Posted September 19, 2003 Thanks! That sounds like a sensible plan. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 That all depends. "More difficult" caches (anything that takes more than a half hour to find) can go months between finds. You'd be missing out on a lot of potentially great caches if you pass those by. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
jarja_grl and G-man Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 That's true BrianSnat, but I have to agree with Stunod that a newbie needs a few more finds under their belt before going for the difficult. Eventually, I hope to try them any and all, but for now, I'm still getting my geocaching skills honed and it's easier if I make sure that the cache is highly likely to still exist. When I grow up, I want as many caches (and posts!) under my belt as Brian Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Quote Link to comment
+Waterboy Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Originally posted by jarja_grl: I'm still getting my geocaching skills honed and it's easier if I make sure that the cache is highly likely to still exist. The more remote caches are far less likely to be plundered by neighborhood humans than the cache that is an easy 200 yards (or less) from the parking lot. Although there is a slightly greater chance that the remote caches may be plundered by some four legged hairy critter. If plundered by a critter you will usually find part of the cache, and be able log a find. (Be ready to CITO the cache.) Another way to increase the probability that a cache is still there is to hunt one hidden by an experienced geocacher. Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 ... I have to agree with Stunod that a newbie needs a few more finds under their belt before going for the difficult." [/quote ----------------------------- Yep, jarja_grl, 'specially when your GPSr says your on top of the thing and its 35 (or more) feet away. You gotta get that experience on something fairly easy to find or you may become frustrated and decide on a couch potato sport. "Today's truth remains valid only as long as it withstands the test of tomorrow's discoveries" - George Hicks Quote Link to comment
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