Total finds > Unique Caches found

[p-boro]

My find stats say
Total Finds
1,336 (0.93 per day or 6.55 per week)
Total Unique Caches Found
1,334

Difference of 2 caches, no big deal, certainly not a problem. Just wondering. I understand the total unique caches found (1333 GC + 1 GCA), but the extra 2 in the total finds.....?
Other people must have experienced this before me; in the forum I found a thread about deleting duplicated logs. But it did not tell me how to indentify my two doubles. And then, how and where do I delete them? I would hate to cause more damage to the numbers.
So would be grateful if somebody could point out where to find a detailed instruction.

Thanks a lot

p-boro (in tidying-up mood)

[Richary]

Option 1 - you found a cache more than once. It could have been a moveable or a virtual. Or you accidentally logged the same one twice at some point.

2. Go to your cacher page http://geocaching.com.au/cacher/p-boro
Look at statistics and the bottom option is Duplicates. That will show you all the caches you have logged (and maybe noted) more than once.

That shows the 2 caches you have logged more than once

http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gc2hc11 Squares & Grass - Box Hill
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcxvch I-NET Germany

Hope that helps

[p-boro]

Wow Richary,

that was fast! Thanks a lot for your answer.

I hadn't noticed the Duplicates button yet. I think I remember that in both caches I deleted the original log and posted a new one, rather than editing the date or text or whatever it was. And I also remember from the forum that these deletion at GC level don't carry over to GCA.
So what do I do now? How do I delete a log that I've already deleted? Sorry if this is obvious...
Thanks, p-boro

[tatty]

View the listing in GCA and then delete the duplicate log here on GCA

[CraigRat]

http://geocaching.com.au/logs/cacher/p-boro?d

Note : You can get to your duplicate logs by going to My->Account and scrolling down to the 'Logs' section.

[Richary]

Yes once the faeries have imported the log it stays here, and can't notice you have deleted the previous one. Once you add a new log it has a different ID number so appears different to the gnomes working behind the scenes on the GCA server.

If you create a log on GC, and modify it before the faeries get to it then it will be OK. If it's imported first I believe it won't update with the new information.

Took me a few minutes to find the duplicate button again as well

[p-boro]

Done! Thanks everybody. All nice and tidy now
Looks like there is a lot more to discover on the GCA site for me. I will play with the graphs now...

Cheers, p-boro