Is it OK to have two finds if a cache is moved?

Post by **CraigRat** » 01 November 06 7:44 am

zactyl wrote: Add to this list a cache placer logging a find on their own cache when it is published

Oh, thats just awesome...you serious?
!!

zactyl · Post by **zactyl** » 01 November 06 10:47 am

CraigRat wrote:
zactyl wrote: Add to this list a cache placer logging a find on their own cache when it is published
Oh, thats just awesome...you serious?
!!

Yep! "i put it there!"

http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcjzb0

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 01 November 06 11:25 am

29th of December log

http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcgh5q

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 01 November 06 12:08 pm

Spindoc Bob wrote:29th of December log

http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcgh5q

zactyl wrote:Yep! "i put it there!"
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcjzb0

:: Bites Tongue::

mm

Post by **caughtatwork** » 01 November 06 12:42 pm

Before we crucify people in absentia, remember that a simple slip of the mouse will have a Found It rather than a Note.

Mr Walker · Post by **Mr Walker** » 01 November 06 1:23 pm

Mr Walker is by nature a highly moral man, and despite the paucity of caches he is not really driven by numbers, but by the nature of the game and the fun of the hunt. Having said this, I did reclaim my first ever find, when the cache was moved, a year or more after I had originally found it. It was hidden in a completely different manner and a hundred meters or so from its original location. It took me several inspections to find it the second time, and the find was almost as much a thrill second time round,(not quite because the original will always be my first cache). I considered what to do, and it seemed to me that while the cache container may have been the same, everything else about the hunt constituted a new find and so I logged it.. Given that I had to start again with new coordinates ( although the name and general area were the same), this seemed an honourable decision.

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 01 November 06 1:39 pm

C@W: you're right. I was being facetious.

I was wondering on the weekend about a similar question. If I found a GCXXXX cache that is now a GAXXXX cache, should I log it. The answer I came up with was, 'Don't be silly. If it's about numbers, you're only cheating yourself, and besides, there's plenty of other caches to find.'

Freddo · Post by **Freddo** » 01 November 06 2:32 pm

djcache wrote:I think you'll find GC.com will filter out two claimed finds on the same cache by the same registered user as only one find.

DJ

We have a cache Lost in Space that has two cache boxes. You get to log both as finds. You need to find the first, which gives you the coords to the second 120km north. Voyger and Alpha Centuri are the two locations on a scale map of the solar system.

zactyl · Post by **zactyl** » 01 November 06 2:40 pm

map monkey wrote:
Spindoc Bob wrote:29th of December log

http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcgh5q

zactyl wrote:Yep! "i put it there!"
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcjzb0
:: Bites Tongue::

mm

On a related note, I have four finds on caches I own!

I'm my 4th most frequent hider!

Nibs · Post by **Nibs** » 05 November 06 6:55 pm

The whole concept of geocaching evolved as a sport/hobby utilising the Global Positioning Satellites to locate stuff hidden around the place. <br>If a cache is moved, then, by definition, it must have a new location! Therefore anybody who has previously found it, would not be able to find it again unless they used their GPSr and tracked down the new coordinates. How this cannot be construed as a new find is beyond me. It doesn't matter that you are finding the same container; it's in a different LOCATION!.<br>
For my 10c, if it has to be moved, the original listing should be archived and the new location should be a new cache.

JackHenry · Post by **JackHenry** » 05 November 06 8:27 pm

NIBS has hit the nail on the head there. If you need to use the GPS to find it again because it's in a different location, why shouldn't that count as a find. In fact it makes more sense to log it as a find than to log a note.