Ftf
Re: Ftf
First to find the cache means just that !claeton wrote:who gets the FTF someone who finds and signs first or someone who gets to the area and then logs a note saying they were in the area but could not retrieve the cache
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Re: Ftf
Quote ............show me a guy who doesn't sign the log book for a FTF but knew where it was but could'nt retreive the cache and i'll show you a guy striving for an impressive FTF list.......haaa....well done!!claeton wrote:who gets the FTF someone who finds and signs first or someone who gets to the area and then logs a note saying they were in the area but could not retrieve the cache
PS......hey its not me!!!!
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Re: ftf
I doubt it. FTF is nothing official, just a sort of meta-game that we play!claeton wrote:Thanks everyone it looks like I have something to sort out with groundspeak
You might have an issue with the owner of the cache, if they've got some sort of prize for the FTF that's gone to someone who hasn't signed the logbook, maybe.
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Re: Ftf
A note is just a note...not counted as a find.claeton wrote:who gets the FTF someone who finds and signs first or someone who gets to the area and then logs a note saying they were in the area but could not retrieve the cache
If someone places a note before you, i wouldnt be too worried about that...it may be their polite way of mentioning their half-attempt rather than a DNF.
Remember that logs on the webpage are not in "find order" rather logging (on the internet) order.
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Side issue, while down near Cataract (half way between Campbelltown and Wollongong) last weekend I got a different FTF. Nothing to do with caching though I did a few while down there.
It was a radio club listening trip where we could get away from city noise and string out lots of wire for antennas. Anyway,a fairly disappointing weekend radio wise until I found a new station on an unusual frequency Saturday night. After a bit of detective work with the knoledgable group of people there - and that I had the ACMA database on the PC and borrowed mobile net access through Telstra 3G with me - we identified what it was likely to be (a Greek station operating from near Gosford).
Phone calls from there didn't shed too much enlightenment as the people in the studio didn't know but on Monday we had it confirmed that I was probably the first person in the world to log it (apart from their tech) and found about 4 hours after transmitter switch on.
Happy with that one!
It was a radio club listening trip where we could get away from city noise and string out lots of wire for antennas. Anyway,a fairly disappointing weekend radio wise until I found a new station on an unusual frequency Saturday night. After a bit of detective work with the knoledgable group of people there - and that I had the ACMA database on the PC and borrowed mobile net access through Telstra 3G with me - we identified what it was likely to be (a Greek station operating from near Gosford).
Phone calls from there didn't shed too much enlightenment as the people in the studio didn't know but on Monday we had it confirmed that I was probably the first person in the world to log it (apart from their tech) and found about 4 hours after transmitter switch on.
Happy with that one!
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I recently found a new cache and was the first to write a log in the logbook
When I went to log it online the FTF had been claimed by another cacher (noob) who without a pen and had left a sticker in the cache (micro) to 'prove' they had been there
Since the sticker was there, I did not claim the FTF despite my log being the first
When I went to log it online the FTF had been claimed by another cacher (noob) who without a pen and had left a sticker in the cache (micro) to 'prove' they had been there
Since the sticker was there, I did not claim the FTF despite my log being the first
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We've been caught out occasionally with no pen, and we are far from n00bs. Especially with micros and especially if there's no note about needing to bring your own writing implement. On those occasions we've placed a wibble sticker in the logbook and I don't see a problem with that. I wouldn't consider the next person who found the cache who had a pen on them to consider themselves being the first to log it.rhinogeo wrote:I recently found a new cache and was the first to write a log in the logbook
When I went to log it online the FTF had been claimed by another cacher (noob) who without a pen and had left a sticker in the cache (micro) to 'prove' they had been there
Since the sticker was there, I did not claim the FTF despite my log being the first
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I'm not happy with a DNF on a FTF when the co-ordinates are out!!
Technically you've "found" GZ according to the co-ords given, but obviously can't write in a non-existent log book. So in the strict interpretation of FTF, it's not a FTF because you haven't been able to document the "find" in the logbook. You win some, you loose some!!
The feeling is not the same as to when someone else legitimately beats you to a FTF by logging it 10 minutes before you get there.
Unfortunately, I've been guilty of the same offence, but the FTF'er was able to call and confirm correct co-ordinates and claim their FTF.
Jardry
Technically you've "found" GZ according to the co-ords given, but obviously can't write in a non-existent log book. So in the strict interpretation of FTF, it's not a FTF because you haven't been able to document the "find" in the logbook. You win some, you loose some!!
The feeling is not the same as to when someone else legitimately beats you to a FTF by logging it 10 minutes before you get there.
Unfortunately, I've been guilty of the same offence, but the FTF'er was able to call and confirm correct co-ordinates and claim their FTF.
Jardry