- The same mentality applies to logging DNF caches as to cheating at solitaire. Who does it really hurt but the person doing it? Geocaching is a competition with yourself. Cheating is cheating. If you can live with yourself then that is your problem. I currently have only 39 finds but each one is legitimate. I can look at the number and know each cache was actually found. I can live with that. Mike Griffin wrote: > - > While in Oklahoma, Bridget and me found some remains of a cache. We never > found it but when I posted my note about finding the baggies, A chewed up > planner, and a couple of beer cans and a pencil in the hollow tree, the > owner said he would check it this weekend. If it is really gone, he would > appreciate me changing my log to a find because he wants more people to come > out in the country to look for caches. He felt that a note stating it was > gone would discourage people even after he replaces it. > > Cases like this, I have no problem logging a find. For the most part, I > leave it up to the owner to give me the direction. > > BTW - We still enjoyed the cache location even if we DNF'ed it. > > Mike > > Tired of Spam?? > Here's your solution.. > See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Roberts" <maylith@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:46 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Fwd: [LOG] Watchlist: geoofficer found "GUFF" (MO) > (Unknown Cache) > > > >> - >> I'm fairly new to Geocaching. The first time I found a "cache that wasn't >> there" was when I found just the lid to a cache that had been muggled. I >> decided it would be best to post a note to the cache listing and email the >> owner. I goofed a bit by accidently picking "needs to be archived" >> instead >> of just posting a note so *gln was notified as well. Even though I found >> part of the cache, I didn't feel right posting a find. Others may feel, >> in >> this situation, that they found part of it and it counts. I guess that is >> their choice. >> >> If I can't find a cache, I just assume I can't find it and post a Did not >> Find for that cache. I'll keep an eye on it and see if it is found again >> and then give it another try. I've heard of some cache's where someone >> couldn't find it, and created a new one and placed it in the same area, >> then >> posted a find. The original owner will come back, find his and theirs and >> remove theirs and deny their find. Then those "finders" get irate about >> it. >> >> >> I would probably help repair a cache (adding baggies, adding a log book if >> old one is full, etc...) but I wouldn't just create one if I couldn't find >> the one that is supposed to be there. In other words, I assume I just >> didn't find it and post a Did Not Find. >> >> -maylith >> >> **************************************** >> Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com >> Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching >> Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html >> **************************************** >> To unsubscribe from this list: >> send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in >> the Subject field >> >> >> >> >> >> > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field > > > > > > > **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field