Should We Log Our Own Caches! – Dartmoor Geocaching

Should We Log Our Own Caches!

Dartmoor Dave — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:26:36 +0000

Both Hobo and dartymoor have raised this question in another topic. Please continue any discussion on this question under this topic.

Hobo said: “How many of us “find” our own caches? If this is an acceptable practice we could add 120 to our score instantly!!”

dartymoor replied “Finding your own… I’ve been told this is bad form so haven’t done it, but the temptation of fluffing my own numbers is there, and I /have/ found them!”

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Dartmoor Dave — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:28:56 +0000

I think Groundspeak have this covered in their knowledge books:

Can I log a find on my own cache? What about when I go back to visit?

It is considered “bad form” to log a find on your own cache, no matter when you do it. The same is true if you re-visit another traditional cache (for example to place or retrieve a travel bug). Use the “post a note” log option to record your visit in these circumstances.

In either case, you’re not “finding” a cache because you already know where it is. Save the smiley face for use when you’ve truly discovered a hidden cache.

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Harry the furry squid — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:04:49 +0000

No, not for a ‘proper’ cache, but now about logging an “attended” on your own event – assuming, of course, that you actually did attend? Seems to be normal to do that here in the West Midlands . . . then again, events themselves are a bit of a fudge in that the only connection with geocaching is that they have a logbook.

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Miss — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:46:11 +0000

I don’t think one should “Find” ones own caches – or log the same cache twice. It shouldn’t be beyond the capabilities of Groundspeak to make it impossible to be able to do either of these – after all they’ve made it impossible to give a favourite to your own cache or to an event.

Events are somewhat different as you “Attend” an Event you don’t “Find” it

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dartymoor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:53:15 +0000

Sorry – off topic, but Miss – is that Satan’s Pit in your profile pic?

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Miss — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:58:34 +0000

Off topic – but yes it is!

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forgetful elephant — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:39:56 +0000

Logging our own caches….never. If your that desperate for extra numbers why not go the whole hog and just lie (couldn’t sign the log as too much traffic (in a very very quiet lane))…I have found some that do! or do as some people do and log a find “because I was there but couldn’t find it”

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dartymoor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:16:18 +0000

There’s one cacher in this region that logs as a find but says can’t remember when they found it. As it happens I once replaced the log of one they had claimed and after I’d dried the old one out I couldn’t see their name anywhere. Nothing to say they hadn’t done it, perhaps in a far-previous logsheet (at least a year in that case!), but seems a strange way to play the game. No skin off my nose though, if they want to do it that way!

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Dartmoor Dave — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:21:03 +0000

Congratulations to Station Master. After some good humoured banter at the Leaping on the Green event, Mark has deleted the offending logs to come in line with the commonly accepted principle on this topic.

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StationMaster — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:26:55 +0000

I find it rather strange that people check on other peoples finds. This is a game not a test. I wonder who looked at my profile and found out, I know there would be other ways to discover, like watching a cache. But must admit some people do take this fun hobby a little to serious. But it does give us something to talk about. I enjoyed be told off at the event recently.