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speedysk1 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: Group Hides

Just curious what your thoughts are on group hides and logging of them. For example, my brother and I have 2 caches that we hid together. So, I "own" one and he "owns" the other on gc.com. But everytime I run a pocket query for that area it shows up as the closest unfound cache?

So, in cases like this should/can you log the cache?

What say you?
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Pear Head · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:

Esko and I own one multi like this. I own the listing and hid stage 1 (sorry for those who have done it) and he owns stage 2. Neither of us were present when the other hid their respective stage. I've logged it (when I found stage 2) and I believe he has logged it too.

It's all how you play the game. To me it was a cache that I hadn't found (albeit not a multi) so I logged it, regardless of ownership.

Bunganator · Geocacher Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 230

I went with Lbungert to place some of his island caches so he had someone to paddle with. I also logged those as finds, BUT I didn't until I took Roxygen and paddled out there on a separate occasion. The hides for them arent terribly difficult, the point was to paddle (or trek accross ice) to get them. Once I fullfilled that on my own, I felt ok logging them.

Another option in general is to place the cache with another cacher, wait a year, and then go find it. Chances are it will be in a different location. In fact, I have a pine tree cache (no comments need to be made about this Wink

) that was actually replaced in the WRONG tree. The thing was small enough as it is (the camo made the difference), and it took forever to find it.

X51hz · Geocacher Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 182

I have but only after others have been finding it for awhile, mostle just to get it off my PQ for the area

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 2266

Yes, I would log it if I don't own it. But if I log the find at the same time it was hidden, I would reserve the FTF spot for the actual FTFer. I can't say this has happened for me though more than twice.

King Boreas · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject:

EskoClimber · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

I co-own a couple of caches. One of the is with Pear Head which I have logged and one is in the Black Hills with DakotaHillbillies which I haven't and will not log.
I was deeply involved with the one in the Black Hills and saw its construction, layout, and final location. Since it was three of us that put that one together and we were all involved in its placement and we all saw it hidden, I couldn't justify claiming that I "found it".
Pear Head and I co-own a cache. Since I wasn't present when he put that $%#@* nano on the locomotive, nor did he inform me as to its location, AND since I found it in the dark without a flashlight, I logged it as a find. The only thing I knew about the first stage was the coordinates.

The difference being that I felt one was a justified since I had look for it just like any other cache and the other I had hidden for all practical purposes.

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Pear Head · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:

gmansan · Geocacher Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

If I helped hide a cache, I would not log th find, as I did not "find" it. I had this situation on one cache that we hid as a Golden Cache for a fellow cacher celebrating his 1000th find. There was a group of about five of us that went out to hide it. It is very close to where I live, so it would normally keep showing up on my PQs. So, I just clicked the Ignore Listing on the cache listing page and no more showing up on the PQs. Simple as that.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 2266

rogheff · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

I logged a find on a cache that I helped hide. Why? Well, I was in the area and decided to check on it. I couldn't find it - it wasn't where we left it. I went home, downloaded the coords, and went hunting for the cache.

As it turns out, it was moved by ??? about 50 feet or so.

The worst part? It was a piano that I couldn't find. %$#& Baldwin!!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0ca4e0ee-bcf4-4127-8e56-f8fdfe09136b

Since I did everythign that any other seeker would do, I logged a Smile

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