Missing Cache

[kjun12]

How does one report a cache that appears to be missing?

[+palmetto]

If you've hunted for a cache and not found it, log a Did Not Find.

 

If quite a few people have already logged DNFs, this could indicate that the cache is missing - though if the cache has a higher difficulty rating, it may be present, and people are simply not finding it.

 

If many people have already logged DNFs with no cache owner response, especially on a cache that was being found with no DNF logs previously, log a Needs Archived. That log will be seen by a local reviewer, who can decide what action to take.

[Pup Patrol]

How does one report a cache that appears to be missing?

 

Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Logging a Geocache

4.2. What log type should I use?

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=534

 

What's the GC code of the cache in question?

 

B.

[+briansnat]

You don't report a cache missing. For one, outside rare cases, you don't KNOW it's missing for a fact. So log a DNF and let the cache owner sort it out. Once a pattern of DNFs appears a responsible owner will check on the cache. If there are already a lot of consecutive DNFs, you could log a "needs maintenance" to get the cache owner's attention.

[+kunarion]

I haven't had to report a cache missing. If I Did Not Find it, I log a "Did Not Find". Go figure.

 

When I return to a cache site and the container is not in its place anymore, and there have been no updates on the cache page that anything changed, I make a log that I "found it before but not today".

[+wmpastor]

You don't report a cache missing. For one, outside rare cases, you don't KNOW it's missing for a fact. So log a DNF and let the cache owner sort it out. Once a pattern of DNFs appears a responsible owner will check on the cache. If there are already a lot of consecutive DNFs, you could log a "needs maintenance" to get the cache owner's attention.

Agreed - especially in light of this item in the OP's profile:

No finds have been reported.

[kjun12]

Thanks to all of you for your advice concerning my post. I appreciate that you took the time to help me.

[+Wells GeocachingCrew]

What if the owner hasn't checked on the cache in over a year and the last 6 logs are DNFs with 2 needs maintenenance and the owner does not respond to messages? Should it still just be logged as DNF?

[+msrubble]

What if the owner hasn't checked on the cache in over a year and the last 6 logs are DNFs with 2 needs maintenenance and the owner does not respond to messages?

 

In my opinion, log a DNF if you looked for it and couldn't find it. If the last "needs maintenance" was a month or more ago, also log "Needs Archived," stating what you have here: 6 (or 7 with yours) DNFs in a row, two requests for maintenance with no response, cache owner not responding to email either.

[Keystone]

What if the owner hasn't checked on the cache in over a year and the last 6 logs are DNFs with 2 needs maintenenance and the owner does not respond to messages? Should it still just be logged as DNF?

See Post #2 by my fellow reviewer, palmetto.

 

Sounds ripe for a "Needs Archived" to attract a reviewer's attention, since the DNF and NM logs did not attract the owner's attention.