+S&G.Davison Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 We have activated a "personal travel bug" to help track out own mileage whilst moveing around. How do we go about logging the miles without dropping him off. Do we drop then pick up as leaving notes would appear to drop the bug off. thanks Sue & Graeme Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 The one and only one I've seen was done by dropping it off and picking it up at each cache you visit. The time the bug is in the cache is as long as it takes you to log and pick up. Quote Link to comment
+bazzle Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I drop mine with each log and the pick it right back up again. To go back and track older caches I copy the original log, delete it, then repost it back dated and drop the bug. Would be much easied if you could drop a bug while editting a log, but alas that is not possible... Quote Link to comment
+janni93 Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I just started with my personal TB, too. I am wondering about one thing on the etiquette: At the moment I am logging it with my Finds, I have also logged it at a cache which is lost - but what about DNFs? I had quite a few in the last days (bad karma...). To track the mileage I'd like to drop it off with my DNF log but is this correct? Would you (as a cache owner) delete these logs? Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 This seems to be a common enough desire. How hard would it be to modify the software so that the same mapping that's available for travel bugs becomes available for cachers? Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I just started with my personal TB, too. I am wondering about one thing on the etiquette: At the moment I am logging it with my Finds, I have also logged it at a cache which is lost - but what about DNFs? I had quite a few in the last days (bad karma...). To track the mileage I'd like to drop it off with my DNF log but is this correct? Would you (as a cache owner) delete these logs? Hmmm......I think I would, since you can't find the cache, I wouldn't want to give you credit for dropping a bug there. Just doesn't seem right to me. It would be like logging the cache as found when you really didn't find it. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I just started with my personal TB, too. I am wondering about one thing on the etiquette: At the moment I am logging it with my Finds, I have also logged it at a cache which is lost - but what about DNFs? I had quite a few in the last days (bad karma...). To track the mileage I'd like to drop it off with my DNF log but is this correct? Would you (as a cache owner) delete these logs? Hmmm......I think I would, since you can't find the cache, I wouldn't want to give you credit for dropping a bug there. Just doesn't seem right to me. It would be like logging the cache as found when you really didn't find it. I'd only count the mileage on finds. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I drop mine with each log and the pick it right back up again. To go back and track older caches I copy the original log, delete it, then repost it back dated and drop the bug. Would be much easied if you could drop a bug while editting a log, but alas that is not possible... It used to be, because that's how I back dated my personal travel bug when I started it. Just edited the original log, but as you state, you can't do that anymore. Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I just started with my personal TB, too. I am wondering about one thing on the etiquette: At the moment I am logging it with my Finds, I have also logged it at a cache which is lost - but what about DNFs? I had quite a few in the last days (bad karma...). To track the mileage I'd like to drop it off with my DNF log but is this correct? Would you (as a cache owner) delete these logs? My purpose in having my personal travel bug is to sequentially track my geocaching experiences, so I log ALL my cache searches (including DNFs). It's honest mileage because I actually arrive at the posted coordinates whether I find the cache or not. Also, there are usually other caches that I DO manage to find within just a few miles of the DNFs, so the total mileage wouldn't be much different even if the DNFs were not counted. I copy my online cache log entries and paste them into my travel bug logs. If someone wants to delete my DNF entry from their cache page, it's not going to change the fact that I was there, and it's not going to affect my travel bug's history or mileage. Quote Link to comment
+Volvo Man Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Deleting Logs from Cache pages doesn't delete the TB log anyway, this is quite a good thing, as you can go back and backdate old finds with your personal TB, then delete the unnecessary cache log. OK, so the cache owner gets a couple of emails, but I just post a note that says just logging my personal TB thru, then delete it. that way, the cache owner will see what's going on in the email. As for DNFs, I always drop my TB at DNFs, if the cache owner wants to delete the DNF, that's up to them, the TB log remains and only I can delete that. Of course, DNFs are all part of the history of the cache and should be left for historical purposes, but thats bound to be another thread Quote Link to comment
+GeoGargoyle Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 How do you add an entry to your personal T-Bug to an archived cache? Glisson Quote Link to comment
+bazzle Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Just log it as normal. Has always worked for me. And as an added advantage an non-member can actually log a find on an archived members only cache Quote Link to comment
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