+OB Jets Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Greetings, i was wondering what the rules are in revisiting a cache you have already found JUST to grab something someone else has dropped off in it ? Its a signature item from a well known cacher in my area and well honestly id like to have it.Opinions? Objets Quote Link to comment
stonefinder Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 well go for it but don't post it as a new find,only as a post if you already have one of whatever it is please send me the other one Back too two legs now but have to take it easy!!!!Have vista will travel, I always know were I am because I have my vista!!!!! Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't whine if you did. ___________________________________________________________ If trees could scream, would we still cut them down? Well, maybe if they screamed all the time, for no reason. Click here for my Geocaching pictures and Here (newest) Quote Link to comment
+Cat'N'Geo Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I've done it to get a travelbug out of my hands after waaaay too long. As long as it wasn't a second find (unless cache had been moved & you're invited by owner) I don't think it would matter much. Not to me anyway. They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Quote Link to comment
AC Student Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 As long as you leave something at least as good as the item you take, and log a note, I don't see why anyone would complain. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Go for it, but make sure you trade somewhat evenly. And as the others here said, log it as a note, not as a find. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I confess, I went to one of my own caches just to get one of Marky's smashed pennies. However, the guilt got to me so I left a Geocoin. I don't know if that was a fair trade considering the time and money M&J put into those pennies, but It sure looks nice in my smashed penny collection Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+OB Jets Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 Touchstone, I could smash some pennies in the hangar doors at work for you.We did that last time things at "Take your Kid to work Day" ran slow.Anyway i need to know where i can enter a 12 step program to ease this addiction...Objets Quote Link to comment
+OB Jets Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 Brian, Thanks for the reply. But whats a fair trade ? "took the object of my desire.Left 1st born male child" ? Gessh. I dont think alot of the cachers in my area are as competitive as they are in some of the other parts of the country, but why did these have to show up in caches i have already found ? Can you say addicted ? Border line obsessive ? Bring on the 12 step program... Objets Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by objets:Touchstone, I could smash some pennies in the hangar doors at work for you.We did that last time things at "Take your Kid to work Day" ran slow.Anyway i need to know where i can enter a 12 step program to ease this addiction...Objets LOL! Apparently there's another cacher that does something similar. I have one of his smashed pennies too. He uses Caltrain (the commuter train service in the SF Bay region) to do the job, and etches or stamps them with his username. They're pretty cool too. Marky's pennies are an image of his avatar. Way too cool Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Nope. You're basically exploiting an extremely unfair advantage over anyone else who might want the item, but has never been to the cache before. Besides, trying to "get the good stuff" isn't what the game is about. It's a crap-shoot, every time you open a cache, which is part of the fun. Checking logs and using the watch list to find out when something desirable pops up in a cache that you already know the whereabouts of, doesn't strike me as being in the proper spirit. "Don't mess with a geocacher. We know all the best places to hide a body." Quote Link to comment
+OB Jets Posted November 5, 2003 Author Share Posted November 5, 2003 Prime, Well said. After many hours mulling over the options, ive decided to leave them there for someone else to find them. Perhaps i will happen upon one sometime in the future. Finding one under those conditions will just add to the value, i think anyway. Thanks for your perspective. Objets Quote Link to comment
+walkietalkie Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I wondered the same thing. I'd placed a cache and watching the finds I saw a traded item I would like. I let it go. Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Right on, Prime.... Integrity in one's character is exemplified by what we do when no-one else is looking. Nice to see that there are two more endorsements to your position preceding my own. "Today's truth remains valid only as long as it withstands the test of tomorrow's discoveries" - George Hicks Quote Link to comment
+BoredKitty Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 I've revisited old caches only if they looked like they've been exploited or the contents are full of junk. It's amazing how many people are thoughtless and leave trash in place of a trinket. I fill these caches with my own swag to make them nice for the next finder. I also replace old beat up logs with new ones. I like finding nice caches and would appreciate if someone did this with my own caches. If I take something, whatever I leave is always better or at least even. -BK Quote Link to comment
+sturgeongeneral Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I think a travelbug trade would be alright. I would only post a note, not a find on the second trip though. Quote Link to comment
+quills Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 touchtone there's a smashed penny trading cache near my hometown. i read your post about your collection and thought i would let you know. Quills Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Thanks Quills. We just got back from DC where we picked up a few caches (mostly virtuals) as well as some smashed pennies. It looks like those smashed penny machines have made it into just about every Smithsonian. They were quite popular when we were there and it looked like parents were relieved to fork out .50 cents rather than bigger bucks for more expensive souveniers. Quote Link to comment
+rap_kap Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I re-visited 2 caches this weekend, but only to move around some TB's. Found perfect spots for both of them. I almost always leave, and hardly ever take, unless I find something that me or my wife wants, or I find a really cool trade item to leave in another cache. TB's, however, I will take/leave/move, and return to some caches to trade TB's or leave a TB. I suppose if there were something I REALLY wanted, and I didn't take it upon the initial find, I might return to get it... Quote Link to comment
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