I thought you’d been looking for it for the past two years by your title. Turns out you were just so lazy you put off going up there for two years. Lol
I wouldn’t do any maintenance, it’s up to the CO to care for the cache. And throwdowns are generally frowned upon. But do log a Need Maintenance log so the CO gets informed that there may be an issue with it. As a CO myself this is what I prefer.
The CO may be inactive and the cache is abandoned, but then the spot will open up again and someone can place a new happy cache in it’s place.
It’s a community treasure hunting game. A person hides something, then posts GPS coordinates and/or clues to lead you there. Often the hidden item is a sealed container so people can leave log books or unique trinkets. Some of the trinkets have serial numbers you can use to see where they’ve traveled.
I haven’t done it in years, but I remember it being a lot of fun. Hunting for caches led me to a bunch of interesting new places that I would never have explored otherwise.
Yeah, I was pretty surprised myself… this was near a camping ground too, so a pretty frequented place. I suppose it might have just been re-hidden badly by a recent finder
Sometimes I worry that some CCTV is watching me rummage around for a cache and someone behind the camera is suspecting me of, like, planting drugs or some underground cult or something. Good to know my fears aren’t entirely unsubstantiated.
Nothing to see here security person, just signing my name on a piece of paper inside an old pill bottle.
If I happen to have a spare container with me, usually I’ll replace a damaged one. IMO if you found the original and know where it was, that’s not the same as putting out a random throwdown for a missing cache.
If it’s a specially made container, I’d probably just log Needs Maintenance, but if you’re just replacing a pill bottle with something similar I would think it’s fair game. In any case definitely mention it in your log
I haven’t been geocaching in forever. I used to go all the time, but I saw you post about it in another place and figured I’d join and maybe try to pick up the hobby again
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