Author Topic: What would you do?  (Read 438 times)

dnnsgps

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What would you do?
« on: February 18, 2010, 11:24:52 »
I have a cacher who went to my cache "Do the Stretch".   Most of you have done this one.  This is what he said in his log "didn't even need the gps for this one as it's a repeater and we were here before. didn't open it up and sign the log but I touched it. I also kept my slingshot in my pocket"

Now the question is if he didn't sign the log but only touched should I 
1.   Delete his log,   
2.   Contact him and find out if in fact he did or didn't
3.   ignore him

Bad part is that he has placed many ring -a-dings in the Syracuse area and beyond...

What would you do?

Kayleo

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 12:07:32 »
Well -------   I don't believe it is right to claim a find - if you haven't actually touched the cache in hand.  That said, many of us have indeed logged a cache that we have not signed the log - for whatever reason.  Couldn't retrieve the cache from its spot - couldn't get container open - whatever.  The only person he is cheating is himself if he wants to claim it and didn't actually find it.  There are toooooo many geocachers out there who are all about the numbers and not the actual sport.  Who really cares if he signed the log?  If he says he was at the spot and touched the cache, then let it be.

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 06:16:30 »
I would not delete a log without contacting someone first (certain exceptions apply). If you want to delete it, I suggest collecting your logbooks and looking through to find people who logged your caches but didn't sign. Just because he mentioned it in his log doesn't mean that he's the only one to do it. :)

If you want to contact him, go ahead. If he admitted in his log that he found it but didn't sign it, how do you think the conversation will go? I'm not sure, but I would guess that someone who doesn't find a cache and decides to log it anyway would not mention that they did not sign the log.

Technically, you should sign the physical log before logging the cache as a find. I have signed all but one cache (in one way or another, some less conventionally than others), with the one exception being a cache so wet that the logbook had basically disintegrated and placing another piece of paper seemed pointless.

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2010, 12:14:27 »
not sure what a ring a ding cache is but yes i did touch the nano and it was it fact it the same place as windborne's last cache . as I have many caches out there I must confess I realy enjoy reading the on site logs but having to recoil a nano log is a real pain and they hold little space for very many signins if you want donna go a head and delete the find I just don't care for the nanos and have only signed a couple that I have found. geocaching to us has allways been about sharing a site of interest  bells and angels all have a bit of history but a wall mart or a doughnut shop or a park and ride rank very low on my list of places to vist with out a cache to find. I guess it all boils down to the type of location you want to share with others

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 09:52:30 »
Sign log, get smile - that is all for us. But I go by the old polish philosophy, "what you do in your yard is your business, just let me do what I want in mine." That said, I would only delete a log if it used foul language. If a cacher said he seen my cache and did ten jumping jacks and ran around it ten times and counted that as a find - so be it! Integrity is not important to everyone. Following procedures in this day and age is definitely out. Not worth the trouble dealing with those who like to violate the spirit of the game er I mean do things their way :)

Jedi to DNNSGPS - just move along....  you do not care about that log.... hahaha

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2010, 16:37:48 »
I agree with mermaidb50.....nanos and some micros are just a pain. If it weren't for other members in EHAS I think I'd pass up signing the log too as long as I found the physical cache.
~Mallory (of EHAS)
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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2010, 09:58:34 »
My Grandson got the slingshot comment on his nano which also went unsigned.  Hey- seems to me if a cacher can't be bothered to sign a log, it's on that cacher to move on and leave it alone.  If the cacher feels the need to comment online, then make it a note, not a find.  And why post an insult?  I realize there are situations where a log can't be signed, but come on!  Being too hard to unwind or wind it back up just seems to reflect a limitation on spirit for the game.  I agree these nano logs are a pain, but my Swiss Army Knife has tweezers to get the log out and I just buckle down and wind it up all by myself to get it back in!  It just adds to the game for me.  Guess I'm just a bit of a stickler when it comes to making the minimal effort to actually sign the logs!  In the big picture, though, it really doesn't mean much.  I'm still out there having fun and putting micros in the woods and nanos on metal.  And finding and signing them as well! ;)
« Last Edit: July 10, 2010, 10:03:35 by Cosmonium »

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Re: What would you do?
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 19:17:51 »
If it were a tricky cache and you didn't think he actually found it, I would question him about it.  There are several other cachers who don't sign logs either. . . Ask for a description and if he can't describe it, delete it, but if he can tell you exactly where it is let it stand.  It's a game, technically, people could log every cache in existence-not my way of doing things. . . but if that's what floats your boat. . .