Sounds like a fun twist to the game. I think it’s a good idea just to get people out to the caches regardless of trying to win a coin for a prize. Just to be a part of the fun is reward enough.

I think it would be great. We’ve found some that have sat for as long as a year. That’s always fun and I know as a cache owner, I like seeing an “a-ok” post on ours that get less company. Seems like the lonely ones are often puzzles or ones that require a journey to get to. Those are among our favorite caches.

After reading the rules, I think we need to hold off a few weeks before going after one. It’s been over a year since it was found!

@bandits wrote:

We’re in! Sounds like quite a bit of fun in the snow.

Bandits: You realize the topic was lonely caches, NOT “Lonely Cachers!”

😆

Sounds like it could be fun. But I think I’d be more likely to participate if I didn’t have to travel far. I don’t know how many caches there are statewide that haven’t been found in over 4 months, but I’m guessing not many near where I live. So I’d propose the following rule changes: Any cache that hasn’t been found in over 30 days is eligible. You score 1 point for each day that it has gone without being found.

This still rewards people who get the 4+ month caches that are out there due to their remote location or difficulty, but because there will be far more eligible caches, it also encourages more participation for those like me who would rather not travel for whatever reason (time, price of gas, etc). And even finding caches that have gone 1 or 2 months without a find can benefit from the reasons you state.

Perhaps this favors those who live in high cache density areas too much, so you might have to tweak some things, e.g. make it 45 or 60 days for eligible caches. Or, you could have a sliding point scale, e.g. 1 point for each day when cache hasn’t been found for over 30 days, 2 points for each day when over 60 days, 3 points when over 90 days, etc. or even better, a logarithmic (exponential?) scale, e.g. num days to the 1.2 power. Again, this gives added rewards to those remote/difficult caches, which is the point of the contest.

Note, I’m not whining, at least I’m not trying to 😆 . Just putting out an idea to see how it floats.

I don’t get away from my local area very often, so I probably wont score very high, but I’d like to play. Heck, maybe this game will get me out of the area more. 😀