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11/26/2009 at 1:04 am #1729174
… a cacher that goes by “Engster” or “Eagster” or something similar? Perhaps from the Oshkosh / Fond du Lac area?
This person signed the logbook in one of our Waupaca caches that he/she picked up a SetonCachers3 student TB, with “Friends”. Nothing got logged in on the website, the TB is still listed in the cache, but it’s not there. A gc.com search came up with one of these names, but my inquiry email has not been answered.
Our student, poor Edward, is getting kinda worried, wondering where his TB is…
Thanks a lot. All leads will be appreciated.
BTW, a stats page is up for the 40-some school TB’s we released this fall. Look up the profile for ‘SetonCachers3’.
cYa, Jim
11/26/2009 at 5:32 am #1917235Jim, sorry to hear about the missing TB. I have not seen that cacher name before but I will keep and eye out for it. I will try to check my Waupaca caches to see if they had logged anything there to help solve this mystery.
Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
11/27/2009 at 2:55 am #1917236I’m not from Oshkosh or Fond Du Lac but I haven’t seen that name anywhere in the Fox Valley.
11/27/2009 at 2:53 pm #1917237Really sorry to hear about that. 🙁 I’m pretty familiar with most of the Oshkosh area names and that one doesn’t ring a bell. I’ve also never seen it on any of my caches – in Oshkosh or the few I have out your direction.
12/05/2009 at 2:44 am #1917238Here’s two more cachers who seem to have a couple of our student TB’s.
Anybody know “Palidrafod” or “Eskimo87”? Both are fairly new cachers. They have not responded to several very nicely worded emails.
They visited our Seton Eagle Nest a month-and-a-half ago and grabbed the TB’s, but have not followed through on anything since.
And we’re still waiting to hear from “Engster” or “Eagster” or whoever (s)he is…
This makes three of our 11 year olds who are getting kinda worried… in addition to the two whose TB’s we know were muggled.
Thank goodness for the rest of you who take such good care of our TB’s and pay all of the extra attention to them! Your efforts are so appreciated.
Jim & the SetonCachers teams
12/05/2009 at 4:12 am #1917239Jim, any thoughts on sending out the COPY tags?
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12/05/2009 at 4:20 am #1917240When you get ready to release these next year how about some of us responsible cachers gang together and move some of these around to ensure they don’t go missing? I have contacts on the east / west coasts and could get them transferred pretty easily if desired.
Another option would be the “Flat Stanley” approach where a responsible cacher could take it for a few weeks and log it at a bunch of caches.
Just trying to think of some ideas to get some good mileage for the kids.
12/05/2009 at 1:38 pm #1917241Yes, we do occasionally put out replacement TB’s with the copy tags. That’s an option we offer to the students once we’ve found out the TB is really gone. But truthfully, they are often disapointed enough that they just say forget it, and partner up with somebody else for the various TB assignments throughout the school year.
We sure appreciate other suggestions and brainstorming for better future successes. Right now we are questioning the worth of this project. It is a lot of work, is costly, and so many cachers are irresponsible. Last evening I sent out 15 emails to cachers who’ve been holding our TB’s (from last year) anywhere from 60 days to nine months. For many, this is the fourth or fifth contact, mostly with no response. We have about 20 or 25 actively circulating TB’s from this batch of 64 we sent out in the Fall of 2008. That seems to be a pretty high dropout rate for only 14 months.
This is supposed to be fun, right?
cYa, Jim
12/05/2009 at 1:41 pm #1917242Yes, we do occasionally put out replacement TB’s with the copy tags. That’s an option we offer to the students once we’ve found out the TB is really gone. But truthfully, they are often disapointed enough that they just say forget it, and partner up with somebody else for the various TB assignments throughout the school year.
We sure appreciate other suggestions and brainstorming for better future successes. Right now we are questioning the worth of this project. It is a lot of work, is costly, and so many cachers are irresponsible. Last evening I sent out 15 emails to cachers who’ve been holding our TB’s (from last year) anywhere from 60 days to nine months. For many, this is the fourth or fifth contact, mostly with no response. We have about 20 or 25 actively circulating TB’s from this batch of 64 we sent out in the Fall of 2008. That seems to be a pretty high dropout rate for only 14 months.
This is supposed to be fun, right?
cYa, Jim
12/05/2009 at 5:05 pm #1917243it is sad that these TBs are MIA. I don’t remember if the ones sent out in the past had the same documentation, but this years release did have a separate slip of paper in their bags stating they were part of this project.
hard to fathom that so many would be so insensitive to the effort.
Though many of the missions were very lofty, just moving them from place to place is the main intent. I hope that if anyone here comes across these TBs, that they would honor that request for the sake of the students who have put this effort forth.Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
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