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We never log a DNF. We just wait until there are a bunch of other DNFs on the cache and then we write a snotty “post note” that says we were out there a few months ago and couldn’t find it either and the cache owners are idiots.
Oh wait, that’s what happens on our caches…
On the Left Side of the Road...@marc_54140 wrote:
There is a cache in the Green Bay area – It’s Not About the Numbers : DNFs. I did not know how to look up my dnf’s til I read this cache.
I have over 470!
Can you enlighten us how to find our # of DNF’s?
Never mind…
I see you entered the cache name incorrectly so I DNF’ed my search for the cache listing. 😕
NAME: It’s All In The Numbers – DNFs
As of right now I have 113 DNF’s. At least 50% of my DNFs were because the cache was actually missing. There is only 1 cache that I recall NOT logging as a DNF for personal reasons but I sent the cache owner an email letting them know.
I may not log all my finds, but I log all my DNFs for the sole purpose of letting others (including the cache owner) know that I had trouble finding it. I have no idea of how many of my DNFs have been actually missing – I suspect not many. But, I still want to give other geocachers the information that not everyone was able to find the cache.
I currently have 6 DNF’s. If I show up to search for a cache and cannot give it a respectable effort (mosquitos too bad, flooding, muggles, etc.) I will not log a DNF. If I give it a good honest effort and DNF it, I will log a DNF. However, if I don’t get a chance to log until a day or two after the fact, and there has been other finders since my attempt, I usually will not log a DNF. I also will delete DNF logs after I have returned and found them.
We’ve posted 11 DNFs to 46 caches found. Not afraid to post ’em here. 🙂
I love a good DNF:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=f5bdc395-92ad-45b7-bab1-bea026c91bc9
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=1f7c0a80-a411-427b-b14e-60bd9b215592
10% of my logs are DNFs
I’ll log all of my DNF’s, even if I gave up early for some reason. I just give the reason in the log so others know that it wasn’t a thorough hunt, so chances are good its still there. Actually even with a thorough hunt chances are good that its still there when I DNF. Right now I’m running just under 10% DNFs, with some of those being multiple logs on the same cache.
Right now, we have 115 of them, and Trekkin’s not finished logging from the West Bend thing. It really does help the owner and others to know there might be a problem with a cache. If a person has limited time, they might want to skip one that’s either gone or problematic, as indicated by multiple DNFs.
I see it as a courtesy to all cachers. If a person doesn’t want to DNF, they can still write a note.
I have also discovered that all our logged DNFs make us eligible to search for and log at least two more caches, one in Green Bay and one not too far from my folks in Minneapolis! So there are other perks! LOL
I agree with those who believe that they should log their DNFs as a courtesy to the cache owner and others playing the game, and have been logging all of mine, though when I first started, I did not.
The other advantage of logging your DNFs is that when you run Cachemate it will include all of your DNFs in the info you have on the Palm. That way, I am reminded of what I did wrong the first time, and it helps with redeeming the DNF into a find on the second visit.
zuma
And then there are those cache owners who delete your DNF logs…..
😡
Bec
And then there are those cache owners who delete your DNF logs…..
So just keep logging it again and again until they get sick of deleting it….
@greyhounder wrote:
And then there are those cache owners who delete your DNF logs…..
😡
Bec
We have not run up against that yet. What would the purpose of that possibly be?
On the Left Side of the Road...@greyhounder wrote:
And then there are those cache owners who delete your DNF logs…..
😡
Bec
I have never seen that…wow….that is kind of weird.
z
@gotta run wrote:
@greyhounder wrote:
And then there are those cache owners who delete your DNF logs…..
😡
Bec
We have not run up against that yet. What would the purpose of that possibly be?
I requested they fix their bad coords and they got mad. The owner sent me an email telling me I had no business putting a “Needs Maintenance” log on their cache (even though of the 40 finds 30 of them mentioned in the log how bad the coords were), then the owner deleted both my needs maintenance log and then deleted Becs DNF…. 🙄
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