Timeline to Log FTFs?

[Miata]

I can assure you that if I am on the road to West Bend for an example, I may have over 40 finds from 7:00 am until after dark. If one is a FTF, it sure will not be logged until that night….and it has happened a few times.

I was naughty once and left a hard puzzle cache unlogged for a few days, to which I owe an apology to Seth. Marc would have found that one way sooner, but he got one number messed up and was looking in a swamp. 😆

[Team Honeybunnies]

Due largely to Zuma’s FTF monomania (apologies Ralph, but it looks good on the page 😉 ) we have FTFs in five states. None of them got logged until we got home a day, two days or a few days later.

It’s really just a part of the FTF game. If you’re late by 10 seconds, you’re still late. If you decide to play the FTF game then that’s the risk you take. I’m pretty sure that most will log as soon as humanly possible, but life (and precious sleep :lol:) gets in the way sometimes.

Even in the current heated atmosphere where FTF hunters abound, caches still sit for a day, a week or longer without being found. One of our first FTFs sat for a year without a find. We stumbled on one Sunday in Reedsburg that had gone a week (TFTC Uncle Dave 2).

Our opportunities have dwindled as we stay home instead of dashing out, but when the close ones are all snapped up there are still the remote ones that no one else went for the quick grab.

Good luck and have fun.

[zuma]

In general, I try to log FTFs as quickly as I can, as a courtesy to other would be FTF hounds. This is not always possible, as I most often cache from dawn to dusk, so if I find the cache at dawn, I wont be able to log it until late at night.

Sunday, I had 7 FTFs, and because gc.com was running so poorly was unable to log the 7th before my mandatory hit the sack time. The FTF hounds in that area were still going for it and not finding it, and at least one assumed I was playing games by delaying the log of a difficult FTF. But like I say, I think it best to log em as soon as ya can so other folks are risking life and limb for a FTF that aint available.

And the FTF part of the game is a matter of taste. I love getting the FTF because it makes me feel warm and happy all over, kind of like a first kiss.

But if you guys dont like FTFs, that is cool, since it will leave a few more for me.

zuma

[Team Honeybunnies]

@Miata wrote:

I was naughty once and left a hard puzzle cache unlogged for a few days, to which I owe an apology to Seth.

No apology needed 😀 . That was a fun puzzle, and it’s funny, but once the FTF is logged, some of those country puzzles languish without finds for a while. ‘Sides, it made for a good chuckle when I opened the log book and saw your mark.

[Mathman]

@RSplash40 wrote:

When the timing is right, I love the ftf run, but lately thats been few and far between. As for logging it, I try and log it as soon as I can, I have gone crazy and re-arranged my schedule just to make an attempt at one only to find that I was usurped by mere moments, so I try to log it fast so no one else does the same thing.

That’s assuming you can even find the cache! Right rsplash???

😆 😆

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[Mathman]

@Team Honeybunnies wrote:

@Miata wrote:

I was naughty once and left a hard puzzle cache unlogged for a few days, to which I owe an apology to Seth.

No apology needed 😀 . T.

Isn’t Miata the cacher you were swearing about not logging a FTF at the our get-together??

😉

[Coastiegirl04]

@wooden_nickel wrote:

You have now made me curious of two questions…

1. Does anyone only look for caches that have never been found?

2. Does anyone only look for caches that have not been found for an extended period of time?

#2 is a red flag of mine to spend my time elsewhere 😀

I know that in Ohio, they have a program called the Lonely Cache, and its a challenge or something like it that they come up with a list of caches that haven’t been found for a certain amount of time, and go out to find those caches in a way to check that the cache is still there and is able to be found.. So yea there are some people who do that go out and look for caches that haven’t been found for an extended period of time.

[Team Deejay]

@Coastiegirl04 wrote:

@wooden_nickel wrote:

You have now made me curious of two questions…

1. Does anyone only look for caches that have never been found?

2. Does anyone only look for caches that have not been found for an extended period of time?

#2 is a red flag of mine to spend my time elsewhere 😀

I know that in Ohio, they have a program called the Lonely Cache, and its a challenge or something like it that they come up with a list of caches that haven’t been found for a certain amount of time, and go out to find those caches in a way to check that the cache is still there and is able to be found.. So yea there are some people who do that go out and look for caches that haven’t been found for an extended period of time.

They have a similar program in Indiana (I think they just call it the cache game) where people compete to find caches which haven’t been found in a while. I’ve thought of setting up something like that here, but haven’t gotten around to it.

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

@Cachelovskys wrote:

A few times we have been frustrated that a cache seems to be unfound, but when you find it, it already has been signed. I am not just talking about 15 minutes, but it was found a few hours ago.

Is there a general rule about how soon after you are a FTF that you should log your find?

IMHO, I think a few to several hours is completely acceptable. We cannot expect people to go running home to log their finds so that you are not personally inconvenienced can we? Even if it’s the whole day, I think it’s OK. Many people set out in the early AM to cache, and don’t return until the evening. I rarely get the time for this, but it has happened.

Ask yourself this question. Would you have done the cache anyway, even if the FTF was not available? I think so. Hey, it’s just an FTF, right?

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Trekkin’ has been bitten by FTF fever, but as others have said, as in an instance a couple days ago when some monkey from Rushford beat him, it was still an enjoyable afternoon drive up the river and a fun time searching. Getting the FTF is just the frosting. Actually, part of the fun is seeing what smart aleck remark that FTFer might leave for the rest of us chasers! 😉

And….he was unable to log them (even though they weren’t FTFs) for over a day, even though we weren’t on vacation or anything. Our internet service went haywire, and last night was devoted to several hours on the phone just trying to get service back.

Don’t even get me started on the continuing lack of wireless service. I guess the point is, it’s just a game, we’d hunt them anyway and sometimes circumstances prevent even the best intentions from coming through.

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