{"id":1746,"date":"2020-09-21T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T05:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderndayexploring.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:33:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T07:33:52","slug":"how-to-know-if-a-geocache-is-still-there-7-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftofmanhood.com\/how-to-know-if-a-geocache-is-still-there-7-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Know If a Geocache is Still There: 7 Tips & Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Geocaching is both the most fascinating way to see the world and, at times, the most frustrating when you go up to a cache location, and after hours of searching, there\u2019s still nothing there. Many times while caching, you will find dead caches that have either been removed or are simply no longer being logged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will know a geocache is still active by the activity logs on the app, recent logs, reviews, or location updates. Geocaches rarely go missing, and following along on blogs and the app will let you know the status of most geocaches.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there are many caches that are too difficult to find for people who have just started, which leads to false reports of missing caches. Checking more than recent logs, going out, and trying to find some caches is vital to keeping the geocaching community alive. When you are out exploring, it can be more fun trying to find geocaches that have gone missing than it is to find normal caches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s seven tips and tricks to knowing if a geocache is still active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whenever you tap on a cache in the application, you can check the most recent logs of the cache. This will tell you how many people have been there and when it was last used. This will allow you to see quite a few things all at once, including where it may be, how many other cachers are there, and if it even still exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, when things become a bit more difficult, with caches that are rated harder to find, there will be many reports of people not finding them. Even though reports are saying that it has gone missing, it may then still be there, which is how the cache became rated as hard to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many geocaches around the world will still be active, despite user reports of it going missing, hardcore geocachers that lurk on the forums will often be able to tell when a cache is still active. Often, only more hardened users will be able to tell you where to look if you want to go and confirm that a cache is still active.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are still inexperienced with geocaching, it is never a good idea to try the hardest caches first. This can cause problems for the caches themselves. New geocachers may log it as missing while the very next day, a more experienced geocacher will log that it is still there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Soon no one will know whether the cache is there or not, and sometimes the harder to reach caches won\u2019t be visited for weeks. When someone inexperienced logs that the cache is missing or reports it as closed, then there may be a cache that is permanently removed from the app, leading to some great caches being lost to the world forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, as you get more experienced and the app learns to know you, while you\u2019re active in the community, you can quickly become reliable. This allows you to validate others’ claims when a cache has been reported as missing, though it will still work to talk to others on the forums to learn how the cache may be hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many geocachers make it their role in the community to check up on reports of missing caches, sometimes spending entire days looking for how a cache may have been hidden. This means that they are always aware of the trickier and more subtle ways that caches are hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have become experienced, you may start doing something similar, checking which caches around you have been marked as missing. Going out to find these may be extremely difficult and could require hours upon hours of searching from your side.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there are few things as rewarding as finding a cache that was thought to be missing and marking it as found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Checking recent logs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. Starting with popular caches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Getting to the cache<\/h2>\n\n\n\n