The Joy of the Long Forgotten Cache
This past weekend Ron568, Zor and I decided to tackle some caches that have not had many finds logged or haven’t been found in years in Albert County. The Labyrinth and Three Waterfalls (a multi) were top two on our list – the first only being found by four caches since hidden a couple of years ago and the multi not logged since August 2006. Our day also included two of jim52’s “High Places” series as well as “the old homestead” each of which also hadn’t been logged in years. We were fortunate to have the cache owner (kd_cachers) of The Labyrinth and Three Waterfalls join us for the morning, which was appreciated – especially for The Labyrinth.
We weren’t expecting to find all of these caches, with them seeming to be long since forgotten by the caching communty, but we had a 100 percent success rate. As anyone who knows me can attest to, I love being FTF, but I love finding caches that haven’t been found in years much, much more. On top of the above mentioned caches we also found Streams Edge Bears and Inner Head Rock Hunt (another multi, recently revived by kd_cachers) which also hadn’t been found in years.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how these caches go so unnoticed or unfound – especially Three Waterfalls – a three stage multi which took less than an hour total to complete – including photos and appreciation of the beautiful falls! I encourage you to find the caches nearby which haven’t been found (or looked for!) in a while. Sure, a cache with a bunch of dnf’s likely isn’t there, but if it is just sitting there – maybe a hike, or a little out of the way – go get it! You’ll be surprised how satisfying it is to find it!
Anyone else have a similar experience?
GCPJ7D was one of these for me. It hadn’t been found in 2 years and there were several other caches in the same area that had not been found in awhile. Now for those caches, there wasn’t anything spectacular about them, but they did require a good hike to get to and I suspect that was the reason they hadn’t been found.
I find it a little crappy that many folks are passing on some of these harder to get caches simply because they can’t get a lot of caches while snagging these ones. I agree with Paul in that some of the caches we did that day were absolutely awesome and I can’t fathom why people aren’t doing them. The 3 waterfalls cache was AWESOME! I’ll be going back there just to show the area off it was so nice.
I suspect the biggest problem is that a lot of folks don’t want to put the effort into going to some of these places because they look at where they are and think it’s “too hard” to get so they don’t bother. What they miss out on is that some of these caches are in some pretty awesome locations and that is how this sport got started.
I definitely keep my eye out for caches that have not been found in awhile and do my best to go out and get them. Worked out pretty good going with you guys as it was DEFINITELY worth it. Not huge numbers (I think I got 8 that day) but so worth it.
I remember when we found GCGBHG Sylvan Nature Cache, by RedWitch. When I pulled this one out of its nest, we realized reading the log book that it had been sitting there for an entire year, and I was the one pulling it back out. Kinda neat.
Of note, as you will see, this cache is now archived. I gather by her last log that RedWitch, who by the way owns caches in some marvelous places(Good Job RedWitch!), could possibly fall into the “traditional cacher” as described by Zor in his “What kind of a cacher are you’ topic.
I too found one that was sitting for almost 2 years and it seems after my find it became a little more visited. Big Rock GCZJ90 out between McAdam and Harvey. It was cool to see the longevity of ammo cans in the wild with no activity for a long while.