[Az-Geocaching] What to do if you find a travel bug in a cache that has not yet been logged into that cache? Answer here

[xWaterLilyx]

Why not simply post a note to the travel bug log
saying you retrieved it but will wait a day or two for
the original hider to log their visit but that the bug
is safe in your possession?  This way the log is
completely accurate for who had the bug when.

I can understand doing this if perhaps the person
NEVER logs it, but in your example the bug should be
logged within a day or two after the drop off and the
plane lands.  **note I didn't look at the links and
didn't read any of the examples**   But I can say I'd
be a little peeved if I got home to log my dropping
off the bug to find it had been done for me by
somebody else just because I hadn't been able to do it
yet.


--- Ken Akerman <ken@highpointer.com> wrote:
> Geocachers, 
>  
> Sometimes you may get a travel bug from a cache, and
> when you go to log your retrieval of the travel bug,
> you note that the geocacher who put the travel bug
> in the cache has yet to log the travel bug in the
> cache.  This may happen when you grab a travel bug a
> very short time after the bug when placed in the
> cache, or when you grab a travel bug placed by
> geocachers from outside the local area who may not
> have ready access to the Internet and thus may be
> unable to log their geocaching visits for several
> days.
>  
> If you simply "grab" the travel bug, the travel bug
> will not earn credit for its visit to the cache that
> you retrieved it from, and thus the travel bug will
> not earn credit for the mileage gained.  This will
> result in an incomplete log history for the travel
> bug.  Therefore, I will present a solution to solve
> this problem, and I will illustrate it with an
> example.
>  
> Say you visit Have Bug, Will Travel after work one
> day, and in it you find the travel bug Ichiro Suzuki
> Mini BobbleHead Bug which was placed by a geocacher
> who then boarded a flight to Japan right after
> placing the bug, and thus could not log his visit. 
> The travel bug is not shown as being in the cache
> but is still listed in the possession of the
> geocacher who put it there.  
>  
> Here is what you need to do.  Go to the travel bug
> page and enter the six-digit dogtag number for the
> travel bug before entering your log entry for Have
> Bug, Will Travel.  Next, go to the page for Have
> Bug, Will Travel and log your visit.  At the bottom
> of the Log a Find page, in the section Dropped off a
> traveller?, select Ichiro Suzuki Mini BobbleHeadBug
> from your inventory to place this travel bug in the
> cache.  The travel bug will thereby earn credit for
> its visit to the cache.
>  
> Next, go back to the cache page for Have Bug, Will
> Travel and click on Ichiro Suzuki Mini BobbleHeadBug
> under Travel Bugs have been seen in this cache next
> to the travel bug symbol in the upper right-hand
> corner.  Enter the six-digit dogtag number again to
> retrieve this travel bug and put it back in your
> inventory.  Move the travel bug to another cache as
> you normally would.
>  
> I hope that all geocachers do this to any travel bug
> that they find in a cache that has not yet been
> logged in the cache.  This will help travel bugs
> earn credits for all of their visits to caches and
> will help ensure that travel bugs have complete
> travel histories.
> 
> Ken Akerman (a.k.a. Highpointer)  
> 


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xWaterLilyx & RTF
Team H20
Phoenix, AZ (Ahwatukee)

Geocaching Site:  http://www.geocities.com/xwaterlilyxrtf

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