[Re: [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]

[Mark Heitowit]

When I drop off a TB, if I am not sure that I will be logging it the same day,
I will attatch a note to it saying when I expect to be able to log it and ask
that the finder wait until I log it.

I have also logged a retrieval on a TB (not using Ken's suggestion) and was
then contacted by the previous holder asking me to remove my entries so that
he could log it first.  So now if I see that the TB is not listed as being
located in the cache where I found it I will wait a day or so before logging
it.

"Trisha" <trisha@brasher.com> wrote:

> Ken,
> 
> These are very good instructions, thanks for making it clear.
> 
> Let's just hope that the geocacher who hopped on the plane to Japan
> (in your example) isn't TOO disappointed that he/she doesn't get a
> chance to "drop" the TB into the cache, a part of their history with
> the TB, when they finally get to their computer!
> 
> The point I am trying to make is that, if it a recent drop off, maybe
> wait a day or two to log it, or email the previous person and wait a
> day or two for the answer....just in case it is a matter of a delay in
> computer access. This is probably a minority of cases, but it does
> happen. Then if you get no answer, your (Ken's) instructions for
> logging the bug work great.
> 
> I've been in the situation of a delay in computer access (between
> Prescott and Reno) and I know I would have been upset if someone
> "snagged the TB out of my hands" before I had a chance to log it
> properly.
> 
> Just a couple pennies,
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:15:31 -0700 (PDT), Ken Akerman 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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