Post by emt160090 on Nov 18, 2021 12:10:51 GMT
Hey all,
I recently was discussing this on another Geocaching group with a new cacher about restarting a TB after the first one was lost. They were asking how to go about restarting a TB, do they use the "copy" tag and how to log it. Over the years I have lost several TBs to various circumstances, in one case the TB has been lost 3 times and is on the 4th reincarnation. I have some of my own personal feeling and opinions on this, but was wondering what others do when their TB is lost.
Personally, I have no issue with restarting a TB when the original is lost. If the replacement is carrying on the same mission, I don't even bother to reset the distance traveled. I simply attach a new tag and send out a new TB to continue the mission. I have also had a few that never started their mission (lost after the first drop). In the case of the ones that were lost without successfully starting their mission, I have removed all previous logs/tracking info and restarted as a brand new TB (as if it never was released before).
When I have restarted a TB, I usually create a new tag on laminated paper and keep the "copy" tag in case it goes missing again (which has happened). Does anyone else do this? Is there a point when you just retire your TB and leave it "missing"?
How do you deal with missing TBs?
I recently was discussing this on another Geocaching group with a new cacher about restarting a TB after the first one was lost. They were asking how to go about restarting a TB, do they use the "copy" tag and how to log it. Over the years I have lost several TBs to various circumstances, in one case the TB has been lost 3 times and is on the 4th reincarnation. I have some of my own personal feeling and opinions on this, but was wondering what others do when their TB is lost.
Personally, I have no issue with restarting a TB when the original is lost. If the replacement is carrying on the same mission, I don't even bother to reset the distance traveled. I simply attach a new tag and send out a new TB to continue the mission. I have also had a few that never started their mission (lost after the first drop). In the case of the ones that were lost without successfully starting their mission, I have removed all previous logs/tracking info and restarted as a brand new TB (as if it never was released before).
When I have restarted a TB, I usually create a new tag on laminated paper and keep the "copy" tag in case it goes missing again (which has happened). Does anyone else do this? Is there a point when you just retire your TB and leave it "missing"?
How do you deal with missing TBs?